The 2017
Supercopa MX
The Supercopa MX ( en, Supercup MX) was a Mexican football championship contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura Copa MX.
History
In June 2013 Liga MX president Decio De María announced the winners of Apertura and Clausura Copa MX w ...
was a
Mexican football match-up played on 16 July 2017 between the champions of the
Apertura 2016 Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
,
Querétaro, and
América. Like the previous two editions, the 2017 Supercopa MX was contested in a single-leg format at a neutral venue in the
United States
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. This match took place at the
StubHub Center
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in
Carson,
California
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for the second straight year.
The match is normally contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura editions of the
Copa MX
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...
. However
Guadalajara, winners of the
Clausura 2017, also won the
Clausura 2017 Liga MX, and thus qualified for the
2017 Campeón de Campeones.
Since Guadalajara were also the Supercopa MX title holders, they were replaced by
América, who were the team that accumulated the most aggregate points in the previous two editions of Copa MX that was not already playing in either the
Campeón de Campeones
''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...
or Supercopa MX.
The 2017 Supercopa MX was part of a doubleheader, which also includes the
2017 Campeón de Campeones, organized by
Univision Deportes,
Soccer United Marketing (SUM),
Liga MX and
LA Galaxy.
Match details
See also
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Apertura 2016 Copa MX
The Apertura 2016 Copa MX (officially the Apertura 2016 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th staging of the Copa MX, the 49th staging in the professional era and is the ninth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This to ...
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Clausura 2017 Copa MX
The Clausura 2017 Copa MX (officially the Clausura 2017 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th staging of the Copa MX, the 50th staging in the professional era and is the tenth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This to ...
References
2017
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2017–18 in Mexican football
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