1968|overview file
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24
departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams
plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more
rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the
capital).
Finalists teams (Note: After each team name, between brackets is the name of the
city and department from which each team comes from):
Alfonso Ugarte (Chiclín, La Libertad)
Cienciano (Cusco, Cusco)
Colegio Nacional (Iquitos, Loreto)
Juan Aurich (Chiclayo, Lambayeque)
Melgar Foot-Ball Club (Arequipa, Arequipa)
Octavio Espinosa (Ica, Ica)
Round 1 (May 14)
Juan Aurich - Cienciano 3-1
Alfonso Ugarte - Melgar FBC 1-0
Octavio Espinosa - Colegio Nacional 3-1
Round 2 (May 18)
Melgar FBC - Colegio Nacional 8-0
Alfonso Ugarte - Cienciano 2-0
Octavio Espinosa - Juan Aurich 3-0
Round 3 (May 21)
Juan Aurich - Colegio Nacional 2-2
Melgar FBC - Cienciano 2-1
Alfonso Ugarte - Octavio Espinosa 4-1
Round 4 (May 25)
Colegio Nacional - Cienciano 1-1
Octavio Espinosa - Melgar FBC 0-0
Juan Aurich - Alfonso Ugarte 2-0
Round 5 (May 28)
Octavio Espinosa - Cienciano 3-1
Juan Aurich - Melgar FBC 1-0
Alfonso Ugarte - Colegio Nacional 3-2
FINAL TABLE
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Alfonso Ugarte ............. 8 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 1- 10 - 5 [Promoted]
2. Octavio Espinosa ........... 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 10 - 6 [Promoted]
3. Juan Aurich ................ 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 6 [Promoted]
4. Melgar FBC ................. 5 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 10 - 3 [Promoted]
5. Colegio Nacional ........... 2 - 5 - 0 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 17
6. Cienciano .................. 1 - 5 - 0 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 11
Note. Four teams were promoted to play in 1967 First Division as this tournament
grew up from 10 to 14 teams.
Topscorer: Daniel Ruiz (Juan Aurich), 6 goals
1968|overview file
Source: [FPF 97].
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