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Apertura 2012 Copa MX

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	28
Defending champions	Cruz Azul
Final positions
Champions	Dorados de Sinaloa (1st title) (1st title)
Runner-up	Correcaminos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	246 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Juan de Dios Hernández (7 goals)
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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.

This 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]

Club	League	Stadium	Capacity
Altamira	Ascenso MX	Altamira	12,500
América	Liga MX	Azteca	114,000
Atlante	Liga MX	Andrés Quintana Roo	20,000
Atlas	Liga MX	Jalisco	56,713
Celaya	Ascenso MX	Miguel Alemán	25,000
Correcaminos	Ascenso MX	Marte R. Gómez	18,000
Cruz Azul	Liga MX	Azul	30,000
Dorados	Ascenso MX	Carlos González	21,325
Estudiantes Tecos	Ascenso MX	Tres de Marzo	30,000
Irapuato	Ascenso MX	Sergio León Chávez	25,000
Chiapas	Liga MX	Víctor Manuel Reyna	25,222
La Piedad	Ascenso MX	Juan N. López	15,700
León	Liga MX	Nou Camp	33,943
Lobos BUAP	Ascenso MX	Olímpico de C.U.	20,700
Mérida	Ascenso MX	Carlos Iturralde	24,000
Morelia	Liga MX	Morelos	41,056
Necaxa	Ascenso MX	Victoria	25,000
Neza	Ascenso MX	Neza 86	25,000
Pachuca	Liga MX	Hidalgo	25,000
Puebla	Liga MX	Cuauhtémoc	48,000
Pumas Morelos	Ascenso MX	Estadio Centenario	7,000
Querétaro	Liga MX	Corregidora	41,000
San Luis	Liga MX	Alfonso Lastras	28,000
Tijuana	Liga MX	Caliente	33,333
Toluca	Liga MX	Nemesio Díez	27,000
UNAM	Liga MX	Olímpico Universitario	68,954
Universidad de Guadalajara	Ascenso MX	Jalisco	56,713
Veracruz	Ascenso MX	Luis de la Fuente	30,000

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:^[5]

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

Every 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]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Championship stage
Best runner-up also advances to the Championship stage

All times are UTC−05:00

Clubs from Liga MX: León and Morelia
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Dorados and Estudiantes
Channel: TVC Deportes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		DOR	MOR	LEO	EST
Dorados	6	4	0	2	1	10	13	−3	13			3–2	2–1	2–0
Morelia	6	2	3	1	3	14	6	+8	12		6–0		0–0	1–1
León	6	2	3	1	2	11	5	+6	11		4–0	2–2		1–1
Estudiantes	6	0	2	4	0	2	13	−11	2		0–3	0–3	0–3

Round 1

Morelia won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

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León won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

Round 2

León won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

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Morelia won the round 8-3 on aggregated score

Round 3

Dorados won the round 5-0 on aggregated score

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Round tied 2-2. Morelia won the extra point by the away goal rule

Clubs from Liga MX: Atlas and Cruz Azul
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Altamira and Neza
Channel: ESPN Deportes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NEZ	CRA	ALT	ATL
Neza	6	3	1	2	1	7	8	−1	11			2–1	2–1	2–1
Cruz Azul	6	2	2	2	2	6	4	+2	10		3–0		0–0	1–1
Altamira	6	2	2	2	2	6	6	0	10		1–0	0–1		3–2
Atlas	6	1	3	2	1	7	8	−1	7		1–1	1–0	1–1

Round 1

Altamira won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

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Cruz Azul won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

Round 2

Cruz Azul won the round 1-0 on aggregated score

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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

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Atlas won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

Clubs from Liga MX: Atlante and Pachuca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: La Piedad and Universidad de Guadalajara
Channel: TVC Deportes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PAC	LPD	ATN	UDG
Pachuca	6	4	1	1	3	9	2	+7	16			1–1	1–0	3–0
La Piedad	6	2	3	1	2	8	6	+2	11		0–3		0–0	4–0
Atlante	6	1	3	2	1	3	4	−1	7		0–1	1–1		1–0
Universidad de Guadalajara	6	1	1	4	0	3	11	−8	4		1–0	1–2	1–1

Round 1

Pachuca won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

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Round tied 1-1. La Piedad won the extra point by the away goal rule

Round 2

Atlante won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

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Pachuca won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

Round 3

La Piedad won the round 6-1 on aggregated score

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Pachuca won the round 2-0 on aggregated score

Clubs from Liga MX: Chiapas and San Luis
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Necaxa and Pumas Morelos
Channel: Fox Deportes

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NEC	SNL	PMR	JAG
Necaxa	6	3	2	1	3	9	4	+5	14			1–0	2–0	3–0
San Luis	6	3	2	1	2	8	5	+3	13		1–1		2–0	2–1
Pumas Morelos	6	1	2	3	1	6	9	−3	6		2–2	1–2		2–0
Chiapas	6	1	2	3	0	4	9	−5	5		1–0	1–1	1–1

Round 1

Necaxa won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

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San Luis won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

Round 2

Pumas Morelos won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

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Necaxa won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

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Round 3

Necaxa won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

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Clubs from Liga MX: América and Querétaro
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Correcaminos and Veracruz
Channel: TDN

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UAT	AME	QRO	VER
Correcaminos	6	3	2	1	2	12	13	−1	13			4–3	2–2	3–0
América	6	3	0	3	3	17	9	+8	12		6–0		4–1	3–1
Querétaro	6	2	2	2	1	10	10	0	9		1–2	1–0		2–2
Veracruz	6	1	2	3	0	6	13	−7	5		1–1	2–1	0–3

Round 1

Correcaminos won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

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América won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

Round 2

Querétaro won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

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América won the round 9-4 on aggregated score

Round 3

Correcaminos won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

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América won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

Clubs from Liga MX: Tijuana and UNAM
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Celaya and Mérida
Channel: TDN

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		TIJ	MER	UNAM	CEL
Tijuana	6	3	2	1	2	8	6	+2	13			0–0	2–1	2–1
Mérida	6	3	1	2	2	8	4	+4	12		0–1		3–1	3–0
UNAM	6	1	3	2	0	5	7	−2	6		2–2	1–0		0–0
Celaya	6	1	2	3	0	4	8	−4	5		2–1	1–2	0–0

Round 1

Tijuana won the round 1-0 on aggregated score

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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

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Round tied 3-3. As both scores were the same, no extra point will be awarded

Round 3

Mérida won the round 5-1 on aggregated score

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Tijuana won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

Clubs from Liga MX: Puebla and Toluca
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Irapuato and Lobos BUAP
Channel: SKY

Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts		TOL	PUE	IRA	BUAP
Toluca	6	3	1	2	2	10	7	+3	12			2–0	4–1	1–3
Puebla	6	3	0	3	1	7	7	0	10		1–0		0–2	2–0
Irapuato	6	3	0	3	1	8	12	−4	10		0–1	3–2		2–1
Lobos BUAP	6	2	1	3	2	10	9	+1	9		2–2	0–2	4–0

Round 1

Lobos BUAP won the round 5-3 on aggregated score

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Irapuato won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

Round 2

Puebla won the round 4-0 on aggregated score

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Toluca won the round 5-1 on aggregated score

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Round 3

Lobos BUAP won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

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Toluca won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

The 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:

1. superior goal difference;
2. higher number of goals scored;
3. higher number of goals scored away;
4. best position in the Relegation table;
5. fair play ranking;
6. drawing of lots.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	San Luis	6	3	2	1	2	8	5	+3	13
5	América	6	3	0	3	3	17	9	+8	12
1	Morelia	6	2	3	1	3	14	6	+8	12
6	Mérida	6	3	1	2	2	8	4	+4	12
3	La Piedad	6	2	3	1	2	8	6	+2	11
2	Cruz Azul	6	2	2	2	2	6	4	+2	10
7	Puebla	6	3	0	3	1	7	7	0	10

The 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]

• If both clubs are from the same league, the highest seeded club will host the match.
• If both clubs are from different leagues, the club from Ascenso MX will host the match.

Tiebreakers

Should the group winners be tied on points, the order of the teams will be determined in the following manner:[9] superior goal difference; higher number of goals scored; specific scores between tied clubs higher number of goals scored away; best position in the Relegation table; fair play ranking; drawing of lots.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Pachuca	1(3)
	8	Neza (pen.)	1(4)
						SF1	Neza	1(3)
						SF4	Correcaminos (pen.)	1(4)
	4	Tijuana	5(6)
	5	Correcaminos (pen.)	5(7)
											F1	Correcaminos	2(4)
											F2	Dorados	2(5)
	2	Necaxa (pen.)	1(5)
	7	Toluca	1(3)
						SF2	Necaxa	1
						SF3	Dorados	2
	3	San Luis	2
	6	Dorados	3

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Copa MX Apertura 2012 Winners
Dorados

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Richard Ruíz (Tijuana) (For Celaya)
• Francisco Pizano (Puebla) (For Toluca)

Five television networks have the broadcasting rights. During the Group Stage, the networks will broadcast either one or two groups:^[4]

• TVC Deportes: Groups 1 & 3.
• TDN: Groups 5 & 6.
• ESPN Deportes: Group 2.
• Fox Deportes: Group 4.
• SKY México: Group 7.

The broadcasting rights for the Championship Stage are shared between all the networks.

• Official page of Copa MX (as well as Liga MX and Ascenso MX)