2018 Copa Venezuela

The 2018 Copa Venezuela was the 49th edition of the competition. It began with the first stage on 11 July 2018 and concluded with the second leg of the final on 31 October 2018. Primera División side Mineros were the defending champions,^[1] but they were disqualified from the competition in the second stage.^[2]

2018 Copa Venezuela

Tournament details
Country	Venezuela
Dates	11 July – 31 October 2018
Teams	39
Final positions
Champions	Zulia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Aragua
Copa Sudamericana	Zulia
← 2017 2019 →

Zulia were the champions after beating Aragua 3–1 on aggregate in the final, and qualified to the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.

First stage

• Teams entering this round: 21 teams from the Segunda División.
• The matches took place from 11 to 18 July 2018.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angostura	2	2	0	0	7	5	+2	6	Advance to second stage
2	LALA	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Chicó de Guayana	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Angostura v LALA

11 July 2018	Angostura	3–2	LALA	Ciudad Guayana
15:00	Cardozo 17' Vargas 28' Cermeño 77'		A. Rondón 36' Acosta 68'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 100 Referee: José Márquez

LALA v Chicó de Guayana

14 July 2018	LALA	1–0	Chicó de Guayana	Ciudad Guayana
15:00	A. Ramírez 56'			Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 659 Referee: Darwin Cabeza

Chicó de Guayana v Angostura

18 July 2018	Chicó de Guayana	3–4	Angostura	Ciudad Guayana
15:00	A. Castillo 8' Tarache 45+2' Alfaro 58'		J. González 3' Fermín 16' Cardozo 61' Lugo 90'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Referee: Stalin Rondón

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Margarita	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to second stage
2	Atlético Furrial	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	Petroleros	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Petroleros v Atlético Furrial

11 July 2018	Petroleros	3–3	Atlético Furrial	Puerto La Cruz
15:00	Romero 65' L. Rondón 85', 90+1'		Regardiz 28' K. Blanco 55' A. Carrillo 57'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 73 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Atlético Furrial v Margarita

14 July 2018	Atlético Furrial	0–1	Margarita	Maturín
15:00			Leonett 90'	Stadium: Alexander Bottini Attendance: 244 Referee: Adrián Cabello

Margarita v Petroleros

18 July 2018	Margarita	3–1	Petroleros	Pampatar
15:00	Alemán 45+2' (pen.), 67' Mina 80'		E. Pérez 18'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Referee: José Rivas

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertador	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance to second stage
2	Deportivo Petare	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Universidad Central	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Libertador v Deportivo Petare

11 July 2018	Libertador	0–0	Deportivo Petare	Caracas
15:00				Stadium: Fray Luis Attendance: 53 Referee: Juan Cabeza

Deportivo Petare v Universidad Central

15 July 2018	Deportivo Petare	2–1	Universidad Central	Caracas
15:00	Vásquez 80' Ojeda 90'		Annese 33'	Stadium: Fray Luis Attendance: 287 Referee: Joan Leal

Universidad Central v Libertador

18 July 2018	Universidad Central	0–3	Libertador	Caracas
13:00			Perdomo 35', 51' (pen.), 67'	Stadium: Fray Luis Referee: Edwin Gómez

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yaracuyanos	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to second stage
2	Yaracuy	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
3	GV Maracay	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

GV Maracay v Yaracuy

11 July 2018	GV Maracay	2–5	Yaracuy	Maracay
15:00	León 86' Salazar 90+1'		Herrera 8', 64' Puerta 10' Oviedo 24' Nañez 80'	Stadium: Giusseppe Antonelli Attendance: 103 Referee: Henry Luna

Yaracuy v Yaracuyanos

14 July 2018	Yaracuy	1–2	Yaracuyanos	San Felipe
15:00	Rivero 88'		J. Blanco 13' R. Arteaga 58'	Stadium: Florentino Oropeza Attendance: 450 Referee: Isley Delgado

Yaracuyanos v GV Maracay

18 July 2018	Yaracuyanos	4–0	GV Maracay	San Felipe
15:00	Montiel 14' E. Escobar 30', 72' Ortega 60'			Stadium: Florentino Oropeza Referee: Luis Parra

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ULA	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3	Advance to second stage
2	Llaneros	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Hermanos Colmenarez	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

ULA v Hermanos Colmenarez

11 July 2018	ULA	4–1	Hermanos Colmenarez	Mérida
	Magallán 26', 81' Rojas 45' H. Díaz 52'		Lugo 90'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 300 Referee: Marlon Escalante

Hermanos Colmenarez v Llaneros

14 July 2018	Hermanos Colmenarez	1–0	Llaneros	Barinas
	E. Jiménez 81'			Stadium: Reinaldo Melo Attendance: 153 Referee: Emikar Calderas

Llaneros v ULA

18 July 2018	Llaneros	3–1	ULA	Guanare
15:00	Torres 17' Reyes 32', 86'		Rojas 33'	Stadium: Rafael Calles Pinto Referee: Reyes Soto

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Titanes	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Advance to second stage
2	Deportivo JBL	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
3	Unión Atlético Falcón	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Titanes v Deportivo JBL

11 July 2018	Titanes	4–0	Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo
	Rito 47', 47', 57' Alarcón 79'			Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 860 Referee: Yercinia Correa

Deportivo JBL v Unión Atlético Falcón

14 July 2018	Deportivo JBL	2–0	Unión Atlético Falcón	Maracaibo
	Bustamante 33' Barreto 68'			Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 251 Referee: José Luis Hoyo

Unión Atlético Falcón v Titanes

18 July 2018	Unión Atlético Falcón	0–3	Titanes	Punto Fijo
15:00			Alarcón 2', ?' Cortéz ?'	Stadium: Pedro Conde Referee: Rafael Torres

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Frontera	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Advance to second stage
2	Ureña	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	El Vigía	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

El Vigía v Ureña

11 July 2018	El Vigía	1–2	Ureña	El Vigía
	E. Ramírez 5'		J. Ortiz 64' M. López 87'	Stadium: Ramón Hernández Attendance: 100 Referee: Jean Gómez

Ureña v Real Frontera

14 July 2018	Ureña	1–3	Real Frontera	San Cristóbal
	R. Contreras 57'		Mosquera 20' Álvarez 47' (o.g.) Altuve 90'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 200 Referee: Yorman Delgado

Real Frontera v El Vigía

18 July 2018	Real Frontera	2–1	El Vigía	San Antonio
15:00	Murillo 38' (pen.) Mosquera 40'		? 14'	Stadium: Pedro Chávez Referee: Marcos Suárez

Second stage

• Teams entering this round: 18 teams from the Primera División.
• The first legs were played on 8 and 9 August and the second legs were played from 14 to 16 August 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Centro-Oriental Group
Angostura	5–1	Mineros	2–1	3–0[A]
LALA	2–6	Monagas	1–1	1–5
Margarita	1–4	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–1	1–3
Atlético Furrial	1–4	Deportivo La Guaira	1–3	0–1
Deportivo Petare	1–7	Caracas	1–4	0–3
Academia Puerto Cabello	0–1	Metropolitanos	0–1	0–0
Libertador	2–4	Aragua	0–3	2–1
Estudiantes de Caracas	3–7	Atlético Venezuela	1–3	2–4
Centro-Occidental Group
Deportivo JBL	3–1	Trujillanos	1–0	2–1
Yaracuy	5–2	Deportivo Lara	3–1	2–1
Titanes	1–2	Zulia	1–2	0–0
Yaracuyanos	1–3	Carabobo	1–0	0–3
ULA	2–3	Zamora	1–1	1–2
Llaneros	4–3	Portuguesa	1–2	3–1
Real Frontera	0–2	Deportivo Táchira	0–1	0–1
Ureña	2–0	Estudiantes de Mérida	2–0	Annulled[B]

Notes

1. ^
   FVF awarded Angostura a 3–0 win as a result of Mineros substituting its mandatory youth players. The match originally ended with a 5–0 win for Mineros.^[2]
2. ^
   Match annulled due to Estudiantes de Mérida fielding ineligible players. The match originally ended with a 4–1 win for Estudiantes de Mérida.^[3]

First leg

LALA v Monagas

8 August 2018	LALA	1–1	Monagas	Ciudad Guayana
15:00	Y. González 18'		R. Rojas 38'	Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 874 Referee: José Rivas

Margarita v Deportivo Anzoátegui

8 August 2018	Margarita	0–1	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Pampatar
15:00			Lobo 44'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 150 Referee: Oscar Durán

Deportivo Petare v Caracas

8 August 2018	Deportivo Petare	1–4	Caracas	Caracas
15:00	V. Vásquez 68'		Saggiomo 30' Arrieta 36' Arace 59' R. Chacón 69'	Stadium: Cocodrilos Sports Park Attendance: 1,217 Referee: Robert Mosqueda

Estudiantes de Caracas v Atlético Venezuela

8 August 2018	Estudiantes de Caracas	1–3	Atlético Venezuela	Maracay
15:30	Paccioco 90'		K. Barreto 36' Farías 42', 88'	Stadium: Giuseppe Antonelli Attendance: 120 Referee: Edwing Gómez

Libertador v Aragua

8 August 2018	Libertador	0–3	Aragua	Caracas
15:30			Gamboa 16', 32' Bedoya 90+2'	Stadium: Universidad Santa María Attendance: 200 Referee: Jonathan Sánchez

Yaracuyanos v Carabobo

8 August 2018	Yaracuyanos	1–0	Carabobo	San Felipe
15:30	Escobar 83'			Stadium: Florentino Oropeza Attendance: 1,308 Referee: Pedro Jiménez

Llaneros v Portuguesa

8 August 2018	Llaneros	1–2	Portuguesa	Guanare
15:30	D. Rodríguez 33'		Bonilla 21' Sarmiento 54'	Stadium: Rafael Calles Pinto Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Wilfredo Martínez

Angostura v Mineros

8 August 2018	Angostura	2–1	Mineros	Ciudad Bolívar
16:00	Cabello 58' Vargas 71'		Rondón 31'	Stadium: Ricardo Tulio Maya Attendance: 500 Referee: Giancarlo Perluzzo

Titanes v Zulia

8 August 2018	Titanes	1–2	Zulia	Maracaibo
16:00	Ballezo 79'		Perozo 14' (pen.) Prono 90+1'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 4,115 Referee: Yeferzon Miranda

Real Frontera v Deportivo Táchira

8 August 2018	Real Frontera	0–1	Deportivo Táchira	San Antonio
16:30			Maldonado 90+3'	Stadium: Pedro Chávez Referee: Gustavo Maldonado

Ureña v Estudiantes de Mérida

8 August 2018	Ureña	2–0	Estudiantes de Mérida	San Cristóbal
17:00	J. Ortiz 7' Caicedo 44'			Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 100 Referee: Marco Suárez

ULA v Zamora

8 August 2018	ULA	1–1	Zamora	Mérida
17:00	H. Díaz 21'		Uribe 84'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 500 Referee: Yorman Delgado

Academia Puerto Cabello v Metropolitanos

8 August 2018	Academia Puerto Cabello	0–1	Metropolitanos	Puerto Cabello
19:00			J. Rojas 45'	Stadium: La Bombonerita Attendance: 5,165 Referee: Emikar Calderas

Atlético Furrial v Deportivo La Guaira

9 August 2018	Atlético Furrial	1–3	Deportivo La Guaira	Maturín
15:00	J. Gómez 7'		Bareiro 4' D. González 48' J. Pérez 89'	Stadium: Alexander Bottini Attendance: 235 Referee: Stalin Rondón

Yaracuy v Deportivo Lara

9 August 2018	Yaracuy	3–1	Deportivo Lara	San Felipe
15:30	Ordoñez 14' F. Rivero 59' D. Herrera 90'		Mendoza 45'	Stadium: Florentino Oropeza Attendance: 350 Referee: Reyes Soto

Deportivo JBL v Trujillanos

9 August 2018	Deportivo JBL	1–0	Trujillanos	Maracaibo
15:30	D. Barreto 40'			Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 315 Referee: Isley Delgado

Second leg

Carabobo v Yaracuyanos

14 August 2018	Carabobo	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Yaracuyanos	Cabudare
16:00			Lujano 37', 47' C. Rivero 54'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 138 Referee: Ramón Ortega

Metropolitanos v Academia Puerto Cabello

15 August 2018	Metropolitanos	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Academia Puerto Cabello	Caracas
15:30				Stadium: Universidad Santa María Attendance: 598 Referee: Ronny Cuevas

Atlético Venezuela v Estudiantes de Caracas

15 August 2018	Atlético Venezuela	4–2 (7–3 agg.)	Estudiantes de Caracas	Maracay
15:30	Meza 17' K. Barreto 48' Farías 73' Sosa 90+4'		Ríos 14' Fuentes 52'	Stadium: Giuseppe Antonelli Attendance: 442 Referee: Joan Leal

Caracas v Deportivo Petare

15 August 2018	Caracas	3–0 (7–1 agg.)	Deportivo Petare	Caracas
16:00	Llovera 5' Moreira 36' Arace 40'			Stadium: Cocodrilos Sports Park Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Jonathan Sánchez

Aragua v Libertador

15 August 2018	Aragua	1–2 (4–2 agg.)	Libertador	Maracay
16:00	Bonilla 35'		A. Contreras 45+2' Perdoma 54'	Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 430 Referee: Isley Delgado

Trujillanos v Deportivo JBL

15 August 2018	Trujillanos	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Deportivo JBL	Valera
16:00	Zúñiga 60'		G. García 62' Reintería 72'	Stadium: José Alberto Pérez Attendance: 300 Referee: Yercinia Correa

Deportivo Lara v Yaracuy

15 August 2018	Deportivo Lara	1–2 (2–5 agg.)	Yaracuy	Cabudare
16:00	Romero 56'		F. Rivero 67' Herrera 78'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Pedro Jiménez

Zulia v Titanes

15 August 2018	Zulia	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Titanes	Maracaibo
16:00				Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 1,061 Referee: José Argote

Portuguesa v Llaneros

15 August 2018	Portuguesa	1–3 (3–4 agg.)	Llaneros	Acarigua
16:00	O. García 75'		D. Rodríguez 41' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Perea 74'	Stadium: José Antonio Páez Attendance: 150 Referee: Luis Parra

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Margarita

15 August 2018	Deportivo Anzoátegui	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Margarita	Puerto La Cruz
17:00	Figueroa 68', 84' Valecillo 82' (pen.)		Escobar 33'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: Anderson Tovar

Deportivo Táchira v Real Frontera

15 August 2018	Deportivo Táchira	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Real Frontera	San Cristóbal
17:00	Villamizar 69'			Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Yorman Delgado

Monagas v LALA

15 August 2018	Monagas	5–1 (6–2 agg.)	LALA	Maturín
18:00	Cordero 28' N. Pérez 42' R. Rojas 74', 80' Benítez 88'		Mejía 21'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 2,608 Referee: Francisco López

Zamora v ULA

15 August 2018	Zamora	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	ULA	Barinas
18:00	I. González 63' Gallardo 77'		Castrillo 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Edwing Gómez

Estudiantes de Mérida v Ureña

15 August 2018	Estudiantes de Mérida	Annulled[3] (0–2 agg.)	Ureña	Mérida
18:00	Espinoza 19' Álvarez 27', 62' Castillo 81'		Caicedo 53'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Leonardo Caripa

Mineros v Angostura

16 August 2018	Mineros	0–3 Awarded[2] (1–5 agg.)	Angostura	Ciudad Guayana
9:00	Granados 9' Peña 11' Cuero 22' Blanco 33' N. Hernández 90'			Stadium: Polideportivo Cachamay Attendance: 817 Referee: Adrián Cabello

Deportivo La Guaira v Atlético Furrial

16 August 2018	Deportivo La Guaira	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Atlético Furrial	Puerto La Cruz
15:00	Lugo 22'			Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 345 Referee: Roger Arredondo

Final stages

Round of 16

• The first legs were played on 29 August and the second legs were played on 5 September 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Centro-Oriental Group
Angostura	0–2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–2	0–0
Monagas	2–4	Deportivo La Guaira	1–2	1–2
Caracas	0–3	Aragua	0–2	0–1
Metropolitanos	1–1 (a)	Atlético Venezuela	1–1	0–0
Centro-Occidental Group
Deportivo JBL	0–3	Zulia	0–1	0–2
Yaracuy	2–2 (a)	Carabobo	2–2	0–0
Zamora	3–2	Deportivo Táchira	2–1	1–1
Llaneros	3–3 (5–3 p)	Ureña	2–1	1–2

First leg

Deportivo JBL v Zulia

29 August 2018	Deportivo JBL	0–1	Zulia	Maracaibo
15:00			Zambrano 37'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 1,306 Referee: María Herrán

Yaracuy v Carabobo

29 August 2018	Yaracuy	2–2	Carabobo	San Felipe
15:30	F. Rivero 80', 84'		Villegas 49' Ocanto 52'	Stadium: Florentino Oropeza Attendance: 850 Referee: Yercinia Correa

Llaneros v Ureña

29 August 2018	Llaneros	2–1	Ureña	Guanare
15:30	Palacio 45+5' D. Rivero 59'		G. Salazar 88'	Stadium: Rafael Calles Pinto Attendance: 808 Referee: Jonathan Sánchez

Metropolitanos v Atlético Venezuela

29 August 2018	Metropolitanos	1–1	Atlético Venezuela	Caracas
15:30	Arciniegas 33'		J. Salazar 70'	Stadium: Universidad Santa María Attendance: 421 Referee: Reyes Soto

Angostura v Deportivo Anzoátegui

29 August 2018	Angostura	0–2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Ciudad Guayana
16:00			Lobo 34', 61'	Stadium: Ricardo Tulio Maya Attendance: 300 Referee: Yender Herrera

Caracas v Aragua

29 August 2018	Caracas	0–2	Aragua	Caracas
16:00			Navas 32' Salazar 42'	Stadium: Cocodrilos Sports Park Attendance: 1,071 Referee: Marlon Escalante

Monagas v Deportivo La Guaira

29 August 2018	Monagas	1–2	Deportivo La Guaira	Maturín
18:00	R. Rojas 52'		C. González 9' Lugo 43'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 2,154 Referee: Edwing Gómez

Zamora v Deportivo Táchira

29 August 2018	Zamora	2–1	Deportivo Táchira	Barinas
19:00	Uribe 26' Gallardo 54'		Maldonado 7'	Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 4,397 Referee: José Argote

Second leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Monagas

5 September 2018	Deportivo La Guaira	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Monagas	Caracas
10:30	D. González 66' Ar. Flores 86' (pen.)		J. González 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Universidad Santa María Referee: José Luis Hoyo

Atlético Venezuela (a) v Metropolitanos

5 September 2018	Atlético Venezuela (a)	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Metropolitanos	Maracay
15:30				Stadium: Giuseppe Antonelli Referee: Robert Mosqueda

Carabobo (a) v Yaracuy

5 September 2018	Carabobo (a)	0–0 (2–2 agg.)	Yaracuy	Cabudare
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Referee: José Argote

Zulia v Deportivo JBL

5 September 2018	Zulia	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Deportivo JBL	Maracaibo
16:30	Perozo 31' (pen.) C. Gómez 52'			Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Referee: Orlando Bracamonte

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Angostura

5 September 2018	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Angostura	Puerto La Cruz
17:00				Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Referee: Francisco López

Aragua v Caracas

5 September 2018	Aragua	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Caracas	Maracay
17:00	Guerra 72'			Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Referee: Edwing Gómez

Deportivo Táchira v Zamora

5 September 2018	Deportivo Táchira	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Zamora	San Cristóbal
17:00	Aquino 90+7' (pen.)		Gallardo 45+2'	Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Ureña v Llaneros

5 September 2018	Ureña	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (3–5 p)	Llaneros	Ureña
17:00				Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario
	Penalties
	0		0

Quarter-finals

• The first legs were played on 9 September and the second legs were played on 3 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Centro-Oriental Group
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–2 (3–2 p)	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	1–1
Aragua	4–1	Atlético Venezuela	2–0	2–1
Centro-Occidental Group
Zulia	3–3 (a)	Carabobo	1–1	2–2
Zamora	3–1	Llaneros	1–0	2–1

First leg

Zulia v Carabobo

9 September 2018	Zulia	1–1	Carabobo	Maracaibo
16:30	Perozo 56' (pen.)	Report	Rivero 90'	Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 2,431 Referee: Yorman Delgado

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Deportivo La Guaira

9 September 2018	Deportivo Anzoátegui	1–1	Deportivo La Guaira	Puerto La Cruz
17:00	Yendis 62'	Report	García 44'	Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Aragua v Atlético Venezuela

9 September 2018	Aragua	2–0	Atlético Venezuela	Maracay
17:00	Gamboa 49' Guerra 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 2,010 Referee: Ronny Cueva

Zamora v Llaneros

9 September 2018	Zamora	1–0	Llaneros	Barinas
18:00	Uribe 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Emikar Caldera

Second leg

Deportivo La Guaira v Deportivo Anzoátegui

3 October 2018	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (2–3 p)	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Caracas
10:30	Vásquez 30' (o.g.)	Report	Zacarías 21'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Attendance: 2,483 Referee: José Argote
	Penalties
	Ar. Flores D. González C. González H. García La Mantía		A. Hernández J. Moreno Figueroa Griguol

Atlético Venezuela v Aragua

3 October 2018	Atlético Venezuela	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Aragua	Maracay
15:30	Sosa 5'	Report	Bonilla 38' Guerra 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Giuseppe Antonelli Attendance: 398 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Llaneros v Zamora

3 October 2018	Llaneros	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Zamora	Guanare
15:30	Fuentes 66'	Report	F. Blanco 5' Gallardo 18'	Stadium: Rafael Calles Pinto Attendance: 1,170 Referee: Eduardo Mármol

Carabobo v Zulia (a)

3 October 2018	Carabobo	2–2 (3–3 agg.)	Zulia (a)	Valencia
19:00	Ocanto 25' Colina 68'	Report	Rodríguez 35' Cure 90+4'	Stadium: Misael Delgado Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Yender Herrera

Semi-finals

• The first legs were played on 10 October and the second legs were played on 14 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Anzoátegui	2–3	Aragua	0–0	2–3
Zulia	2–0	Zamora	2–0	0–0

First leg

Zulia v Zamora

10 October 2018	Zulia	2–0	Zamora	Maracaibo
15:00	Soto 43' (o.g.) Prono 89'	Report		Stadium: José Pachencho Romero Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Anderson Tovar

Deportivo Anzoátegui v Aragua

10 October 2018	Deportivo Anzoátegui	0–0	Aragua	Puerto La Cruz
16:00		Report		Stadium: José Antonio Anzoátegui Attendance: 322 Referee: Emikar Caldera

Second leg

Aragua v Deportivo Anzoátegui

14 October 2018	Aragua	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Maracay
16:00	Bravo 19' Bonilla 51' Navas 88'		Otero 44' (pen.) Valdés 90+5'	Stadium: Hermanos Ghersi Páez Attendance: 5,749 Referee: Juan Soto

Zamora v Zulia

14 October 2018	Zamora	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Zulia	Barinas
18:00				Stadium: Agustín Tovar Attendance: 5,761 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela

Final

Aragua	1–2	Zulia
Bravo 41'	Report	Rodríguez 78' Palmezano 85'

24 October 2018

17:00

Estadio Olímpico Hermanos Ghersi Páez, Maracay

Attendance: 8,640

Referee: Juan Soto

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Zulia	1–0	Aragua
Celis 21'	Report

31 October 2018

16:00

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Referee: Ángel Arteaga

Zulia won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

1. "2017 Copa Venezuela". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
2. "Mineros quedó eliminado de la Copa por alineación indebida" (in Spanish). AS Venezuela. 28 August 2018.
3. "Estudiantes de Mérida perdió por alineación indebida su pase a los octavos" (in Spanish). Meridiano.

External links

• Official website of the Venezuelan Football Federation (in Spanish)
• Copa Venezuela 2018, Soccerway.com