Copa Bolivia (Ascenso)

Copa Bolivia

Founded	2012
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Liga Nacional B
Current champions	none (2012)
Most championships	none
2012 Copa Bolivia

Copa Bolivia is the third tier of the Bolivian Football pyramid. The inaugural season is played in 2012. In the Copa Bolivia will comprise the nine runners-up of Bolivian Football Regional Leagues, the runners-up of the Torneo Nacional Interprovincial and a two invited teams. The best three teams of the competition will be promoted to the 2012–13 Liga Nacional B.^[1]

Teams will have to use at least one U-20 player throughout any match; likewise, the number of non-Bolivian players will be limited to a maximum of four players at any given point of a match.^[2]

2012 Teams

Team	Classification
ABB	La Paz Runners-up
Ciclón	Tarija Runners-up
Colcapirhua	Cochabamba Runners-up
Emilio Alave	Potosi Runners-up
Enrique Happ	Invited (3rd place of Cochabamba)
Fancesa	Chuquisaca Runners-up
Huanuni	Oruro Runners-up
La Palmera	Beni Runners-up
San José (Pailón)	Torneo Nacional Interprovincial Runners-up
Sport Boys	Santa Cruz Runners-up
Stormers	Invited (3rd place of Chuquisaca)
Vaca Díez	Pando Runners-up

List of Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place
2012	Enrique Happ	Ciclón	Sport Boys
2013	ABB	García Agreda	Calleja

References

1. "La ANFL dio luz verde al Provincial de Clubes y a la Copa Bolivia, que se jugará entre subcampeones".
2. "El torneo Nacional B se jugará con 15 equipos".