Apertura 2012 Copa MX
The Copa 2012 MX Apertura was the 68th staging of the Copa MX football tournament, the 41st staging in the professional era and the first played since the 1996–97 edition.[3] The tournament started on July 24, 2012, and concluded on October 31, 2012.[4] In the final, Dorados de Sinaloa won the cup over Correcaminos 5–4 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw. Participants Apertura 2012This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Liga MX, excluding those that will participate in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League (Santos, Tigres, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and 14 from the Ascenso MX (everyone except Cruz Azul Hidalgo).[1] TiebreakersIf two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[5]
Group stageEvery group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one been contested by clubs of the same league.[4] Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the tiebreakers should be used.[5]
All times are UTC−05:00 Group 1Clubs from Liga MX: León and Morelia
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Round 1
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo[6]
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez Gurria[7] Morelia won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega Rojas[7] León won the round 5-2 on aggregated score Round 2
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola
León won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Referee: Óscar Bernardo Villagómez Gurría Morelia won the round 8-3 on aggregated score Round 3
Referee: Arturo Cruz
Dorados won the round 5-0 on aggregated score Round tied 2-2. Morelia won the extra point by the away goal rule Group 2Clubs from Liga MX: Atlas and Cruz Azul
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Round 1
Referee: León Vicente Barajas Anzures[6] Altamira won the round 4-3 on aggregated score Cruz Azul won the round 4-2 on aggregated score Round 2 Cruz Azul won the round 1-0 on aggregated score Neza won the round 3-2 on aggregated score Round 3
Round tied 2-2. Altamira won the extra point by the away goal rule
Atlas won the round 2-1 on aggregated score Group 3Clubs from Liga MX: Atlante and Pachuca
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Round 1
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores Rodríguez[7] Pachuca won the round 3-1 on aggregated score Round tied 1-1. La Piedad won the extra point by the away goal rule Round 2
Referee: Óscar Macías Romo
Atlante won the round 2-1 on aggregated score
Referee: Emerson Gustavo Zamora Ramírez Pachuca won the round 4-1 on aggregated score Round 3
Referee: Carlos Martínez Soto
La Piedad won the round 6-1 on aggregated score
Pachuca won the round 2-0 on aggregated score Group 4Clubs from Liga MX: Chiapas and San Luis
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Round 1 Necaxa won the round 3-1 on aggregated score
Estadio Centenario, Cuernavaca Referee: Eduardo Galván Basalto[6]
San Luis won the round 4-1 on aggregated score Round 2
Estadio Centenario, Cuernavaca Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto
Pumas Morelos won the round 3-1 on aggregated score Necaxa won the round 2-1 on aggregated score Round 3
Referee: Mario Alcántara González
Necaxa won the round 4-2 on aggregated score
Group 5Clubs from Liga MX: América and Querétaro
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Round 1
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola[6]
Referee: Obed Eliud Gómez Barreras[7] Correcaminos won the round 4-3 on aggregated score
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda Galindo[6]
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala Ramírez[7] América won the round 4-3 on aggregated score Round 2 Querétaro won the round 5-2 on aggregated score
Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos
América won the round 9-4 on aggregated score Round 3
Referee: Eduardo Galván Basulto
Correcaminos won the round 4-1 on aggregated score
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores
América won the round 4-2 on aggregated score Group 6Clubs from Liga MX: Tijuana and UNAM
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Round 1 Tijuana won the round 1-0 on aggregated score Round tied 0-0. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded[8] Round 2 Mérida won the round 3-2 on aggregated score Round tied 3-3. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded Round 3
Referee: LEON VICENTE BARAJAS ANZURES Mérida won the round 5-1 on aggregated score Tijuana won the round 4-3 on aggregated score Group 7Clubs from Liga MX: Puebla and Toluca
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Round 1
Referee: Carlos Manuel Martínez Soto[7] Lobos BUAP won the round 5-3 on aggregated score
Referee: Uriel Olvera Ríos[6] Irapuato won the round 5-2 on aggregated score Round 2
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores Rodríguez
Puebla won the round 4-0 on aggregated score
Referee: Erik Yair Miranda Galindo
Toluca won the round 5-1 on aggregated score Round 3
Lobos BUAP won the round 5-2 on aggregated score Toluca won the round 2-1 on aggregated score Ranking of runners-up clubsThe best runner-up advances to the Championship stage.[5] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:
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Championship stageThe eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8.[5] In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used. In this stage, all the rounds will be one-off game. If the game ends in a tie, there will proceed to penalty shootouts directly. The venue will be determined as follows:[5]
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Liguilla bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
FinalReferee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos
Goalscorers
BroadcastFive television networks have the broadcasting rights. During the Group Stage, the networks will broadcast either one or two groups:[4]
The broadcasting rights for the Championship Stage are shared between all the networks. References
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