# 1993 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The 1993 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the first edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Spartak Moscow who defeated Belarusian side Belarus Minsk in the final.

## Participants

| Team | Qualification | Participation |
| Spartak Moscow | 1992 Russian Top League champions | 1st |
| Belarus Minsk | 1992–93 Belarusian Premier League 2nd team as of the winter break$^1$ | 1st |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 1992–93 LFF Lyga 1st team as of the winter break | 1st |
| Skonto Riga | 1992 Latvian Higher League champions | 1st |
| Norma Tallinn | 1992 Meistriliiga champions | 1st |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1992 Moldovan National Division champions | 1st |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1991–92 Umaglesi Liga champions | 1st |
| Neftchi Baku | 1992 Azerbaijan Top League champions | 1st |
| Homenetmen Yerevan | 1992 Armenian Premier League champions$^2$ | 1st |
| Kairat Almaty | 1992 Kazakhstan Premier League champions | 1st |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1992 Uzbek League champions$^3$ | 1st |
| Regar Tursunzoda | 1992 Tajik League runners-up$^4$ | 1st |
| Alga Bishkek | 1992 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 1st |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1992 Ýokary Liga champions | 1st |
| Russia U19 national team | Unofficial entry, not eligible to advance past group stage.$^5$ | 1st |
$^1$ Belarus Minsk (formerly a reserve team for Dinamo Minsk) replaced 1992 champions Dinamo Minsk, whose almost entire squad at the same time traveled to play friendly matches in South America as a part of Belarus national football team. $^2$ Homenetmen Yerevan were one of two teams equally declared 1992 Armenian champions along with Shirak. $^3$ Pakhtakor Tashkent were one of two teams equally declared 1992 Uzbekistan champions along with Neftchi Fergana. $^4$ Regar Tursunzoda replaced champions Pamir Dushanbe, who refused to participate. $^5$ Due to political situation in Crimea and Black Sea area, Tavriya Simferopol (1992 Ukrainian champions) were originally drawn into Group C. They were not allowed to compete by Football Federation of Ukraine and were replaced by unofficial participants Russia U19 national team.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spartak Moscow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 4 |
| Skonto Riga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 |
| Neftchi Baku | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

#### Results
### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |

#### Results
### Group C

* Unofficial table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| Russia U19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| Kairat Almaty | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Alga Bishkek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
* Official table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| Kairat Almaty | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Alga Bishkek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |

#### Results

The match was awarded as 3–0 win for Russia as Kairat refused to play against unofficial participant.

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belarus Minsk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 |
| Norma Tallinn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 |
| Homenetmen Yerevan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Regar Tursunzoda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |

#### Results
## Final rounds

| Semi-finals (29 Jan) | Semi-finals (29 Jan) | Final (31 Jan) | Final (31 Jan) |
| Spartak Moscow | 2 | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1 | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1 | Spartak Moscow | 8 |
| | | Belarus Minsk | 0 |
| Ekranas Panevėžys | 0 | Belarus Minsk | 0 |
| Belarus Minsk (p) | 0 | | |

### Final
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Shota Arveladze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5 |
| 2 | Valeri Karpin | Spartak Moscow | 4 |
| 2 | Eimantas Poderis | Ekranas Panevėžys | 4 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Pushtov | Norma Tallinn | 4 |
| 2 | Valery Kechinov | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 4 |