Copa MX | |
Year: | Apertura 2012 |
Country: | Mexico |
Num Teams: | 28 |
Defending Champions: | Cruz Azul |
Winners: | Dorados de Sinaloa (1st title) |
Count: | 1 |
Second: | Correcaminos |
Matches: | 92 |
Goals: | 246 |
Scoring Leader: | Juan de Dios Hernández (7 goals) |
Prev Season: | 1996–97[1] [2] |
Next Season: | Clausura 2013 |
The Copa 2012 MX Apertura was the 68th staging of the Copa MX football tournament, the 41st staging in the professional era and the first played since the 1996–97 edition.[3]
The tournament started on July 24, 2012, and concluded on October 31, 2012.[4] In the final, Dorados de Sinaloa won the cup over Correcaminos 5–4 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw.
This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Liga MX, excluding those that will participate in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League (Santos, Tigres, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and 14 from the Ascenso MX (everyone except Cruz Azul Hidalgo).[1]
If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[5]
Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one been contested by clubs of the same league.[4]
Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the tiebreakers should be used.[5]
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners advance to the Championship stage | |
Best runner-up also advances to the Championship stage |
All times are
Clubs from Liga MX: León and Morelia
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Dorados and Estudiantes
Channel: TVC Deportes
Morelia won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
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León won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
León won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
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Morelia won the round 8-3 on aggregated score
Round 3
Dorados won the round 5-0 on aggregated score----
Round tied 2-2. Morelia won the extra point by the away goal rule
Clubs from Liga MX: Atlas and Cruz Azul
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Altamira and Neza
Channel: ESPN Deportes
Altamira won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
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Cruz Azul won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
Cruz Azul won the round 1-0 on aggregated score
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Neza won the round 3-2 on aggregated score
Round 3
Round tied 2-2. Altamira won the extra point by the away goal rule----
Atlas won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Clubs from Liga MX: Atlante and Pachuca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: La Piedad and Universidad de Guadalajara
Channel: TVC Deportes
Pachuca won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
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Round tied 1-1. La Piedad won the extra point by the away goal rule
Round 2
Atlante won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
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Pachuca won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Round 3
La Piedad won the round 6-1 on aggregated score----
Pachuca won the round 2-0 on aggregated score
Clubs from Liga MX: Chiapas and San Luis
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Necaxa and Pumas Morelos
Channel: Fox Deportes
Necaxa won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
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San Luis won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Round 2
Pumas Morelos won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
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Necaxa won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
----Round 3
Necaxa won the round 4-2 on aggregated score----
Clubs from Liga MX: América and Querétaro
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Correcaminos and Veracruz
Channel: TDN
Correcaminos won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
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América won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Round 2
Querétaro won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
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América won the round 9-4 on aggregated score
Round 3
Correcaminos won the round 4-1 on aggregated score----
América won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
Clubs from Liga MX: Tijuana and UNAM
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Celaya and Mérida
Channel: TDN
Tijuana won the round 1-0 on aggregated score
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Round tied 0-0. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded[6]
Round 2
Mérida won the round 3-2 on aggregated score
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Round tied 3-3. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded
Round 3
Mérida won the round 5-1 on aggregated score----
Tijuana won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Clubs from Liga MX: Puebla and Toluca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Irapuato and Lobos BUAP
Channel: SKY
Lobos BUAP won the round 5-3 on aggregated score
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Irapuato won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Round 2
Puebla won the round 4-0 on aggregated score
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Toluca won the round 5-1 on aggregated score
----Round 3
Lobos BUAP won the round 5-2 on aggregated score----
Toluca won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
The best runner-up advances to the Championship stage.[5] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8.[5] In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.
In this stage, all the rounds will be one-off game. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly.The venue will be determined as follows:[5]
Should the group winners be tied on points, the order of the teams will be determined in the following manner:[7]
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Five television networks have the broadcasting rights. During the Group Stage, the networks will broadcast either one or two groups:[4]
Groups 5 & 6.
Group 2.
Group 4.
Group 7.
The broadcasting rights for the Championship Stage are shared between all the networks.