Copa America 2004 - Definition

The Copa América 2004 was a held in Peru, from July 6 to July 25, 2004. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina.

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

The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América, were Mexico and Costa Rica.

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.

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.

• All times local (UTC -05:00)
• Half-time scores are in brackets

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Colombia 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 Peru 5 3 1 2 0 7 5 Bolivia 2 3 0 2 1 3 3 Venezuela 1 3 0 1 2 2 5

Venezuela 0 - 1 Colombia Peru 2 - 2 Bolivia Colombia 1 - 0 Bolivia Peru 3 - 1 Venezuela Venezuela 1 - 1 Bolivia Peru 2 - 2 Colombia

July 6, 2004

July 9, 2004

July 12, 2004

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Mexico 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 10 4 Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 6 7 Ecuador 0 3 0 0 3 3 10

Mexico 2 - 2 Uruguay Argentina 6 - 1 Ecuador Uruguay 2 - 1 Ecuador Argentina 0 - 1 Mexico Mexico 2 - 1 Ecuador Argentina 4 - 2 Uruguay

July 7, 2004

July 10, 2004

July 13, 2004

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Paraguay 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 Costa Rica 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 Chile 1 3 0 1 2 2 4

Costa Rica 0 - 1 Paraguay Brazil 1 - 0 Chile Brazil 4 - 1 Costa Rica Paraguay 1 - 1 Chile Costa Rica 2 - 1 Chile Brazil 1 - 2 Paraguay

July 8, 2004

July 11, 2004

July 14, 2004

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.

Uruguay (best third place) and Costa Rica (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

July 17, 2004

Peru	0 - 1 (0-0)	Argentina	17:30 - Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		Tévez 60'
		s/o: Ayala 83'
Colombia	2 - 0 (2-0)	Costa Rica	19:45 - Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo Ref: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
Aguilar 41'
Moreno 45'

July 18, 2004

Paraguay	1 - 3 (1-1)	Uruguay	15:00 - Estadio Modelo, Tacna Ref: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Gamarra 15'		Bueno (p) 40'
		Darío Silva 65'
		Darío Silva 88'
		s/o: Varela 63'
Mexico	0 - 4 (0-1)	Brazil	20:00 - Coloso Miraflorino, Piura Ref: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
		Alex 27'
		Adriano 65'
		Adriano 75'
		Ricardo Oliveira 87'

Semi-finals

July 20, 2004

Argentina	3 - 0 (1-0)	Colombia	19:45 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Tévez 33'
Luis González 50'
Sorín 80'

July 21, 2004

Uruguay	1 - 1 (1-0)	Brazil	19:45 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Sosa 22'		Adriano 46'
Penalty shootout
Brazil		5 - 3	Uruguay
Luisão: goal		1-1	Darío Silva: goal
Luís Fabiano: goal		2-2	Viera: goal
Adriano: goal		3-3	Pouso: goal
Renato: goal		4-3	Sánchez: Júlio César saved
Alex: goal		5-3

Third place match

July 24, 2004

Colombia	1 - 2 (0-1)	Uruguay	19:45 - Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco Ref: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
Herrera 70'		Estoyanoff 2'
		Sánchez 80'

Final

July 25, 2004

Argentina	2 - 2 (1-1)	Brazil	15:00 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Kily González (p) 20'		Luisão 45'
Delgado 87'		Adriano 90'+3'
Penalty shootout
Argentina		2 - 4	Brazil
D'Alessandro: Júlio César saved		0-1	Adriano: goal
Heinze: out		0-2	Edú: goal
Kily González: goal		1-3	Diego: goal
Sorín: goal		2-4	Juan: goal

Copa América Winners: BRAZIL (7th title)

Goal scorers

7 Goals

• Adriano

3 Goals

• Javier Saviola - Kily González
• Carlos Bueno

2 Goals

• Luciano Figueroa - Carlos Tévez - Luis González
• Abel Aguilar - Tressor Moreno
• Luís Fabiano
• Agustín Delgado
• Nolberto Solano
• Debray Darío Silva - Fabián Estoyanoff - Vicente Sánchez

1 Goal

• Andrés D'Alessandro - Roberto Ayala - Juan Pablo Sorín - César Delgado
• Joaquín Botero - Lorgio Álvarez - Gonzalo Galindo
• Juan - Alex - Ricardo Oliveira - Luisão
• Sebastián González - Rafael Olarra
• Edixon Perea - Edwin Congo - Sergio Herrera
• Luis Marín - Wright - Andy Herrón
• Franklin Salas
• Ricardo Osorio - Pavel Pardo - Ramón Morales - Héctor Altamirano - Adolfo Bautista
• Julio dos Santos - Ernesto Cristaldo - Julio González - Fredy Bareiro - Carlos Gamarra
• Claudio Pizarro - Roberto Palacios - Jefferson Farfán - Santiago Acasiete - Flavio Maestri
• Paolo Montero - Diego Forlán - Marcelo Sosa
• Massimo Margiotta - Dickson Morán

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Argentina	13	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	72.2%
Brazil	11	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	61.1%
Uruguay	11	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2	61.1%
Colombia	10	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	55.6%
Paraguay	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	58.3%
Mexico	7	4	2	1	1	5	7	-2	58.3%
Perú	5	4	1	2	1	7	6	0	41.7%
Costa Rica	3	4	1	0	3	3	8	-5	25.0%
Bolivia	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	-1	22.2%
Chile	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-3	11.1%
Venezuela	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-1	11.1%
Ecuador	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0.0%