1968 Copa Perú

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

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

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 First Division.

Finalists teams

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

Department Team Location
Arequipa Melgar Arequipa
Cusco Cienciano Cusco
La Libertad Carlos A. Mannucci Trujillo
Lima Aurora Chancayllo Huaral
Loreto CNI Iquitos
Piura Sport Chorrillos Talara

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 Promoted to 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

 Copa Perú
1968 Winners 
Carlos A. Mannucci
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