Clausura 2017 Copa MX


The Clausura 2017 Copa MX was the 77th staging of the Copa MX, 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 was held at Estadio Chivas in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan with the home team Guadalajara defeating Morelia 3–1 on penalty kicks to win their fourth title.
As winners, Guadalajara earned a spot to face Querétaro, in the 2017 Supercopa MX.

Participants

This tournament featured clubs from Liga MX who did not participate in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages. Due to the Mexican clubs withdrawing from the Copa Libertadores, teams who qualified to the 2017 edition 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 teams of the Apertura 2016 classification table.

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on December 14, 2016 at the Mexican Football Federation headquarters in Toluca, Mexico. 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, the three who qualified to the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the club not participating in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages. 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:
  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.

    Group stage

Every group is composed of three clubs, each group has at least one club from Liga MX and Ascenso MX
All times are except for matches in Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Hermosillo, Tepic and Tijuana

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 nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-up
1TijuanaUAT
2QuerétaroCruz Azul
3Santos LagunaAmérica
4PueblaZacatecas
5NecaxaChiapas
6Guadalajara
7MonterreyJuárez
8Toluca
9LeónMorelia

Seeding

Bracket

Round of 16

All times are except for matches in Tijuana
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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
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Rogelio Funes MoriMonterrey7
2 Martín CauteruccioCruz Azul4
2 Yimmi CharáMonterrey4
2 Félix MicoltaChiapas4
2 Cristian PenillaMorelia4
6 Edwin CardonaMonterrey3
6 Julio FurchSantos Laguna3
6 Federico GonzálezPuebla3
6 Eduardo LópezGuadalajara3
6 Diego RiolfoNecaxa3
6 Silvio RomeroAmérica3
6 Enrique TriverioToluca3
6 LucasJuárez3

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