Draft:Clausura Tournament 2024

Clausura Tournament 2024
The "Clausura Tournament 2024" is the 111th edition of the League's Championship for First Division of Mexican soccer. It consists of the 56th short tournament, after a change in the competition's format, which the 2023-2024 season will end with.

Changes

 * The Estadio Azteca will follow a renovation for the upcoming 2026 World Cup. For this reason, the clubs America and Cruz Azul must temporarily relocate to the Estadio de la Ciudad de los Deportes, also located in the country's capital..

However, in the end, Emilio Azcárraga Jean, the owner of the "Águilas" confirmed the stadium's renovation will begin until May. As a result, the "azulcrema" club will be able to play their home matches at the Santa Úrsula Colossuem, prior to their temporary relocation.

Competition System
The Liga BBVA MX tournament consists of two parts:


 * Qualification Phase: is integrated by the 17 days of the tournament.
 * Final Phase: is integrated by the "Play-In" Matches, Quaterfinals, Semifinals, and the Final.

Qualification Phase
In the qualification phase, the points system is observed. The location of the general table is subject to the following conditions:


 * For each game won, three points will be obtained.
 * For each tied game, one point will be obtained.
 * For each game lost, no points will be granted.

In this phase, the 18 clubs of the Liga BBVA MX participate, playing in each tournament as 'all against all' throughout the 17 respective match days, one game at a time.

At the end of the tournament's qualification phase, the clubs are ordered based on their respective points obtained, which is later presented in a descending order. If at the end of the tournament's 17 matches, two or more clubs are tied on points, their position in the genera table is determined based on the following tie-breaker criteria:


 * Best difference between goals scored and received
 * Highest number of goals scored
 * Particular scorers between the tied clubs
 * Highest number of goals scored as a visitor
 * Best placed in the general quotient table
 * Fair Play Table
 * Lottery

To determine the places that will occupy the clubs that participate in the final phase of the tournament, the general classification table will be used as a base.

At the end of the 17 matches, the first 10 clubs of the general qualification table automatically participate in the run for the Liga BBVA MX Champion title.

Final Phase
Prior to the quarterfinal round, a new qualifying round, called "Play-In", allows clubs that are positioned 7th and 10th in the general table a chance to participate. The teams that are in 7th and 8th position will play against each other to determine a qualifier for playoffs. Meanwhile, the losing team of that series will play against the winner of the match between the 9th and 10th positioned teams, in order to determine the 8th participating team for quarterfinals.

The eight clubs qualified for quarterfinals will be repositioned, according to the place they occupied at the end of match-day 17's general table. Position number one will go to the best classified club, and so on up to number eight. The matches from this phase unfold during reciprocal visits, in the following stages:

The winning clubs in both the quarterfinal and semifinal matches will be the clubs that will mark the greatest number of goals in those two matches. If there is a tie in the number of scored goals, the club with the highest position in the qualifying general table will advance to the next round.

The corresponding matches in the reciprocal visit phase will be played on the chosen Wednesday and Saturday, or Thursday and Sunday, if applicable, exclusively in descending order, the four best-ranked clubs at the end of match-day 17's general table, on the day and time of their home game. The next four clubs can only choose the schedule.

The winning club of the final and therefore champion, will be the one that scores the greatest number of goals in the two games. If at the end of the matches' regulatory time both teams are tied, then two extra times of 15 minutes each will be added. If the tie persists in these periods, they'll then proceed to penalty shoot-out until a winner is announced.

The quarterfinal matches will be played as follows:

In the semifinals, the four winning clubs of the quarterfinals will participate, repositioning them from one to four, according to their best position at the end of match-day 17's general table of the corresponding tournament, facing each other:

The two winning clubs of the corresponding semifinal phase will compete for the Torneo de Clausura 2024, repositioning them from one to two, according to their best position at the end of matchday 17's general table of each tournament.

Information of the participating teams

 * Data updated on 2024.

Teams by state
For the 2023-24 season, the federal entity of Mexican Republic with the most teams in the First Division is Mexico City with three teams. Fourteen entities will be represented in the tournament.

Regular Tournament

 * The full calendar according to the official page.
 * The schedules corresponding to the time of Central Mexico (UTC-6).
 * The calendar was released on December 17, 2023.

Qualification Evolution
. Updated Date: 2024


 * (*) Indicates the position of the team with a match pending.
 * (+) Indicates the position of the team with one game ahead.

Quotient Table
Starting with the 2020-21 season, promotion and relegation between the Liga MX and the Liga de Expansión MX was suspended, however, the quotient table is used to establish the payments of the fines that will be allocated to the development of the silver circuit clubs. According to the Article 24 on the competition regulations, the payment of $MXN 160 million will be distributed among the last three positioned in the table as follows: 80 million for the last place, 47 million for the penultiamte, ans 33 million will be paid for the second-to-last place team. The team that ends in last place in the table will start the following season with a zerio ratio.

Update date: 2024

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Fair Play Qualification

 * Data according to official page.
 * Date Updated: 2024

Top Scorers
List of top scorers of the tournament.


 * Data according to official page.

Updated Date: 2024

Maximum Attendance

 * Data according to SoccerWay.

Updated Date: 4

Attendance
List with the attendance of the matches and teams Liga BBVA MX.

Data updated as of 4

By Team
In average, only the parties that had public assistance are counted.

Per Match
The list excludes matches that were played behind closed doors.