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2012 Ascenso MX

Tournament details
Country	Mexico
Teams	7
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The Liguilla (English: Playoffs) of the Apertura 2012 season was a final knockout tournament involving the top seven teams of the Ascenso MX league. The winner qualified to the playoff match against the Clausura 2013 winner. If the winner of both tournaments was the same team, the team would have been promoted to the 2013–14 Liga MX season without playing the Promotional Final.

Teams

The first team in the general table qualified for the semifinals. The six next best teams in the general table qualified to the quarterfinals.

S	Team	Manager	Captain	Performance at the 2012 Apertura
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Necaxa	Jaime Ordiales	Víctor Lojero	14	9	4	1	30	18	+12	31
2	Neza	Carlos Bustos	Diego Mejía	14	6	6	2	19	14	+5	24
3	Estudiantes Tecos	Héctor Hugo Eugui	Diego Jiménez	14	6	5	3	16	12	+4	23
4	Lobos BUAP	Sergio Orduña	Alex Diego	14	7	2	5	20	17	+3	23
5	Mérida	Ricardo Valiño	Eder Patiño	14	6	5	3	14	12	+2	23
6	La Piedad	Cristóbal Ortega	Luis Antonio Martínez	14	6	4	4	21	16	+5	22
7	Dorados	Francisco Javier Ramírez	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	14	6	4	4	23	22	+1	22

Bracket

The six best teams after the first place played two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined by aggregate score. If the teams were tied, the Away goals rule applied.

The teams were seeded one to seven in quarterfinals, and were re-seeded one to four in semifinals depending on their position in the general table. The higher seeded teams played on their home field during the second leg.

• If the two teams were tied after both legs, the away goals rule applied. If both teams still tied, higher seeded team advanced.
• Teams were re-seeded every round.
• The winner qualified to the playoff match vs the Clausura 2013 winner. However, if the winner was the same in both tournaments, they would have been the team promoted to the 2012–13 Mexican Primera División season without playing the Promotional Final

Quarterfinals

First leg

La Piedad	2 - 1	Estudiantes
R. Murguía 51' J. Cavallo 57' (pen.)	Report	E. Lillingston 45' (pen.)

Mérida	3 - 0	Lobos BUAP
G. España 12' E. Alfaro 15' D Jiménez 18'	Report

Dorados	1 - 0	Neza
C. Blanco 32' (pen.)	Report

Second leg

Lobos BUAP	4 - 0	Mérida
A. Lima 4' D. Souza Gama 26', 87' A. Sánchez 45'	Report

Estudiantes	1 - 3	La Piedad
D. Martiñones 16'	Report	J. Cavallo 54' O. Rojas 74' R. Murguía 93' (pen.)

Neza	1 - 2	Dorados
E. Guzmán 4'	Report	M. Osuna 14' G. Rojas 67'

All game schedules are expressed in CST time, except where indicated.
Official schedules of Ascenso MX playoffs Quarter-finals

Semifinals

First leg

Dorados	1 - 1	Necaxa
G. Rojas 4'	Report	D. Santoya 17'

La Piedad	1 - 2	Lobos BUAP
J. Cavallo 12'	Report	H. Alférez 55' D. Souza Gama 78'

Second leg

Necaxa	2 - 2	Dorados
M. García 51' D. Santoya 72' M. de la Cruz 75' (o.g.)	Report	G. Rojas 4'

Round tied 3-3. Dorados advance to Final by the away goal rule

Lobos BUAP	0 - 2	La Piedad
	Report	B. Godínez 29' F. Sinecio 92'

All game schedules are in CST time, except where indicated.

Final

First leg

Dorados	1 - 0	La Piedad
L. Ramírez 61'	Report

Second leg

La Piedad	3 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Dorados
E. García 2' J. Cavallo 41' L. Martínez García 90+3'	Report	G. Ramírez 50'

Top goalscorers - Liguilla (Playoffs)

Last Updated on December 2, 2012.
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by goal frequency (Minutes played/Goals scored).

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Goal freq.
1	Gustavo A. Ramírez	Dorados	4	82.75
2	Juan Manuel Cavallo	La Piedad	4	113.00
3	Danny Santoya	Necaxa	2	84.00
4	C. E. de Souza	Lobos BUAP	2	154.50
5	Rafael Murguía	La Piedad	2	241.50
6	Diego Martiñones	Tecos	1	90.00
7	Ever Alfaro	Mérida	1	101.00
8	Fernando Sinecio González	La Piedad	1	132.00
9	Aparecido Lima	Lobos BUAP	1	143.00
10	Gabriel España	Mérida	1	161.00
11	Ever Guzmán	Neza	1	163.00
12	Michel García	Necaxa	1	168.00
13	Diego Jiménez	Mérida	1	180.00
14	Eduardo Lillingston	Tecos	1	180.00
15	Hebert Alférez	Lobos BUAP	1	266.00

Source: Ascenso MX - Apertura 2012 Liguilla goalscorers official page

References

1. As appears in as Ascenso MX competition rules 2012-2013 "Reglamento de competencia Ascenso MX 2012-2013, Article 22.2" (PDF). Liga MX. 2012-08-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2012-11-06. Los Clubes vencedores en los partidos de Cuartos de Final y Semifinal serán aquellos que en los dos juegos anote el mayor número de goles, criterio conocido como MARCADOR GLOBAL. De existir empate en el número de goles anotados, la posición se definirá a favor del Club con mayor cantidad de goles a favor cuando actué como visitante.
2. "Neza FC - LUCHAN HASTA EL FINAL". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-11-26.

External links

• Liga MX and Ascenso MX Official Website

• Ascenso MX