Copa de la Superliga

Copa de la Superliga
Organising bodySuperliga Argentina
Founded2019
Abolished2020; 4 years ago (2020)
RegionArgentina
Number of teams24 [1]
Qualifier forCopa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Trofeo de Campeones
Related competitionsPrimera División
Last championsTigre (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Tigre (1 title)
Television broadcastersFox Sports
TNT Sports

The Copa de la Superliga Argentina was an Argentine cup competition. It was contested by all the teams participating in the Primera División, and played after the conclusion of the regular season.[2][3]

The 2019 edition was sponsored by YPF, with its brand "Infinia", while the 2020 edition was sponsored by Cerveza Quilmes, with its brand "Quilmes Clásica".[4]

History

In its first edition (held in 2019), the six best placed clubs in the league season qualified for the round of 16, while the 20 remaining ones played a preliminary round. Unlike the Copa Argentina, all rounds were played in a double-legged system except for the final, held at a neutral venue.[5] The champions and runners-up were eligible to play the Copa Libertadores (group stage) and Copa Sudamericana, respectively.[6]

For the 2020 edition, the 24 teams competing in Primera División were split into two zones of 12 teams each. The winners and runners-up of each zone would play the semifinals and the semifinal winners will play a single-match final. The tournament was scheduled to run from March to May 2020. The champions would qualify for the Copa Libertadores. For the first time in the competition, points earned would be added to the relegation table in order to determine which teams would be relegated to Primera B Nacional.[1]

In February 2020, President of AFA Claudio Tapia stated that the Superliga had been established to position Argentine football as a product, but it failed in that purpose. As a result, AFA would take over the organisation of the top division championships, according with Tapia's statement.[7] One month after those announcements, the president of the Superliga, Mariano Elizondo, resigned.[8] As a result, all competitions organised by the Superliga were cancelled.[8] Eventually, the 2020 edition was abandoned on 28 April 2020.[9]

List of champions

Ed. Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue City Ref.
1 2019 Tigre 2–0 Boca Juniors Mario Kempes Córdoba [10]
2 2020
(abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic)
 [9][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Se aprobó el nuevo formato de la temporada 2019/20 del fútbol argentino: Superliga de 23 fechas y una Copa diferente on Infobae, 10 Apr 2019
  2. ^ "Así se jugará la Copa de la Superliga, el nuevo torneo del fútbol argentino" (in Spanish). Infobae. 19 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Se aprobó la Copa de la Superliga" (in Spanish). Superliga Argentina. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Se presentó la Copa de la Superliga y a su "title sponsor"" (in Spanish). Marketing Registrado. 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ Se aprobó la Copa de la Superliga
  6. ^ Así se jugará la Copa de la Superliga on NetTV
  7. ^ Reunión clave en el fútbol argentino: Tapia recibió a los principales dirigentes de Primera con la idea de ponerle fin a la Superliga on Infobae, 26 Feb 2020
  8. ^ a b Renunció Mariano Elizondo, Infobae, 10 March 2020
  9. ^ a b "El comunicado completo de la AFA con las decisiones por el coronavirus". TyC Sports. 28 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Boca-Tigre, Copa de la Superliga: el Matador ganó 2-0 y gritó campeón en Córdoba" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2 June 2019.
  11. ^ Oficial: suspendido el fútbol argentino por el coronavirus by Fede González on As, 17 Mar 2020
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