2018 Campeones Cup
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| Event | Campeones Cup | ||||||
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| Date | September 19, 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Jesús Dueñas (UANL)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 14,823[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 18 °C (64 °F) 73% humidity[4] | ||||||
The 2018 Campeones Cup was the first edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football competition contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX.
The match featured Canadian side Toronto FC, winners of the 2017 MLS Cup, and UANL, winners of the 2018 Campeón de Campeones, for which they qualified by winning the 2017 Liga MX Torneo Apertura. Toronto FC hosted the match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on September 19, 2018.
UANL won the match 3–1 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.[5]
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
 Toronto FC |
MLS Cup 2017 winners |
 UANL |
2018 Campeón de Campeones winners |
Venue
Broadcasting
The match's English broadcast was aired in Canada on TSN and the United States on ESPN2. A French broadcast was aired in Canada on TVA Sports 2, while Univision and Univision Deportes Network carried the Spanish broadcast in the United States.[7] The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.[8]
