The Clausura 2017 Copa MX (officially the Clausura 2017 Copa
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MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th staging of the
Copa MX
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, the 50th staging in the professional era and is the tenth tournament played since the
1996–97 edition.
This tournament began on 17 January 2017 and ended on 19 April 2017.
The
final
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was held at
Estadio Chivas
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in the
Guadalajara
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suburb of
Zapopan
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with the home team
Guadalajara
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defeating
Morelia
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3–1 on penalty kicks to win their fourth title.
As winners, Guadalajara earned a spot to face Querétaro (winners of the
Apertura 2016 edition), in the
2017 Supercopa MX
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.
Participants
This tournament featured clubs from
Liga MX
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
who did not participate in the
2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages (
Monterrey
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).
Due to the Mexican clubs withdrawing from the
Copa Libertadores
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, teams who qualified to the
2017 edition (
Tijuana
Tijuana ( ,["Tijuana"](_blank)
(US) and [< ...]
,
América and
Guadalajara
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) also participated in the tournament, which made nine groups instead of eight like in the previous edition.
The tournament also featured the top 12
Ascenso MX
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teams of the
Apertura 2016 classification table.
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on December 14, 2016 at the
Mexican Football Federation
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headquarters in
Toluca
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,
Mexico
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.
27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.
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 title holders (Querétaro), the three who qualified to the
2017 Copa Libertadores (Tijuana, Guadalajara, América) and the club not participating in the
2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages (Monterrey).
The Ascenso MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best teams in the
Apertura 2016 classification table.
Pot 2 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 7–10 in the
Apertura 2016 classification table and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 5–9 in the
Apertura 2016 classification table.
Pot 3 contained Liga MX clubs who ended 11–16 in the
Apertura 2016 classification table and Ascenso MX clubs who ended 10–12
Apertura 2016 classification table.
Teams
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:
# superior
goal difference;
# higher number of goals scored;
# scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
# higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
# best position in the Relegation table;
# fair play ranking;
# drawing of lots.
Group stage
Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from
Liga MX
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and
Ascenso MX
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''All times are
UTC−06:00 except for matches in Cancún (
UTC−05:00), Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Hermosillo, Tepic (all
UTC−07:00) and Tijuana (
UTC−08:00)''
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
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. 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
group stage
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qualify for the final stage.
Seeding
Bracket
Round of 16
''All times are
UTC−06:00 except for matches in Tijuana (
UTC−08:00)''
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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
Source
Copa MX
References
External links
Official site
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