La Copa Aerosur 2009 is the seventh edition of the summer soccer tournament sponsored by Aerosur. Involved six teams of core cities in Bolivia: Bolivar and The Strongest of La Paz, Cochabamba Aurora and Wilstermann, Blooming and Oriente Petrolero of Santa Cruz. The tournament began on January 18, 2009 and culminate on February 4 of that year.
The 2009 version of the cup had three novelties: defined by shootout in case of ties in all instances of the tournament, the implementation of a tournament U-18 parallel to the official tournament, and a recoil to be played between the champion Aerosur Cup, the champion of the Copa Aerosur del Sur and two foreign expos.
Cup champion will have free passage on Aerosur to travel to play their games during the 2009 season of the Bolivian Professional Football League, while the runner will have a 75% discount. The other participants may access the 50% discount on tickets if they agree to bring the airline's logo on his uniform.
In this Edition the teams (Copa Simon Bolivar 2008) with the best average qualified to the first round of this edition.
Teams that qualified to group stage TeamHome cityHome stadium Aurora Cochabamba Estadio Félix Capriles Blooming Santa Cruz Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera Bolívar La Paz Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar Universitario Cochabamba Estadio Félix Capriles La Paz La Paz Estadio Hernando Siles Nacional Potosí Potosí Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera Real Mamoré Trinidad Estadio Gran Mamoré Real Potosí Potosí Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte San José Oruro Estadio Jesús Bermúdez The Strongest La Paz Estadio Rafael Mendoza Universitario Sucre Estadio Olímpico Patria
Qualifying round
Group stage Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners advanced to Semi-Final.Second-placed teams enter the Copa Aerosur del Sur
Group A In this group Nacional Potosi qualified anyway as the copa simon bolivar 2008 winners
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDBolivar1665102314+10 La Paz1464231410+7Nacional Potosi1163211817+4Destroyers963031818+1
Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDWilstermann1866002314+15 Real Potosí1565011410+9Universitario1163211817+4Real Mamoré963031818+1
Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDOriente Petrolero1464202314+8 San José1364111410+5Ciclón1063121817+3Aurora9630318180
Group D TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDBlooming1343102314+8 The Strongest1142211410+5Independiente Petrolero641211817+3
Semi-final In this Round Oriente Petrolero Qualified as the best loser
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Copa Aerosur del Sur Teams that were 2nd qualified to this tournament.
Semi-final
Final
References Bolivar Campeon de la copa aerosur 2009 (in Spanish)