It was originally scheduled to be held from 4 to 10 February 2021 in the cities of Guayaquil and Quito, with four teams participating.
On 8 January 2021, the FEF confirmed that the Supercopa Ecuador would be held in 2021, while also announcing a format change for this edition.
[1] Given that the 2020 Copa Ecuador was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FEF announced an expansion of the tournament to four teams.
In addition to Barcelona and LDU Quito as the most recent Serie A and Supercopa Ecuador champions, respectively, Independiente del Valle and Emelec were also invited to play this edition of the competition on account of their recent achievements: the former by winning the 2019 Copa Sudamericana and the latter by being the last team to win the Serie A three times in a row, from 2013 to 2015.
[8] With the confirmation of the new dates and format for the competition, Barcelona were once again included and Delfín were also invited as the 2019 Ecuadorian Serie A champions.