2020 Copa por México explained

Year:2020
Dates:3–19 July
Country:Mexico
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Second Other:Guadalajara
Champion Other:Cruz Azul
Matches:15
Goals:35
Attendance:0
Top Scorer:José Juan Macías (4 goals)
Nextseason:2022

The 2020 Copa por México (officially Copa GNP por México for sponsorship reasons) was a football preseason club tournament organized by the FMF prior to the 2020–21 Liga MX season that started on 23 July 2020.

The tournament was held in two stadiums in two cities; the Estadio Akron in Zapopan and the Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. The tournament featured eight Mexican teams were divided into two groups of four teams.[1]

The tournament started on 3 July 2020 and ended on 19 July 2020. Cruz Azul won the tournament defeating Guadalajara 2–1 in the final.

Venues

Mexico CityZapopan
Estadio Olímpico UniversitarioEstadio Akron
Capacity: 58,445Capacity: 46,232

Teams

A total of 8 teams took part in the competition.

Format

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, each team will play three matches at the group stages with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-final matches then proceeds to the final.

Estadio Olímpico Universitario hosted all Group A, semi-finals and final matches. Estadio Akron hosted all Group B matches

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−5).

Group A

All matches were played at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City.

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Group B

All matches were played at Estadio Akron, Zapopan.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Final

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

Television rights

CountryBroadcasterRef.
FreePay
Azteca 7[2]
Canal 5Las EstrellasTUDN
UnivisionUniMásTUDN[3] [4]

Radio rights

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Copa GNP Por México 2020 . . 26 June 2020 . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Que canal transmite cada partido de la Copa GNP por Mexico. bolavip.com. es. 2 July 2020.
  3. Web site: TUDN to show newly formed Copa por Mexico. Sportbusiness.com. 25 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Mexican soccer is back on TUDN with inaugural Copa por Mexico tournament. Corporate Univision. 25 June 2020.