Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase


The Apertura 2023 Liga MX final phase was played between 22 November and 17 December 2023. A total of ten teams competed in the final phase to decide the champions of the Apertura 2023 Liga MX season.
On 22 May 2023, a modification for the final phase was announced at the owners assembly in Toluca; reducing the clubs from twelve to ten. The number of clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals was increased from four to six while the teams qualifying for the reclassification was reduced from six to 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 UANL 3–0 on aggregate to win their fourteenth league title. As winners, América will face the Clasura 2024 champion in the 2024 Campeón de Campeones. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

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.
SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best Ref.
1América4024 October 2023
28 October 2023
39thClausura 2023Champions
2Monterrey331 November 2023
3 November 2023
29thClausura 2023Champions
3UANL3029 October 2023
31 October 2023
32ndClausura 2023Champions
4UNAM283 November 2023
11 November 2023
26thClausura 2023Champions
5Guadalajara273 November 2023
4 November 2023
31stClausura 2023Champions
6Puebla2512 November 2023
12 November 2023
14thClausura 2023Semi-finals

SeedTeamPoints Date of qualificationAppearanceLast appearancePrevious bestRef.
7Atlético San Luis23 10 November 20234thClausura 2023Quarter-finals
8León23 12 November 202317thClausura 2023Champions
9Santos Laguna23 11 November 202336thApertura 2022Champions
10Mazatlán2210 November 20232ndClausura 2022Reclassification

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 matches


No. 8 seed match


Seeding

The following is the current seeding for the final phase.

Bracket



Quarter-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 29–30 November, and the second legs will be played on 2–3 December 2023.

Matches

América won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Atlético San Luis won 2–1 on aggregate.
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UANL won 5–2 on aggregate.
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''UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs will be played on 6–7 December, and the second legs will be played on 9–10 December 2023.

Matches

América won 5–2 on aggregate.
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''UANL won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 14 December, and the second leg was played on 17 December 2023.

First leg



Second leg


América won 4–1 on aggregate.