Sixth Americas Musical Cup

Sixth AFMC
Tournament details
Dates	December 30 2023
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Trinidad and Tobago (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	276 (14.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mexico (32 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Argentina	3	1	#3	Group stage (#3)
Brazil	4	4	#5	Third place (#3, #4)
Canada	4	4	#5	Runner-up (#3, #4, #5)
Chile	4	3	#5	Group stage (#2, #4, #5)
Costa Rica	1	1	–	Newcomer
Cuba	5	5	#5	Champion (#2)
Haiti	5	2	#5	Champion (#5)
Jamaica	6	6	#5	Champion (#3)
Mexico	6	6	#5	Third place (#2)
Peru	4	1	#4	Group stage (#2, #4)
Puerto Rico	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Trinidad and Tobago	6	6	#5	Champion (#1)
United States	4	4	#5	Champion (#4)
Uruguay	5	5	#5	Runner-up (#2)
Venezuela	4	1	#4	Fourth place (#2)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the Americas Cup ranking at the point, starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the World Cup Ranking (After the twentieth cup), and finally, population.

Pot 1 Top 5 teams		Pot 2 Top 10 teams		Pot 3 Top 15 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
Canada	1	Brazil	6	Chile	13
Cuba	2	Trinidad and Tobago	7	Peru	15
Jamaica	3	Uruguay	8	Argentina	16
United States	4	Mexico	9	Puerto Rico	19
Haiti	5	Venezuela	11	Costa Rica	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E
Jamaica	Canada	Haiti	United States	Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago	Uruguay	Brazil	Mexico	Venezuela
Peru	Chile	Costa Rica	Argentina	Puerto Rico

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trinidad & Tobago	2	1	1	0	15	13	2	4
Jamaica	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Peru	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0



(Courtney John - "Lucky Man") Jamaica	7 – 7	Trinidad and Tobago (Nicki Minaj - "Feeling Myself")
(Susana Baca - "Plena y Bomba") Peru	7 – 8	Jamaica (Grace Jones - "Pride")
(Lord Kitchener - "No Melda") Trinidad and Tobago	8 – 6	Peru (Los Saicos - "Demolición")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	1	1	15	14	1	3
Chile	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Canada	2	1	1	14	15	-1	3



(Daniel Lanois - "Desert Rose") Canada	6 – 8	Uruguay (Los Shakers - "Mas")
(Nicolas Jaar - "Colomb") Chile	7 – 8	Canada (Feist - "1234")
(Juan Wauters - "Pasarla Bien") Uruguay	7 – 8	Chile (Kinetica - "Alquilé")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	2	0	17	12	5	6
Haiti	2	1	1	17	17	0	3
Brazil	2	0	2	12	17	-5	0



(Pras - "Blue Angels") Haiti	9 – 8	Brazil (Baco Exu do Blues - "20 Ligações")
(Las Robertas - "Feel") Costa Rica	9 – 8	Haiti (Aziyan - "Tribilasyon")
(Legião Urbana - "Pais e Filhos") Brazil	4 – 8	Costa Rica (Hijos - "No Te Espero")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
United States	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
Argentina	2	0	0	2	14	17	-3	0



(The Offspring - "Bad Habit") United States	8 – 8	Mexico (Santana - "Evil Ways")
(Natalia Clavier - "El Árbol") Argentina	8 – 9	United States (Lizzo - "Ride")
(Neon Indian - "Deadbeat Summer") Mexico	8 – 6	Argentina (El Trip Selector - "Coombia del Piano Triste")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	2	2	0	16	9	7	6
Venezuela	2	1	1	11	14	-3	3
Puerto Rico	2	0	2	9	13	-4	0



(Candido - "Dancin' & Prancin'") Cuba	9 – 5	Venezuela (Simón Díaz - "Caballo Viejo")
(Bad Bunny - "Titi Me Preguntó") Puerto Rico	4 – 7	Cuba (Cimafunk - "Parar el Tiempo")
(Masserati 2LT - "Caracas Te Quiero") Venezuela	6 – 5	Puerto Rico (Daddy Yankee - "Gasolina")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
E	Cuba	2	2	0	0	16	9	7	6
C	Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	17	12	5	6
D	Mexico	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
A	Trinidad & Tobago	2	1	1	0	15	13	2	4
B	Uruguay	2	1	0	1	15	14	1	3

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Cuba	8+

Mexico	8
		Cuba	6

		Trinidad and Tobago	8
Costa Rica	7

Trinidad and Tobago	8
		Third place



		Mexico	8

		Costa Rica	7

Semifinals

Cuba	8+–8	Mexico
"El Ruso" by Daymé Arocena		"Hasta la Raiz" by Natalia Lafourcade

Costa Rica	7–8	Trinidad and Tobago
"El Muchacho del los Ojos Tristes" by Soap		"Suddenly" by Billy Ocean

Third place match

Mexico	8–7	Costa Rica
"Techno Cumbia" by Selena		"Guillotine" by Jorge Elbrecht

Final

Cuba	6–8	Trinidad and Tobago
"Sandungueate" by Celia Cruz		"Fresh" by Jillionaire

Results

6th Americas Music Cup Champion
Trinidad and Tobago (2nd Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Trinidad & Tobago	A	4	1	1	0	31	26	5	4
2	Cuba	E	4	2	1	1	30	25	5	7
Third-place play-off
3	Mexico	D	4	2	2	0	32	29	3	8
4	Costa Rica	C	4	2	0	2	31	28	3	6
Winners ranking elimination
5	Uruguay	B	2	1	0	1	15	14	1	3
Group stage eliminations
6	United States	D	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
7	Jamaica	A	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
8	Haiti	C	2	1	0	1	17	17	0	3
9	Chile	B	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
10	Canada	B	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
11	Venezuela	E	2	1	0	1	11	14	-3	3
12	Argentina	D	2	0	0	2	14	17	-3	0
13	Peru	A	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0
14	Puerto Rico	E	2	0	0	2	9	13	-4	0
15	Brazil	C	2	0	0	2	12	17	-5	0