The 75th season of Mexico’s top division football league,Liga MX is coming to an endin2022. The season is split into two tournaments, theApertura 2021and the Clausura 2022, with the same 18 football clubs competing againsteach other for the major trophy in Mexican football.
After overcoming a 70-year drought in the previousApertura 2021competition,Atlasentered the2022 Torneo Clausura as thecurrentchampions. The2022Torneo Clausuratook place during thefinalpart of the season in Mexico, it was the second of two tournaments in the 2021-22 season.
The 2022Torneo Clausura has featured 18 clubs, consistingof 17 weeks in a round-robin format before the playoffs. 12 clubs from the first to the 12th place in the tableadvance to the Clausura 2022 playoffs. The top 4 will go directly the quarter finals, while the 5th to 12th place will play in a reclassification playoffs.
2022 Torneo ClausuraPlayoffs: End date
ThePlayoffsroundof the2022 Torneo Clausura Liga MXwill take place fromMay 8to May 29,2022. In the final part of the2022 Torneo ClausuraLiga MX season, a total of twelve clubs will battle to determine the champions. The finals are played in a two-legged round.
For the third consecutive season, a reclassification round wasset tobringthe total number of playoff slots to 12. The top twelve teams from the regular season standings have earned a spot in the major event. Pachuca, Tigres UANL, Atlas andClub America are qualified to the quarterfinals of this year’s playoffs round.
WhileClub Puebla, Chivas, Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Necaxa, Pumas UNAMand Mazatlan will competein a one-legged preliminary round. The series has home and away matches beginning in the quarterfinals, giving the top-ranked clubs the home advantage in thesecond leg.
