2026 Copa Argentina

The 2026 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2026 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] is the sixteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fourteenth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 18 January and will end on 4 November 2026. Independiente Rivadavia are the defending champions. The champions will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores.

The 64 teams that take part in this competition include: all thirty teams from the Primera División; fifteen teams of the Primera Nacional; five from the Primera B, four from the Primera C, and ten teams from Federal A.^[2]

All thirty teams of the 2025 tournament qualified.

The top 7 teams in each group plus the best eighth-placed one of the 2025 tournament qualified.

The champions, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the top three teams of the 2025 Primera B tournament qualified.

The top five teams of each zone from the Second Stage of the 2025 tournament qualified.

The champions, the runners-up, the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" and the winners of the "Torneo Reducido" additional tournament of the 2025 Primera C tournament qualified.

The draw for the finals rounds was held on 10 December 2025, 13:00 at the AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided into six groups. The Big Five and Huracán were paired and placed directly in Group 1. The other historical rivals that play in the Argentine First Division were paired and placed in Groups 2 and 3. The Torneo Federal and Primera Nacional teams were placed directly in Groups 4 and 6, respectively, while Primera B Metropolitana and Primera C Metropolitana were placed in Group 5. From Group 1 to Group 3, the first team drawn was placed in a predetermined bracket and its historical rival was placed in the other. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: Group 1 vs. Group 4; Group 2 vs. Group 5 and Group 3 vs. Group 6. With this draw format, historical rivals could only play against each other in the final.^[3]

The Round of 64 has 10 qualified teams from the Torneo Federal A, 9 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metropolitana and 4 teams from Primera C Metropolitana), 15 teams from Primera Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round will be played in a single knock-out match format between 18 January and 8 April 2026. The 32 winning teams will advance to the Round of 32.

River Plate v Ciudad de Bolivar

17 February 2026	River Plate	1–0	Ciudad de Bolivar	Villa Mercedes, Pcia. de San Luis
22:00	Quintero 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Único de Villa Mercedes Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

Platense v Argentino (MM)

4 February 2026	Platense	1–0	Argentino (MM)	Caseros, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
21:15	Cuesta 90'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Referee: Juan Pablo Loustau

Argentinos Juniors v Midland

21 January 2026	Argentinos Juniors	1–1 (5–6 p)	Midland	Lanús, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
21:15	Lescano 22'	Report	Campana 55'	Stadium: Ciudad de Lanús – Néstor Díaz Pérez Referee: Luis Lobo Medina
	Penalties
	Lescano Lozano Mac Allister Álvarez Fernández Ramírez Infantino Porcel		Roseti Vico Cao Díaz Laharque Porro Cepeda Violini Leguiza

Lanús v Sarmiento (LB)

18 January 2026	Lanús	4–1	Sarmiento (LB)	Caseros, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
21:15	Moreno 43' (pen.), 73' Castillo 61' Guzmán 85' (o.g.)	Report	Roldán 58'	Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Referee: Bruno Amiconi

Talleres (C) v Argentino (M)

4 February 2026	Talleres (C)	2–0	Argentino (M)	Rosario, Pcia. de Santa Fe
19:00	Baroni 89' Depietri 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Marcelo Bielsa Referee: Maximiliano Macheroni

Tigre v Claypole

17 February 2026	Tigre	2–0	Claypole	Morón, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
19:45	Arias 57' Romero 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Francisco Urbano Referee: Julio Barraza

Estudiantes (LP) v Ituzaingó

19 January 2026	Estudiantes (LP)	4–0	Ituzaingó	Banfield, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
21:15	Gayoso 52' (o.g.) Castro 59' Farías 62' Carrillo 87'	Report		Stadium: Florencio Sola Referee: Daniel Zamora

Rosario Central v Sportivo Belgrano

11 February 2026	Rosario Central	2–0	Sportivo Belgrano	Santa Fe, Pcia. de Santa Fe
19:00	J. Fernández 5' Véliz 40'	Report		Stadium: 15 de Abril Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer

Independiente Rivadavia v Estudiantes (BA)

18 January 2026	Independiente Rivadavia	2–0	Estudiantes (BA)	Villa Mercedes, Pcia. de San Luis
19:00	Arce 23' Ríos 71'	Report		Stadium: Único de Villa Mercedes Referee: Sebastián Zunino

Central Córdoba (SdE) v Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)

11 February 2026	Central Córdoba (SdE)	2–2 (4–5 p)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	Salta, Pcia. de Salta
21:15	Iacobellis 15' Vera 53'	Report	Casa 35' Cachi 48'	Stadium: Padre Ernesto Martearena Referee: Andrés Gariano
	Penalties
	Santos Iacobellis Aguerre Vera Maciel		Lazarte Cachi Paradela Gallardo López

Aldosivi v San Miguel

17 February 2026	Aldosivi	3–0	San Miguel	Florencio Varela, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
17:00	Novillo 23' Fernández 57' Brochero 83' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello Referee: Bruno Amiconi

Barracas Central v Temperley

5 February 2026	Barracas Central	2–2 (4–3 p)	Temperley	Sarandí, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
21:15	Bruera 57', 81'	Report	Aguiñagalde 31' Werro 43'	Stadium: Julio Humberto Grondona Referee: Nazareno Arasa
	Penalties
	Campi Briasco Bruera Insúa		Nardelli Krüger Molina Angelini Arregui

Deportivo Riestra v Deportivo Maipú

5 February 2026	Deportivo Riestra	1–0	Deportivo Maipú	Caseros, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
19:00	Stringa 43'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad de Caseros Referee: Daniel Zamora

This round will have 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. It will be played between TBD and TBD 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams will advance to the Round of 16.

This round will have 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. It will be played between TBD and TBD 2026 in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams will advance to the quarterfinals.

This round will have 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round will be played between TBD and TBD 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams will advance to the semifinals.

This round will have 4 qualified teams from the quarterfinals. The round will be played on TBD and TBD 2026, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams will advance to the final.

As of 17 February 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Facundo Bruera	Barracas Central	2
	Marcelino Moreno	Lanús
3	26 players		1

Source: Copa Argentina

• 2026 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website (in Spanish)