2016–17 Copa Argentina

The 2016–17 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Total Argentina 2016-17 for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the sixth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on February 2 and ended on December 9, 2017.

River Plate, the defending champions, defeated Atlético Tucumán 2–1 in the final to win their 2nd title. As champions, River Plate qualified for the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.

Atlético Tucumán, as runners-up, qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores because River Plate had already qualified as Primera División runners-up.

Teams
The 99 teams that took part in this competition included: All teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; fourteen teams from Federal A and thirty-two from Federal B.

Primera División
All thirty teams qualified.


 * Aldosivi
 * Arsenal
 * Atlético de Rafaela
 * Atlético Tucumán
 * Banfield
 * Belgrano
 * Boca Juniors
 * Colón
 * Defensa y Justicia
 * Estudiantes (LP)
 * Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
 * Godoy Cruz
 * Huracán
 * Independiente
 * Lanús
 * Newell's Old Boys
 * Olimpo
 * Patronato
 * Quilmes
 * Racing
 * River Plate$TH$
 * Rosario Central
 * San Lorenzo
 * San Martín (SJ)
 * Sarmiento (J)
 * Talleres (C)
 * Temperley
 * Tigre
 * Unión
 * Vélez Sarsfield

Second Level
The first twelve teams from the first stage of 2016-17 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional

 * All Boys
 * Almagro
 * Argentinos Juniors
 * Brown
 * Central Córdoba (SdE)
 * Chacarita Juniors
 * Ferro Carril Oeste
 * Guillermo Brown
 * Independiente Rivadavia
 * Instituto
 * Nueva Chicago
 * Santamarina

Primera B Metropolitana
The first five teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera B tournament qualified.


 * Atlanta
 * Defensores de Belgrano
 * Deportivo Morón
 * Deportivo Riestra
 * Estudiantes (BA)

Torneo Federal A
The first two teams of each zone of the 2016–17 tournament qualified.


 * Altos Hornos Zapla
 * Alvarado
 * Chaco For Ever
 * Cipolletti
 * Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
 * Deportivo Madryn
 * Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)
 * Gimnasia y Tiro
 * Mitre (SdE)
 * Sarmiento (R)
 * Sportivo Las Parejas
 * Unión Aconquija
 * Unión (S)
 * Unión (VK)

Primera C Metropolitana
The first four teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera C tournament qualified.


 * Cañuelas
 * Defensores Unidos
 * Sacachispas
 * Sportivo Barracas

Torneo Federal B
The first two teams of each zone of the 2016-17 Federal B tournament qualified.


 * Almirante Brown (L)
 * Argentinos (VdM)
 * Atlético Laguna Blanca
 * Belgrano (P)
 * Belgrano (SN)
 * Bella Vista (BB)
 * Ben Hur
 * Central Norte
 * Colón Juniors
 * Comercio Central Unidos
 * Deportivo Achirense
 * Deportivo Camioneros
 * Estudiantes (RC)
 * Ferroviario (C)
 * Germinal
 * Güemes (SdE)
 * Huracán (CR)
 * Huracán Las Heras
 * Independiente (Ch)
 * Jorge Newbery (CR)
 * Kimberley
 * Mitre (S)
 * Pacífico
 * San Martín (F)
 * Sansinena
 * Sol de Mayo
 * Sportivo Barracas (C)
 * Sportivo Peñarol (Ch)
 * Talleres (P)
 * Textil Mandiyú
 * Tiro Federal (M)
 * Tiro Federal (R)

Primera D Metropolitana
The first two teams from the first stage of 2016-17 Primera D tournament qualified.


 * Atlas
 * Leandro N. Alem

Regional Round
This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A: Federal A
In this round, 14 teams from the Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between March 14 and 30, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 7 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.
















 * }

Round I
In this first round, 32 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between February 2 and February 23, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round II.


































 * }

Round II
In this round, 16 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 11 and March 5, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Round III.


















 * }

Round III
In this round, 8 qualified teams from the Round I participated. The round was played between February 18 and March 18, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.










 * }

Round of 64
This round had 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round (7 teams from Torneo Federal A and 4 teams from Torneo Federal B), 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between April 25 and August 18, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 5, 2017.

Round of 32
This round had the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 16 and September 21, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16
This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 27 and October 9, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 18 and October 24, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals
This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played on November 10 and 12, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Top goalscorers
Source:

Team of the tournament
Source: