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 (4 goals)
Best player	Sergio Goycochea[1]

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, to round out the format. 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.

It was the first edition of the Copa América, in which neither Brazil nor Uruguay has finished in the top four. In 2015 and 2016, the similar situation occurred when both were knocked out before semifinals.

Venues

Guayaquil		Quito	Ambato	Cuenca	Machala	Portoviejo
Estadio Monumental	Estadio George Capwell	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa	Estadio Bellavista	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar	Estadio 9 de Mayo	Estadio Reales Tamarindos
Capacity: 89,932	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 40,948	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 18,000

Squads

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

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

Ecuador  v  Venezuela

June 15, 1993

Ecuador	6–1	Venezuela
Muñoz  19' Noriega  32' Fernández  57', 81' E. Hurtado  65' Aguinaga  84'		Dolgetta  79'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

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Uruguay  v  United States

June 16, 1993

Uruguay	1–0	United States
Ostolaza  50'

Estadio Bellavista, Ambato Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

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Uruguay  v  Venezuela

June 19, 1993

Uruguay	2–2	Venezuela
Saralegui  23' Kanapkis  79'		Dolgetta  10' Rivas  72'

Estadio Bellavista, Ambato Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

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Ecuador  v  United States

June 19, 1993

Ecuador	2–0	United States
Avilés  11' E. Hurtado  35'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)

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Venezuela  v  United States

June 22, 1993

Venezuela	3–3	United States
Dolgetta  68', 80' Echenausi  89'		Henderson  20' Lalas  37' Kinnear  51'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

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Ecuador  v  Uruguay

June 22, 1993

Ecuador	2–1	Uruguay
Avilés  28' Aguinaga  87'		Kanapkis  64'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

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

Paraguay  v  Chile

June 18, 1993

Paraguay	1–0	Chile
Cabañas  6'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Torres (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Peru

June 18, 1993

Brazil	0–0	Peru

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)

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Paraguay  v  Peru

June 21, 1993

Paraguay	1–1	Peru
Monzón  37'		Del Solar  77'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)

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Chile  v  Brazil

June 21, 1993

Chile	3–2	Brazil
Sierra  15' Zambrano  51', 59'		Müller  36' Palhinha  55'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

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Peru  v  Chile

June 24, 1993

Peru	1–0	Chile
Del Solar  14' (pen.)

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: José Torres (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Paraguay

June 24, 1993

Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Palhinha  15', 72' Edmundo  62'

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)

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

Colombia  v  Mexico

June 16, 1993

Colombia	2–1	Mexico
Valencia  35' Aristizábal  87'		Alves  57'

Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

Argentina  v  Bolivia

June 17, 1993

Argentina	1–0	Bolivia
Batistuta  53'

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)

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Argentina  v  Mexico

June 20, 1993

Argentina	1–1	Mexico
Ruggeri  28'		Patiño  14'

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)

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Colombia  v  Bolivia

June 20, 1993

Colombia	1–1	Bolivia
Maturana  18' (pen.)		Etcheverry  14'

Estadio 9 de Mayo, Machala Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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Mexico  v  Bolivia

June 23, 1993

Mexico	0–0	Bolivia

Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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Argentina  v  Colombia

June 23, 1993

Argentina	1–1	Colombia
Simeone  2'		Rincón  5'

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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.

Group	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

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

Quarter-finals

Ecuador  v  Paraguay

June 26, 1993

Ecuador	3–0	Paraguay
E. Hurtado  33' Ramírez  43' (o.g.) Avilés  81'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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Colombia  v  Uruguay

June 26, 1993

Colombia	1–1	Uruguay
Perea  88'		Saralegui  63'
	Penalties
Asprilla Mendoza Valderrama W. Pérez Valencia	5–3	Peletti Saralegui Moas Siboldi

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)

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Argentina  v  Brazil

June 27, 1993

Argentina	1–1	Brazil
Rodríguez  69'		Müller  37'
	Penalties
Gorosito Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Medina Bello Borelli	6–5	Zinho Cafu Müller Roberto Carlos Luisinho Boiadeiro

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

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Mexico  v  Peru

June 27, 1993

Mexico	4–2	Peru
García Aspe  22' (pen.), 44' Alves  43' Patiño  49'		Del Solar  55' (pen.) Reynoso  82'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)

Semi-finals

Mexico  v  Ecuador

June 30, 1993

Mexico	2–0	Ecuador
Sánchez  23' R. Ramírez  54'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

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Argentina  v  Colombia

July 1, 1993

Argentina	0–0	Colombia
	Penalties
Gorosito Batistuta Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Borelli	6–5	Rincón Asprilla Mendoza W. Pérez Valderrama Aristizábal

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

Third-place match

Ecuador  v  Colombia

July 3, 1993

Ecuador	0–1	Colombia
		Valencia  86'

Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Álvaro Arboleda (Venezuela)

Final

Argentina  v  Mexico

July 4, 1993

Argentina	2–1	Mexico
Batistuta  63', 74'		Galindo  67' (pen.)

Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

Result

1993 Copa América Champions
Argentina 14th title

Goal scorers

With four goals, José Luis Dolgetta is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 64 goals were scored by 41 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

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

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

Own goal Mario Ramirez

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%

References

1. "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

External links

• Copa América 1993 at RSSSF