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 1996Ã¢ÂÂ97 edition.

The tournament started on July 24, 2012, and concluded on October 31, 2012. In the final, Dorados de Sinaloa won the cup over Correcaminos 5Ã¢ÂÂ4 on penalties, after a 2Ã¢ÂÂ2 draw.

Participants Apertura 2012

This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Liga MX, excluding those that will participate in the 2012Ã¢ÂÂ13 CONCACAF Champions League (Santos, Tigres, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and 14 from the Ascenso MX (everyone except Cruz Azul Hidalgo).

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:

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

Group stage

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.

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.

All times are

Group 1

Clubs from Liga MX: LeÃÂ³n and Morelia Clubs from Ascenso MX: Dorados and Estudiantes Channel: TVC Deportes <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Morelia won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

LeÃÂ³n won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

<big>Round 2</big>

LeÃÂ³n won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

Morelia won the round 8-3 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

Dorados won the round 5-0 on aggregated score

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

Group 2

Clubs from Liga MX: Atlas and Cruz Azul Clubs from Ascenso MX: Altamira and Neza Channel: ESPN Deportes <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Altamira won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

Cruz Azul won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

<big>Round 2</big>

Cruz Azul won the round 1-0 on aggregated score

Neza won the round 3-2 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

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

Atlas won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

Group 3

Clubs from Liga MX: Atlante and Pachuca Clubs from Ascenso MX: La Piedad and Universidad de Guadalajara Channel: TVC Deportes <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Pachuca won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

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

<big>Round 2</big>

Atlante won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

Pachuca won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

La Piedad won the round 6-1 on aggregated score

Pachuca won the round 2-0 on aggregated score

Group 4

Clubs from Liga MX: Chiapas and San Luis Clubs from Ascenso MX: Necaxa and Pumas Morelos Channel: Fox Deportes <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Necaxa won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

San Luis won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

<big>Round 2</big>

Pumas Morelos won the round 3-1 on aggregated score

Necaxa won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

Necaxa won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

Group 5

Clubs from Liga MX: AmÃÂ©rica and QuerÃÂ©taro Clubs from Ascenso MX: Correcaminos and Veracruz Channel: TDN <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Correcaminos won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

AmÃÂ©rica won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

<big>Round 2</big>

QuerÃÂ©taro won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

AmÃÂ©rica won the round 9-4 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

Correcaminos won the round 4-1 on aggregated score

AmÃÂ©rica won the round 4-2 on aggregated score

Group 6

Clubs from Liga MX: Tijuana and UNAM Clubs from Ascenso MX: Celaya and MÃÂ©rida Channel: TDN <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

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

<big>Round 2</big>

MÃÂ©rida won the round 3-2 on aggregated score

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

<big>Round 3</big>

MÃÂ©rida won the round 5-1 on aggregated score

Tijuana won the round 4-3 on aggregated score

Group 7

Clubs from Liga MX: Puebla and Toluca Clubs from Ascenso MX: Irapuato and Lobos BUAP Channel: SKY <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> <big>Round 1</big>

Lobos BUAP won the round 5-3 on aggregated score

Irapuato won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

<big>Round 2</big>

Puebla won the round 4-0 on aggregated score

Toluca won the round 5-1 on aggregated score

<big>Round 3</big>

Lobos BUAP won the round 5-2 on aggregated score

Toluca won the round 2-1 on aggregated score

Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best runner-up advances to the Championship stage. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

superior goal difference;
higher number of goals scored;
higher number of goals scored away;
best position in the Relegation table;
fair play ranking;
drawing of lots.

Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8. 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:

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.