2016 Copa Colombia

2016 Copa Colombia

Copa Águila 2016
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Teams	36

The 2016 Copa Colombia, officially the 2016 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, is the 16th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on 10 February. The tournament comprises a total of 36 teams, and the winner will earn a berth to the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.

Format

The competition will retain the format used in its most recent edition. The first stage will be played by 32 teams, which will be split into eight groups of four teams each on a regional basis, where teams will play each other of the teams in their group twice. The 8 group winners plus the best 4 second-placed teams will join the teams qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores (Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, and Santa Fe) and the previous edition's winners (Junior) in the round of 16, from where the cup will continue on a home-and-away knockout basis.

Group stage

Ranking of second-placed teams

The four best teams among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which has the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically host the second leg. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time is applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out. Deportivo Cali, Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, and Junior will enter the competition in the Round of 16, being joined there by the eight group winners and the four best second-placed teams.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Independiente Medellín
	Valledupar
	Deportivo Pasto
	Junior
	América
	Deportivo Cali
	Millonarios
	Deportes Tolima
	Real Cartagena
	Atlético Nacional
	Patriotas
	Envigado
	Cúcuta Deportivo
	La Equidad
	Deportes Quindío
	Santa Fe

Round of 16

First legs: July 27; Second legs: August 10. Group winners (Team 2) will host the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Nacional	1	Real Cartagena
Valledupar	2	Independiente Medellín
La Equidad	3	Cúcuta Deportivo
Deportivo Cali	4	América
Envigado	5	Patriotas
Junior	6	Deportivo Pasto
Santa Fe	7	Deportes Quindío
Deportes Tolima	8	Millonarios

Quarterfinals

First legs: August 24; Second legs: August 31.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner 1	S1	Winner 5
Winner 2	S2	Winner 6
Winner 3	S3	Winner 7
Winner 4	S4	Winner 8

Semifinals

First legs: September 28; Second legs: October 19.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner S2	F1	Winner S4
Winner S1	F2	Winner S3

Final

First leg: October 26; Second leg: November 2.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner F1		Winner F2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Víctor Aquino	Deportes Tolima	4
	Leonardo Castro	Independiente Medellín	4
	Luis Cuesta	La Equidad	4
	José Lloreda	Cúcuta Deportivo	4
5	Johan Arango	Independiente Medellín	3
	Miguel Borja	Cortuluá	3
	Germán González	Fortaleza	3
	Hernán Hechalar	Independiente Medellín	3
	José Largacha	Llaneros	3
	Carlos Rodríguez	Patriotas	3

Source: Soccerway

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (Spanish)