2020 Copa por México

2020 Copa por México
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	3–19 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Cruz Azul
Runners-up	Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	35 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Juan Macías (4 goals)
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The 2020 Copa por México (officially Copa GNP por México for sponsorship reasons) was a football preseason club tournament organized by the FMF prior to the 2020–21 Liga MX season that started on 23 July 2020.^{[citation needed]}

The tournament was held in two stadiums in two cities; the Estadio Akron in Zapopan and the Estadio Olímpico Universitario inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. The tournament featured eight Mexican teams were divided into two groups of four teams.^[1]

The tournament started on 3 July 2020 and ended on 19 July 2020. Cruz Azul won the tournament defeating Guadalajara 2–1 in the final.^{[citation needed]}

Venues

Zapopan Mexico City
	Mexico City	Zapopan
	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Estadio Akron
	Capacity: 58,445	Capacity: 46,232

Teams

A total of 8 teams took part in the competition.

Format

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams, each team will play three matches at the group stages with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals, the winners of the semi-final matches then proceeds to the final.

Estadio Olímpico Universitario hosted all Group A, semi-finals and final matches. Estadio Akron hosted all Group B matches

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CST (UTC−5).

Group A

All matches were played at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cruz Azul	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	América	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	UNAM (H)	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Toluca	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

3 July 2020

21:55 UTC-05:00

América	2–0	Toluca
Martín 13' Sauro 43', og'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

4 July 2020

19:30 UTC-05:00

Universidad Nacional	1–4	Cruz Azul
González 3'	Report	Josué Reyes 11', 40' Hernández 64' Rodriguez 90'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

7 July 2020

21:55 UTC-05:00

Universidad Nacional	0–0	América
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

8 July 2020

19:00 UTC-05:00

Cruz Azul	1–0	Toluca
Escobar 45'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

11 July 2020

21:55 UTC-05:00

América	1–4	Cruz Azul
Córdova 13'	Report	Viñas 39' (o.g.) Rodríguez 47' Gutiérrez 52' Pineda 56'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

12 July 2020

20:55 UTC-05:00

Universidad Nacional	0–0	Toluca
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

Group B

All matches were played at Estadio Akron, Zapopan.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guadalajara (H)	3	2	0	1	0	3	−3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	U.A.N.L.	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Atlas	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Mazatlán	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 July 2020. Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts

3 July 2020

19:00 UTC-05:00

Mazatlán	0–0	U.A.N.L.
	Report

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

4 July 2020

21:55 UTC-05:00

Guadalajara	2–0	Atlas
José Macías 9' Jesús Angulo 24'	Report

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

7 July 2020

19:00 UTC-05:00

Atlas	1–0	Mazatlán
Jesús Gómez 82'	Report

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

8 July 2020

21:55 UTC-05:00

Guadalajara	0–2	U.A.N.L.
	Report	André-Pierre Gignac 43', 54'

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

11 July 2020

19:30 UTC-05:00

Guadalajara	3–1	Mazatlán
Angulo 21' Macías 46', 79'	Report	Aristeguieta 81'

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

12 July 2020

18:00 UTC-05:00

Atlas	2–2	U.A.N.L.
Acosta 24' Gómez 90+4'	Report	Aquino 31' Gignac 44'

Estadio Akron, Zapopan

Attendance: 0

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

15 July — Mexico City

Cruz Azul (p)	1 (4)
		19 July — Mexico City
U.A.N.L.	1 (3)
		Cruz Azul	2
16 July — Mexico City
		Guadalajara	1
Guadalajara	4

América	3

Semi-finals

15 July 2020

22:00 UTC-05:00

Cruz Azul	1–1	U.A.N.L.
Lichnovsky 90+2'		Quiñones 35'
Penalties
Caraglio Alexis Gutiérrez Aldrete O. Pineda J. Rodríguez Domínguez	4–3	Gignac Quiñones Dueñas Salcedo Rafael Carioca Pizarro

Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

16 July 2020

22:00 UTC-05:00

Guadalajara	4–3	América
Macías 1' Vega 33' Zaldívar 81' Brizuela 84'		Viñas 35' Córdova 70' Ibargüen 88'

Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

Final

19 July 2020

21:00 UTC-05:00

Cruz Azul	2–1	Guadalajara
Mier 53', og' Rodríguez 90+3'		Vega 48'

Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 0

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Cruz Azul	5	4	1	0	12	4	+8	13	Winners
	Guadalajara (H)	5	3	0	2	10	9	+1	9	Runner-ups

3	UANL	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6	Eliminated in semi-finals
4	América	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4	Eliminated in semi-finals

5	Atlas	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Universidad Nacional (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Toluca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mazatlán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0