Apertura and Clausura ( isp. Torneo de Apertura y Clausura ) - two parts of the national sporting events, mainly in football, during which the champions of the overwhelming majority of Latin American countries are identified.
Translated from Spanish, Apertura literally means discovery . This is the first stage of the championship. Clausura - the second part of the football championship. Literally translated from Spanish as closure .
In most of the Latin American countries, Apertura and Clausura - independent championships (for example, in Argentina , Mexico , Chile ), in four (in Uruguay , Peru, Venezuela and Nicaragua) - these are just stages of a single championship, with the only privilege that the winner of one from two tournaments automatically falls into the national final against the winner of another tournament; in case of victory in both stages, the final is no longer required and such a team is recognized as a champion. In addition, another difference from the usual two-round championship is that in case of equality of points according to the results of the Aperture or Clausura, a golden match for the victory at this stage of the championship is appointed. Such a system is used, for example, in Uruguay .
In Mexico, there is also a tradition to hold matches before the start of the next season between the winners of two separate championships of the previous season. However, such matches are only a peculiar variation of the European supercubs , but they have no effect on the championship of the playing teams.
Aperture and Clausura by country
A country | Major League | Championship | The calendar | Seasons |
---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | Examples | Both (1991/92 - 2013/14) Three champions revealed in 2012/13 | European (August - June) | 1990/91 - 2011/12; in 2012/13 - 2013/14 tournaments were called “Initial” and “Final” |
Bolivia | Professional Football League | Both (since 2003) | European (August - June) | since 1991 |
Venezuela | Examples | Single | European (August - May) | since 1996/97 |
Haiti | Haitian league | Both (since 2002, except 2005/06) | American (April - November) | 2002, 2003, 2004/05, since 2007 |
Guatemala | National Football League | Both | European | since 1999/2000 |
Honduras | National Football League | Both (since 1997/98) | European (August - May) | since 1997/98 |
Colombia | Example A | Both | American (February - December) | since 2002 |
Costa Rica | Examples | Both | European | from 2007/08 |
Mexico | League MX | Both | European (July - May) | since 1996/97 [1] |
Nicaragua | Examples | Single | European (July - April) | since 2003/04 |
Panama | Football league | Both (since 2007) | European (July - May) | since 2001 |
Paraguay | Examples | Both (since 2007) | American (February - December) | since 1996 |
Peru | Examples | Single | American (February - November) | 1997–2008 |
Salvador | Examples | Both | European (August - July) | since 1998/99 |
Uruguay | Examples | Single | European (August - June) (2005/06 - 2015/16) American (January - December) (from 2017) | 1994—2016 |
Chile | Examples | Both | European (August - June) | since 2013 |
Ecuador | Series A | Both | American (January - December) | 2005 |
See also
- Metropolitan and Nacional
Notes
- ↑ From the 1996/97 season to the 2001/02 season, the championships were called "Winter" ("Invierno") and "Summer" ("Verano").