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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 ...

from Liga MX. The match featured Canadian side

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, winners of the

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, and UANL, winners of the

2018 Campeón de Campeones The 2018 Campeón de Campeones was a Mexican football match that took place on July 15, 2018. The match was the fourth edition of the modern Campeón de Campeones, contested by the Liga MX season's Apertura and Clausura champions. The 2018 editi ...

, for which they qualified by winning the 2017 Liga MX Torneo Apertura. Toronto FC hosted the match at

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, Canada on September 19, 2018. UANL won the match 3–1 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.

Teams

Venue

As the MLS team, Toronto FC hosted the match, which took place at

, with a seating capacity of 30,000, hosted the match. The stadium opened in 2007 and was renovated in 2016.

Broadcasting

The match's English broadcast was aired in Canada on TSN and the United States on

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. A French broadcast was aired in Canada on

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, while

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and

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carried the Spanish broadcast in the United States. The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.

Match

Details

Statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campeones Cup 2018

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