The 2022 Copa Uruguay (officially known as Copa AUF Uruguay 2022), was the inaugural edition of the Copa Uruguay, the country's national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 22 June and ended on 13 November, and had 76 teams participating.
Defensor Sporting were the first winners of the competition, defeating La Luz in the final match 1–0.
Format The competition was divided into two stages: a preliminary stage and the national stage. In the preliminary stage, teams from the amateur lower leagues competed for 20 berths to the national stage. In the first phase of the national stage, 28 teams from the Primera División Amateur and Segunda División entered the competition, for a total of 48 teams which are divided into 24 ties, with the winners qualifying for the second round. The 24 second round winners advanced to play against each other to define 12 winners into the third phase.
32 teams played in the third phase: 12 winners from the previous phase, 16 professional teams from the Primera División, the best relegated team of Primera División the previous season (Progreso), the defending champion of the Primera División Amateur (Miramar Misiones) and the defending champion and runner-up of the Copa Nacional de Clubes (Central and Juventud (Colonia)). From this point onwards, the winners played against each other in single-legged knockout phases except for the semi-finals, which were played over two legs, whilst the Final was played in a single match.
The winner of the competition was also awarded a US$ 100,000 prize.
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the competition. Villa Teresa declined to participate. Primera DivisiónAll 16 teams of the 2022 season Segunda DivisiónAll 12 teams of the 2022 season Primera División Amateur22 teams of the 2022 season Segunda División AmateurThe champion and runner-up of the 2021 season OFI Serie AAll 24 teams of the 2022 season Albion Boston River Cerrito Cerro Largo Danubio Defensor Sporting Deportivo Maldonado Fénix Liverpool Montevideo City Torque Montevideo Wanderers Nacional Peñarol Plaza Colonia Rentistas River Plate Atenas Central Español Cerro Juventud La Luz Miramar Misiones Progreso Racing Rampla Juniors Sud América Uruguay Montevideo Villa Española Alto Perú Artigas Basáñez Bella Vista Canadian Colón Deportivo Colonia Deportivo Italiano Durazno Huracán Huracán Buceo Los Halcones Mar de Fondo Oriental Parque del Plata Paysandú Platense Potencia Rocha Salto Salus Tacuarembó Cooper Paso de la Arena Barrio Olímpico Bella Vista (Paysandú) Boquita Central Huracán (Paysandú) Huracán (Rivera) Ituzaingó Juanicó Juventud (Colonia) Laureles Lavalleja (Minas) Lavalleja (Rocha) Palermo Piriápolis Porongos Progreso (Estación Atlántida) Quilmes Río Negro Santa Emilia Sportivo Barracas Universal Universitario Wanderers (Santa Lucía) Wanderers Juvenil
Draw The draw of the competition was held on 14 June 2022, at the Centro Cultural Teatro Español in Durazno. The draw was divided into two stages: in the first one the ties for the preliminary and first stages were drawn, dividing the entering teams into four zones according to geographical criteria: Norte, Sur/Metropolitana, Este, and Centro/Litoral, while in the second stage the ties for the third stage were drawn, involving the 20 Primera División, Segunda División, and OFI Serie A entrants.
Preliminary stage Zona Norte
Zona Sur/Metropolitana
Zona Este
Zona Centro/Litoral
First stage Zona Norte
Zona Sur/Metropolitana
Zona Este
Zona Centro/Litoral
Second stage Zona Norte
Zona Sur/Metropolitana
Zona Este
Zona Centro/Litoral
Third stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
GK 23 Matías DufourDF 17 Agustín Sant'AnnaDF 26 Facundo MalloDF 13 Alan MatturroDF 33 Gonzalo CamargoMF 24 Lucas de los SantosMF 8 Fernando Elizari MF 16 Gonzalo FreitasMF 7 Agustín Ocampo FW 9 Andrés FerrariFW 11 Adrián Balboa Substitutes:GK 1 Nicolás RossiDF 3 Lucas RodríguezDF 4 Matías RochaFW 10 Anderson Duarte MF 19 Matías Abaldo FW 20 Álvaro Navarro DF 22 Renzo RabinoDF 25 Sebastián BoselliMF 27 Juan Manuel JorgeMF 29 Germán BarriosManager: Marcelo Méndez GK 12 Jhonny da SilvaDF 3 Sebastián Cardozo DF 23 Enzo CastilloDF 22 Juan Pablo Fagúndez MF 8 Rodrigo VieraMF 30 Juan QuintanaMF 15 Álvaro González MF 16 Aníbal Hernández (c) MF 10 Santiago Ramírez FW 26 Luis MachadoFW 11 Horacio Sequeira Substitutes:GK 1 Ramiro MéndezDF 2 Édgar Martínez FW 7 Alejandro SilesFW 9 Pablo SilvaFW 13 Santiago PallaresMF 14 Pablo Porcile FW 17 Cristian Quintero MF 18 Emanuel Fuentes MF 19 Nicolás da FonteMF 20 Leandro Méndez Manager: Julio Fuentes
Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Andrés FerrariDefensor Sporting 4 2 Horacio SequeiraLa Luz 3 Matías DeortaDurazno 4 22 players 2
Source: AUF
See also 2022 Uruguayan Primera División season 2022 Uruguayan Segunda División season
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