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Liga MX 2021 Playoffs: Bracket, Schedule, Results, Teams, Live Stream and TV Channel

The Liga MX 2021 Apertura TournamentPlayoffs are in the Final stage. Here, check out everything you need to know about Liga MX 2021 Apertura final phase: schedule, teams, format and how to watch it in the US.

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The 2021 Liga MX Torneo Apertura wrapped up and now it’s time for the Liga MX 2021 Playoffs. The best 12 teams of the campaign played the final phase to decide the champions of theseason. Club Leon and Atlas managed to reach the grand final and only one of them will become the new Mexican league champions. If you are in the US, you can watch the playoffs games on fuboTV (free trial).

During Matchday 17 of the regular season, five spots remained open until the last minute. Finally, Atletico San Luis was the last team to qualify for the Liga MX 2021 Playoffs. While the best four teams qualified directly to the quarterfinals, the others will play a reclassification.

The last phase of the Apertura 2021 Liga MX will take place from November 20 to December 12, 2021. Here, check out the road to define the champions of the tournament, the format, dates, and how to watch each match in the US.

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Liga MX 2021-22 Playoffs: Format

The best twelve teams of the regular season standings have qualified for the final phase. As we said earlier, the first four secured a quarterfinal spot, while sides seeded from five through twelve will have to take part in a preliminary, one-legged round. However, from the quarterfinals onwards, the series has home and away matches. The best-ranked teams will play the rematch at home.

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Liga MX 2021-22 Playoffs: Teams

For the final phase of the Liga MX 2021 Playoffs, Club America, Atlas, Leon and Tigres UANL have qualified directly to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Toluca, Puebla, Santos Laguna, Cruz Azul, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Pumas UNAM and Atletico San Luis earned spots for the preliminary round.

Liga MX 2021-22 Playoffs: Schedule and How to Watch in the US

Reclassification

Saturday, November20

Santos Laguna 2-0 Atlético San Luis

Puebla 2-2 Guadalajara (6-5 after penalties)

Sunday, November 21

Toluca 1-2 Pumas UNAM

Cruz Azul 1-4 Monterrey

Quarterfinals

The first legs will be played on 24–25 November:

Pumas UNAM 0-0 Club America
Monterrey 0-0Atlas
Puebla 1-2Leon
Santos Laguna 1-2 Tigres UANL

The second legs will be played on 27–28 November:

Club America 1-3Pumas UNAM (1-3 on aggregate)
Atlas 1-1Monterrey (Atlas proceed after 1-1 on aggregate)
Leon 2-0Puebla
Tigres UANL 1-0 Santos Laguna

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Semifinals

The first legswill be played on 1-2 December.

Pumas UNAM 0-1 Atlas
Tigres UANL 2-1 Leon

The second legs will be played on 4-5 December.

Atlas 0-1 Pumas UNAM (Atlas advanced after 1-1 on aggregatedue to being the higher seed in the classification table) Leon 2-1Tigres UANL (Leonadvancedafter 3-3on aggregatedue to being the higher seed in the classification table)

Final

The first leg will be played on December 9.

Leon vs Atlas (22hs ET)

The second leg will be played on December 12.

Atlas vs Leon (21.15hs ET)

The Liga MX 2021 Apertura seasonwill be carried by four major U.S. broadcast outlets: Univision networksTUDN andUniMas,ESPN Deportes,TelemundoandFoxDeportes . Stream live in the US: FuboTV (free trial) .

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Liga MX 2021 Playoffs: Bracket

Liga MX 2021 Playoffs Bracket. (ligamx.net)

Liga MX 2021 Playoffs Bracket. (ligamx.net)

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