Clausura 2019 Copa MX

Clausura 2019 Copa MX

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	América (6th title)
Runner-up	Juárez
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	174 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	683,803 (9,910 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Henry Martín (5 goals)
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The Clausura 2019 Copa MX was the 81st staging of the Copa MX, the 53rd staging in the professional era and is the fourteenth tournament played since the 2012 return of the competition, following its hiatus after the 1996–97 edition.

The tournament started on 8 January 2019 and ended on 10 April 2019.^[1]

The final was held at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez in Ciudad Juárez with the visiting team América defeating Juárez 0–1 to win their record sixth title.

As winners, América earned the right to face Cruz Azul in the 2019 Supercopa MX. However, they also won the Apertura 2018 Liga MX, and thus qualified for the 2019 Campeón de Campeones. They were replaced by the Supercopa MX title holders, Necaxa.^[2]

Participants

This tournament will feature the 14 clubs from Liga MX which will not participate in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League (Monterrey, Santos Laguna, Toluca, and UANL).^[3]

The tournament also featured the top 13 Ascenso MX teams of the Apertura 2018 classification table.^[4]

Teams

Team	Aggregate table ranking	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best	Ref.
Liga MX (14 teams)
Cruz Azul	1st	10th	Apertura 2018	Champions (2 times)	[5]
América	2nd	7th		Semifinals (3 times)	[6]
UNAM	3rd	11th		Quarterfinals (3 times)	[7]
Querétaro	8th	12th		Champions (Ap. 2015)	[8]
Morelia	9th	12th		Champions (Ap. 2013)	[9]
Pachuca	10th	10th		Runners-up (Ap. 2017)	[10]
Guadalajara	11th	11th		Champions (2 times)	[11]
Puebla	12th	14th		Champions (Cl. 2015)
BUAP	13th	4th	Clausura 2018	Semifinals (Ap. 2014)	[12]
León	14th	10th	Apertura 2018	Runners-up (Ap. 2015)	[13]
Tijuana	15th	10th		Quarterfinals (6 times)	[14]
Necaxa	16th	13th		Champions (Cl. 2018)	[15]
Atlas	17th	12th		Runners-up (Ap. 2013)	[16]
Veracruz	18th	14th		Champions (Cl. 2016)	[17]
Ascenso MX (13 teams)
Juárez	1st	7th	Apertura 2018	Quarterfinals (3 times)	[18]
Zacatecas	2nd	11th		Round of 16 (2 times)	[19]
Atlante	3rd	12th	Apertura 2017	Runners-up (Cl. 2013)	[20]
Sonora	4th	4th	Clausura 2018	Group stage (3 times)	[21]
Atlético San Luis	5th	9th	Apertura 2018	Semifinals (Cl. 2016)	[22][23]
Oaxaca	6th	12th		Runners-up (Cl. 2014)	[24]
Sinaloa	7th	14th		Champions (Ap. 2012)	[25]
UdeG	8th	10th	Apertura 2017	Round of 16 (2 times)	[26]
UAEM	9th	3rd		Group stage (2 times)	[27]
UAT	10th	10th	Clausura 2018	Runners-up (Ap. 2012)	[28]
Zacatepec	11th	9th	Apertura 2018	Semifinals (Cl. 2018)	[29]
Tapachula	12th	6th		Quarterfinals (Cl. 2018)
Tampico Madero	13th	3rd		Round of 16 (Cl. 2018)	[30]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 11 December 2018.^[31] 27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. Unlike other tournaments, the draw was carried out virtually, instead of being drawn from a pot.^[31]

Clubs in Pot 1 were drawn to be the seed of each group according to the order of their drawing. That is, the first club that was drawn is seed of Group 1, the second drawn is seed of Group 2 and so on and so on.^[32] The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best teams in the Apertura 2018 classification table not participating in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.^[3] The Apertura 2018 winner Cruz Azul (who is also first in classification table) is also in Pot 1.^[32] Pot 1 also contained the top four Ascenso MX teams in the Apertura 2018 classification table.^[32]

Pot 2 contained the next four best placed Liga MX clubs in the Apertura 2018 classification table not participating in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 5–9 in the Aggregate table.^[32]

'Pot 3 contains the next five best Liga MX clubs in the Apertura 2018 classification table not participating in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Pot 3 also contains the Ascenso MX clubs who ended 10–13 in the Apertura 2018 classification table.^[32]

Pot 1
América (LMX)	Atlante (AMX)	Cruz Azul (LMX)
Juárez (AMX)	Morelia (LMX)	Querétaro (LMX)
Sonora (AMX)	UNAM (LMX)	Zacatecas (AMX)
Pot 2
Atlético San Luis (AMX)	BUAP (LMX)	Guadalajara (LMX)
Oaxaca (AMX)	Pachuca (LMX)	Puebla (LMX)
Sinaloa (AMX)	UAEM (AMX)	UdeG (AMX)
Pot 3
Atlas (LMX)	León (LMX)	Necaxa (LMX)
Tampico Madero (AMX)	Tapachula (AMX)	Tijuana (LMX)
UAT (AMX)	Veracruz (LMX)	Zacatepec (AMX)

Tiebreakers

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
2. superior goal difference;
3. higher number of goals scored;
4. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

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Group stage

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX.

All match times listed are CST (UTC–6), except for matches in Cancún (UTC–5), Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Hermosillo (all UTC–7) and Tijuana (UTC–8).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tijuana	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
3	Atlante	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Juárez	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
3	Tampico Madero	4	1	0	3	5	9	−4	3

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sinaloa	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zacatepec	4	2	0	2	4	9	−5	6
3	Querétaro	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Atlético San Luis	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
3	Necaxa	4	1	0	3	6	8	−2	3

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Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oaxaca	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	León	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
3	Cruz Azul	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4

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Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia	4	4	0	0	8	3	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	UAT	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
3	UAEM	4	0	1	3	5	8	−3	1

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Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Veracruz	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zacatecas	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
3	BUAP	4	0	2	2	0	3	−3	2

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Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sonora	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
3	Tapachula	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4

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Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Atlas	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
3	UdeG	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	7	Zacatecas	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	9	Atlas	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
3	4	Atlético San Luis	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
4	1	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
5	3	Zacatepec	4	2	0	2	4	9	−5	6
6	5	León	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
7	2	Puebla	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4
8	8	Sonora	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
9	6	UAT	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4

Knockout stage

• The clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 16 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.^[33]
• All rounds are played in a single game. If a game ends in a draw, it will proceed directly to a penalty shoot-out. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.^[33]
• The winners of the groups and the seven best second place teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.

Qualified teams

The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	Tijuana	Pachuca
2	Juárez	Puebla
3	Sinaloa	Zacatepec
4	América	Atlético San Luis
5	Oaxaca	León
6	Morelia	—
7	Veracruz	Zacatecas
8	Guadalajara	—
9	UNAM	Atlas

Seeding

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	6	Morelia	4	4	0	0	8	3	+5	12
2	2	Juárez	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10
3	9	UNAM	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
4	4	América	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9
5	8	Guadalajara	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
6	3	Sinaloa	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
7	7	Veracruz	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
8	1	Tijuana	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
9	5	Oaxaca	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
10	7	Zacatecas	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
11	9	Atlas	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
12	4	Atlético San Luis	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
13	1	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
14	3	Zacatepec	4	2	0	2	4	9	−5	6
15	5	León	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
16	2	Puebla	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4

Bracket

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	2	Juárez (pen.)	0 (4)
	15	León	0 (2)
						2	Juárez (pen.)	2 (3)
						7	Veracruz	2 (1)
	7	Veracruz	2
	10	Zacatecas	1
											2	Juárez	2
											3	UNAM	0
	3	UNAM	3
	14	Zacatepec	0
						3	UNAM	3
						6	Sinaloa	0
	6	Sinaloa (pen.)	0 (4)
	11	Atlas	0 (2)
																2	Juárez	0
																4	América	1
	4	América	5
	13	Pachuca	2
						4	América	2
						5	Guadalajara	0
	5	Guadalajara	2
	12	Atlético San Luis	1
											4	América	4
											8	Tijuana	0
	1	Morelia (pen.)	1 (3)
	16	Puebla	1 (0)
						1	Morelia	0
						8	Tijuana	1
	8	Tijuana (pen.)	1 (4)
	9	Oaxaca	1 (3)

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henry Martín	América	5
2	Juan Iturbe	UNAM	4
	Roger Martínez	América
4	Emanuel Aguilera	América	3
	Matías Alustiza	Puebla
	Nicolás Benedetti	América
	Diego Chávez	Veracruz
	Diego Pineda	Atlético San Luis
	Flavio Santos	Juárez

Television rights

Group	AYM Sports	ESPN	Fox Sports	Televisa	TV Azteca	TVC Deportes
Group stage
Group 1			Y
Group 2		Y
Group 3		Y
Group 4				Y
Group 5			Y	Y
Group 6	Y	Y
Group 7						Y
Group 8				Y
Group 9				Y
Round	Knockout stage
Round of 16		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Quarterfinals		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Semifinals		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Final	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

• Y indicates the network showed at least one match involving the group.

Notes

References

External links

• Official site