The 2024 Copa Chile (officially known as Copa Chile Coca-Cola Sin Azúcar 2024 due to its sponsorship),[1] was the 44th edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 27 April and ended with the final match on 20 November 2024.[2]
Universidad de Chile won their sixth title in this competition, and first since 2015, by defeating Ñublense 1–0 in the final match.[3]Colo-Colo were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Magallanes in the Central–South Zone's regional finals.
Format
For this edition, the Copa Chile kept the format implemented in 2023, with a preliminary stage involving amateur clubs affiliated to ANFA, a regional stage where teams from Primera División, Primera B, and Segunda División Profesional entered the competition comprised by four geographical zones of 16 teams, and a national stage involving the four regional stage winners. In each regional zone, four rounds are played: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the finals; the round of 16 matches were played as single-legged ties, whilst the other rounds were played in a double-legged fashion. In the national stage, the regional winners played two semi-finals with their winners playing the single-match final to decide the champion.
The champions of this edition will be entitled to play the 2025 Supercopa de Chile against the 2024 Campeonato Nacional champions and would also earn the right to compete in the 2025 Copa Libertadores, taking the Chile 4 berth which enables them to enter the second stage of that competition. However, since Universidad de Chile had already qualified for the Copa Libertadores through league performance, the berth was awarded to the other finalist side, Ñublense, regardless of the outcome of the final.[5]
The pairings for the preliminary stage were announced by the ANFA on 17 April 2024.[6] The participating clubs were split into two groups, one of them made of regional ANFA clubs and the other one featuring the Tercera División A teams. They were then drawn against a team in their group, according to geographical and safety criteria. Ties in this round were played over two legs, with the team with the most points in each tie advancing to the national stage. If both teams were tied in points, a penalty shootout was held to decide the winning team.[8] Matches in this round were played from 27 April to 5 May 2024.
Opening match
The opening match of the competition was played on 27 April 2024.
The regional representatives from Arica y Parinacota (11 de Septiembre), Tarapacá (Norte Unido), Antofagasta (Central Norte), Atacama (Barcelona), Aysén, and Magallanes (Presidente Ibáñez) did not participate in this stage and instead were given a bye to the regional stage given the condition of remoteness of their respective regions.
The Aysén regional association opted to hold a triangular tournament between its three representatives (Alas Portuarias, Colo-Colo (Chile Chico), and Halcones) to decide the Aysén representative in the regional stage of the competition. Matches were played from 27 April to 1 May 2024 in Coyhaique.[10]
Source: En El Camarín Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Drawing of lots.
Regional stage
The draw for the regional stage was held on 26 April 2024.[7] The 64 participating teams were split into four zones (North, Central-North, Central-South, and South) and drawn against a team from their same regional zone. Ties in the round of 16 will be single-legged, ties from the quarter-finals onwards will be double-legged.
Note: The match had been originally scheduled for 15 June 2024, 12:45 local time, but was suspended due to harsh weather conditions.[11] It was rescheduled to 30 June 2024, 12:00 local time but was again suspended due to poor weather.[12] Although Huachipato had been declared as winners by the Football Federation of Chile and the ANFP given the impossibility of a further rescheduling of the match,[13][14] a court ruling overrode Presidente Ibáñez's elimination from the tournament and the team was reinstated into the competition.[15][16]
The national stage was played by the four regional winners, which played two double-legged semi-finals. The winners faced each other in the single-match final to decide the champions.
