Copa Argentina

The Copa Argentina (English: Argentine Cup), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

The tournament was re-launched in 2011, with teams of all divisions that form the Argentine football league system taking part of the championship.

The "Campeonato de la República" (or Copa General Pedro Ramírez[3]) had been the first Argentine cup contested by clubs playing not only in Primera División but in regional leagues as well, with a total of 35 teams in the first edition.

[6] Apart from teams that had got the Copa Libertadores eligibility, namely Boca Juniors and River Plate, the champions and runners-up of Nacional 1969, and Estudiantes (LP), who won the Copa Libertadores 1969, all clubs in the Primera División Argentina participated this competition.

The champions of Primera B, Ferro, also took part in the tournament, along with 13 top clubs from regional leagues.

32 teams played the competition and San Lorenzo and Vélez Sársfield entered the final.

The cup, made of aluminium, was manufactured at the Norberto Ambrosetti factory of Lobos, Buenos Aires.

The original trophy of Copa Argentina, awarded in 1969 and 1970. When the competition was relaunched in 2011, a new cup was designed for the occasion