The Copa MX Apertura 2012 was the 68th staging of the Copa MX football tournament, the 41st staging in the professional era and the first was played since the 1996–97 edition.

This tournament started on July 24, 2012 and concluded on October 31, 2012. In the final game, Dorados de Sinaloa won the Cup over the Correcaminos, after a tie 2 - 2, and a penalty shootout with a score of 4 - 5.

This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Liga MX, excluding those that will participate in the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League (Santos, Tigres, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and 14 from the Ascenso MX (everyone except Cruz Azul Hidalgo).

If two or more clubs are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

Every group is composed by four clubs, two from Liga MX and two from Ascenso MX. Instead of a traditional robin-round schedule, the clubs will play in three two-legged "rounds", the last one been contested by clubs of the same league.

Each win gives a club 3 points, each draw gives 1 point. An extra point is awarded for every round won; a round is won by aggregated score, and if it is a tie, the tiebreakers should be used.

All times are UTC−05:00

Clubs from Liga MX: León and Morelia
Clubs from Ascenso MX: Dorados and Estudiantes
Channel: TVC Deportes

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