The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.
The 2008 Peru Cup started with the District Stage (Spanish: Etapa Distrital) on February 1. The next stage was the Provincial Stage (Spanish: Etapa Provincial) which started, on June 1. The tournament continued with the Departamental Stage (Spanish: Etapa Departamental) on July 16. The Regional Staged followed. The National Stage (Spanish: Etapa Nacional) started on November 8. The winner and runner-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division.
Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.
*The 2nd leg between Unión Huaral and Íntimo Cable Visión was suspended by the FPF because of some incidents with the crowd in the first game. Cable Visión qualified for the next round[1]
Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Junín, Pasco and Huánuco region.
The National Stage started on November 8. This stage had two knockout rounds and four-team group stage. The winners and runners-up of the National Stage will be promoted to the First Division. The two semifinalists as well as the best quarterfinalist will be promoted to the Second Division.