# Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase

The Clausura 2024 Liga MX final phase was played between 2 May 2024 and 26 May 2024. A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Clausura 2024 Liga MX season.
For the second straight season, the number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals will be six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification is four. The four clubs qualified for the reclassification competed in the "play-in" round, a tournament modeled after the NBA play-in tournament.
América defeated Cruz Azul 2–1 on aggregate to win their second straight title and fiftheenth overall. As winners of both the Apertura 2023 and Clausura 2024 seasons, América were automatically awarded the 2024 Campeón de Campeones.

## Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the championship stage.
In the following tables, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the short tournament era starting from Invierno 1996 (not counting those in the long tournament era from 1943–44 to 1995–96).
Qualified directly to quarter-finals (6 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) |
| 1 | América | 35 | 6 April 2024 (PLAY) 13 April 2024 (QF) | 40th | Apertura 2023 | Champions (Ap. 2023) |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 33 | 12 April 2024 (PLAY) 27 April 2024 (QF) | 35th | Clausura 2023 | Champions (Gua. 2021) |
| 3 | Toluca | 32 (+15) | 7 April 2024 (PLAY) 19 April 2024 (QF) | 38th | Clausura 2023 | Champions (Bic. 2010) |
| 4 | Monterrey | 32 (+13) | 6 April 2024 (PLAY) 28 April 2024 (QF) | 30th | Apertura 2023 | Champions (Ap. 2019) |
| 5 | UANL | 31 (+11) | 20 April 2024 (PLAY) 27 April 2024 (QF) | 33rd | Apertura 2023 | Champions (Cl. 2023) |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 31 (+7) | 20 April 2024 (PLAY) 27 April 2024 (QF) | 32nd | Apertura 2023 | Champions (Cl. 2017) |
Qualified to the play-in round (4 teams) :
| Seed | Team | Points (GD) | Date of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best (last) |
| 7 | Pachuca | 29 | 20 April 2024 | 40th | Clausura 2023 | Champions (Ap. 2022) |
| 8 | UNAM | 27 (+5) | 26 April 2024 | 27th | Apertura 2023 | Champions (Cl. 2011) |
| 9 | Necaxa | 27 (+1) | 12 April 2024 | 21st | Apertura 2022 | Champions (Inv. 1998) |
| 10 | Querétaro | 24 | 27 April 2024 | 6th | Guardianes 2021 | Runners-up (Cl. 2015) |

## Play-in round
### Format

The 9th place team hosts the 10th place team in an elimination game. The 7th hosts the 8th place team in the double-chance game, with the winner advancing as the 7-seed. The loser of this game then hosts the winner of the elimination game between the 9th and 10th place teams to determine the 8-seed.

### Bracket

| Play-in games | Play-in games | Play-in games | No. 8 seed game | No. 8 seed game | No. 8 seed game | Final seeds | Final seeds | Final seeds |
| Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | | | | | | |
| 7 | Pachuca | 0 (3) | | | | 8 | UNAM | No. 7 seed |
| 8 | UNAM (p) | 0 (5) | | | | 7 | Pachuca | No. 8 seed |
| | | | 7 | Pachuca | 2 | | | |
| Serie B | Serie B | Serie B | 9 | Necaxa | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Necaxa (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| 10 | Querétaro | 1 (2) | | | | | | |

### Play-in matches

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pachuca | 0–0 (3–5 p) | UNAM |
| Necaxa | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Querétaro |

#### Serie B
### No. 8 seed match

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pachuca | 2–1 | Necaxa |

## Final seeding

The following is the final seeding for the final phase after the play-in round matches
| Seed | Team |
| 1 | América |
| 2 | Cruz Azul |
| 3 | Toluca |
| 4 | Monterrey |
| 5 | UANL |
| 6 | Guadalajara |
| 7 | UNAM |
| 8 | Pachuca |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | América (s) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pachuca | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | América | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | Toluca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Guadalajara | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | América | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Cruz Azul | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | UNAM | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | UNAM | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Cruz Azul (s) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Monterrey | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Monterrey | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 5 | UANL | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

The first legs will be played on 8–9 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 11–12 May 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pachuca | 2–2 | América (s) | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| UNAM | 2–4 | Cruz Azul | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Guadalajara | 1–0 | Toluca | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| UANL | 2–3 | Monterrey | 1–2 | 1–1 |

### Matches

2–2 on aggregate. América advanced due to being the higher seeded team.
Cruz Azul won 4–2 on aggregate.
Guadalajara won 1–0 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

The first legs will be played on 15–16 May 2024, and the second legs will be played on 18–19 May 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Guadalajara | 0–1 | América | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Monterrey | 2–2 (s) | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | 2–1 |
América won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Cruz Azul advanced due to being the higher seeded team.

## Finals
### Summary

The first leg was played on 23 May 2024, and the second leg was played on 26 May 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruz Azul | 1–2 | América | 1–1 | 0–1 |

### First leg
#### Details

| Cruz Azul | América |
| GK | 23 | Kevin Mier |
| DF | 29 | Carlos Rotondi | 76' |
| DF | 33 | Gonzalo Piovi |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Salcedo |
| DF | 4 | Willer Ditta |
| DF | 18 | Rodrigo Huescas |
| MF | 8 | Lorenzo Faravelli | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Carlos Rodríguez |
| MF | 15 | Ignacio Rivero (c) |
| MF | 14 | Alexis Gutiérrez |
| FW | 7 | Uriel Antuna | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Andrés Gudiño |
| DF | 13 | Camilo Cándido | 82' |
| DF | 191 | Raymundo Rubio |
| MF | 6 | Érik Lira | 76' |
| MF | 194 | Amaury Morales |
| MF | 200 | Jorge García |
| MF | 208 | Louis Estrada Derbez |
| FW | 9 | Ángel Sepúlveda | 71' |
| FW | 210 | Bryan Gamboa |
| FW | 268 | Mateo Levy |
| Manager: ||
| Martín Anselmi ||
| GK | 1 | Luis Malagón |
| DF | 18 | Cristian Calderón |
| DF | 31 | Igor Lichnovsky |
| DF | 29 | Ramón Juárez |
| DF | 3 | Israel Reyes |
| MF | 8 | Álvaro Fidalgo | 90+6' |
| MF | 6 | Jonathan dos Santos |
| MF | 33 | Julián Quiñones | 86' |
| MF | 10 | Diego Valdés | 86' |
| MF | 17 | Alejandro Zendejas |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín (c) | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Óscar Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Luis Fuentes |
| DF | 14 | Néstor Araujo |
| DF | 23 | Emilio Lara |
| MF | 7 | Brian Rodríguez | 78' |
| MF | 16 | Santiago Naveda |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez | 86' |
| MF | 26 | Salvador Reyes | 90+6' |
| FW | 24 | Javairô Dilrosun | 86' |
| FW | 214 | Patricio Salas |
| Manager: ||
| André Jardine ||
* Assistant referees:
* Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
* Enedina Caudillo Gómez (Michoacán)
* Fourth official:
* Luis Enrique Santander (Guanajuato)
* Video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Pacheco Larios (Sonora)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Oscar Mejía García (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | Cruz Azul | América |
| Goals scored | 1 | 1 |
| Total shots | 7 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 3 | 4 |
| Saves | 1 | 2 |
| Ball possession | 64% | 36% |
| Corner kicks | 7 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 7 | 8 |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

### Second leg

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

#### Details

| América | Cruz Azul |
| GK | 1 | Luis Malagón |
| DF | 18 | Cristian Calderón |
| DF | 31 | Igor Lichnovsky |
| DF | 29 | Ramón Juárez |
| DF | 3 | Israel Reyes | 59' |
| MF | 8 | Álvaro Fidalgo |
| MF | 6 | Jonathan dos Santos |
| MF | 33 | Julián Quiñones | 80' |
| MF | 10 | Diego Valdés | | 88' |
| MF | 17 | Alejandro Zendejas |
| FW | 21 | Henry Martín (c) | 79' | 90+3' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 27 | Óscar Jiménez |
| DF | 2 | Luis Fuentes |
| DF | 4 | Sebastián Cáceres |
| DF | 14 | Néstor Araujo |
| DF | 23 | Emilio Lara |
| MF | 7 | Brian Rodríguez |
| MF | 16 | Santiago Naveda |
| MF | 20 | Richard Sánchez | | 88' |
| MF | 26 | Salvador Reyes | | 90+3' |
| FW | 24 | Javairô Dilrosun |
| Manager: ||
| André Jardine ||
| GK | 23 | Kevin Mier |
| DF | 29 | Carlos Rotondi | 38' | 88' |
| DF | 33 | Gonzalo Piovi |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Salcedo | | 84' |
| DF | 4 | Willer Ditta |
| DF | 18 | Rodrigo Huescas | | 90+5' |
| MF | 8 | Lorenzo Faravelli | | 88' |
| MF | 19 | Carlos Rodríguez |
| MF | 15 | Ignacio Rivero (c) |
| MF | 7 | Uriel Antuna |
| FW | 9 | Ángel Sepúlveda |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Andrés Gudiño |
| DF | 13 | Camilo Cándido | | 88' |
| DF | 191 | Raymundo Rubio |
| MF | 6 | Érik Lira |
| MF | 14 | Alexis Gutiérrez | | 84' |
| MF | 194 | Amaury Morales |
| MF | 200 | Jorge García |
| MF | 208 | Louis Estrada Derbez |
| FW | 210 | Bryan Gamboa | | 90+5' |
| FW | 268 | Mateo Levy | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Martín Anselmi ||
* Assistant referees:
* Michel Alejandro Morales (Mexico City)
* Jorge Antonio Sánchez (State of Mexico)
* Fourth official:
* Daniel Quintero Huitrón (Jalisco)
* Video assistant referee:
* Erick Yair Miranda (Guanajuato)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Christian Kiabek Espinosa (Mexico City)

#### Statistics

| Statistic | América | Cruz Azul |
| Goals scored | 1 | 0 |
| Total shots | 11 | 13 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 5 |
| Saves | 5 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 47% | 53% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 6 |
| Fouls committed | 7 | 10 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.
2 goals
* Germán Berterame (Monterrey)
* Lorenzo Faravelli (Cruz Azul)
* Henry Martín (América)
* Julián Quiñones (América)
* Salomón Rondón (Pachuca)
1 goal
* Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul)
* Alán Bautista (Pachuca)
* Diber Cambindo (Necaxa)
* Sergio Canales (Monterrey)
* Jordi Cortizo (Monterrey)
* Brayan Garnica (Necaxa)
* André-Pierre Gignac (UANL)
* Alexis Gutiérrez (Cruz Azul)
* Víctor Guzmán (Guadalajara)
* César Huerta (UNAM)
* Oussama Idrissi (Pachuca)
* Diego Lainez (UANL)
* Federico Lértora (Querétaro)
* Guillermo Martínez (UNAM)
* Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey)
* Israel Reyes (América)
* Ignacio Rivero (Cruz Azul)
* Carlos Rotondi (Cruz Azul)
* Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)

### Assists

3 assists
* Rodrigo Huescas (Cruz Azul)
1 assist
* Rodrigo Aguirre (Monterrey)
* Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara)
* Pablo Barrera (Querétaro)
* Juan Brunetta (UANL)
* Diber Cambindo (Necaxa)
* Camilo Cándido (Cruz Azul)
* Javairô Dilrosun (América)
* Bryan González (Pachuca)
* Alexis Gutiérrez (Cruz Azul)
* César Huerta (UNAM)
* Igor Lichnovsky (América)
* Lisandro Magallán (UNAM)
* Henry Martín (América)
* José Paradela (Necaxa)
* Diego Reyes (UANL)
* Jorge Rodríguez (Monterrey)
* Ángel Sepúlveda (Cruz Azul)