1997 Copa Bolivia

1997 Copa Bolivia

Country	Bolivia
Teams	31
Champions	Oriente Petrolero (8th title)
Runner-up	The Strongest
Matches played	114
Goals scored	123 (1.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Álvaro Peña (14 goals)
← 1997 1998 →

The 1997 is the 1st edition of the Copa Bolivia. The Copa Bolivia would start in January and End in October.

Qualifying Rounds

First Qualifying Round

Team 1	Agg.	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.	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.	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
Deportivo Municipal [disambiguation needed ]	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	Deportivo Municipal [disambiguation needed ]	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.	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	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz Attendance: 38,400
	Rubén Tufiño  54' Álvaro Peña  86'

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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	Estadio Gilberto Parada, Santa Cruz Attendance: 23,000
			Marcelo Torrico  49'

Final

Team 1	Agg.	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	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz Attendance: 38,400
	Rubén Tufiño  50' (64) Luis Gustavo  90'		Sandro Coelho]  23' (75)

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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