Apertura 2016 Copa MX
| Apertura 2016 Copa Corona MX | |||
| Country | Mexico | ||
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| Teams | 24 | ||
| Champions | Querétaro (1st title) | ||
| Runners-up | Guadalajara | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
| Goals scored | 181 (2.87 per match) | ||
| Attendance | 711,483 (11,293 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Fernando Uribe (6 goals) |
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The Apertura 2016 Copa MX (officially the Apertura 2016 Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th staging of the Copa MX, the 49th staging in the professional era and is the ninth tournament played since the 1996–97 edition.
This tournament began on 19 July 2016 and ended on 2 November 2016. As winners, Querétaro will face the winner of the Clausura 2017 edition in the 2017 Supercopa MX.
Querétaro won their first title after defeating Guadalajara 3–2 on penalty kicks in the final.
A different format was used starting with this edition of the tournament.
This tournament will feature clubs from Liga MX who will not participate in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League (UANL, UNAM, Pachuca and Monterrey).Atlas will not participate in the tournament after being the worst non-relegated team in the 2015–16 Liga MX season Aggregate table.Necaxa will not participate in the tournament due to being recently promoted to Liga MX.
The tournament will also feature the top 12 Ascenso MX teams of the Clausura 2016 classification table, excluding Correcaminos UAT who were replaced by Dorados de Sinaloa in the tournament.
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