| Event | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 25 July 1993 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Azteca,Mexico City | ||||||
| Referee | Robert Sawtell (Canada) | ||||||
| Attendance | 120,000 | ||||||
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The1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was anassociation football match that took place on 25 July 1993 at theEstadio Azteca inMexico City,Mexico, to determine the winner of the1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This was the second final in the history ofCONCACAF Gold Cup and second consecutive final for theUnited States after they beatHonduras in apenalty shootout in the1991 final. They facedMexico, who were making their first appearance in a Gold Cup Final.El Tri won the match 4–0 in front of 120,000 spectators.[1]
As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as theCONCACAF representative in the1995 King Fahd Cup inSaudi Arabia.[2]
Prior to the match, Mexico were favorites to win it all afterZague had scored 10 goals in every match in the competition they had played except their 1–1 draw withCosta Rica.[3] On the contrary, the United States had won all of their games by 1 goal, and scored agolden goal against Costa Rica in the semi-finals.[4]
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 Jamaica | 1–0 | Match 1 |  Martinique | 9–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Panama | 2–1 | Match 2 |  Costa Rica | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Honduras | 1–0 | Match 3 |  Canada | 8–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group A winners
Source:[citation needed] | Final standings | Group B winners
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| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | Jamaica | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Match rules
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