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, 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. The final was held at

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with the visiting team América defeating Juárez 0–1 to win their record sixth title. As winners, América earned the right to face

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in the 2019 Supercopa MX. However, they also won the Apertura 2018 Liga MX, and thus qualified for the

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. They were replaced by the

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title holders,

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Participants

This tournament will feature the 14 clubs from

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which will not participate in the

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(

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, and UANL). The tournament also featured the top 13

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teams of the Apertura 2018 classification table.

Teams

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 11 December 2018. 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. 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. The Liga MX teams in ''Pot 1'' are the four best teams in the Apertura 2018 classification table not participating in the

. The Apertura 2018 winner

(who is also first in classification table) is also in Pot 1. ''Pot 1'' also contained the top four

teams in the Apertura 2018 classification table. ''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. 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.

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: # scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question; # superior

goal difference Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

; # higher number of goals scored; # higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question; # fair play ranking; # drawing of lots.

Group stage

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from

and

. ''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

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Ranking of second-placed teams

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. *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 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 ...

. The highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs. *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

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qualify for the final stage.

Seeding

Bracket

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.

Television rights

* indicates the network showed at least one match involving the group.

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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