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Copa America 2004

The Copa América 2004 was held in Peru, from July 6 to July 25, 2004. 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.

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

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Arequipa	Estadio de la UNSA	40,217
Chiclayo	Estadio Elías Aguirre	23,000
Cuzco	Estadio Garcilaso	42,056
Lima	Estadio Nacional	45,574
Piura	Estadio Miguel Grau	23,550
Tacna	Estadio Jorge Basadre	19,850
Trujillo	Estadio Mansiche	25,000

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 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

Venezuela	0 - 1 (0-1)	Colombia	17:30 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
		Moreno (p) 21'
Peru	2 - 2 (0-1)	Bolivia	20:15 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Pizarro (p) 67'		Palacios 86'			Álvarez 57'

July 9, 2004

Colombia	1 - 0 (0-0)	Bolivia	17:30 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)
Perea 90'
Peru	3 - 1 (1-0)	Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Farfán 34'		Acasiete 72'

July 12, 2004

Venezuela	1 - 1 (1-1)	Bolivia	17:30 - Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo Ref: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Morán '27		Galindo 33'
Peru	2 - 2 (0-1)	Colombia	19:45 - Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo Ref: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Solano 58'		Maestri 60'			Mexico	7	3	2	1	0	5	3
Argentina	6	3	2	0	1	10	4
Uruguay	4	3	1	1	1	6	7
Mexico	2 - 2	Uruguay
Argentina	6 - 1	Ecuador
Uruguay	2 - 1	Ecuador
Argentina	0 - 1	Mexico
Mexico	2 - 1	Ecuador
Argentina	4 - 2	Uruguay

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July 7, 2004

Mexico	2 - 2 (1-1)	Uruguay	17:30 - Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo Ref: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Osorio 45'		Pardo 69'			Montero 88'
Argentina	6 - 1 (1-0)	Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Kily González (p) 5'		Saviola 64'
Saviola 75'
Saviola 79'
Luis González 90'

July 10, 2004

Uruguay	2 - 1 (0-0)	Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo Ref: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)
Forlán 61'		Bueno 78'
Argentina	0 - 1 (0-1)	Mexico	19:45 - Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo Ref: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
		Morales 8'

July 13, 2004

Mexico	2 - 1 (2-0)	Coloso Miraflorino, Peru)
Altamirano (p) 23'		Bautista 42'
Argentina	4 - 2 (2-2)	Uruguay	19:45 - Coloso Miraflorino, Chile)
Kily González 19'		Figueroa 20'			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

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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

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July 8, 2004

Costa Rica	0 - 1 (0-0)	Paraguay	17:30 - Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Ref: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
		dos Santos (p) 85'
Brazil	1 - 0 (0-0)	Chile	19:45 - Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Ref: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Luís Fabiano 90'

July 11, 2004

Brazil	4 - 1 (1-0)	Costa Rica	15:00 - Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Ref: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Adriano 44'		Adriano 54'
Adriano 67'
Paraguay	1 - 1 (0-0)	Chile	17:15 - Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Ref: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
Cristaldo 78'		S. González 71'

July 14, 2004

Costa Rica	2 - 1 (0-1)	Chile	17:30 - Estadio Modelo, Bolivia)
Wright 60'		Herrón 90'
Brazil	1 - 2 (1-1)	Paraguay	19:45 - Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa Ref: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Luís Fabiano 35'		Bareiro 71'

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.

	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1- Uruguay (Group B)	4	3	1	1	1	6	7
2- Costa Rica (Group C)	3	3	1	0	2	3	6
3- Bolivia (Group A)	2	3	0	2	1	3	3

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)
		Ayala 83'
Colombia	2 - 0 (2-0)	Costa Rica	19:45 - Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo Ref: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)
Moreno 45'

July 18, 2004

Paraguay	1 - 3 (1-1)	Uruguay	15:00 - Estadio Modelo, Argentina)
Gamarra 15'		Varela 63'
Mexico	0 - 4 (0-1)	Brazil	20:00 - Coloso Miraflorino, Colombia)
		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)
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
Adriano: goal		3-3	July 24, 2004 Colombia 1 - 2 (0-1) Uruguay 19:45 - Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco Ref: René Ortubé (Bolivia) Herrera 70' Sánchez 80' [Top] Final July 25, 2004 Argentina 2 - 2 (1-1) Brazil 15:00 - Estadio Nacional, Lima Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Kily González (p) 20' Delgado 87' Adriano 90'+3' 　 Penalty shootout Argentina 2 - 4 Brazil Júlio César saved 0-1 Adriano: goal BRAZIL (7th title) [Top] 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 - 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%
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