The Copa 2014 MX Clausura was the 71st staging of the Copa MX, the 44th staging in the professional era and is the fourth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.

Clausura 2014 Copa MX
Tournament details
CountryMexico
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsUANL
(3rd title) (3rd title)
Runner-upOaxaca
Tournament statistics
Matches played79
Goals scored208 (2.63 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Alan Pulido
(9 goals)

This tournament started on January 14, 2014, and concluded on April 9, 2014.[1] [2] The winner was Tigres and he was scheduled to face Monarcas Morelia, who won the Apertura 2013 edition, in a home-to-home series on July 9 and 12 to qualify as Mexico 3 to the 2015 Copa Libertadores.[3]

Participants Clausura 2014 edit

Location of the participating Liga MX teams
  Brown: Group 1;   Orange: Group 2;   Yellow: Group 3;   Green: Group 4;   Blue: Group 5;   Purple: Group 6
Location of the participating Ascenso MX teams
  Brown: Group 1;   Orange: Group 2;   Yellow: Group 3;   Green: Group 4;   Blue: Group 5;   Purple: Group 6

This tournament featured the clubs from the Liga MX who did not participate in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League (Tijuana, Toluca, América and Cruz Azul),[4] and the teams who participated in the 2014 Copa Libertadores (León, Santos Laguna and Morelia) did not participate as well. The first 13 Ascenso MX teams in the classification phase during the Apertura 2013 season participated.[5]

Tiebreakers edit

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 edit

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 being 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 extra point will be awarded to the team with higher number of goals scored away.[1]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Championship Stage
The two best second-placed teams also advance to the Championship Stage

All times are UTC-05:00

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Monterrey 6 4 0 2 2 12 6 +6 14 Group winner
2 Pachuca 6 3 2 1 2 10 6 +4 13 Best runners-up
3 Altamira 6 1 2 3 0 4 8 −4 5
4 Cruz Azul Hidalgo 6 0 4 2 1 3 9 −6 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Monterrey1−0Altamira
Arce   45' Report
Attendance: 11,562
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra Mendiola
Altamira1−3Monterrey
M. Cruz   64' Report Juárez   47'
de Jesús   79'
Ramírez   84'
Attendance: 3,021
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Monterrey won the round 4−1 on aggregate


Pachuca1−1Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Pérez   75' Report Valdez   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Roberto Ríos
Cruz Azul Hidalgo1−1Pachuca
Lara   90+2' Report Ayala   81'
Referee: Baruch Absalón Castellanos

Cruz Azul Hidalgo and Pachuca drew 2–2 on aggregate and both tied on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point


Cruz Azul Hidalgo0−2Monterrey
Report Llanes   47'
Arce   70'
Referee: Uriel Olvera
Monterrey4−0Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Briceño   18'
Morelo   21', 38'
García   51'
Report
Attendance: 9,781
Referee: Oscar Macías

Monterrey won the round 6−0 on aggregate


Pachuca0−1Altamira
Report É. Cruz   76'
Attendance: 6,521
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
Altamira1−3Pachuca
Rocha   62' Report Esqueda   8', 18'
Rojas   25' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,521
Referee: Mauricio Martínez

Pachuca won the round 3−2 on aggregate


Cruz Azul Hidalgo0−0Altamira
Report
Referee: Jonathan Hernández Juárez
Altamira1−1Cruz Azul Hidalgo
Rocha   35' Report Fernández   12'
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Mario Alcántara

Teams drew 1−1 on aggregate, Cruz Azul Hidalgo won the round on away goals


Monterrey2−3Pachuca
Morelo   65'
López   78'
Report Andrade   37' (pen.)
Lozano   47'
de Buen   90+2'
Attendance: 10,439
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala
Pachuca2−0Monterrey
Andrade   42' (pen.)
Lozano   89'
Report
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa

Pachuca won the round 5−2 on aggregate

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 UANL 6 4 2 0 3 20 2 +18 17 Group winner
2 Puebla 6 2 2 2 1 7 12 −5 9
3 UAT 6 1 2 3 1 5 8 −3 6
4 San Luis 6 1 2 3 1 2 12 −10 6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
UAT4−1Puebla
Pacheco   5'
Nurse   12'
Rosas   22'
Villalobos   84' (o.g.)
Report Guzmán   18'
Puebla1−0UAT
Martínez   58' Report

UAT won the round 4−2 on aggregate


San Luis0−1UANL
Report Torres Mezzell   6'
Attendance: 9,450
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra
UANL6−1San Luis
Pulido   4', 29'
Pacheco   24'
Lobos   61'
Álvarez   79'
Danilinho   88' (pen.)
Report Stringel   67'
Attendance: 27,897
Referee: Erick Miranda

UANL won the round 7−1 on aggregate


UANL4−0UAT
Rivas   45'
Herrera   78', 86' (pen.)
Pulido   82' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 29,021
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa Rojo
UAT1−1UANL
Nurse   69' Report Torres Nilo   64'
Attendance: 9,848
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

UANL won the round 5−1 on aggregate


San Luis0−5Puebla
Report Tamay   27', 56'
Bella   47'
Martínez   85'
Juraidini   89'
Puebla0−0San Luis
Report
Attendance: 24,636
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra

Puebla won the round 5−0 on aggregate


San Luis0−0UAT
Report
Referee: Mauricio Martínez Figueroa
UAT0−1San Luis
Report Clemens   29'
Attendance: 1,469
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

San Luis on the round 1−0 on aggregate


UANL8−0Puebla
Juninho   4'
Herrera   10', 38', 77'
Pizarro   23'
Pulido   36', 41'
Burbano   88'
Report
Attendance: 33,245
Referee: Jesús Fabricio Morales
Puebla0−0UANL
Report
Attendance: 5,826
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala

UANL won the round 8−0 on aggregate

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Oaxaca 6 4 1 1 3 10 3 +7 16 Group winner
2 Veracruz 6 3 2 1 2 9 2 +7 13 Best runners-up
3 BUAP 6 2 1 3 0 3 11 −8 7
4 Chiapas 6 1 0 5 1 6 12 −6 4
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
BUAP0−4Veracruz
Report Borja   28'
Cid   33'
Moreno   68'
Martínez   72'
Attendance: 14,287
Referee: Jorge Delgado
Veracruz0−0BUAP
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón

Veracruz won the round 4−0 on aggregate


Chiapas2−4Oaxaca
Zúñiga   76'
Romero   87'
Report Santoya   17'
Sandez   27'
D. Martínez   63'
Calderón   80'
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa Rojo
Oaxaca1−0Chiapas
Padilla   26' Report
Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Marco Ortiz

Oaxaca won the round 5−2 on aggregate


BUAP1−3Chiapas
Piñón   56' Report Zúñiga   3'
Pires   68'
Trejo   90+2'
Attendance: 8,534
Referee: Jonathan Hernández
Chiapas0−1BUAP
Report Cervantes   90+1'

Chiapas won the round 3−2 on aggregate


Veracruz0−0Oaxaca
Report
Attendance: 1,428
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala
Oaxaca1−0Veracruz
Calderón   90' Report
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Mario Alcántara

Oaxaca won the round 1−0 on aggregate


BUAP1−0Oaxaca
Cercado   44' Report
Referee: Jesús Bisguerra
Oaxaca4−0BUAP
Granados   4'
San Román   18'
Cuellar   29'
Moreno   51'
Report
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez

Oaxaca won the round 4−1 on aggregate


Veracruz3−0Chiapas
Reyna   10', 22'
Borja   39'
Report
Chiapas1−2Veracruz
Cruz   75' Report Jiménez   21'
Mañón   90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,083
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra

Veracruz won the round 5−1 on aggregate

Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Atlante 6 2 3 1 2 8 6 +2 11 Group winner
2 UNAM 6 2 2 2 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Mérida 6 3 0 3 1 7 7 0 10
4 Delfines 6 2 1 3 0 8 13 −5 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Mérida1−0Atlante
Martín   86' Report
Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Obed Eliud Gómez
Atlante2−0Mérida
Sepúlveda   24'
García   31'
Report
Attendance: 4,010
Referee: Ricardo Ríos Jácome

Atlante won the round 2−1 on aggregate


Delfines3−2UNAM
López   15'
Cleiton Silva   40'
Vázquez   48'
Report Ramírez   27', 56' (pen.)
Unidad Deportiva del Campus II,
Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche
Attendance: 11,440
Referee: Mauricio Martínez
UNAM3−0Delfines
Bravo   3'
López   37'
Fuentes   50'
Report

UNAM won the round 5−3 on aggregate


Delfines1−1Atlante
Vázquez   90+3' (pen.) Report Sepúlveda   50' (pen.)
Unidad Deportiva del Campus II,
Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche
Attendance: 1,834
Referee: León Vicente Barajas
Atlante3−2Delfines
Rodríguez   6', 41', 58' Report Vázquez   52'
Apodi   75'

Atlante won the round 4−3 on aggregate


Mérida1−0UNAM
Strahman   44' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 10,254
Referee: Oscar Bernardo Villagómez
UNAM3−1Mérida
Espinoza   18'
Lagos   61'
Morales   82'
Report Strahman   39'
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala Ramírez

UNAM won the round 3−2 on aggregate


Delfines0−4Mérida
Report Strahman   43', 55', 67'
Atilano   69'
Unidad Deportiva del Campus II,
Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado
Mérida0−2Delfines
Report Echavarría   30'
Vázquez   35' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,866
Referee: Emerson Zamora

Mérida won the round 4−2 on aggregate


UNAM1−1Atlante
Leandro Augusto   88' Report Morales   21'

Teams drew 2−2 on aggregate and both drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point.

Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Querétaro 6 3 1 2 3 10 7 +3 13 Group winner
2 Celaya 6 3 2 1 2 10 7 +3 13
3 Necaxa 6 1 3 2 1 6 10 −4 7
4 Atlas 6 1 2 3 0 6 8 −2 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
  • In the group matches played by Querétaro and Celaya, Querétaro won 3−2 on aggregate. Article 8 of the Copa MX regulations states if two teams have the same goal differential and the same number of goals scored, the aggregate score of the group matches played among the clubs is the tiebreaker, thus Querétaro won the group.[6]
Atlas1−1Necaxa
Barragán   27' Report Isijara   7' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,208
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda
Necaxa1−0Atlas
Isijara   77' Report
Attendance: 9,212
Referee: Diego Montaño

Necaxa won the round 2−1 on aggregate


Celaya1−3Querétaro
L. Hernández   90+3' Report Guastavino   31', 58'
Guajardo   63'
Attendance: 6,016
Referee: Fernando Hernández
Querétaro0−1Celaya
Report J. Hernández   30'
Attendance: 4,077
Referee: Víctor Bisguerra

Querétaro won the round 3−2 on aggregate


Necaxa2−2Querétaro
Gonclaves   67'
Isijara   88'
Report Guajardo   60'
Velasco   81'
Attendance: 4,037
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado Godinez
Querétaro2−0Necaxa
Romo   35'
Corral   85'
Report

Querétaro won the round 4−2 on aggregate


Celaya2−2Atlas
L. Hernández   6'
González   81'
Report Barraza   56'
Leyva   90+2'
Referee: Ángel Monroy Bello
Atlas0−1Celaya
Report Alvarado   27'
Attendance: 2,956
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Celaya won the round 3−2 on aggregate


Atlas3−2Querétaro
Santos   24'
Barraza   52', 90+3'
Report Escalante   37'
Vilchis   55'
Attendance: 7,336
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa
Querétaro1−0Atlas
Romo   40' Report
Attendance: 4,407
Referee: Erim Ramírez

Teams drew 3−3 on aggregate, Querétaro won on away goals


Celaya4−1Necaxa
Cuevas   33'
Leandro Carrijó   54'
Estrella   79'
García   84'
Report Kaká   69'
Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Miguel Alemán Valdés
Necaxa1−1Celaya
Guadarrama   89' (pen.) Report López   46' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,743
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz

Celaya won the round 5−2 on aggregate

Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Sinaloa 6 4 0 2 2 9 6 +3 14 Group winner
2 Guadalajara 6 2 2 2 1 6 6 0 9
3 Estudiantes Tecos 6 2 1 3 2 8 10 −2 9
4 U. de G. 6 2 1 3 1 5 6 −1 8
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Estudiantes Tecos1−3Sinaloa
Guarch   26' Report Villegas   13'
García   45'
Arriola   53'
Attendance: 936
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles
Sinaloa3−1Estudiantes Tecos
García   30'
Arriola   41'
López   63'
Report Cortés   63'
Attendance: 2,423
Referee: Fernando Hernández

Sinaloa won the round 6−2 on aggregate


Guadalajara1−1U. de G.
Hernández   43' (pen.) Report Rodríguez   73'
Attendance: 20,556
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala
U. de G.0−1Guadalajara
Report López   55'
Attendance: 23,915
Referee: Uriel Olvera Ríos

Guadalajara won the round 2−1 on aggregate


Guadalajara1−2Estudiantes Tecos
López   24' Report Campos   44', 77'
Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Miguel Angel Flores
Estudiantes Tecos1−1Guadalajara
Rangel   19' Report Guzmán   12'
Attendance: 5,564
Referee: Arturo Cruz Hurtado

Estudiantes Tecos won the round 3−2 on aggregate


U. de G.2−0Sinaloa
J. Vázquez   14'
Rodríguez   61'
Report
Attendance: 1,299
Referee: Mario Alcántara
Sinaloa1−0U. de G.
Piceno   69' Report
Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Baruch Absalón

U. de G. won the round 2−1 on aggregate


Guadalajara1−2Sinaloa
Coronado   49' (pen.) Report Guido   16'
Cerda   83'
Attendance: 4,201
Referee: Oscar Macías Romo
Sinaloa0−1Guadalajara
Report López   11'
Attendance: 13,742
Referee: Uriel Olvera

Teams drew 2−2 on aggregate, Sinaloa won the round on away goals


U. de G.0−3Estudiantes Tecos
Report Ramírez   12'
Aguayo   61'
Medina   69'
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: Diego Montaño
Estudiantes Tecos0−2U. de G.
Report Rodríguez   1'
Cavallo   29'
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: Obed Gómez

Estudiantes Tecos won the round 3−2 on aggregate

Ranking of runners-up clubs edit

The best two runners-up advance to the Championship Stage.[1] 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.
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 3 Veracruz 6 3 2 1 2 9 2 +7 13 Best runners-up
2 1 Pachuca 6 3 2 1 2 10 6 +4 13
3 5 Celaya 6 3 2 1 2 10 7 +3 13
4 4 Mérida 6 3 0 3 1 7 7 0 10
5 6 Guadalajara 6 2 2 2 1 6 6 0 9
6 2 Puebla 6 2 2 2 1 7 12 −5 9
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]


Championship Stage edit

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:

  • The highest seeded club will host the match, regardless of the division the clubs are in.

Seeding edit

The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage.

Seed Team Pld W D L RW GF GA GD Pts
1 UANL 6 4 2 0 3 20 2 +18 17
2 Oaxaca 6 4 1 1 3 10 3 +7 16
3 Monterrey 6 4 0 2 2 12 6 +6 14
4 Sinaloa 6 4 0 2 2 9 6 +3 14
5 Veracruz 6 3 2 1 2 9 2 +7 13
6 Pachuca 6 3 2 1 2 10 6 +4 13
7 Querétaro 6 3 1 2 3 10 7 +3 13
8 Atlante 6 2 3 1 2 8 6 +2 11
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Bracket edit

The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows:

  • Quarterfinals: Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 (QF1), Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 (QF2), Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 (QF3), Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 (QF4), with seeds 1–4 hosting the match
  • Semifinals: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 (SF1), Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3 (SF2), with winners QF1 and QF2 hosting the match
  • Finals: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, with winner SF1 hosting the match
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 UANL 6
8 Atlante 0
1 UANL 3
5 Veracruz 0
4 Sinaloa 1 (3)
5 Veracruz 1 (5)
1 UANL 3
2 Oaxaca 0
2 Oaxaca 2
7 Querétaro 1
2 Oaxaca 3
6 Pachuca 2
3 Monterrey 1 (3)
6 Pachuca 1 (5)

Quarterfinals edit

Monterrey1−1Pachuca
Cardozo   20' Report Lozano   75'
Penalties
Victor Ramos  
Ramírez  
Morelo  
Juárez  
3−5   Valencia
  Pajoy
  Ayoví
  Rodríguez
  M. Pérez
Attendance: 10,360
Referee: Roberto Ríos Jácome

Sinaloa1−1Veracruz
Cerda   32' Report Borja   37'
Penalties
Piceno  
Polo  
Trujillo  
Meza  
3−5   Moreno
  Mañon
  Jiménez
  Cortés
  Borja
Attendance: 6,125
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava

Oaxaca2−1Querétaro
Torres   58'
Santoya   58'
Report Ricardo Jesus   78'
Attendance: 8,232
Referee: León Vicente Barajas

UANL6−0Atlante
Pulido   7', 16', 36'
Torres Mezzell   24'
Burbano   76'
Juninho   80'
Report
Estadio Universitario,
San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Attendance: 40,265
Referee: Erick Yair Miranda

Semifinals edit

Oaxaca3−2Pachuca
Moreno   23'
Torres   34' (pen.)
Santoya   89'
Report Andrade   1', 4'
Attendance: 8,592
Referee: Eduardo Galván

UANL3−0Veracruz
L. Martínez   3' (o.g.)
Burbano   11'
Herrera   59'
Report
Estadio Universitario,
San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Attendance: 40,552

Final edit

UANL3–0Oaxaca
Juninho   36' (pen.)
Pulido   66'
Lobos   82'
Report
Estadio Universitario,
San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
Attendance: 41,577
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Alan Pulido UANL 9
2   Emanuel Herrera UANL 6
3   Eial Strahman Mérida 5
4
  Edgar Andrade Pachuca 4
  Ricardo Michel Vázquez Delfines 4
6
  Cristian Borja Veracruz 3
  Hernán Burbano UANL 3
  Jahir Barraza Atlas 3
  Jesús Isijara Necaxa 3
  Javier Eduardo López Guadalajara 3
  Wilson Morelo Monterrey 3
  Gabriel Rodríguez U. de G. 3
  Luis Eduardo Rodríguez Atlante 3
  Danny Santoya Oaxaca 3

Source: LigaMX.net

References edit

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  2. ^ "COPA MX, Apertura 2013. Quedó Definido el Calendario" [Apertura 2013 Copa MX, schedule is complete.] (in Spanish). Liga MX official site. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03.
  3. ^ "Copa MX dará un boleto para Libertadores | RÉCORD". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  4. ^ "COPA MX, Apertura 2013. Tigres, Santos, Monterrey y Guadalajara Harán su Debut en la Competencia" [Tigres, Santos, Monterrey and Guadalajara They will make their debut in the competition.] (in Spanish). Liga MX official site. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16.
  5. ^ "Noticia LigaMx". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  6. ^ "Noticia LigaMx". Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

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