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Copa Chile 
Founded 1958 Region 
ChileNumber of teams 75 Current champions Deportes Iquique Website ANFP 
2011 Copa ChileThe Copa Chile (Chile Cup) is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship), played from 1933 to 1950.
The cup is now open to every member club of the Chilean football league system, from professional teams; (Primera División and Primera B), down to teams from the ANFA; Tercera A and Tercera B, as well as Regional Amateur champions teams from around the country. And since the season 2009, the winners obtains a direct Copa Sudamericana spot for the next season.
In the history of the tournament, the Primera División teams have dominated the competition; but, because this is contested in a knockout tournament format, the opportunity for lower level teams upsetting a top level squad is a real possibility. That was the case in the seasons 1960, 1962, 2009 & 2010, when the winners were clubs from the second level: Deportes La Serena, Luis Cruz de Curicó, Unión San Felipe and Municipal Iquique. A major upset almost occurred in the 2008 competition, when Deportes Ovalle (from the third level league) became finalist, losing 1-2 to Universidad de Concepción at the final, in a very close match.
In some seasons the tournament only included first level teams, that was the case the seasons: 1979 to 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989-Invierno, 1990, 1998 and 2000.
Only two clubs have become double champions (league and cup winners the same season); Colo-Colo in 1981, 1989, 1990 & 1996, and Universidad de Chile in 2000.
Finals
Year Champion Runner-up Score Trophy 1958 Colo-Colo Universidad Católica 2:2[1] Copa Chile 1959 Santiago Wanderers Deportes La Serena 5:1 Copa Chile 1960 Deportes La Serena Santiago Wanderers 4:1 Copa Preparación 1961 Santiago Wanderers Universidad Católica 2:0, 1:2 Copa Chile Green Cross 1962 Luis Cruz Martínez Universidad Católica 2:1 Copa Preparación 1974 Colo-Colo Santiago Wanderers 3:0 Copa Chile 1975 Palestino Lota Schwager 4:0 Copa Chile 1977 Palestino Unión Española 3:3, 1:0 Copa Chile 1979 Universidad de Chile Colo-Colo 2:1 Copa Polla Gol 1980 Deportes Iquique Colo-Colo 2:1 Copa Polla Gol 1981 Colo-Colo Audax Italiano 5:1 Copa Polla Gol 1982 Colo-Colo Universidad Católica [2] Copa Polla Gol 1983 Universidad Católica O'Higgins [3] Copa Polla Gol 1983 Universidad Católica Naval 1:0 Copa República 1984 Everton Universidad Católica 3:0 Copa Polla Gol 1985 Colo-Colo Palestino 1:0 Copa Polla Gol 1986 Cobreloa Fernández Vial 0:1, 2:0, 3:0 Copa Polla Gol 1987 Cobresal Colo-Colo 2:0 Copa Apertura 1988 Colo-Colo Unión Española 1:0 Copa Digeder 1989 Colo-Colo Universidad Católica 2:2, 1:0 Copa Coca Cola Digeder 1989 Unión Española Huachipato 2:0 Copa Invierno 1990 Colo-Colo Universidad Católica 3:2 Copa Apertura 1991 Universidad Católica Cobreloa 1:0 Copa Chile Digeder 1992 Unión Española Colo-Colo 3:1 Copa Chile 1993 Unión Española Cobreloa 3:1 Copa Chile 1994 Colo-Colo O'Higgins 1-1 4-2 (pen.) Copa Chile 1995 Universidad Católica Cobreloa 4:2 Copa Chile 1996 Colo-Colo Rangers 1:1, 1:0 Copa Chile 1998 Universidad de Chile Audax Italiano 1:1, 2:0 Copa Apertura 2000 Universidad de Chile Santiago Morning 2:1 (a.e.t.) Copa Apertura 2008 Universidad de Concepción Deportes Ovalle 2:1 Copa Chile 2009 Unión San Felipe Municipal Iquique 3:0 Copa Chile 2010 Municipal Iquique Deportes Concepción 1:1 4-3 (pen.) Copa Chile Bicentenario 2011 Universidad Católica Magallanes 0:1, 1:0 4-2 (pen.) Copa Chile Notes and references
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