The 2024 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2024 for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament, which was contested by 36 teams, began on 5 March and ended on 15 December 2024.[1]
The defending champions Atlético Nacional won their seventh Copa Colombia title, defeating América de Cali in the finals.[2] By winning the competition, Atlético Nacional were entitled to qualify for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana,[3] however, since they won the 2024 Finalización tournament a few days later, their berth was redistributed through the league's aggregate table.
Format
The competition kept the format used in the previous edition. In its first stage, the eight lowest placed teams in the aggregate table of the 2023 Primera A played against the eight lowest placed teams in the aggregate table of the 2023 Primera B, being drawn in eight ties. The eight first stage winners then faced the remaining Primera B teams in the second round of the competition, with the eight winners advancing to the third stage where they were drawn against each other. The round of 16 was played with the four winners from the previous stage and the remaining 12 Primera A teams which entered the competition at that point. The winners then advanced to the subsequent knockout stages of the competition (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals).[4] The order of legs was drawn for each phase of the competition.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows:[1][5]
Note: Match originally scheduled for 16 May 2024, 19:30 local time but postponed to 29 August 2024 due to issues with the lighting system at Estadio Jaime Morón León.[11]
Final stages
Each round in the final stages is played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The teams entering the competition at this stage are the top 12 teams in the aggregate table of the 2023 Primera A season. The order of legs of each tie is decided by draw. In case of a draw on aggregate score at the end of the second leg, extra time will not be played and the winner will be decided in a penalty shoot-out.
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19 September 2024, 20:30 local time at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo, Bogotá but postponed to 1 October due to logistical issues.[12]
Dimayor awarded a 3–0 win in favour of Boyacá Chicó after the match was postponed due to Independiente Medellín failing to reach Tunja in time to play the match. The original result was a 4–1 win for Independiente Medellín.[13]
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 October 2024, 19:00 local time but postponed to 22 October 2024 due to road blockades that prevented Independiente Medellín from reaching Tunja in time to play the match.[14] Although Independiente Medellín won the match 4–1, Dimayor accepted a complaint from Boyacá Chicó on the postponement of the match and declared Independiente Medellín as losers by forfeit.[13]
The second leg match was abandoned at the 84th minute of play due to incidents by América de Cali fans. On 24 December 2024, Dimayor awarded Atlético Nacional a 3–0 win by forfeit. The score at the time of suspension was 0–0.[15]
