The Clausura 2017 Copa MX (officially the Clausura 2017 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) 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.[1][2]
Location of the participating teams. Red: Liga MX clubs; Blue: Ascenso MX clubs
The draw for the tournament took place on December 14, 2016, at the Mexican Football Federation headquarters in Toluca, Mexico.[6] 27 teams were drawn into nine groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots.[6]
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.[6] The Liga MX teams in Pot 1 are the title holders (Querétaro), the three who qualified to the 2017 Copa Libertadores (Tijuana, Guadalajara, América) and the club not participating in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stages (Monterrey).[6] The Ascenso MX teams in Pot 1 are the four best teams in the Apertura 2016 classification table.[6]
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.[6]
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.[6]
^ abJuárez ahead of UAT on away goals scored (Juárez 3, UAT 2)
Knockout stage
The clubs that advance to this stage will be ranked and seeded 1 to 16 based on performance in the group stage. In case of ties, the same tiebreakers used to rank the runners-up will be used.[7]
All rounds are played in a single game. 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.[7]
The winners of the groups and the seven best second place teams of each group will advance to the Knockout stage.[4]
Qualified teams
The nine group winners and the seven best runners-up from the group stage qualify for the final stage.