Copa Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar : La Série

Copa Simón Bolívar

Founded	1957 1958–1976 (as Division One) 1989–2010 (as Division Two)
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
Relegation to	Bolivian Football Regional Leagues
International cup(s)	Aerosur Cup
Current champions	Nacional Potosí (2010 Copa Simón Bolívar)
Most championships	Enrique Happ (3 times)
Website	Site Official
2010 Copa Simón Bolívar

The old 2nd tier in the Bolivian Football pyramid consists of 9 regional leagues (one for each department), the number of participants varies depending on the department, It usually has between 8 and 12 teams. Both winner and runner-up of each league compete in the Copa Simón Bolívar, with the winner of such tournament gaining promotion to the 1st Division, and the runner-up playing a play-off match with the 11th placed team in the 1st Division. Until 1976 all 8 regional championships (Pando didn't have an organized tournament back then) were the top in the national football pyramid, with the winner of the Copa Simón Bolívar being crowned as national champion. In 2011 the Copa Simón Bolívar is replaced for Liga Nacional B.

The oldest regional championship is the one played in La Paz, it started in 1914 and it was considered for many years as the top Bolivian league, even more when it turned into a semi-pro tournament in 1950 and started including teams from Oruro and Cochabamba.

Simón Bolívar : La Série

Cast

Elyas M'Barek(Simón José Antonio De La Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios)

Karoline Herfuth(María Teresa Del Toro Y Alayza)

Patricia Pillar(María De La Concepción Palacios Y Blanco)

Murilo Benício(Uuan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte)

Vincent Queijo(Juan Vicente Bolívar Palacios)

María Camila Luña(María Antonio Bolívar)

Briar Beauty Rosa(Juana Bolívar)

Ana Guadalajara(La Negra Hipolita)

Claudia Wolf(Matea Bolívar)

Eric Bana(Antonio José De Sucre)

David Beckham(Esteban Palacios Y Bolívar)

Cristian De La Fuente(Fernando Simón Bolívar)

Benjmain Samat(Josè Félix Ribas)

Florian Roche(Josè Tomás Boves)

Cristobal Lander(Ezequiel Zamora)

María Guadalupe(Luisa Cáceres De Arismendi)

Antonin Portal(Santiago Mariño)

Jurnee Smollett-Bell(Juana Ramírez)

Anissa Jebbari(Cécilia Mujica)

Anthony Alcaraz(Josè María España)

Scott Disck(Manuel Gual)

Juan Pablo Obregón(Juan Francisco)

Jussie Smollett(Toussaint L'ouverture)

Terrence Howard(Pedro Camejo)

Ricardo Pinto(Josè Antonio Páez)

Mickaël(Juan Crisóstomo Falcón)

Until 1976, due the lack of a nationwide league, the cup determined the national champion and representative teams for the Copa Libertadores. With the creation of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, the Bolivian FA stopped organizing the tournament.

Finally in 1989 the tournament was resurrected, with the same format of having both champions and runner-up from each association, but this time each regional league was the 2nd tier on the football pyramid so the champion was supposed to be awarded a place in the professional league. Previously the last placed team in the 1st division was replaced by

Simón Bolívar : La Série (Difusión)

As Second Division Tournament

• Note that:

NB: Enrique Happ (full name Escuela Enrique Happ) from Cochabamba were never promoted to the first division in spite of winning the cup three time, apparently because they are a special footballing school (like the better known Academia Tahuichi in Santa Cruz).

References

External links

Football in Bolivia
Federación Boliviana de Fútbol
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National leagues	men: Liga Nacional A Liga Nacional B Copa Bolivia Torneo Nacional Interprovincial women: National Championship Domestic Cup Copa Aerosur Copa Cine Center Regional leagues Bolivian Football Regional Leagues Primera B Defunct competitions Copa Simón Bolívar Copa Bolivia (1976-2002)
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