1997 Copa Bolivia

1997 Copa Bolivia

Tournament details
Country	Bolivia
Teams	31
Defending champions	Atlético Ciclón
Final positions
Champions	Oriente Petrolero (8th title)
Runners-up	The Strongest
Tournament statistics
Matches played	114
Goals scored	123 (1.08 per match)
Top goal scorer	Álvaro Peña (14 goals)

The 1997 is the second edition of the Copa Bolivia. The Copa Bolivia would start in January and end in October.

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
31 de Octubre	2–4	Club Litoral	2–1	0–3
Bolivar Nimbles	3–5	Always Ready	2–3	1–2
Real Charcas	2–1	Municipal de Tarija	1–1	1–0
Universitario de Potosi	4–3	Real Cochabamba	2–3	2–1

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad de Santa Cruz	0–1	Club Litoral	0–0	0–1
Always Ready	2–3	Chaco Petrolero	2–0	0–3
Universitario de Potosi	5–4	Real Charcas	4–4	1–0
Deportivo Cristal	2–1	Ferroviario F.C	1–1	1–0
Universitario de Pando	0–1	ABB	0–0	0–1
Universitario (Beni)	2–1	Primero de Mayo	2–1	0–0
Mariscal Braun	3–1	Enrique Happ	2–1	1–0
Fancesa	3–6	Club Stormers San Lorenzo	3–4	0–2

Third qualifying round

• 5 best Loser from the second round also qualified.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
The Strongest	1–0	Club Litoral	0–0	1–0
Bolívar	4–1	Chaco Petrolero	2–1	2–0
San José	3–1	Universitario de Potosi	2–1	1–0
Independiente Petrolero	3–4	ABB	3–1	0–3
Municipal	2–1	Universitario (Beni)	1–1	1–0
Blooming	1–0	Deportivo Cristal	0–0	1–0
Guabirá	4–0	Mariscal Braun	3–0	1–0
Club Stormers San Lorenzo	1–2	Jorge Wilstermann	1–1	0–1
Real Charcas	3–2	Real Santa Cruz	2–2	1–0
Destroyers	1–0	Universitario de Pando	1–0	0–0
Always Ready	2–5	Oriente Petrolero	2–4	0–1
Ferroviario F.C	2–4	Primero de Mayo	2–2	0–2

Group stage

One City would be hosting this group and its Santa Cruz de La Sierra.

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oriente Petrolero	5	5	0	0	10	4	+6	15
2	The Strongest	5	4	1	0	6	3	+3	14
3	Primero de Mayo	5	3	1	1	3	5	-2	10
4	Destroyers	5	2	1	2	3	7	–4	7
5	Real Charcas	5	2	0	3	2	8	–7	6
6	Jorge Wilstermann	5	0	3	2	2	9	–7	3

Group B

Pando would be hosting this group.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guabirá	5	4	1	0	7	2	+5	14
2	Blooming	5	3	2	0	5	3	+2	11
3	Municipal	5	2	1	2	3	5	-2	7
4	ABB	5	2	1	2	3	7	–4	7
5	Bolivar	5	1	2	3	4	8	–4	5
6	San José	5	1	1	3	4	9	–5	4

Semi-final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
The Strongest	1–0	Guabirá	0–0	1–0
Oriente Petrolero	2–1	Blooming	2–2	0–0

August 27

20:30

Oriente Petrolero	2 – 1	Blooming
Rubén Tufiño File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Álvaro Peña File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 38,400

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August 30

19:00

The Strongest	0 – 0	Guabirá

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 34,000

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September 25

21:00

Blooming	0 – 0	Oriente Petrolero

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

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September 28

21:00

Guabirá	0 – 1	The Strongest
		Marcelo Torrico File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 23,000

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
The Strongest	3–2	Oriente Petrolero	2–3	0–0

August 27

20:30

Oriente Petrolero	3 – 2	The Strongest
Rubén Tufiño File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (64) Luis Gustavo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Sandro Coelho] File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (75)

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 38,400

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August 30

19:00

The Strongest	0 – 0	Oriente Petrolero

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 34,000

Copa Bolivia 1997 Champion
Oriente Petrolero 8th Title