1993 Copa América

1993 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	June 15 - July 4
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (14th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	64 (2.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Luis Dolgetta
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The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between June 15 and July 4. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL were invited to take part in the tournament. Mexico and the USA were the invited teams for this tournament. Argentina defeated Mexico in the final 2-1 to win their record 14th continental championship.

Venues

City	Stadium name	Capacity
Ambato	Estadio Bellavista	22,000
Cuenca	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	22,000
Guayaquil	Estadio George Capwell	25,000
Guayaquil	Estadio Monumental	89,932
Machala	Estadio 9 de Mayo	16,500
Portoviejo	Estadio Reales Tamarindos	18,000
Quito	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa	45,000

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see Copa América 1993 squads

Tournament

First Round

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Two (2) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat. First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The two best third place teams also advance to the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaker: If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:

1. greater goal difference in all group games;
2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
4. drawing of lots.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ecuador	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Venezuela	3	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2
United States	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

June 15, 1993	Ecuador	6 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
	Muñoz  19' Noriega  32' Fernández  57', 81' E. Hurtado  65' Aguinaga  84'		Dolgetta  79'

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June 16, 1993	Uruguay	1 – 0	United States	Estadio Bellavista, Ambato Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Ostolaza  50'

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June 19, 1993	Uruguay	2 – 2	Venezuela	Estadio Bellavista, Ambato Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
	Saralegui  23' Kanapkis  79'		Dolgetta  10' Rivas  72'

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June 19, 1993	Ecuador	2 – 0	United States	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)
	Avilés  11' E. Hurtado  35'

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June 22, 1993	Venezuela	3 – 3	United States	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Dolgetta  68', 80' Echenausi  89'		Henderson  20' Lalas  37' Kinnear  51'

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June 22, 1993	Ecuador	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
	Avilés  28' Aguinaga  87'		Kanapkis  64'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	3
Chile	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2

June 18, 1993	Paraguay	1 – 0	Chile	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Torres (Colombia)
	Cabañas  6'

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June 18, 1993	Brazil	0 – 0	Peru	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)

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June 21, 1993	Paraguay	1 – 1	Peru	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)
	Monzón  37'		Del Solar  77'

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June 21, 1993	Chile	3 – 2	Brazil	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)
	Sierra  15' Zambrano  51', 59'		Müller  36' Palhinha  55'

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June 24, 1993	Peru	1 – 0	Chile	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Torres (Colombia)
	Del Solar  14' (pen.)

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June 24, 1993	Brazil	3 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)
	Palhinha  15', 72' Edmundo  62'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Argentina	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
Mexico	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

June 16, 1993	Colombia	2 – 1	Mexico	Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
	Valencia  35' Aristizábal  87'		Alves  57'

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June 17, 1993	Argentina	1 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
	Batistuta  53'

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June 20, 1993	Argentina	1 – 1	Mexico	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)
	Ruggeri  28'		Patiño  14'

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June 20, 1993	Colombia	1 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
	Maturana  18' (pen.)		Etcheverry  14'

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June 23, 1993	Mexico	0 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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June 23, 1993	Argentina	1 – 1	Colombia	Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
	Simeone  2'		Rincón  5'

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	3
C	Mexico	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
A	Venezuela	3	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2

Knock-out stage bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	26 June - Quito
	Ecuador	3
					30 June - Quito
	Paraguay	0
					Ecuador	0
	26 June - Guayaquil
					Mexico	2
	Mexico	4
									4 July - Guayaquil
	Peru	2
									Argentina	2
	27 June - Guayaquil
									Mexico	1
	Argentina	1 (6)
					1 July - Guayaquil
	Brazil	1 (5)
					Argentina	0 (6)			Third place
	27 June - Quito
					Colombia	0 (5)
	Colombia	1 (5)							Colombia	1
	Uruguay	1 (3)							Ecuador	0
									3 July - Portoviejo

Quarter-finals

June 26, 1993	Ecuador	3 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
	E. Hurtado  33' Ramírez  43' (o.g.) Avilés  81'

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June 26, 1993	Colombia	1 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Escobar(Paraguay)
	Perea  88'		Saralegui  63'
		Penalties
	Asprilla Mendoza Valderrama W. Pérez Valencia	5 – 3	Peletti Saralegui Moas Siboldi

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June 27, 1993	Argentina	1 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Rodríguez  69'		Müller  37'
		Penalties
	Gorosito Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Medina Bello Borelli	6 – 5	Zinho Cafu Müller Roberto Carlos Luisinho Boiadeiro

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June 27, 1993	Mexico	4 – 2	Peru	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)
	García Aspe  22' (pen.), 44' Alves  43' Patiño  49'		Del Solar  55' (pen.) Reynoso  82'

Semi-finals

June 30, 1993	Mexico	2 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Sánchez  23' R. Ramírez  54'

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July 1, 1993	Argentina	0 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
		Penalties
	Gorosito Batistuta Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Borelli	6 – 5	Rincón Asprilla Mendoza W. Pérez Valderrama Aristizábal

Third-place match

July 3, 1993	Colombia	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alvaro Arboleda (Venezuela)
	Valencia  86'

Final

Main article: 1993 Copa América Final

July 4, 1993	Argentina	2 – 1	Mexico	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
	Batistuta  63', 74'		Galindo  67'

Result

Copa América 1993 Champion
Argentina 14th title

Individual scorers

4 goals José Luis Dolgetta 3 Goals Gabriel Batistuta Palhinha Ney Avilés Eduardo Hurtado José del Solar 2 Goals Müller Richard Zambrano Adolfo Valencia Álex Aguinaga Ángel Fernández Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" Alberto García Aspe David Patiño Fernando Kanapkis Marcelo Saralegui Own goal Mario Ramirez

1 Goal Leonardo Rodríguez Oscar Ruggeri Diego Simeone Marco Etcheverry Edmundo José Luis Sierra Víctor Aristizábal Orlando Maturana Luis Carlos Perea Freddy Rincón Carlos Antonio Muñoz Raúl Noriega Benjamín Galindo Ramón Ramírez Hugo Sánchez Roberto Cabañas Luis Monzón Juan Reynoso Santiago Ostolaza Alexi Lalas Chris Henderson Dominic Kinnear Miguel Echenausi Stalin Rivas

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Argentina	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	8	66.7%
2	Mexico	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	6	50.0%
3	Colombia	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	8	66.7%
4	Ecuador	6	4	0	2	13	5	+8	8	66.7%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Brazil	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	4	50.0%
6	Uruguay	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4	50.0%
7	Peru	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	4	50.0%
8	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	2	7	-5	3	37.5%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Chile	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	2	33.3%
10	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	33.3%
11	Venezuela	3	0	2	1	6	11	-5	2	33.3%
12	United States	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	16.7%

See also

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Copa América 1993