# Clausura 2016 Copa MX

The Clausura 2016 Copa MX (officially the Clausura 2016 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th staging of the Copa MX, the 48th staging in the professional era and is the eighth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This tournament began on January 19, 2016, and ended on April 13, 2016. The winner faced the winner of the Apertura 2015 edition, Guadalajara in the 2016 Supercopa MX for the right to qualify as Mexico 3 to the 2017 Copa Libertadores.
Veracruz won their second title after defeating 4–1 Necaxa in the final.

## Participants

This tournament featured clubs from Liga MX who did not participate in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League (América, Querétaro, Santos Laguna and UANL) or the 2016 Copa Libertadores (UNAM, Toluca, Puebla). The top 13 Ascenso MX in the Apertura 2015 classification table also qualified to the tournament.

## 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 of four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. except for Group 6 which only has one Liga MX club. 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.
* 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−06:00 except for matches in Cancún (UTC−05:00), Ciudad Juárez, Sinaloa, Tepic (all UTC−07:00) and Tijuana (UTC−08:00)

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Juárez | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | Group winner |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | Sinaloa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 10 | |
| 4 | UDG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | |

#### Round 1

UDG won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team earned the extra point

#### Round 2

Juarez won the round 3–2 on aggregate
Guadalajara won the round 2–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Juárez won the round 2–1 on aggregate
Sinaloa won the round 2–0 on aggregate

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Tepic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 | Group winner |
| 2 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 14 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | Atlas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Murciélagos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | |

#### Round 1

Tijuana won the round 4–1 on aggregate
Tepic won the round 2–1 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Tepic won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Atlas won the round 4–2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Tepic won the round 5–2 on aggregate
Tijuana won the round 6–3 on aggregate

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Pachuca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 14 | Group winner |
| 2 | Atlético San Luis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | Best runner-up |
| 3 | Monterrey | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Celaya | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Teams drew 1–1 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team earned the extra point
Pachuca won the round 3–2 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Pachuca won the round 3–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won the round 4–2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Atlético San Luis won the round 6–2 on aggregate
Pachuca won the round 5–4 on aggregate

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Necaxa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | Group winner |
| 2 | Zacatecas | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | León | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Morelia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 | |

#### Round 1

Zacatecas won the round 6–5 on aggregate
León won the round 6–4 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Zacatecas won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Necaxa won the round 5–0 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Necaxa won the round 4–3 on aggregate
Morelia won the round 7–4 on aggregate

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Veracruz | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 16 | Group winner |
| 2 | Oaxaca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| 3 | BUAP | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Chiapas | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Veracruz won the round 4–2 on aggregate
BUAP won the round 5–4 on aggregate

#### Round 2

Teams drew 0–0 on aggregate and tied on away goals, thus neither team earned the extra point
Oaxaca won the round 3–2 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Veracruz won the round 4–2 on aggregate
Oaxaca won the round 3–1 on aggregate
* ^ Matches were moved to Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla due to Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna being prepared for an event involving Pope Francis.
* ^ Match was moved from 16 February 2016 to 9 February 2016 due to preparations for an event involving Pope Francis at Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna.
* ^ Match was moved to Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz in Zacatepec de Hidalgo due to Estadio Benito Juárez not being available.
* ^ Match was played behind closed doors due to Oaxaca fans running on the field and throwing burning rolls of toilet paper in the previous home match against Chiapas.

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 16 | Group winner |
| 2 | Venados | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 13 | |
| 3 | Atlante | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Tapachula | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | |

#### Round 1

Teams drew 2–2 on aggregate and drew on away goals, thus neither team received the extra point
Teams drew 2–2 on aggregate, Cruz Azul won the round on away goals

#### Round 2

Venados won the round 3–1 on aggregate
Cruz Azul won the round 4–3 on aggregate

#### Round 3

Atlante won the round 3–2 on aggregate
Cruz Azul won the round 7–3 on aggregate

### Ranking of runners-up clubs

The best two runner-up advance 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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | 2 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 14 | Best runners-up |
| 2 | 3 | Atlético San Luis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | Best runners-up |
| 3 | 6 | Venados | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 13 | |
| 4 | 4 | Zacatecas | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 11 | |
| 5 | 5 | Oaxaca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | 1 | Guadalajara | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |

## Championship stage

The eight clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used. In this stage, all the rounds will be a one-off match. 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.

### Seeding

| Seed | Team | Pld | W | D | L | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 16 |
| 2 | Tepic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 |
| 3 | Veracruz | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 16 |
| 4 | Necaxa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 |
| 5 | Tijuana | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 14 |
| 6 | Pachuca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 14 |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 |
| 8 | Juárez | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Veracruz | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Pachuca | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Pachuca | 1 | 3 | Veracruz | 3 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Tepic | 2 (3) | 7 | Atlético San Luis | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis (p) | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| 7 | Atlético San Luis (p) | 2 (4) | | | | 3 | Veracruz | 4 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Necaxa | 1 |
| 1 | Cruz Azul | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | Necaxa | 1 |
| 8 | Juárez | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Juárez | 0 | 1 | Cruz Azul | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Necaxa | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Necaxa (p) | 1 (6) | 4 | Necaxa | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Tijuana | 1 (5) | | | | | | |

### Final
## Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Joffre Guerrón | Cruz Azul | 7 |
| 2 | Leonardo Villagra | Atlético San Luis | 6 |
| 3 | Aldo de Nigris | Monterrey | 4 |
| 3 | Vicente Matías Vuoso | Cruz Azul | 4 |
| 5 | Franco Arizala | Atlas | 3 |
| 5 | Jahir Barraza | Necaxa | 3 |
| 5 | Jorge Benítez | Cruz Azul | 3 |
| 5 | Marco Bueno | León | 3 |
| 5 | Juan Manuel Cavallo | Oaxaca | 3 |
| 5 | Hugo Cid | Veracruz | 3 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Enríquez | Zacatecas | 3 |
| 5 | Alejandro Gagliardi | Morelia | 3 |
| 5 | Óscar Fernández | Necaxa | 3 |
| 5 | Dayro Moreno | Tijuana | 3 |
| 5 | Julián Quiñones | Venados | 3 |
| 5 | Miguel Sansores | Morelia | 3 |
Source: LaCopaMX.net