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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. As in subsequent editions of the CIS Cup, a Russian national team participated out of competition as to compose four groups of four teams each for the Group stage. However, this wasn't achieved as Ukraine boycotted the tournament due to the political stand-off with the Russian Federation on several issues. While Sport-Express posted an article ( 3 (43), January 25, 2000, page 9) stating that the Ukrainian champions Tavria was threatened by the FFU.
Participants 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 Farg'ona.
4 Regar Tursunzoda replaced champions Pomir Dushanbe, who refused to participate.
5 Tavriya Simferopol (1992 Ukrainian champions) refused to participate along with all other Ukrainian teams. No other team was invited as a replacement. Group stage Group A Results
Group B Results
Group C Results
The match was awarded as 3 0 win for Russia as Kairat refused to play with the team that was not in the competition.
Group D Results
Final rounds Semi-Finals Final Top scorers - Notes
In bold players that continue to participate in tournament. In parentheses are goals scored from the penalty spot. Goalies az:Birlik Kuboku 1993 it:Coppa dei Campioni della CSI 1993 ru: 1993
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