It involved six teams from the core cities in Bolivia: Bolivar and The Strongest of La Paz, Cochabamba Aurora and Wilstermann, Blooming and Oriente Petrolero of Santa Cruz, and six teams from 2009 Copa Simón Bolívar.
For the LPFB teams the winner received a full free ticket for the whole year and $90,000 and the runner-up 75% discount; this also applied for Copa del Sur teams.
In the previous season, Bolivar won its first title after against Jorge Wilstermann.
In this season, Bolivar wanted to defend the title and to be one of the teams with the most championships along with Blooming and Oriente Petrolero.
The Champions of Copa Aerosur would play an international match against Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay) unless the champion was playing Copa Libertadores when the match would be for the runner-up.