Clausura 2018 Copa MX

Clausura 2018 Copa MX

Clausura 2018 Copa Corona MX
Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	Necaxa (4th title)
Runner-up	Toluca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	178 (2.58 per match)
Attendance	677,061 (9,812 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alexis Canelo (7 goals)
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The Clausura 2018 Copa MX (officially the Clausura 2018 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th staging of the Copa MX, the 51st staging in the professional era and is the twelfth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

The tournament began on 9 January 2018 and ended on 11 April 2018.^[1]

The final was held at Estadio Victoria in Aguascalientes City, with the home team Necaxa defeating Toluca 1–0 to win their fourth title.

As winners, Necaxa earned a spot to face Monterrey (winners of Apertura 2017 edition), in the 2018 Supercopa MX.

This tournament featured the 14 clubs from Liga MX who did not participate in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Guadalajara, Tijuana and UANL).^[2]

The tournament also featured the top 13 Ascenso MX teams of the Apertura 2017 classification table.^[3]

The draw for the tournament took place on 22 December 2017.^[4] 27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.^[4]

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.^[4] The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best teams in the Apertura 2017 classification table not participating in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League as well as the defending champion.^[4] Due to the defending champion Monterrey already being one the four best teams in the Apertura 2017 classification table, León, who was the fifth best placed team in the table, was also drawn into Pot 1.^[4] Pot 1 also contained the top three Ascenso MX teams in the Apertura 2017 classification table ^[4]

Pot 2 contains the next four best Liga MX clubs in the Apertura 2017 classification table not participating in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Pot 2 also contains the Ascenso MX clubs who ended 5–9 in the Apertura 2017 classification table.^[4]

Pot 3 contains the next five best Liga MX clubs in the Apertura 2017 classification table not participating in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Pot 3 also contains the Ascenso MX clubs who ended 10–13 in the Apertura 2017 classification table.^[4]

Pot 1
Celaya (AMX)	Cruz Azul (LMX)	Juárez (AMX)
León (LMX)	Monterrey (LMX)	Morelia (LMX)
Tampico Madero (AMX)	Toluca (LMX)	Zacatepec (AMX)
Pot 2
Atlas (LMX)	BUAP (LMX)	Necaxa (LMX)
Oaxaca (AMX)	Pachuca (LMX)	Sonora (AMX)
UAT (AMX)	Venados (AMX)	Zacatecas (AMX)
Pot 3
Atlético San Luis (AMX)	Murciélagos (AMX)	Puebla (LMX)
Querétaro (LMX)	Santos Laguna (LMX)	Sinaloa (AMX)
Tapachula (AMX)	UNAM (LMX)	Veracruz (LMX)

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1. scores of the group matches played among the clubs in question;
2. superior goal difference;
3. higher number of goals scored away in the group matches played among the clubs in question;
4. higher number of goals scored;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

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Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tapachula	4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	León	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
3	Venados	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oaxaca	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Puebla	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
3	Cruz Azul	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monterrey	4	4	0	0	10	5	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	UAT	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
3	Sinaloa	4	0	0	4	3	7	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Santos Laguna	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
3	Zacatecas	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UNAM	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	BUAP	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
3	Juárez	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	4

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zacatepec	4	3	0	1	6	6	0	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Necaxa	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
3	Murciélagos	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampico Madero	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Atlas	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
3	Veracruz	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Celaya	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6[a]
3	Atlético San Luis	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6[a]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morelia	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Querétaro	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6
3	Sonora	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	6	Necaxa	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	1	León	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
3	4	Santos Laguna	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
4	7	Atlas	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6[a]
5	5	BUAP	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6[a]
6	8	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6[a]
7	9	Querétaro	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
8	3	UAT	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
9	2	Puebla	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5

• 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.^[5]
• 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 highest seeded club will host each match, regardless of which division each club belongs.^[5]
• The winners of the groups and the seven best second place teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.

The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	Tapachula	León
2	Oaxaca	—
3	Monterrey	—
4	Toluca	Santos Laguna
5	UNAM	BUAP
6	Zacatepec	Necaxa
7	Tampico Madero	Atlas
8	Celaya	Pachuca
9	Morelia	Querétaro

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	3	Monterrey	4	4	0	0	10	5	+5	12
2	1	Tapachula	4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	9
3	6	Zacatepec	4	3	0	1	6	6	0	9
4	5	UNAM	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
5	6	Necaxa	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
6	1	León	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
7	4	Toluca	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	7
8	7	Tampico Madero	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
9	4	Santos Laguna	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
10	2	Oaxaca	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	6
11	8	Celaya	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]
12	7	Atlas	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6[a]
13	4	BUAP	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6[a]
14	8	Pachuca	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	6[a]
15	9	Morelia	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6[a]
16	9	Querétaro	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6[a]

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	4	UNAM	3
	13	BUAP	0
						4	UNAM	1
						5	Necaxa	2
	5	Necaxa	2
	12	Atlas	1
											5	Necaxa	2
											9	Santos Laguna	1
	8	Tampico Madero	0
	9	Santos Laguna	1
						9	Santos Laguna	1
						16	Querétaro	0
	1	Monterrey	1 (2)
	16	Querétaro (pen.)	1 (3)
																5	Necaxa	1
																7	Toluca	0
	3	Zacatepec (pen.)	1 (5)
	14	Pachuca	1 (3)
						3	Zacatepec (pen.)	1 (7)
						6	León	1 (6)
	6	León	4
	11	Celaya	1
											3	Zacatepec	1 (3)
											7	Toluca (pen.)	1 (4)
	2	Tapachula	4
	15	Morelia	2
						2	Tapachula	1
						7	Toluca	3
	7	Toluca	2
	10	Oaxaca	0

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Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexis Canelo	Toluca	7
2	Mauro Boselli	León	6
3	Eduardo Pérez	Tapachula	5
4	Alan Mendoza	UNAM	4
5	Eduardo Aguirre	Tampico Madero	3
	Édgar Bárcenas	Tapachula
	Martín Barragán	Necaxa
	Leonardo Ramos	Tapachula
	Carlos Sánchez	Monterrey

Source: Copa MX

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