Copa del Rey (Colombia)
A Bogotá cannabis cup known as "El Rey", glimpsed in a single line of reporting. Here is what the sources confirm, and what they leave blank.
- 31results on record
- 2016–2023years in our data
- 5editions
- 12matched to strains
- Bogotá, Colombialatest location
01Beginnings
Copa del Rey, which Spanish-language reporting calls the cup "de El Rey", is a cannabis cup in Bogotá, Colombia1. Our sources mention it only briefly, in a Vice article about a different event, the Copa Farallones in Cali1.
That brief mention does tell us one thing: the Bogotá cup had already taken place by the time the article was written, though the article gives no year1. When the cup began, who founded it and who runs it are not documented in the sources used for this page, so we are leaving those details open rather than guessing.
02The story so far
At the time of writing, Vice counted two cannabis cups that had been organised in Colombia: El Copo in Medellín and El Rey in Bogotá1. By that outlet's count, the Bogotá cup was one of only two in the country at that point.
Cali then entered the scene with the first edition of its own Copa Farallones1. That is a separate event and should not be confused with Copa del Rey. Specific editions of the Bogotá cup, its venues, its winners and its year-by-year history are not documented in the available sources.
03Culture and community
Copa del Rey is part of a wider tradition. Vice credits Steven Hager, founder of High Times magazine, with creating the cannabis cup format in 19881. Broadly, the format brings enthusiasts together to sample a range of varieties and then pick the best one by vote1. How the Bogotá cup itself is judged is not described in the sources.
According to Vice, the format proved popular enough to be repeated around the globe1, and Colombia's cups, El Rey among them, are part of that spread. The same article also notes that cannabis enthusiasts in Colombia are sometimes called "burros"1.
04Where it stands now
As of 8 November 2026, the current status of Copa del Rey is not documented in the sources used for this page. The only mention we have is a past-tense note in an undated Vice article saying the cup had been held1.
We therefore cannot say whether the cup is still running, when its latest edition took place, or whether its name or organisers have changed.
05What's next
No announced plans or future editions for Copa del Rey were found in the sources used for this page. The only event-planning material in those sources concerns the separate Copa Farallones in Cali1.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 31 results from this cup across 5 years (2016 to 2023), 12 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Big Bull | Best Flower Outdoor | Chappie Grow |
| 2021 | White Fire Og | Best Flower Indoor | Jonesie OG |
| 2021 | Desconocida Kush | Best Solvent Extraction | Jhonny Grasas |
| 2021 | Tropsanto | Best Mechanical Extraction | Kusho Elevado |
Editions on record
- 2016 · Bogotá, Colombia
- 2021 · Bogotá, Colombia
- 2023 · Bogotá, Colombia
Sources
Written from the sources above and checked on 2026-10-29. Spot an error? Tell us on the contact page.