When is the final and how do the teams arrive?

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May 7, 2026May 7, 2026By Mario Vásquez
When is the final and how do the teams arrive?

During the night of last Wednesday, May 6, Toluca defeated 4-0 to the set of Los Angeles FC to ensure their place in the grand final of the Champions Cup 2026 of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (Concacaf), where they will face the squad of Tigers a single match at the Nemesio Diez Stadium.

This will be the first final completely mexican since the edition of 2021when Monterey defeated Club America for 1-0. Since then, Mexican clubs have faced teams Americans in three finals already a team Canadian in the most recent, where Blue Cross won 5-0 vancouver in Mexico City.

Faced with this scenario, the winner of the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup final will qualify for the Club World Cup 2029 of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) and to the 2026 Intercontinental Cup, a tournament made up of the six teams that won the continental championships of each confederation.

The Mexican teams will face each other in a single 90-minute match. However, if there is no winner in regulation time, they will be played extra time of 15 minutes and, if the tie persists, the winner will be defined by the penalty shootoutsomething that has not happened in a Concacaf Champions Cup final since 2018.

The fifth final for both

The final that will be played next Saturday May 30, 2026 at the Nemesio Diez Stadium, in Toluca de Lerdo, it will be the fifth of UANL Tigers in the entire history of the Concacaf Champions Cup, a tournament in which the club has three runners-up and a title, achieved in the edition of the 2020when they defeated Los Angeles FC.

For its part, Toluca will also play its fifth final in the history of the competition, in which it has achieved three runners-up —like Tigres— and a title, obtained in the edition of the 2003 before the squad Monarchs Moreliaa team that, after disappearing in June 2020, was reborn in January 2026 as Atlético Morelia.

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This is how Toluca arrives

Tigres will be the first Mexican rival of Toluca in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup, because the Red Devils defeated San Diego FC in the round of 16, Los Angeles Galaxy in the quarterfinals already Los Angeles FC in the semifinals, so their three opponents in the tournament have been from California.

So far in the tournament, Toluca has cattle four commitments and lost two: the first leg of the round of 16 against San Diego FC for 3-2 and the first leg of the semifinals against Los Angeles FC for 2-1, so that those led by the Argentine Antonio Mohamed They hope to arrive with enough pace to win the trophy.

This is how Tigres arrives

Like Toluca, the Tigres have only faced teams Americans so far in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup: A Cincinnati in the round of 16, Seattle Sounders in the quarterfinals already Nashville SC in the semi-finals. However, the felines They suffered more than heck to reach the final.

In the round of 16, Tigres had to go back a 3-0 to beat Cincinnati. Subsequently, and after falling 3-1 in the city of Seattle, the cats advanced to the semifinals by the away goals rule. Finally, in what was their easiest key, those led by Guido Pizarro defeated Nashville by 2-0 on aggregate.

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