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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):
Cienciano (Cusco, Cusco)
Colegio Nacional (Iquitos, Loreto)
José Gálvez (Chimbote, Ancash)
Melgar Foot-Ball Club (Arequipa, Arequipa)
Social Deportivo Huando (Huaral, Lima)
Unión Tumán (Tumán, Lambayeque)
Round 1 (Apr 25)
Colegio Nacional - Cienciano 3-0
Melgar FBC - José Gálvez 5-1
Unión Tumán - Social Deportivo Huando 1-0
Round 2 (Apr 28)
José Gálvez - Colegio Nacional 2-2
Unión Tumán - Cienciano 4-3
Melgar FBC - Social Deportivo Huando 5-1
Round 3 (May 2)
José Gálvez - Cienciano 1-0
Colegio Nacional - Social Deportivo Huando 2-1
Melgar FBC - Unión Tumán 1-1
Round 4 (May 5)
José Gálvez - Social Deportivo Huando 1-0
Unión Tumán - Colegio Nacional 2-1
Melgar FBC - Cienciano 1-0
Round 5 (May 8)
Cienciano - Social Deportivo Huando 5-0
Melgar FBC - Colegio Nacional 1-1
José Gálvez - Unión Tumán 1-0
FINAL TABLE
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Melgar FBC ................. 8 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 13 - 4 [Promoted]
2. Unión Tumán ................ 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 8 - 6 [Promoted]
3. José Gálvez ................ 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 7 [Promoted]
4. Colegio Nacional ........... 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 9 - 6
5. Cienciano .................. 2 - 5 - 1 - 0 - 4 - 8 - 9
6. Social Deportivo Huando .... 0 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 5 - 2 - 14
Topscorer: Luis Ponce-Arroé (Melgar Foot-Ball Club), 7 goals
Note: Three teams were promoted as First Division was increased from 14 to 16
teams.
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Source: [FPF 97].
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