Copa America 1997 - Definition and Overview

Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from June 11 to June 29, 1997. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South American countries (10 countries) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament.

In the 1997 edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invitees.

Venues

First Round

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots that took place on December 17, 1996.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.

First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals.

• Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Ecuador 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 Argentina 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 Paraguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 Chile 0 3 0 0 3 1 5

Ecuador 0 - 0 Argentina Paraguay 1 - 0 Chile Paraguay 0 - 2 Ecuador Argentina 2 - 0 Chile Chile 1 - 2 Ecuador Paraguay 1 - 1 Argentina

June 11, 1997

June 14, 1997

June 17, 1997

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Bolivia 9 3 3 0 0 4 0 Perú 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 0 5

Bolivia 1 - 0 Venezuela Perú 1 - 0 Uruguay Bolivia 2 - 0 Perú Uruguay 2 - 0 Venezuela Bolivia 1 - 0 Uruguay Perú 2 - 0 Venezuela

June 12, 1997

June 15, 1997

June 18, 1997

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 10 2 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 Costa Rica 1 3 0 1 2 2 10

Brazil 5 - 0 Costa Rica Colombia 1 - 2 Mexico Brazil 3 - 2 Mexico Colombia 4 - 1 Costa Rica Brazil 2 - 0 Colombia Costa Rica 1 - 1 Mexico

June 13, 1997

June 16, 1997

June 19, 1997

Best third places

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Paraguay (best third place) and Colombia (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

June 21, 1997

Perú	2 - 1 (1-0)	Argentina	--:-- - Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre Ref: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Carazas 30'		Gallardo (p) 66'
Hidalgo 61'		s/o Gallardo 67'
Miranda saved a penalty kicked by Gallardo 48'		s/o Berizzo 67'
		s/o Zapata 82'
Bolivia	2 - 1 (2-0)	Colombia	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Etcheverry 3'		Gaviria 57'
E. Sánchez 24'

June 22, 1997

Mexico	1 - 1 (1-1)	Ecuador	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Antônio Pereira (Brazil)
Blanco 17'		Capurro (p) 6'
Penalty shootout
Mexico		4 - 3	Ecuador
Hernández: goal		1-1	Montaño: goal
Suárez: goal		2-1	Capurro: saved by Ríos
Blanco: saved by Ibarra		2-1	De la Cruz: saved by Ríos
Chávez: goal		3-2	Graziani: goal
Sánchez: goal		4-3	Rosero: saved by Ríos
Brazil	2 - 0 (2-0)	Paraguay	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Rafael Sanabria (Colombia)
Ronaldo 9'		Chilavert saved a penalty kicked by Ronaldo 64'
Ronaldo 34'

Semi-finals

June 25, 1997

Bolivia	3 - 1 (2-1)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
E. Sánchez 27'		Ramírez 8'
R. Castillo 39'		s/o Suárez 42
Moreno 79'
s/o O. Sánchez 75'

June 26, 1997

Perú	0 - 7 (0-4)	Brazil	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
		Denilson 1'
		Flavio Conceição 28'
		Romário 36'
		Leonardo 45'
		Romário 49'
		Leonardo 55'
		Djalminha 77'

Third place match

June 26, 1997

Mexico	1 - 0 (0-0)	Perú	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
Hernández 82'

Final

June 29, 1997

Bolivia	1 - 3 (1-1)	Brazil	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
E. Sánchez 45'		Edmundo 40'
		Ronaldo 79'
		Zé Roberto 90'

Copa América Winners: BRAZIL (5th title)

Goal scorers

6 goals

• Hernández

5 goals

• Ronaldo

3 Goals

• Gallardo
• E. Sánchez
• Leonardo Romário

2 goals

• Baldivieso Etcheverry
• Denilson Djalminha Edmundo
• Morantes
• Graziani
• Cominges Hidalgo

1 goal

• Berti
• Coimbra Moreno R. Castillo
• Aldair Dunga Flavio Conceição Zé Roberto
• Vergara
• Aristizábal Cabrera Gaviria Ricard
• Medford Wright
• Capurro Gavica Sánchez
• Blanco Ramírez
• Acuña Chilavert
• Carazas
• Recoba Saralegui

Own Goals

• González
• Romero

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Brazil	18	6	6	0	0	22	3	+18	100.0%
Bolivia	15	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	83.3%
Perú	9	6	3	0	3	5	11	-6	50.0%
Ecuador	8	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	66.7%
Mexico	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1	44.4%
Argentina	5	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	41.7%
Paraguay	4	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3	33.3%
Uruguay	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	33.3%
Colombia	3	4	1	0	2	6	7	-1	25.0%
Costa Rica	1	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	11.1%
Chile	0	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0.0%