Aperture and Clausura

Lettuce marks the countries where Aperture and Klausura are stacked in a calendar year; orange - with the “European system” autumn / spring ; 1 indicates countries where Apertura and Clausura are only stages of a single championship.

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.