The championship stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League was played from March 5 to May 1, 2013. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage.
Qualified teams The winners of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the championship stage.
GroupWinners1 Santos Laguna2 Herediano3 Houston Dynamo4 Seattle Sounders FC5 Los Angeles Galaxy6 UANL7 Monterrey8 Xelajú
Seeding The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage.
Format In the championship stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule was used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie was decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.
Bracket The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows: Quarterfinals: Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 (QF1), Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 (QF2), Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 (QF3), Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 (QF4), with seeds 1–4 hosting the second leg Semifinals: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 (SF1), Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3 (SF2), with winners QF1 and QF2 hosting the second leg Finals: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, with winner SF1 hosting the second leg
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on March 5–7, 2013, and the second legs were played on March 12–13, 2013.
First legs: All times U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5); Second legs: All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
First leg
Second leg
Monterrey won 4–2 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC won 3–2 on aggregate.
Santos Laguna won 3–1 on aggregate.
Los Angeles Galaxy won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals The first legs were played on April 2–3, 2013, and the second legs were played on April 9–10, 2013.
All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
First leg
Second leg
Santos Laguna won 2–1 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.
Finals
The first leg was played on April 24, 2013, and the second leg was played on May 1, 2013.
All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
First leg
Second leg
Monterrey won 4–2 on aggregate.
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