This tournament will feature clubs from Liga MX who will not participate in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League (UANL, UNAM, Pachuca and Monterrey) [REF].
The tournament will also feature the top 12 Ascenso MX teams of the Clausura 2016 classification table, excluding Correcaminos UAT who were replaced by Dorados de Sinaloa in the tournament [REF].