1981 Copa Polla Gol

The 1981 Copa Polla Gol was the 11th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 28, 1981, and concluded on May 16, 1981. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Colo-Colo won the competition for their third time, beating Audax Italiano, 5–1, in the final. The points system in the first round awarded 2 points for a win, and increased to 3 points if the team scored 4 or more goals. In the event of a tie, each team was awarded 1 point, but no points were awarded if the score was 0–0.

1981 Copa Polla Gol

Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	16 February 1981 3 May 1981
Quarterfinals	6–10 May 1981
Semi-finals	13 May 1981
Final	16 May 1981

Group Round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Quarterfinals

Group 1

DIQU CLOA DLSE EVER SLUI D. Iquique 2–0 2–1 3–4 1–1 Cobreloa 3–0 6–0 2–0 2–0 D. La Serena 4–3 2–4 1–0 2–2 Everton 3–1 1–2 5–0 5–5 San Luis 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0

Rank Team Points 1 Cobreloa 15 2 Everton 9 (+3) 3 San Luis 9 (+1) 4 Deportes Iquique 7 5 Deportes La Serena 6

Group 2

UESP UCAT PALE COLO UCHI AUDA U. Española 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 U. Católica 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 Palestino 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–4 1–2 Colo-Colo 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 U. de Chile 3–0 1–0 2–4 0–2 2–2 Audax I. 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1

Rank Team Points 1 Audax Italiano 14 2 Colo-Colo 13 3 Unión Española 11 4 Universidad de Chile 10 5 Universidad Católica 9 6 Palestino 5

Group 3

NAVA DCON ÑUBL MAGA OHIG Naval 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 D. Concepción 0–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 Ñublense 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 Magallanes 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 O'Higgins 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–0

Rank Team Points 1 O'Higgins 14 2 Naval 8 3 Magallanes 6 (+2) 4 Deportes Concepción 6 (-1) 5 Ñublense 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unión Española	4–3	San Luis	3–3	1–0
Naval	0–6	Colo-Colo	0–3	0–3
Cobreloa	1–3	Audax Italiano	0–1	1–2
Everton	4–1	O'Higgins	2–0	2–1

Semifinals

13 May 1981

Audax Italiano	2 – 1	Unión Española
Letelier 81' Batista 88'		34' Donoso

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 19,305

Referee: M. Lira

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13 May 1981

Colo-Colo	2 – 1	Everton
Saavedra 13' Hormazábal 58'		27' Spedaletti

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 19,305

Referee: V. Ojeda

Final

16 May 1981

Colo-Colo	5 – 1	Audax Italiano
Díaz 28' Saavedra 34' Vasconcelos 53', 66' Santander 61'		82' Letelier

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 33,345

Referee: J. Silvagno

Top goalscorers

• Víctor Cabrera (San Luis) 8 goals,
• Leonardo Zamora (Everton) 8 goals

See also

• 1981 Campeonato Nacional

References

• RSSSF