| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Monterrey |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Toluca |
| Runners-up | Santos Laguna |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 43 (3.07 per match) |
TheLiguilla (English:Mini League) of thePrimera División de México 2010 Bicentenario was a final mini-tournament involving eight teams of thePrimera División de México, in an elimination two-legs playoff.
The first legFinal of theLiguilla was on Wednesday May 20, betweenSantos Laguna againstToluca.
Defending championsMonterrey, were not able to defend theirpast championship, as they were knocked out in the first round of the "Liguilla" byPachuca
As the 18 teams of the2010 Bicentenario were divided in three groups of six teams, it was determined that the two top of each group advanced to theLiguilla, even though having had a low performance at thegeneral table. Alongside those six teams, the two best teams at thegeneral table of the remaining 12, regardless of their group, advanced to theLiguilla.
| S | Team | Manager | Captain | Performance at theApertura 2009 | |||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | P | Qualified as | ||||
| 1 | Monterrey |  Víctor Vucetich | Luis Ernesto Pérez | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 36 | 1st | First place Group 2 |
| 2 | Guadalajara | José Luis Real | Luis Ernesto Michel | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 32 | 2nd | First place Group 1 |
| 3 | Toluca | José de la Torre | Zinha | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 30 | 3rd | Runner-up Group 1 |
| 4 | UNAM |  Ricardo Ferretti | Sergio Bernal | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 28 | 4th | First place Group 3 |
| 5 | Santos Laguna |  Rubén Omar Romano | Oswaldo Sánchez | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 28 | 5th | Runner-up Group 3 |
| 6 | América | Jesús Ramírez | Pável Pardo | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 25 | 6th | Runner-up Group 2 |
| 7 | Morelia | Tomás Boy | Mauricio Romero | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 25 | 7th2 | Third place Group 21 |
| 8 | Pachuca | Guillermo Rivarola |  Miguel Calero | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 25 | 8th | Fourth place Group 21 |
TheLiguilla has a particulartie-breaking criteria: In case of a tie in the aggregate score, the higher seeded team advance.
The exception for this tie-breaking criteria is the final, where the higher seeded team rule is not used. In this case, if the teams remained tied after 90 minutes of play during the second leg of the finals,extra time were used, followed by apenalty shootout if necessary.
TheLiguilla had those teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each match up was determined byaggregate score.
The teams were seeded one to eight in quarterfinals, and re-seeded one to four in semifinals, depending on their position at thegeneral table of the season. Higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg.
Also, the highest seeded can choose when, if Saturday or Sunday, they want to play the second leg. As the rules mentioned that one half of the matches must be on Wednesday/Saturday, and the other in Thursday/Sunday, the rest of the teams must suit on that choice.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toluca | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | América | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toluca | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Pachuca | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Monterrey | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Pachuca | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toluca | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UNAM | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Santos Laguna | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Morelia | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Morelia | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
The quarterfinals were played on May 1 or 2 (first leg) and May 8 or 9 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterrey (1) | 1–3 | (8)Pachuca | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Guadalajara (2) | 2–5 | (7)Morelia | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Toluca (3) | 4–2 | (6)América | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| UNAM (4) | 1–2 | (5)Santos Laguna | 0–2 | 1–0 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).
| Morelia | 4 – 2 | Guadalajara |
|---|---|---|
Cabrera 23'Rey 55'Pereyra 63'Borgetti 66' | (Report) | Enríquez 39' Bravo 45' |
| América | 2 – 2 | Toluca |
|---|---|---|
| Beausejour 5' Layún 23' | (Report) | Mancilla 2' Dueñas 26' |
| Monterrey | 1 – 2 | Pachuca |
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| Martínez 32' | (Report) | Brambila 47' Montes 87' |
| Guadalajara | 0 – 1 | Morelia |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Hernández 57' |
| UNAM | 1 – 0 | Santos Laguna |
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| Íñiguez 53' | (Report) |
The semifinals were played on May 12 (first leg) and May 15 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toluca (1) | 3–2 | (4)Pachuca | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Santos Laguna (2) | 10–4 | (3)Morelia | 3–3 | 7–1 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).
| Pachuca | 2 – 2 | Toluca |
|---|---|---|
| Manso 60' Cvitanich 86' | (Report) | Novaretti 47' Mancilla 81' |
| Morelia | 3 – 3 | Santos Laguna |
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| Peralta 7' Hernández 64'Rey 86' (pen.) | (Report) | Borgetti 34' Rodríguez 56' (pen.)Estrada 65' |
| Santos Laguna | 7 – 1 | Morelia |
|---|---|---|
| Arce 1' Quintero 12'Peralta 15',51',81'Estrada 49'Vuoso 83' (pen.) | (Report) | Rey 5' (pen.) |
The first and second legs of the final were played on May 20 (first leg) and May 23 (second leg).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toluca(1) | 2(4)–2(3) | (2)Santos Laguna | 2–2 | 0–0 |
Kickoffs are given in local time (UTC-6).
| Toluca | 0 – 0 | Santos Laguna |
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| Penalties | ||
Zinha Marín  Mancilla Novaretti Romagnoli Dueñas | 4 – 3 | RodríguezLudueñaLacerdaVuosoMoralesArce |
Édgar Dueñas (Toluca)Fernando Arce (Santos Laguna)Marvin Cabrera (Morelia)Luis Montes (Pachuca)Manuel Pérez (Toluca)Walter Jiménez (Santos Laguna)Damián Álvarez (Pachuca)Damián Manso (Pachuca)
Jean Beausejour (América)Juan Pablo Rodríguez (Santos Laguna)
Osvaldo Martínez (Monterrey)Jorge Enríquez (Guadalajara)Omar Bravo (Guadalajara)Gabriel Pereyra (Morelia)Ismael Íñiguez (UNAM)Darío Cvitanich (Pachuca)Miguel Layún (América)Antonio Ríos (Toluca)Edy Germán Brambila (Pachuca)| National teams |
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