1968 Copa Perú

Copa Perú
Season1968
ChampionsCarlos A. Mannucci
Matches played15
Goals scored38 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerNilo Castañeda (4)
Highest scoringCarlos A. Mannucci 4–0 CNI
Sport Chorrillos 2–2 Cienciano
Only National Stage taken into consideration
1967
1969

The 1968 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1968), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualified a team. Those teams plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

The winning team, Carlos A. Mannucci, was promoted to play in 1968 Torneo Descentralizado.

Teams

Team changes

Relegated from
1967 Primera División
Promoted to
1968 Primera División
Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (14th) Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (1st)
Octavio Espinosa (2nd)
Juan Aurich (3rd)

Departmental Stage

The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.

Regional stage

Región Norte A

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification
1 Sport Chorrillos 6 5 0 1 10 Final stage
2 San Lorenzo 6 4 0 2 8
3 Sport Tumbes 5 2 0 3 4
4 Deportivo Bracamoros 5 0 0 5 0
Source:

Región Norte B

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification
1 Carlos A. Mannucci 6 3 2 1 8 Final stage
2 León de Huánuco 6 1 4 1 6
3 José Gálvez 6 2 1 3 5
4 Estudiantil Carrión 6 2 1 3 5
Source:

Region Oriente

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification
1 CNI 3 3 0 0 6 Final stage
2 Nor Oriente 3 1 0 2 2
3 Unión Progreso 2 0 0 2 0
Source:

Region Centro

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification
1 Aurora Chancayllo 6 4 1 1 9 Final stage
2 Víctor Bielich 6 3 2 1 8
3 Universitario de Tarma 5 1 2 2 4
4 UDA 5 0 1 4 1
Source:

Region Sur

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification
1 Melgar 4 2 2 0 6 Final stage
2 Coronel Bolognesi 4 1 1 2 3
3 Atlético Huracán 4 1 1 2 3
Source:

Final stage

Final group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Carlos A. Mannucci 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 8 1968 Torneo Descentralizado
2 Sport Chorrillos 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 7
3 CNI 5 2 1 2 4 8 −4 5
4 Cienciano 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 4
5 Melgar 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 3
6 Aurora Chancayllo 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 3
Source:

Round 1

28 April 1968 Melgar 3–0 Cienciano Nacional, Lima

Round 2

1 May 1968 Cienciano 2–0 CNI Nacional, Lima

Round 3

Round 4

8 May 1968 CNI 1–1 Melgar Nacional, Lima

Round 5