America's Cup 2004

The Copa América 2004 was the XLI edition of the Copa América. This version of the tournament was held in Peru, between July 6 and July 25, 2004. The soccer teams from Argentina competed (which returned after being absent in the previous edition), Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The competition was won by the Brazilian team, who beat Argentina 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 in regulation time. The non-Conmebol countries that were invited to participate on this occasion were Costa Rica and Mexico. Arturo Woodman was the main person in charge of the organization.

Champion Brazil, who was also the reigning world champion, qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup, along with runner-up Argentina.

Referees

• Márcio Rezende
• Héctor Baldassi
• Pedro Ramos
• Ruben Selman
• William Mattus
• Marco Antonio Rodríguez
• Gilberto Hidalgo
• Carlos Amarilla
• Gustavo Brank
• Eduardo Lecca
• Óscar Ruiz
• Gustavo Méndez
• René Ortubé

Participating teams

This table shows the teams participating in the tournament

Participating teams
ARGArgentina	CHIChile	ECUEcuador	PERPeru
BOLBolivia	COLColombia	MEXMexico	URUUruguay
BRABrazil	CRCCosta Rica	PARParaguay	VENVenezuela

Locations

Arequipa			Chiclayo			Cusco			Lima
Estadio Universidad Nacional San Agustín			Stadium Elías Aguirre			Estadio Inca Garcilaso de la Vega			National Stadium of Peru
Capacity: 60 370			Capacity: 23 500			Capacity: 42 056			Capacity: 45,000
Arequipa Chiclayo Cusco Lima Piura Tacna Trujillo									Piura
									Stadium Miguel Grau
									Capacity: 25 000
									Tacna
									Estadio Jorge Basadre
									Capacity: 19.850
									Trujillo
									Mansiche Stadium
									Capacity: 25 000

FIFA's demands

• (7 stadiums in total(c):

• 2 stadiums with minimum capacity 20.000 people for the first phase.
• 2 stadiums with minimum capacity 25,000 people for the first phase and quarter finals.
• 3 stadiums with minimum capacity 40.000 people for the inaugural party and the final. Also for first phase, semi-final and third place.

• Airports capable of landing reaction planes at all locations.
• A road network that allows the easy displacement of the hobby.

First phase

Group A

Equipment	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif
COLColombia	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
PERPeru	5	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2
BOLBolivia	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1
VENVenezuela	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3

6 July 2004	ColombiaCOL	1:0 (1:0)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Lima
	Moreno 21' (pen.)			Assistance: 45 000 spectators Arbitrator: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

6 July 2004	PeruPER	2:2 (0:1)	BOLBolivia	National Stadium, Lima
	Pizarro 67' (pen.) Palaces 86'		35' Botero 57' Álvarez	Assistance: 45 000 spectators Arbitrator: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

9 July 2004	ColombiaCOL	1:0 (0:0)	BOLBolivia	National Stadium, Lima
	Perea 90'			Assistance: 35 000 spectators Arbitrator: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)

9 July 2004	PeruPER	3:1 (1:0)	VENVenezuela	National Stadium, Lima
	Farfán 34' Solano 62' It's coming. 72'		74' Margiotta	Assistance: 43 000 spectators Arbitrator: Rubén Selmán (Chile)

12 July 2004	VenezuelaVEN	1:1 (1:1)	BOLBolivia	Mansiche Stadium, Trujillo
	Morán 27'		32' Galindo	Assistance: 25 000 spectators Arbitrator: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

12 July 2004	PeruPER	2:2 (0:1)	COLColombia	Mansiche Stadium, Trujillo
	Solano 58' (t.l.) Maestri 60'		33' Congo 54' Aguilar	Assistance: 27 000 spectators Arbitrator: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Group B

Equipment	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif
MEXMexico	7	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2
ARGArgentina	6	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6
URUUruguay	4	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1
ECUEcuador	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7

7 July 2004	UruguayURU	2:2 (1:1)	MEXMexico	Stadium Elijah Aguirre, Chiclayo
	Okay. 43' Montero 87'		45' Osorio 69' Pardo	Arbitrator: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

7 July 2004	ArgentinaARG	6:1 (1:0)	ECUEcuador	Stadium Elijah Aguirre, Chiclayo
	C. González 5' (pen.) Saviola 64',74',79' D'Alessandro 84' L. González 90'		62' Delgado	Assistance: 24 000 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

10 July 2004	UruguayURU	2:1 (0:0)	ECUEcuador	Stadium Elijah Aguirre, Chiclayo
	Forlán 61' Okay. 78'		73' Chambers	Assistance: 25 000 spectators Arbitrator: Gustavo Brank (Venezuela)

10 July 2004	MexicoMEX	1:0 (1:0)	ARGArgentina	Stadium Elijah Aguirre, Chiclayo
	Morales 9' (t.l.)			Assistance: 25 000 spectators Arbitrator: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

13 July 2004	MexicoMEX	2:1 (2:0)	ECUEcuador	Stadium Miguel Grau, Piura
	Altamirano 26' (pen.) Baptist 42'		71' Delgado	Assistance: 21 000 spectators Arbitrator: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)

13 July 2004	ArgentinaARG	4:2 (2:2)	URUUruguay	Stadium Miguel Grau, Piura
	C. González 20' (pen.) Figueroa 21',90' Ayala 80's		8' I'm off. 39' Sánchez	Assistance: 24 000 spectators Arbitrator: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Argentina and Uruguay played with their alternate uniforms.

Group C

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Equipment	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif
PARParaguay	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2
BRABrazil	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
CRCCosta Rica	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
CHIChile	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2

8 July 2004	ParaguayPAR	1:0 (0:0)	CRCCosta Rica	UNSA Stadium, Arequipa
	Two Saints 86' (pen.)			Assistance: 30,000 viewers Arbitrator: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

8 July 2004	BrazilBRA	1:0 (0:0)	CHIChile	UNSA Stadium, Arequipa
	Luís Fabiano 90'			Assistance: 30,000 viewers Arbitrator: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

11 July 2004	BrazilBRA	4:1 (1:0)	CRCCosta Rica	UNSA Stadium, Arequipa
	Adriano 45',54',68' Juan 49'		81' Marin	Assistance: 12,000 spectators Arbitrator: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

11 July 2004	ParaguayPAR	1:1 (0:0)	CHIChile	UNSA Stadium, Arequipa
	Crystal 79'		71' González	Assistance: 15,000 spectators Arbitrator: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

14 July 2004	ChileCHI	1:2 (1:0)	CRCCosta Rica	Stadium Jorge Basadre, Tacna
	Olarra 40'		59' Wright 90' Herb	Attendance: 20 000 spectators Arbitrator: René Ortube (Bolivia)

14 July 2004	BrazilBRA	1:2 (1:1)	PARParaguay	UNSA Stadium, Arequipa
	Luís Fabiano 35'		29' J. González 71' Bareiro	Attendance: 8000 spectators Arbitrator: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Best Third Places

The top two from third places advance to the second round.

Equipment	Gr	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif
URUUruguay	B	4	3	1	1	1	6	7	-1
CRCCosta Rica	C	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
BOLBolivia	A	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1

Second phase

Overview

	Final rooms				Semifinals				Final
	17 July - Chiclayo
	PERPeru	0
					20 July - Lima
	ARGArgentina	1
					ARGArgentina	3
	17 July - Trujillo
					COLColombia	0
	COLColombia	2
									25 July - Lima
	CRCCosta Rica	0
									ARGArgentina	2 (2)
	18 July - Tacna
									BRABrazil (p.)	2 (4)
	PARParaguay	1
					21 July - Lima
	URUUruguay	3
					URUUruguay	1 (3)
	18 July - Piura
					BRABrazil (p.)	1 (5)			Party for third place
	MEXMexico	0
									July 24 - Cuzco
	BRABrazil	4
									COLColombia	1
									URUUruguay	2

Quarterfinals

17 July 2004	PeruPER	0:1 (0:0)	ARGArgentina	Stadium Elijah Aguirre, Chiclayo
			61' (t.l.) Tevez	Assistance: 26 500 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

17 July 2004	ColombiaCOL	2:0 (2:0)	CRCCosta Rica	Mansiche Stadium, Trujillo
	Aguilar 41' Moreno 45' (pen.)			Attendance: 18 000 spectators Arbitrator: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

18 July 2004	ParaguayPAR	1:3 (1:1)	URUUruguay	Stadium Jorge Basadre, Tacna
	Gamarra 16'		40' (pen.) Okay. 66',89' Silva	Attendance: 20 000 spectators Arbitrator: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

18 July 2004	MexicoMEX	0:4 (0:1)	BRABrazil	Stadium Miguel Grau, Piura
			26' (pen.) Alex 65',78' Adriano 87' Oliveira	Assistance: 22 000 spectators Arbitrator: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Semi-finals

20 July 2004	ArgentinaARG	3:0 (1:0)	COLColombia	National Stadium, Lima
	Tevez 23' (t.l.) L. González 51' Sorin 80's			Assistance: 42 000 spectators Arbitrator: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

21 July 2004	BrazilBRA	1:1 (0:1) (5:3 p.)	URUUruguay	National Stadium, Lima
	Adriano 46'		22' Sosa	Assistance: 40 000 spectators Arbitrator: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
		Shooting from the penal point
	Luisão Luís Fabiano Adriano Renato Alex		Silva Viera Pouso Sánchez

Third place

24 July 2004	ColombiaCOL	1:2 (0:1)	URUUruguay	Garcilaso Stadium, Cuzco
	Herrera 71' (pen.)		3' I'm off. 81' Sánchez	Assistance: 44 000 spectators Arbitrator: René Ortube (Bolivia)

Ending

25 July 2004, 15:30 (UTC-5)	ArgentinaARG	2:2 (1:1) (2:4 p.)	BRABrazil	National Stadium, Lima
	C. González 20' (pen.) C. Delgado 87'		45' Luisão 90+3' Adriano	Assistance: 49 000 spectators Arbitrator: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		Shooting from the penal point
	D'Alessandro Heinze C. González Sorin		Adriano Edu Diego Juan

Champion Brazil 7.

Statistics

Equipment		Pts	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Rend
1	BRABrazil	11	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	61.1 per cent
2	ARGArgentina	13	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	72.2%
3	URUUruguay	11	6	3	2	1	12	10	+2	61.1 per cent
4	COLColombia	10	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	55.5 per cent
5	PARParaguay	7	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	58.3%
6	MEXMexico	7	4	2	1	1	5	7	-2	58.3%
7	PERPeru	5	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	41.7 per cent
8	CRCCosta Rica	3	4	1	0	3	3	8	-5	25,0%
9	BOLBolivia	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	30.2%
10	CHIChile	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	11.1%
11	VENVenezuela	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	11.1%
12	ECUEcuador	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0.0%

Scorers

Adriano, tournament scorer.

Player	Selection	Goles
Adriano	BRABrazil	7
Carlos.	URUUruguay	3
Javier Saviola	ARGArgentina	3
Kily González	ARGArgentina	3
Nolberto Solano	PERPeru	2
Luciano Figueroa	ARGArgentina	2
Carlos Tévez	ARGArgentina	2
Lucho González	ARGArgentina	2
Luís Fabiano	BRABrazil	2
Abel Aguilar	COLColombia	2
Malher Tressor Moreno	COLColombia	2
Agustín Delgado	ECUEcuador	2
Darío Silva	URUUruguay	2
Marcelo Sosa	URUUruguay	2
Vicente Sánchez	URUUruguay	2
Fabian Soyanoff	URUUruguay	2

Best Player of the Tournament

• Adriano.

Qualified for the 2005 Confederations Cup

Brazil Champion of the 2002 Football World Cup and Champion of the 2004 American Cup	Argentina American Cup Champion 2004