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, also their last senior title until 2021.
It was the first edition of the Copa América in which neither Brazil nor Uruguay finished in the top four. This next occurred in 2015.
Venues
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| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa || Estadio Bellavista
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| Estadio Reales Tamarindos || Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
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| Estadio 9 de Mayo || Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo || Estadio George Capwell
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Squads
For a complete list of all participating squads: 1993 Copa América squads
Group stage
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.
- Tie-breaker
- If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
- drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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|GK ||1 ||Óscar Córdoba ||
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|RB ||4 ||Luis Fernando Herrera
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|CB ||3 ||Alexis Mendoza
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|CB ||15 ||Luis Carlos Perea ||
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|LB ||18||Diego Osorio ||
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|RM ||6 ||Gabriel Gómez
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|CM ||10 ||Leonel Álvarez || ||
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|CM ||19||Freddy Rincón
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|LM ||10 ||Carlos Valderrama
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|CF ||11||Adolfo Valencia || ||
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|CF ||9 ||Víctor Aristizábal
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|MF||16||John Harold Lozano|| ||
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|DF ||2||Óscar Cortés
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|MF ||5||Hermán Gaviria || ||
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|FW||7||Orlando Maturana|| ||
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|MF||8||Alexis García|| ||
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|GK||12||Farid Mondragón|| ||
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|MF||13||Víctor Pacheco|| ||
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|FW||17||Faustino Asprilla
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|DF||20||Wilson Pérez|| ||
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|DF||21||Ricardo Pérez|| ||
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|GK||22||José María Pazo|| ||
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|colspan=3|Francisco Maturana
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|GK ||1 || Jorge Campos
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|RB ||21 ||Raúl Gutiérrez
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|CB ||2 || Claudio Suárez
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|CB ||3 || Ramirez Perales ||
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|LB ||6 ||Miguel Herrera
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|RM ||8 ||Alberto García Aspe
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|CM ||4 || Ignacio Ambríz
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|LM ||5 || Ramón Ramírez
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|RW ||15 ||Luis Flores || ||
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|CF ||9||Hugo Sánchez || ||
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|LF ||10||Luis García || ||
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|RM ||7 ||David Patiño
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|LF ||11||Luís Roberto Alves|| ||
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| GK ||12||Alejandro García
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|CM ||13||Miguel España
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| CM ||14||Carlos Turrubiates
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|RB ||16||Juan Hernández
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|LM ||17||Benjamín Galindo|| ||
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| LB ||18||Guillermo Muñoz
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| RF ||19||Daniel Guzmán
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|CB ||20||Abraham Nava
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| GK ||22||Nicolás Navarro
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|colspan=3|Manager:
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|colspan=4|Miguel Mejía Barón
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|GK ||1||Sergio Goycochea
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|RB ||4 ||Fabián Basualdo ||
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|CB ||6||Oscar Ruggeri (c) || ||
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|CB ||2||Sergio Vázquez
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|LB ||14||Néstor Craviotto
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|RM ||17||Gustavo Zapata ||
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|CM ||10||Diego Simeone
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|CM ||5||Fernando Redondo || ||
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|LM ||20|| Leonardo Rodríguez || ||
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|CF ||9 ||Gabriel Batistuta ||
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|CF ||16||Claudio García ||
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|DF||3||Ricardo Altamirano
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|FW||7||Ramón Medina Bello
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|MF||8 ||Néstor Gorosito || ||
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|GK||12||Luis Islas
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|DF||13||Fernando Cáceres
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|DF||15||Jorge Borelli
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|FW||18||Alberto Acosta
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|FW||19||Julio Alberto Zamora
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|GK||21||Norberto Scoponi
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|MF ||22 ||Alejandro Mancuso || ||
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|MF||23||Jose Basualdo
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|colspan="4"| Alfio Basile
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|GK ||1 ||Jorge Campos
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|RB ||6 ||Miguel Herrera || ||
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|CB ||2 ||Claudio Suarez ||
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|CB ||3 ||Ramírez Perales
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|LB ||5 ||Ramón Ramírez
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|RM ||7 ||David Patiño || ||
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|CM ||4 ||Ignacio Ambríz
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|CM ||8 ||Garcia Aspe ||
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|LM ||17 ||Benjamín Galindo
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|RF ||9 ||Hugo Sánchez (c) ||
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|LF ||11 ||Luís Roberto Alves
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|LF ||10||Luis García || ||
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| GK ||12||Alejandro García
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|MF ||13||Miguel España
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| MF ||14||Carlos Turrubiates
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|RF ||15 ||Luis Flores || ||
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|RB ||16 ||Juan Hernandez || ||
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| LB ||18||Guillermo Muñoz
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| LF ||19||Daniel Guzmán
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|CB ||20||Abraham Nava
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|LB ||21 ||Raúl Gutiérrez
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| GK ||22||Nicolás Navarro
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|colspan=3|Manager:
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|colspan=3| Miguel Mejía Barón
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|GK ||1||Jorge Campos
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|RB ||6||Miguel Herrera
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|CB ||2||Claudio Suárez|| ||
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|CB ||3||Juan Ramírez Perales
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|LB ||5||Ramón Ramírez
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|RM ||7||David Patiño
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|CM ||4||Ignacio Ambríz
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|LM ||8||Alberto García Aspe
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|RW ||15||Luis Flores || ||
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|CF ||9||Hugo Sánchez (c)
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|LW ||10||Luis García
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|FW||11||Luís Roberto Alves
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|GK||12||Alejandro García
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|MF||13||Miguel España
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|MF||14||Carlos Turrubiates
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|DF||16||Juan Hernández
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|MF ||17||Benjamín Galindo || ||
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|DF||18||Guillermo Muñoz
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|FW||19||Daniel Guzmán
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|DF||20||Abraham Nava
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|DF ||21||Raúl Gutiérrez || ||
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|GK||22||Nicolás Navarro
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|colspan=3|Manager:
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|colspan=4|Miguel Mejía Barón
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|GK ||1 ||Dario Rojas
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|RB ||2 ||Juan Manuel Peña ||
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|CB ||5 ||Gustavo Quinteros
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|CB ||3 ||Marco Sandy ||
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|LB ||16||Luis Cristaldo
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|RM ||6 || Carlos Borja
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|CM ||8 || José Melgar
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|CM ||20|| Ramiro Castillo || ||
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|LM ||22 ||Julio César Baldivieso
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|CF ||9|| Álvaro Peña || ||
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|CF ||10 ||Marco Etcheverry
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|DF||4||Miguel Rimba
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|FW||7||
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|FW ||11||Jaime Moreno || ||
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|GK||12||Marcelo Torrico
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|DF||13||Modesto Soruco
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|MF||14||Juan Carlos Ríos
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|MF||15||Roberto Pérez
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|FW||17||William Ramallo
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|DF||18||Miguel Ángel Noro
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|FW||19||Iván Castillo
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|FW ||21||Erwin Sánchez|| ||
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|colspan=4| Xabier Azkargorta
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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.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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|GK||1||Jorge Campos
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|RB||21||Raúl Gutiérrez
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|CB||2||Claudio Suárez
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|CB||3||Juan Ramírez Perales
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|LB||5||Ramón Ramírez ||
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|RM||7||David Patiño|| ||
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|CM||4||Ignacio Ambríz
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|CM||8||Alberto García Aspe
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|LM||17||Benjamín Galindo|| ||
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|RF||9||Hugo Sánchez (c)
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|LF||11||Luís Roberto Alves
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|LB||6||Miguel Herrera
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|RF||10||Luis García|| ||
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|GK||12||Alejandro García
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|CM||13||Miguel España
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|CM||14||Carlos Turrubiates
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|RF||15||Luis Flores|| ||
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|RB||16||Juan Hernández
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|CB||18||Guillermo Muñoz
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|LF||19||Daniel Guzmán
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|CB||20||Abraham Nava
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|GK||22||Nicolás Navarro
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|colspan=4|Miguel Mejía Barón
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|GK ||1 ||Miguel Miranda
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|RB ||16 ||César Charún ||
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|CB ||3 ||Juan Reynoso (c) ||
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|CB ||5 ||José Soto ||
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|LB ||4||Percy Olivares
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|RM ||18 ||Alvaro Barco
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|CM ||8 ||José del Solar
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|CM ||14||Roberto Martínez|| ||
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|LM ||10 ||Pablo Zegarra
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|CF ||11||Julio César Rivera
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|CF ||7 ||Flavio Maestri|| ||
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|MF ||19||Germán Carty || ||
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|MF ||15||Roberto Palacios || ||
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|DF||9||Andrés González
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|GK||12||Juan Carlos Zubczuk
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|FW||13||Mario Rodríguez
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|DF||2||Jorge Soto
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|MF||6||José Luis Carranza
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|FW||20||Waldir Sáenz
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|GK||21||Agapito Rodríguez
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|colspan=4| Vladimir Popović
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Semi-finals
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|GK||1||Jorge Campos
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|RB||21||Raúl Gutiérrez ||
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|DF||2||Claudio Suárez ||
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|DF||3||Juan Ramírez Perales ||
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|LB||5||Ramón Ramírez
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|RM||7||David Patiño|| ||
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|CM||4||Ignacio Ambríz
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|CM||8||Alberto García Aspe
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|LM||17||Benjamín Galindo || ||
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|RF||9||Hugo Sánchez (c) ||
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|LF||11||Luís Roberto Alves ||
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|LB||6||Miguel Herrera|| ||
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|RF||10||Luis García
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|GK||12||Alejandro García
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|CM||13||Miguel España
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|CM||14||Carlos Turrubiates
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|RF||15||Luis Flores|| ||
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|RB||16||Juan Hernández
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|LB||18||Guillermo Muñoz
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|LF||19||Daniel Guzmán
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|CB||20||Abraham Nava
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|GK||22||Nicolás Navarro
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|colspan=3|Manager:
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|colspan=4|Miguel Mejía Barón
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|GK||1||Jacinto Espinoza
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|RB||20||Iván Hurtado ||
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|CB||22||Raúl Noriega
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|CB||6||Luis Capurro (c)
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|LB||7||Carlos Muñoz ||
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|RM||5||Héctor Carabalí
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|CM||8||Nixon Carcelén
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|LM||10||Álex Aguinaga
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|RF||11||Ángel Fernández|| ||
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|CF||9||Eduardo Hurtado
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|LF||14|| Raúl Avilés|| ||
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|DF||2||Jimmy Montanero
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|DF||3||Hólger Quiñónez
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|DF||4||Byron Tenorio
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|GK||12||Víctor Mendoza
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|DF||13||Máximo Tenorio
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|FW||15||José Gavica|| ||
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|MF||16||Kléber Chalá|| ||
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|MF||17||Eduardo Zambrano
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|DF||18||Dannes Coronel
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|MF||19||Luis Chérrez
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|DF||21||José María Guerrero
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|colspan=4| Dušan Drašković
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Third-place match
Final
Goal scorers
With four goals, José Luis Dolgetta was the top scorer in the tournament.
Final positions
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|6||2||4||0||6||4||+2||8||66.7%
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|4||1||2||1||6||4||+2||4||50.0%
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