The 2020 Copa MX Finals was the final of the

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, the fifteenth edition of the

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under its current format and 82nd overall organized by the

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, the governing body of association football in Mexico. The final was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

and

Tijuana Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...

. The first leg was hosted at

Estadio Caliente Estadio Caliente is a multi-purpose stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, located across the Tijuana River from the Mexico–United States border. It is the home of Club Tijuana of Liga MX. The stadium is also home of Galgos de Tijuana o ...

on 21 October 2020, while the second leg was hosted at

Estadio BBVA Estadio Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, BBVA, formerly known as the Estadio BBVA Bancomer, is an association football stadium in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Guadalupe, Greater Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Nicknamed "El Gigante de Acero" in Spanish ...

in Guadalupe on 4 November 2020. The finals were scheduled to take place on 8 and 22 April 2020 but were postponed due to the

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. It was later announced the finals would be held on 16 and 23 September but were later postponed again to 21 October and 4 November 2020.

Qualified teams

Venues

Background

Monterrey has won the tournament twice while Tijuana has never won it. Before reaching this final, the last time Monterrey reached a final of any kind was the Apertura 2019

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final where they defeated América on penalty kicks to capture their fifth league title. The last time Tijuana reached a final of any kind was the Apertura 2012 Liga MX final where they defeated

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4–1 on aggregate to capture their first Liga MX title. Monterrey won all four of their group stage matches as they were seeded first. They eliminated

Celaya Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The muni ...

in the round of 16,

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

in the quarterfinals, and Juárez on penalty kicks in the semifinals. Tijuana won three, drew none and lost one in the group stage as they were seeded sixth. They eliminated

Atlético San Luis Club Atlético de San Luis is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis Potosí. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 2013, replacing the defunct club of the city ( San Luis FC) after its re ...

in the round of 16,

Morelia Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid; Otomi language, Otomi: ) is a city and municipal seat of the municipalities of Mexico, municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. It is both th ...

in the quarterfinals, and

in the semifinals.

Road to the finals

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.''

Matches

First leg

Second leg

''Monterrey won 2–1 on aggregate''

References

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