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| Event | 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 12 May 1993 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium,London | ||||||
| Referee | Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany) | ||||||
| Attendance | 37,393 | ||||||
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The1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final was afootball match contested betweenParma ofItaly andAntwerp ofBelgium. The final was held atWembley Stadium inLondon,England on 12 May 1993. It was the final match of the1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 33rdEuropean Cup Winners' Cup final. Parma beat Antwerp 3–1 and in doing so became the eighth different Italian team to win a European trophy. Upon the abolition of the competition in 1999, this was the last final where the winners won by more than a goal.
The win gave Parma their first European trophy in their first European final; moreover, it was just their second season competing in European competition, and they were the first Italian team to appear in the Cup Winners' Cup final sinceSampdoria, who appeared in consecutive years in1989 and1990. The most recent occasion on which a Belgian side had appeared in a Cup Winners' Cup final was in the second of Sampdoria's most recent appearances, in 1990. Sampdoria won the match 2–0 againstAnderlecht, but needed extra time to do so. The 1993 edition also represented Antwerp's first appearance in a European final.
As the winners, Parma contested the1993 European Super Cup against1992–93 UEFA Champions League runners-upMilan, after championsMarseille had been banned from European competition over match-fixing allegations.
This was the last European club tournament final staged at the old Wembley, as it was going to be rebuilt to anall-new stadium.
The 1993 final was the first meeting between Parma and Antwerp. Both sides went into the final chasing their first piece of European silverware and the match was the first time Parma faced Belgian opposition. Neither manager had previously led a team to a European final.
Wembley Stadium inLondon had hosted the European Cup Winners' Cup final on one previous occasion: in1965. LondonersWest Ham United won the game by two goals to nil against West German opposition1860 Munich in front of 97,974 people, the biggest ever attendance at a Cup Winners' Cup final.
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Round | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
 Újpest | 2–1 | 1–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | First round |  Glenavon | 2–2(3–1p) | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |
 Boavista | 2–0 | 0–0 (H) | 2–0 (A) | Second round |  Admira | 7–6 | 4–2 (A) | 3–4 (a.e.t.) (H) |
 Sparta Prague | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals |  Steaua București | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
 Atlético Madrid | 2–2 (a) | 2–1 (A) | 0–1 (H) | Semi-finals |  Spartak Moscow | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) |
Parma opened the scoring in the 10th minute when goalkeeperStevan Stojanović misjudged a corner that allowed Parma's captain,Lorenzo Minotti to hook the ball home from the left of the penalty area. But Antwerp replied within two minutes,Alex Czerniatynski played a through-ball toFrancis Severeyns who shot past the goalkeeper left footed to level the scores. The Italians began to dominate the game andAlessandro Melli headed them 2–1 ahead after half an hour after a cross from the right. The game was put beyond Antwerp six minutes from time whenStefano Cuoghi curled a shot past the goalkeeper from inside the area.
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