1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the final.
Event	1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Brazil Mexico 0 2
Date	21 January 1996
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance	88,155
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The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a football match to determine the winners of the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States, on 21 January 1996 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Brazil and Mexico. Mexico, who had won 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup, successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win over Brazil.^[1][2] As Gold Cup champions, Mexico earned a berth into the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia as the representative from CONCACAF.

The final was Mexico's second in Gold Cup history, while it was the Brazil's first final, and the first for a non-CONCACAF team to be invited for the tournament and make it to the final.^[3]

Route to the final[]

Brazil		Round	Mexico
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Canada	4–1	Match 1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5–0
Honduras	5–0	Match 2	Guatemala	1–0
Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Brazil 2 6 2  Canada 2 3 3  Honduras 2 0 Source:[citation needed]		Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Mexico 2 6 2  Guatemala 2 3 3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 Source:[citation needed]
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
United States	1–0	Semi-finals	Guatemala	1–0

Match[]

21 January 1996

Brazil	0–2	Mexico
	Report	L. García  54' Blanco  75'

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 88,155

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Brazil

Mexico

References[]

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