2021 Copa Colombia

2021 Copa Colombia

Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2021
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Dates	10 March – 24 November 2021
Teams	35
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (5th title)
Runner-up	Deportivo Pereira
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	153 (2.25 per match)
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2021 for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 35 teams and began on 10 March 2021. It ended on 24 November 2021, with Atlético Nacional winning their fifth title in the competition after defeating Deportivo Pereira in the double-legged final series by a 5–1 aggregate score. As champions, Atlético Nacional qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores.

Independiente Medellín were the defending champions, having won the competition in its two most recent editions. They were eliminated by Deportivo Cali in the round of 16.

Format

The format for the 2021 Copa Colombia was the same one used for the 2018 and 2020 editions, with the competition being played in a single-elimination format in its entirety, without any group stages. The 16 Categoría Primera B teams entered the competition in the first stage, being drawn into eight ties. After two stages, four Primera B teams qualified for the third stage, along with ten Categoría Primera A teams that did not enter international competition in the 2021 season, which entered the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the seven third stage winners were joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (América de Cali, Santa Fe, Junior, and Atlético Nacional), the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Deportes Tolima, La Equidad, Deportivo Pasto, and Deportivo Cali), and Águilas Doradas as the best Primera A team that did not qualify for international competition in 2021, which entered the competition at this point. Unlike the previous edition, in which ties from the round of 16 onwards were played as single legs due to the schedule disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in this edition all rounds were played on a double-legged basis.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:^[2]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	2 March 2021[3]	10–11 and 18 March 2021	17–18 and 25 March 2021
Second stage		14–15 April 2021	21–22 April 2021
Third stage		28–29 July and 4 August 2021	4–5 and 18 August 2021
Round of 16	19 August 2021[4]	25–26 August 2021	1–2 September 2021
Quarter-finals		8–9 September 2021	15–16 September 2021
Semi-finals		6 October 2021	20–21 October 2021
Finals		10 November 2021	24 November 2021

First stage

The first stage was played by the 16 Categoría Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2020 season aggregate table. The remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs (Team 2) hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Cartagena (2)	5–3	Atlético Huila (2)	2–1	3–2
Real Santander (2)	3–2	Cortuluá (2)	1–1	2–1
Barranquilla (2)	2–1	Deportes Quindío (2)	1–1	1–0
Boca Juniors (2)	2–1	Unión Magdalena (2)	1–0	1–1
Orsomarso (2)	0–1	Valledupar (2)	0–0	0–1
Tigres (2)	2–1	Bogotá (2)	0–1	2–0
Fortaleza (2)	1–2	Leones (2)	0–0	1–2
Atlético (2)	0–4	Llaneros (2)	0–0	0–4

First leg

Second leg

Second stage

The second stage was played by the eight first stage winners. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance in the first stage (Team 2) hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Llaneros (2)	1–0	Real Cartagena (2)	0–0	1–0
Leones (2)	1–5	Real Santander (2)	1–3	0–2
Tigres (2)	1–4	Barranquilla (2)	1–1	0–3
Valledupar (2)	3–4	Boca Juniors (2)	2–0	1–4

First leg

Second leg

Third stage

The third stage was played by the four second stage winners and 10 Categoría Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2020 season aggregate table. The four second stage winners as well as the best four teams according to the 2020 Primera A aggregate table hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boyacá Chicó (2)	3–4	Llaneros (2)	1–2	2–2
Patriotas (1)	3–3 (5–4 p)	Real Santander (2)	1–0	2–3
Jaguares (1)	3–2	Barranquilla (2)	3–0	0–2
Deportivo Pereira (1)	2–0	Boca Juniors (2)	1–0	1–0
Alianza Petrolera (1)	2–1	Millonarios (1)	1–0	1–1
Independiente Medellín (1)	4–2	Once Caldas (1)	1–1	3–1
Atlético Bucaramanga (1)	3–2	Envigado (1)	1–1	2–1

First leg

Second leg

Final stages

Each tie in the knockout stage was played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which has the better overall record up to that stage hosted the second leg, except for the round of 16 where the third stage winners hosted the second leg. The teams entering the competition at this stage were the ones that qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores and 2021 Copa Sudamericana, as well as the best team in the Primera A aggregate table that did not qualify for either competition, which were drawn into each of the eight ties. In case of a tie on aggregate score, extra time was not played and the winner was decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	América de Cali (p)	0	1	1 (6)
	Jaguares	0	1	1 (5)
							América de Cali	2	0	2
							Deportivo Cali	2	1	3
	Deportivo Cali	2	3	5
	Independiente Medellín	2	1	3
													Deportivo Cali	2	0	2
													Atlético Nacional	2	1	3
	Santa Fe	1	1	2
	Atlético Bucaramanga	0	0	0
							Santa Fe	2	0	2 (1)
							Atlético Nacional (p)	1	1	2 (3)
	Atlético Nacional	3	2	5
	Patriotas	0	1	1
																			Atlético Nacional	5	0	5
																			Deportivo Pereira	0	1	1
	La Equidad	1	0	1
	Llaneros	0	0	0
							La Equidad	0	0	0
							Deportes Tolima	0	2	2
	Deportes Tolima	1	0	1
	Águilas Doradas	0	0	0
													Deportes Tolima	0	1	1 (4)
													Deportivo Pereira (p)	0	1	1 (5)
	Deportivo Pasto	3	3	6
	Alianza Petrolera	1	2	3
							Deportivo Pasto	3	1	4 (1)
							Deportivo Pereira (p)	2	2	4 (2)
	Junior	4	0	4
	Deportivo Pereira	3	2	5

Round of 16

The teams qualifying from the third stage played the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
La Equidad (1)	1–0	Llaneros (2)	1–0	0–0
Atlético Nacional (1)	5–1	Patriotas (1)	3–0	2–1
América de Cali (1)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Jaguares (1)	0–0	1–1
Junior (1)	4–5	Deportivo Pereira (1)	4–3	0–2
Deportivo Pasto (1)	6–3	Alianza Petrolera (1)	3–1	3–2
Deportivo Cali (1)	5–3	Independiente Medellín (1)	2–2	3–1
Santa Fe (1)	2–0	Atlético Bucaramanga (1)	1–0	1–0
Deportes Tolima (1)	1–0	Águilas Doradas (1)	1–0	0–0

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
La Equidad (1)	0–2	Deportes Tolima (1)	0–0	0–2
Santa Fe (1)	2–2 (1–3 p)	Atlético Nacional (1)	2–1	0–1
América de Cali (1)	2–3	Deportivo Cali (1)	2–2	0–1
Deportivo Pasto (1)	4–4 (1–2 p)	Deportivo Pereira (1)	3–2	1–2

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportes Tolima (1)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Deportivo Pereira (1)	0–0	1–1
Deportivo Cali (1)	2–3	Atlético Nacional (1)	2–2	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Finals

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Atlético Nacional won 5–1 on aggregate.

See also

• 2021 Categoría Primera A season
• 2021 Categoría Primera B season

References

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)