Copa Conecta

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Copa Conecta
Founded24 November 2021;2 years ago (2021-11-24)
RegionMexico
Number of teams32
Current champions Racing Porto Palmeiras (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Aguacateros de Peribán
Inter Playa del Carmen
Racing Porto Palmeiras (1 title)
Website Copa Conecta
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 Copa Conecta

The Copa Conecta is a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 2021.

Contents

The cup is played by 32 teams: 12 from the Liga Premier de México and 20 from the Liga TDP. [1]

The cup was created in 2021 with the aim of providing a greater opportunity for the development of football players from Liga Premier and Liga TDP teams.

Competition format

32 teams play in the cup: the champion of the previous edition, 11 from the Liga Premier de México and 20 from the Liga TDP. The twelve Liga Premier representatives are chosen as follows: four teams from Serie A and seven clubs from Serie B. The four teams in Serie A are those that finished in the first two places in their group. The seven teams in Serie B are those that qualified for the play-offs of the season first half. [2]

The 20 teams in the Liga TDP are the 17 group leaders from the first half of the season and the three teams with the best coefficient. [2]

The tournament consists of five stages: [3]

The matches are played in a single round in the field of the team participating in the TDP League, in case the two teams play in the same league, the match will be played in the field of the best ranked team. If there is a tie at the end of regular time, a round of penalty kicks will be played to determine the winner. [3]

Geographic location is the criteria for matches. The affiliated teams of Liga MX and Liga de Expansión MX can participate in the cup but only with the players who were registered in the squads for Liga Premier and TDP. [3]

List of finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upManager
2021–22 Aguacateros de Peribán (6) 1–1 (5)
Penalties
Muxes Flag of Mexico.svg Olimpo Campos
2023 Inter Playa del Carmen 2–0 Calor Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Bracamontes
2024 Racing Porto Palmeiras 2–0 Diablos Tesistán Flag of Mexico.svg Héctor Jair Real

List of winners

ClubChampionRunner-up
Aguacateros de Peribán 10
Inter Playa del Carmen 10
Racing Porto Palmeiras 10
Calor 01
Muxes 01
Diablos Tesistán 01

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References

  1. "Liga Premier y TDP se unen para crear la Copa Conecta". Por Esto (in Spanish). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "¡COPA CONECTA ES UNA REALIDAD!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "¡ELIMINACIÓN DIRECTA!". Liga Premier Magazine (in Spanish). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2022.