2026 Copa Colombia

The 2026 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2026 for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament, which is contested by 36 teams, began on 6 May and is scheduled to end on 22 October 2026.

The winners will be entitled to qualify for the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, provided that they compete in the first division league of Colombian football in the 2027 season.^[1]

Atlético Nacional are the defending champions.

Format

For this edition, the tournament kept the format used since the previous edition, with five stages in which all matchups were determined prior to the start of competition.

The first stage of the competition was split into Stage 1A and Stage 1B, with Stage 1A featuring the 12 Categoría Primera A and the 8 Categoría Primera B teams that failed to advance to the final stages of their league tournament, which were distributed into four groups of five teams (three Primera A teams and the remaining two from Primera B) according to their position in the first stage of the league. In each group, teams will have one bye day and will play two matches at home and two away, with the top two advancing to the round of 16.

Subsequently, Stage 1B will be contested by the 16 teams that advanced to the following round of the Primera A and Primera B tournaments, which were allocated into eight two-legged ties according to their position in the first stage of the league, with the eight winners advancing to the round of 16.

The round of 16 will be played by the eight teams advancing from Stage 1A and the eight Stage 1B winners, in which the teams coming from Stage 1A will play the Stage 1B winners in eight two-legged ties. The winners will then advance to the subsequent knockout stages of the competition (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals). All knockout stages will be contested over two legs.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows:^[3]

First stage

The first stage is split into two phases in which the 36 participating clubs enter according to their placement in the first stage of their respective leagues.

Stage 1A

Stage 1A is contested by the 20 clubs that failed to advance to the final stages of the Apertura tournaments of the 2026 Primera A and 2026 Primera B: 12 Primera A clubs and 8 Primera B ones, which were sorted into four groups of five. The top two teams in each group will advance to the round of 16.^[4]

Stage 1B

Stage 1B will be contested by the eight Categoría Primera A and the eight Categoría Primera B clubs that advanced to the final stages in their respective leagues. The eight Primera A clubs will face the eight Primera B ones in two-legged ties, with the team from the lower tier hosting the second leg.^[4]

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Final stages

Each round in the final stages is played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The second leg in all rounds will be hosted by the team better placed in the league's aggregate table at the end of the Apertura tournament if both teams play in the same tier, or by the Primera B team if both teams play in different tiers. In case of a draw on aggregate score at the end of the second leg, extra time will not be played and the winner will be decided in a penalty shoot-out.^[5]

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Finals

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See also

• 2026 Liga DIMAYOR
• 2026 Torneo DIMAYOR

References

1. ^ Ojeda Bohórquez, Jiovanny Andrés (13 April 2026). "Copa BetPlay 2026: Dimayor confirmó el torneo internacional al que irá el campeón" [2026 Copa BetPlay: Dimayor confirmed the international tournament the champion will go to] (in Spanish). Deportes RCN. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
2. ^ Rocha Flórez, Andrés (14 April 2026). "Copa BetPlay 2026 tiene formato definido: así se jugará" [The 2026 Copa BetPlay has its format set: this is how it will be played] (in Spanish). Futbolred. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
3. ^ "Calendario segundo semestre 2026 competencias BetPlay DIMAYOR" [2026 BetPlay DIMAYOR competitions - Second semester schedule] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 29 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
4. ^ "Conoce las novedades que tendrá la Copa BetPlay 2026" [Get to know the new features the 2026 Copa BetPlay will have] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 13 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
5. ^ "Reglamento Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR 2026" [2026 Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR Regulations] (in Spanish). Dimayor. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

External links

• Copa Colombia on DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)