2008 Copa Simón Bolívar (Bolivia)

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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.

Copa Simón Bolívar
Season2008
ChampionsNacional Potosi (1st Title)
PromotedNacional Potosi
Primero de Mayo (Relegation/promotion playoff)
Matches played40
2007
2009

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

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Fancesa 21 10 6 3 2 5 13 +10
Club Independiente Petrolero 17 10 5 2 3 18 11 +17
Deportivo Crystal 13 10 3 3 4 13 12 +1
Fraternida Tigres 9 10 2 3 5 14 15 -1
Universitario 5 10 1 2 7 9 17 -8
31 de Octubre 5 10 1 2 7 11 22 -11

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Club Atlético Ciclón 22 10 6 2 2 25 5 +15
Club Destroyers 18 10 5 3 3 22 10 +12
Enrique Happ 13 10 3 1 5 8 8 0
Club San Lorenzo 11 10 3 2 6 7 12 -4
Oruro Royal 8 10 2 2 7 8 15 -7
Universitario de Potosi 5 10 1 3 8 5 16 -11

Group C

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nacional Potosi 24 10 6 1 3 18 10 +8
Primero de Mayo 20 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4
Universidad de Pando 16 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1
Real Charcas 15 10 3 5 3 7 11 -4
Universidad De Beni 10 10 2 3 3 5 13 -8
Vaca Diez 8 10 1 5 3 7 15 -8

Quarter finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

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In this round Club Primero De Mayo qualified as the best loser

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Atlético Ciclón 0–1 Primero De Mayo 0–1 0–0
Club Destroyers 1–2 Nacional Potosi 1–0 0–2

1st Leg

Club Atlético Ciclón0 – 1Primero De Mayo
Luis Parada   40'
Attendance: 14,000


2nd Leg

Primero De Mayo0 – 0Club Atlético Ciclón
Attendance: 19,000

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nacional Potosi 3–2 Primero De Mayo 2–1 1–1
Nacional Potosi2 – 1Primero De Mayo
Ronald Gutiérrez   13'
Nicolás Canalis   45'
Julio Cesar   56'
Primero De Mayo1 – 1Nacional Potosi
John Carlos   67' Hernán Coimbra   23'
Attendance: 20,000


Copa Simon Bolivar
2008 Bolivian Football Regional Leagues
Nacional Potosi
1st Title