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1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

3rd edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	CONCACAF Gold Cup
year	1996
other_titles	CONCACAF Championship
image	1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.png
size	176
caption	1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
country	United States
dates	January 10–21
num_teams	9
confederations	2
venues	3
cities	3
champion	MEX
count	2
second	BRA
third	USA
fourth	GUA
matches	13
goals	42
attendance
top_scorer	USA Eric Wynalda (4 goals)
prevseason	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)
nextseason	[1998](1998-concacaf-gold-cup)

The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the third edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament returned to the United States and California; the games were hosted by Los Angeles, San Diego, and Anaheim. The format of the tournament changed from 1993: it was expanded to nine teams, separated into three groups of three and played in January as opposed to the 1993 edition which was played in July.

The top team in each group, plus the best second-place finisher would advance to the semifinals. For the first time, a non-CONCACAF team was invited: Brazil, who sent their under-23 side. Mexico won their second straight Gold Cup, beating the Brazilians 2–0 in the final.

Venues

Anaheim	Los Angeles	San Diego
Anaheim Stadium	Memorial Coliseum	Jack Murphy Stadium
Capacity: 64,593	Capacity: 93,607	Capacity: 60,836
[[File:Anaheim Stadium 1986.jpg	150px]]	[[File:11-11-06-LA-Coliseum-USC-UO.jpg	150px]]	[[File:Qualcomm Stadium.jpg	150px]]

Teams

Qualification

	Team		Qualification		Appearances
([TH](1993-concacaf-gold-cup))	Automatic	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Champions ([1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup))	12
	Automatic	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Champions ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	19
	Automatic	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Group Stage ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup), [1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup))	65
	Winners	2nd	[1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup)	Group Stage ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	57
	Runners-up	1st	None	Debut	95
	Winners	3rd	[1993](1993-concacaf-gold-cup)	Runners-up ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	49
	Runners-up	2nd	[1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup)	Group stage ([1991](1991-concacaf-gold-cup))	145
	Third Place	1st	None	Debut	85
	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	1

Squads

Main article: 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

The 9 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

L. García
Peláez
A. Garcia

Rizo

Funes
Westphal
Machón

Group B

Holness

Caio Sávio Leandro Machado

Jamelli Sávio

Group C

Cerritos

Moore

Balboa

Knockout stage

Bracket

|18 January – Los Angeles||0||1 |19 January – San Diego||1||0 |21 January – Los Angeles||0||2 |21 January – Los Angeles||3||0

Semi-finals

Balboa

Blanco

Third place play-off

Wynalda
Agoos
Kirovski

Final

Main article: 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Eric Wynalda
Caio Ribeiro
Luis García
BRA Paulo Jamelli
BRA Sávio
CAN Kevin Holness
SLV Raúl Díaz Arce
MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco
MEX Ricardo Peláez
TRI Arnold Dwarika
TRI Russell Latapy
BRA Leandro Machado
BRA André Luiz Moreira
CAN Carlo Corazzin
CAN Tomasz Radzinski
SLV Ronald Cerritos
GUA Juan Manuel Funes
GUA Martín Machón
GUA Edwin Westphal
HON Presley Carson
MEX Agustín Garcia
MEX Eustacio Rizo
USA Jeff Agoos
USA Marcelo Balboa
USA Jovan Kirovski
USA Joe-Max Moore
Marcelo Balboa (against Brazil)

Awards

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Ball (best overall player).

Golden Ball	Golden Boot
Raúl Lara
Eric Wynalda
4 goals

References

(December 19, 1995). "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.
(8 May 2009). "1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup". [[CONCACAF]].

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