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Competing clubs

Club Deportivo FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

* Club Deportivo Marquense *

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Club Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

Tournament Format

The tournament is a one-day, two round event where the two winning teams of the first round face off in a second round penalty shoot out to determine the champion.

First Round

Second Round

Champion

External links

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