2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional
The 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional (officially the Copa Binance 2022 for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the third edition of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, an Argentine domestic cup. It began on 10 February and ended on 22 May 2022. The competition was contested by 28 teams, 26 clubs from the 2021 Primera División season plus two teams promoted from the Primera Nacional (Tigre and Barracas Central).[2] After the end of the Copa de la Liga, it will start the 2022 Primera División season, in order to complete the schedule prior to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Colón were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. Boca Juniors won their second title after they defeated Tigre 3–0 in the final. As champions, Boca Juniors qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores and the 2022 Trofeo de Campeones.[3] As Boca Juniors qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2022 Argentine Primera División, Racing (best team in the 2022 aggregate table) earned the Copa de la Liga Profesional berth. FormatFor the group stage, the 28 teams were drawn into two groups of fourteen teams each, playing on a single round-robin basis. Additionally, each team played one interzonal match against its rival team in the other zone. In each group, the top four teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The final stages (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) were played on a single-legged basis.[4] DrawThe draw for the group stage was held on 11 January 2022, 15:00, at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires.[5] The 28 teams were drawn into two groups of fourteen containing one team from each of the interzonal matches.
Group stageIn the group stage, each group was played on a single round-robin basis. Additionally, in the seventh round, each team played one interzonal match against its rival team in the other zone. Teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Head-to-head points; 5. Head-to-head goal difference; 6. Head-to-head goals scored; 7. Play off match; 8. Draw.[4][6] The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. Zone A
Source: AFA
Zone B
Source: AFA
ResultsZone AZone BInterzonal matchesSource:AFA Final stagesStarting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament on a single-leg basis with the following rules:[4][6]
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Matches
Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez
Referee: Fernando Echenique
Referee: Andrés Merlos Semi-finals
Matches
Referee: Andrés Merlos Final
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