1993 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup explained

Tourney Name:	Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Year:	1993
Other Titles:	CIS Cup, Кубок Содружества 1993
Country:	Russia
Country-Flagvar:	1991
Dates:	25–31 January 1993
Num Teams:	15
Venues:	3
Cities:	1
Champion Other:	Spartak Moscow
Count:	1
Matches:	23
Goals:	103
Attendance:	29900
Top Scorer:	Shota Arveladze (5 goals)
Nextseason:	1994

The 1993 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the first edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Spartak Moscow who defeated Belarusian side Belarus Minsk in the final.

Participants

Team	Qualification	Participation
Spartak Moscow	1992 Russian Top League champions	1st
Belarus Minsk	1992–93 Belarusian Premier League 2nd team as of the winter break¹	1st
Ekranas Panevėžys	1992–93 LFF Lyga 1st team as of the winter break	1st
Skonto Riga	1992 Latvian Higher League champions	1st
Norma Tallinn	1992 Meistriliiga champions	1st
Zimbru Chișinău	1992 Moldovan National Division champions	1st
Dinamo Tbilisi	1991–92 Umaglesi Liga champions	1st
Neftchi Baku	1992 Azerbaijan Top League champions	1st
Homenetmen Yerevan	1992 Armenian Premier League champions²	1st
Kairat Almaty	1992 Kazakhstan Premier League champions	1st
Pakhtakor Tashkent	1992 Uzbek League champions³	1st
Regar Tursunzoda	1992 Tajik League runners-up⁴	1st
Alga Bishkek	1992 Kyrgyzstan League champions	1st
Köpetdag Aşgabat	1992 Ýokary Liga champions	1st
Russia U19 national team	Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage.⁵	1st

¹ Belarus Minsk (formerly a reserve team for Dinamo Minsk) replaced 1992 champions Dinamo Minsk, whose almost entire squad at the same time traveled to play friendly matches in South America as a part of Belarus national football team.
² Homenetmen Yerevan were one of two teams equally declared 1992 Armenian champions along with Shirak.
³ Pakhtakor Tashkent were one of two teams equally declared 1992 Uzbekistan champions along with Neftchi Fergana.
⁴ Regar Tursunzoda replaced champions Pamir Dushanbe, who refused to participate.
⁵ Due to political situation in Crimea and Black Sea area,^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Tavriya Simferopol (1992 Ukrainian champions) were originally drawn into Group C. They were not allowed to compete by Football Federation of Ukraine and were replaced by unofficial participants Russia U19 national team.^[5]

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The match was awarded as 3–0 win for Russia as Kairat refused to play against unofficial participant.----

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Shota Arveladze	Dinamo Tbilisi	5
align=center rowspan="4"	2	Valeri Karpin	Spartak Moscow	4
Eimantas Poderis	Ekranas Panevėžys	4
Aleksandr Pushtov	Norma Tallinn	4
Valery Kechinov	Pakhtakor Tashkent	4