2008 Copa Simón Bolívar (Bolivia)

June 2019 noref (GreenC bot) Copa Simón Bolívar 2008 Nacional Potosi (1st Title) Nacional Potosi Primero de Mayo (Relegation/promotion playoff) 40 2007 2009 The tournament started in 1960, initially only champions from La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Santa Cruz participated, in later years teams from other associations started joining the cup, and the tournament eventually also had runner-up's participating. Until 1976, due to the lack of a nationwide league, the cup determined the national champion and representative teams for the Copa Libertadores. With the creation of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian FA stopped organizing the tournament. Finally in 1989 the tournament was resurrected, with the same format of having both champions and runner-up from each association, but this time each regional league was the 2nd tier on the football pyramid so the champion was supposed to be awarded a place in the professional league. Previously the last placed team in the 1st division was replaced by the regional champion of its department. However that practice was kept until 1993 when finally the champion was awarded a spot in the top league. The competition format changes frequently, in 2008, the team were divided into 3 groups of 6 teams each, to save costs, geographically close teams were teamed up and played on a home-away round-robin basis, with group 1 consisting of teams from La Paz, Oruro and Cochabamba; group 2 with teams from Potosí, Chuquisaca and Tarija, and group 3 with teams from Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando. The top 2 placed teams advanced to the next round, now playing play-offs on home-away basis, the 3 winners and the best loser advanced to the semifinals and then the final. First phase Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDFancesa2110632513+10 Club Independiente Petrolero17105231811+17Deportivo Crystal13103341312+1Fraternida Tigres9102351415-1Universitario510127917-831 de Octubre5101271122-11 Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDClub Atlético Ciclón2210622255+15Club Destroyers18105332210+12Enrique Happ1310315880Club San Lorenzo1110326712-4Oruro Royal810227815-7Universitario de Potosi510138516-11 Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDNacional Potosi24106131810+8Primero de Mayo2010532139+4Universidad de Pando161044298+1 Real Charcas1510353711-4Universidad De Beni1010233513-8Vaca Diez810153715-8 Quarter finals Club Independiente Petrolero 2–5 Club Atlético Ciclón 1–1 1–4 Fancesa 0–2 Nacional Potosi 0–1 0–1 Club Destroyers 6–5 Club Primero De Mayo 3–2 3–3 |} Semi-final In this round Club Primero De Mayo qualified as the best loser Club Atlético Ciclón 0–1 Primero De Mayo 0–1 0–0 Club Destroyers 1–2 Nacional Potosi 1–0 0–2 |} 1st Leg September 20 15:30 Club Atlético Ciclón 0 – 1 Primero De Mayo Luis Parada 40 Estadio IV Centenário, Tarija 14,000 September 23 16:30 Club Destroyers 1 – 0 Nacional Potosi Edu Monteiro 12 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz 12,000 2nd Leg October 5 18:30 Primero De Mayo 0 – 0 Club Atlético Ciclón Estadio Gran Mamoré, Beni 19,000 October 6 19:30 Nacional Potosi 2 – 0 Club Destroyers Ronald Gutiérrez 65 Cristino Jara 85 Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí 22,000 Final Nacional Potosi 3–2 Primero De Mayo 2–1 1–1 |} October 17 20:30 Nacional Potosi 2 – 1 Primero De Mayo Ronald Gutiérrez 13 Nicolás Canalis 45 Julio Cesar 56 Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí 24,000 November 1 16:30 Primero De Mayo 1 – 1 Nacional Potosi John Carlos 67 Hernán Coimbra 23 Estadio Gran Mamoré, Beni 20,000 Copa Simon Bolivar 2008 Bolivian Football Regional LeaguesNacional Potosi1st Title Copa Simón Bolívar, 2008