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1996 Copa Chile

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The 1996 Copa Chile was the 26th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 17, 1996, and concluded on November 30, 1996. Colo-Colo won the competition for their tenth time, beating Rangers in the finals.

01Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	17 February 1996 10 March 1996
Quarterfinals	9-17 July 1996
Semi-finals	24 September 1996 26 November 1996
Final	28-30 November 1996

02Group Round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Quarterfinals

Group 1A

	DANT	RATA	CLOA	COQU
D. Antofagasta		1, 0	2, 2	5, 0
R. Atacama	3, 0		1, 1	1, 1
Cobreloa	1, 1	5, 1		2, 0
Coquimbo U.	1, 2	2, 2	1, 1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Antofagasta	11
2	Cobreloa	10
3	Regional Atacama	6
4	Coquimbo Unido	3

Group 2A

	COLO	UESP	PALE	SWAN
Colo-Colo		2, 0	3, 0	2, 0
U. Española	1, 3		0, 3	2, 3
Palestino	0, 1	4, 0		1, 1
S. Wanderers	1, 6	2, 2	2, 2

Rank	Team	Points
1	Colo-Colo	18
2	Palestino	8
3	Santiago Wanderers	6
4	Unión Española	1

Group 3A

	UCAT	OHIG	HUAC	DCON
U. Católica		0, 0	4, 0	4, 1
O'Higgins	1, 2		1, 1	3, 0
Huachipato	1, 2	3, 1		0, 2
D. Concepción	3, 4	2, 0	1, 4

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad Católica	16
2	Huachipato	7
3	Deportes Concepción	6
4	O'Higgins	5

Group 4A

	UCHI	AUDI	DTEM	POSO
U. de Chile		4, 2	3, 0	1, 0
A. Italiano	0, 2		0, 0	2, 1
D. Temuco	0, 1	2, 1		3, 0
P. Osorno	1, 0	3, 2	0, 1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad de Chile	15
2	Deportes Temuco	10
3	Provincial Osorno	6
4	Audax Italiano	4

Group 1B

	DARI	DIQU	CSAL	MAGA
D. Arica		1, 0	1, 2	1, 2
D. Iquique	0, 0		3, 2	4, 1
Cobresal	2, 1	1, 4		4, 3
Magallanes	3, 0	2, 1	2, 2

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Iquique	10 (+5)
2	Magallanes	10 (+1)
3	Cobresal	10 (-1)
4	Deportes Arica	4

Group 2B

	DLSE	DOVA	USFE	EVER
D. La Serena		1, 0	4, 1	1, 0
D. Ovalle	1, 1		2, 0	1, 1
U. San Felipe	1, 5	2, 0		1, 3
Everton	3, 0	0, 1	2, 1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes La Serena	13
2	Everton	10
3	Deportes Ovalle	8
4	Unión San Felipe	3

Group 3B

	DMEL	DCOL	USCR	RANG
D. Melipilla		4, 1	1, 0	2, 1
D. Colchagua	2, 1		1, 1	2, 2
U. Santa Cruz	0, 1	2, 4		1, 3
Rangers	1, 0	2, 0	6, 1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Rangers	13
2	Deportes Melipilla	12
3	Deportes Colchagua	8
4	Unión Santa Cruz	1

Group 4B

	DLIN	ÑUBL	FVIA	DPMO
D. Linares		1, 2	2, 2	1, 3
Ñublense	1, 0		0, 1	1, 0
Fernández Vial	3, 1	1, 1		1, 1
D. Puerto Montt	2, 0	2, 2	1, 0

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Puerto Montt	11 (+4)
2	Ñublense	11 (+2)
3	Fernández Vial	9
4	Deportes Linares	1

03Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportes Iquique	2-5	Deportes Antofagasta	0-1	2-4
Deportes La Serena	1-2	Colo-Colo	1-1	0-1
Rangers	2-2 (a)	Universidad Católica	1-0	1-2
Deportes Puerto Montt	0-5	Universidad de Chile	0-0	0-5

04Semifinals

September 24, 1996

Rangers	1, 0	Deportes Antofagasta
Rojas 33'

Estadio Fiscal, Talca Attendance: 5,717 Referee: R. Hormazabal September 30, 1996

Deportes Antofagasta	3, 2	Rangers
Acosta 29', 50' Cruz 67'		48' Rojas 80' De Gregorio

Estadio Regional, Antofagasta Attendance: 7,503 Referee: N. Mondria November 19, 1996

Colo-Colo	2, 3	Universidad de Chile
Reyes 11' Tapia 79'		9' Sanchez 25' Rodríguez 90' Traverso

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 16,893 Referee: C. Lemus November 26, 1996

Universidad de Chile	0, 2	Colo-Colo
		6' (pen.) Basay 71' Espina

Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 24,928 Referee: C. Robles

05Finals

November 28, 1996

Rangers	1, 1	Colo-Colo
Andrade 15'		74' Tapia

Estadio Fiscal, Talca Attendance: 13,343 Referee: R. Hormazabal November 30, 1996

Colo-Colo	1, 0	Rangers
Tapia 38'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 30,000 Referee: E. Gamboa

06Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Hermes Navarro	Magallanes	9
2	Fernando Vergara	Colo-Colo	7
	Eladio Rojas	Rangers	7
4	Daniel Fascioli	Deportes Antofagasta	6

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