Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Year: | 1993 |
Other Titles: | Spanish; Castilian: Copa Oro de la Concacaf 1993 |
Country: | Mexico |
Country2: | United States |
Dates: | 10–25 July |
Confederations: | 1 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 2 |
Champion: | MEX |
Count: | 1 |
Second: | USA |
Third Other: | |
Matches: | 16 |
Goals: | 60 |
Attendance: | 831788 |
Prevseason: | 1991 |
Nextseason: | 1996 |
The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. The tournament took place from 10 to 25 July 1993 and jointly hosted by 2 cities in two North American countries: Mexico, and the United States.[1]
Mexico were crowned the champions after winning the final against the title holder United States 4–0 . It was Mexico's fourth CONCACAF title and their first Gold Cup title.[2]
It was the first Gold Cup to be co-hosted; Group A was held in the United States (Dallas), and Group B in Mexico (Mexico City).
Mexico | United States | |
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Mexico City | Dallas | |
Estadio Azteca | Cotton Bowl | |
Capacity: 105,000 | Capacity: 71,615 | |
Team | Qualification | Appearances | Last Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking[3] | |
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North American zone | ||||||
(TH) | Automatic | 2nd | 1991 | Champions (1991) | 24 | |
Automatic | 2nd | 1991 | Third Place (1991) | 25 | ||
Automatic | 2nd | 1991 | Group stage (1991) | 57 | ||
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1993 Caribbean Cup | ||||||
Winners | 1st | None | Debut | N/A | ||
Runners-up | 2nd | 1991 | Group stage (1991) | 67 | ||
Central American zone qualified through the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup | ||||||
Winners | 2nd | 1991 | Runners-up (1991) | 40 | ||
Runners-up | 2nd | 1991 | Fourth Place (1991) | 35 | ||
Third Place | 1st | None | Debut | 120 |
See main article: 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads.
The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
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Costa Rica and Jamaica shared the third place.
See main article: 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.
The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Ball (best overall player).[4]
scope=col style="background-color: gold" | Golden Ball |
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Ramón Ramírez | |
scope=col style="background-color: gold" | Golden Boot |
Zague | |
11 goals |