1968 Copa Perú
| Season | 1968 | 
|---|---|
| Champions | Carlos A. Mannucci | 
| Matches played | 15 | 
| Goals scored | 38 (2.53 per match) | 
| Top goalscorer | Nilo Castañeda (4) | 
| Highest scoring | Carlos A. Mannucci 4–0 CNI Sport Chorrillos 2–2 Cienciano Only National Stage taken into consideration | 
| ← 1967  1969 →  | |
The 1968 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1968), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.
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 Torneo Descentralizado.
Teams
Team changes
| Relegated from 1967 Primera División | Promoted to 1968 Primera División | 
|---|---|
|  Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (14th) |  Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín (1st)  Octavio Espinosa (2nd)  Juan Aurich (3rd) | 
Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.
| Department | Team | Location | 
|---|---|---|
| Amazonas | Nor Oriente | Chachapoyas | 
| Ancash | José Gálvez | Chimbote | 
| Apurímac | Miguel Grau | Abancay | 
| Arequipa | Melgar | Arequipa | 
| Ayacucho | Universitario | Ayacucho | 
| Cajamarca | Deportivo Bracamoros | Jaén | 
| Cusco | Cienciano | Cusco | 
| Huancavelica | UDA | Huancavelica | 
| Huánuco | León de Huánuco | Huánuco | 
| Ica | Víctor Bielich | Pisco | 
| Junín | Universitario de Tarma | Tarma | 
| La Libertad | Carlos A. Mannucci | Trujillo | 
| Department | Team | Location | 
|---|---|---|
| Lambayeque | San Lorenzo | Chiclayo | 
| Lima | Aurora Chancayllo | Huaral | 
| Loreto | CNI | Iquitos | 
| Madre de Dios | Deportivo Maldonado | Puerto Maldonado | 
| Moquegua | Atlético Huracán | Moquegua | 
| Pasco | Estudiantil Carrión | Pasco | 
| Piura | Sport Chorrillos | Talara | 
| Puno | Unión Carolina | Puno | 
| San Martín | Unión Progreso | Moyobamba | 
| Tacna | Coronel Bolognesi | Tacna | 
| Tumbes | Sport Tumbes | Tumbes | 
Regional stage
Región Norte A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sport Chorrillos | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Final stage | 
| 2 | San Lorenzo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sport Tumbes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Bracamoros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 
Source: 
 Región Norte B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Final stage | 
| 2 | León de Huánuco | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | José Gálvez | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | Estudiantil Carrión | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 
Source: 
 Region Oriente
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CNI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Final stage | 
| 2 | Nor Oriente | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Unión Progreso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
Source: 
 Region Centro
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurora Chancayllo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Final stage | 
| 2 | Víctor Bielich | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Universitario de Tarma | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | UDA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 
Source: 
 Region Sur
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melgar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Final stage | 
| 2 | Coronel Bolognesi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Atlético Huracán | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
Source: 
 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 | 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 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 4–0 | CNI | Nacional, Lima | 
| 28 April 1968 | Sport Chorrillos | 1–0 | Aurora Chancayllo | Nacional, Lima | 
Round 2
| 1 May 1968 | Aurora Chancayllo | 2–1 | Melgar | Nacional, Lima | 
| 1 May 1968 | Sport Chorrillos | 1–0 | Carlos A. Mannucci | Nacional, Lima | 
Round 3
| 5 May 1968 | CNI | 2–1 | Aurora Chancayllo | Nacional, Lima | 
| 5 May 1968 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 2–1 | Cienciano | Nacional, Lima | 
| 5 May 1968 | Sport Chorrillos | 3–0 | Melgar | Nacional, Lima | 
Round 4
| 8 May 1968 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 1–0 | Aurora Chancayllo | Nacional, Lima | 
| 8 May 1968 | Sport Chorrillos | 2–2 | Cienciano | Nacional, Lima | 
Round 5
| 11 May 1968 | Cienciano | 1–1 | Aurora Chancayllo | Nacional, Lima | 
| 11 May 1968 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 1–0 | Melgar | Nacional, Lima | 
| 11 May 1968 | CNI | 1–0 | Sport Chorrillos | Nacional, Lima | 
External links
- (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1968
- (in Spanish) Semanario Pasión
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