The Apertura 2022

Liga MX The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...

final phase was played between 8 October and 30 October 2022. A total of twelve teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2022 Liga MX season. For the fifth straight season, an additional qualifying round, the reclassification or ''repechaje'', was employed, which expanded the number of playoff spots to twelve. Both finalists qualified for the

2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup will be the 59th edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The tournament ...

. Due to the

2022 FIFA World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup is an international association football, football tournament contested by the men's national teams of FIFA's member associations. The 22nd FIFA World Cup is taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022 ...

being held in November and December, the Apertura 2022 regular season and final phase began earlier than previous seasons. As a result, the final was held on 30 October 2022 and not in the middle of December.

Pachuca Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...

defeated

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

8–2 on aggregate to win their seventh league title. As winners, Pachuca faced UANL, the Clausura 2023 champions, in the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage. ''In the following tables, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).''

Format

Reclassification

*All rounds were played in a single match hosted by the higher seed. *If a match ended in a draw, it proceeded directly to a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...

Liguilla

*Teams were re-seeded each round. *The winners of the reclassification matches were seeded based on their ranking in the classification table. *Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced. *No away goals rule was applied in neither round; if the two teams were tied on aggregate, the higher seeded team advanced. *In the final, if the two teams were tied after both legs, the match went to

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out. *Both finalists qualified for the

Reclassification

Summary

Matches took place on 8–9 October 2022.

Matches

---- ---- ----

Seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase. The winners of the Reclassification matches were seeded based on their position in the classification table.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 12–13 October, and the second legs were played on 15–16 October.

Matches

;First leg ---- ---- ---- ;Second leg ''Monterrey won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''América won 11–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Toluca won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification table.''

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on 19–20 October, and the second legs were played on 22–23 October.

Matches

;First leg ---- ;Second leg ''Toluca won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Pachuca won 6–2 on aggregate.''

Final

Summary

The first leg was played on 27 October, and the second leg was played on 30 October.

Qualified teams

Format

Reclassification

Liguilla

Reclassification

Summary

Matches

Seeding

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

Final

Summary

First leg

Details

Statistics

Second leg

Details

Statistics

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

Notes

References