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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Ecuador |
| Dates | 15 June – 4 July |
| 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) |
| Attendance | 633,040 (24,348 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  José Luis Dolgetta (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Sergio Goycochea[1] |
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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 15 June and 4 July. 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 United States, both of CONCACAF, were the invited teams for this tournament. Argentina defeated Mexico in the final 2–1 to win their record 14th continental championship,[2] also their last senior title until 2021.[3]
It was the first edition of the Copa América in which neither Brazil nor Uruguay finished in the top four.[4] This next occurred in 2015.
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| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Bellavista | |
| Capacity: 40,948 | Capacity: 22,000 | |
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| Portoviejo | Cuenca | |
| Estadio Reales Tamarindos | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | |
| Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | |
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| Machala | Guayaquil | |
| Estadio 9 de Mayo | Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo | Estadio George Capwell |
| Capacity: 17,800 | Capacity: 59,932 | Capacity: 21,594 |
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For a complete list of all participating squads: 1993 Copa América squads
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 points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero 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.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ecuador (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Uruguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Venezuela
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | |
| 4 |  United States
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 6–1 | Venezuela |
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Muñoz  19' Noriega 32' Fernández 57', 81' E. Hurtado 65' Aguinaga 84' |
Dolgetta 79' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| Uruguay | 1–0 | United States |
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| Ostolaza 51' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
| Uruguay | 2–2 | Venezuela |
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| Saralegui 23' Kanapkis 79' |
Dolgetta 10' Rivas 72' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
| Ecuador | 2–0 | United States |
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| Avilés 11' E. Hurtado 35' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)
| Venezuela | 3–3 | United States |
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| Dolgetta 68', 80' Echenausi 89' |
Henderson 21' Lalas 37' Kinnear 52' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
| Ecuador | 2–1 | Uruguay |
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| Avilés 28' Aguinaga 87' |
Kanapkis 64' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Peru
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Brazil
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Paraguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Chile
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 1–0 | Chile |
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| Cabañas 6' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José Torres (Colombia)
| Brazil | 0–0 | Peru |
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| Report |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)
| Paraguay | 1–1 | Peru |
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| Monzón 37' |
Del Solar 77' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ángel Guevara (Ecuador)
| Chile | 3–2 | Brazil |
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| Sierra 15' Zambrano 51', 59' |
Report | Müller 36' Palhinha 55' |
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)
| Peru | 1–0 | Chile |
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| Del Solar 14' (pen.) |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José Torres (Colombia)
| Brazil | 3–0 | Paraguay |
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| Palhinha 15', 72' Edmundo 62' |
Report |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arturo Carter (Mexico)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Colombia
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Bolivia
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Colombia | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Valencia 35' Aristizábal 87' |
Zague 57' |
Attendance: 10,065
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 1–0 | Bolivia |
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| Batistuta 53' |
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
| Argentina | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Ruggeri 28' |
Patiño 14' |
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)
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| Colombia | 1–1 | Bolivia |
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| Maturana 18' (pen.) |
Etcheverry 14' |
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
| Mexico | 0–0 | Bolivia |
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Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
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| Argentina | 1–1 | Colombia |
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| Simeone 2' |
Rincón 5' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | B | Paraguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 3 | A | Venezuela
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |
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| 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) | ||||||||
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| Uruguay | 1 (3) | ||||||||
| Colombia | 0 (5) | ||||||||
| 27 June – Guayaquil | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 (6) | Third place | |||||||
| Argentina | 1 (6) | ||||||||
| 3 July – Portoviejo | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1 (5) | ||||||||
| Colombia | 1 | ||||||||
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| Ecuador | 3–0 | Paraguay |
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| E. Hurtado 33' Ramírez 43' (o.g.) Avilés 81' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
| Colombia | 1–1 | Uruguay |
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| Perea 88' |
Saralegui 63' |
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Asprilla  Mendoza Valderrama W. Pérez Valencia |
5–3 | Pelletti Saralegui  Moas Siboldi |
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)
| Argentina | 1–1 | Brazil |
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| Rodríguez 69' |
Report | Müller 37' |
| Penalties | ||
| Gorosito Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Medina Bello Borelli |
6–5 | Zinho Cafu Müller Roberto Carlos Luisinho Boiadeiro |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
| Mexico | 4–2 | Peru |
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| García Aspe 22' (pen.), 44' Zague 43' Patiño 49' |
Del Solar 55' (pen.) Reynoso 82' |
Attendance: 17,340
Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)
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| Mexico | 2–0 | Ecuador |
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| Sánchez 23' R. Ramírez 54' |
Attendance: 45,105
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
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| Argentina | 0–0 | Colombia |
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| Gorosito Batistuta Simeone Rodríguez Acosta Borelli |
6–5 | Rincón Asprilla Mendoza W. Pérez Valderrama Aristizábal |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
| Ecuador | 0–1 | Colombia |
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| Valencia 86' |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Álvaro Arboleda (Venezuela)
| Argentina | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Batistuta 63', 74' |
Galindo 67' (pen.) |
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
With four goals, José Luis Dolgetta was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 64 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.46 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
Palhinha Ney Avilés Eduardo Hurtado José del Solar2 goals
Richard Zambrano Adolfo Valencia Álex Aguinaga Ángel Fernández Zague Alberto García Aspe David Patiño Fernando Kanapkis Marcelo Saralegui1 goal
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 Rivas1 own goal
Mario Ramírez (against Ecuador)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff |
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| 1 | Argentina
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 66.7% |
| 2 | Mexico
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 3 | Colombia
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | 66.7% |
| 4 | Ecuador
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 8 | 66.7% |
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| 5 | Brazil
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 6 | Uruguay
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 7 | Peru
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 8 | Paraguay
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Chile
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 10 | Bolivia
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 11 | Venezuela
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 12 | United States
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | 16.7% |
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