1999 Copa América

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1999 Copa América
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates29 June – 18 July
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (6th title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored74 (2.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Ronaldo
Brazil Rivaldo
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Brazil Rivaldo[1]
← 1997
2001 →

The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited CONCACAF's Mexico, accepting their fourth invitation, and AFC's Japan, who made their debut at the tournament. Japan thus became the first country outside of Americas to participate at the Copa América. Uruguay fielded a youth team.

Competing nations

As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico (accepting their fourth invitation) from the CONCACAF and Japan from the AFC.

Venues

A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted by Estadio Defensores del Chaco.

Pedro Juan Caballero
Monumental Río Parapití
Capacity: 30,000
Ciudad del Este
Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
Capacity: 28,000
Asunción Luque
Estadio Defensores del Chaco Estadio General Pablo Rojas Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 32,910 Capacity: 25,000

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: 1999 Copa América squads

Venue selection

Paraguay was chosen to be the venue by defeating Colombia by seven votes to three.

Group stage

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 points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero 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.
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group A
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Paraguay (H) 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7
 Peru 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
 Japan 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Peru 3–2 Japan
Jorge Soto 70'
Holsen 74', 81'		 Report Lopes 6'
Miura 77'
Attendance: 38,000
Paraguay 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Attendance: 43,000
Peru 1–0 Bolivia
Zúñiga 87' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Paraguay 4–0 Japan
Benítez 18', 62'
Santa Cruz 40', 86'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Japan 1–1 Bolivia
Lopes 75' (pen.) Report E. Sánchez 52'
Attendance: 8,000
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Santa Cruz 88' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Group B

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group B
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Chile 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
 Venezuela 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Chile 0–1 Mexico
Report Hernández 59'
Attendance: 22,000
Brazil 7–0 Venezuela
Ronaldo 28', 62'
Emerson 40'
Amoroso 54', 81'
Ronaldinho 74'
Rivaldo 82'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Brazil 2–1 Mexico
Amoroso 20'
Alex 45'		 Report Terrazas 74'
Attendance: 22,000
Chile 3–0 Venezuela
Zamorano 5'
Sierra 21'
Tortolero 66' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Juan Luna (Bolivia)
Mexico 3–1 Venezuela
Blanco 21', 39'
Osorno 29'		 Report Urdaneta 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Brazil 1–0[note 1] Chile
Ronaldo 36' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 18,000
  1. ^ Match stopped by referee after 85 minutes due to heavy fog and abandoned after few minutes of waiting, with score declared final.

Group C

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group C
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Ecuador 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Uruguay 0–1 Colombia
Report Bonilla 20'
Attendance: 3,000
Argentina 3–1 Ecuador
Simeone 12'
Palermo 55', 61'		 Report Kaviedes 77'
Attendance: 12,000
Uruguay 2–1 Ecuador
Zalayeta 72', 74' Report Kaviedes 78'
Attendance: 18,000
Argentina 0–3 Colombia
Report Córdoba 10' (pen.)
Congo 79'
Montaño 87'
Attendance: 15,000
Colombia 2–1 Ecuador
Morantes 37'
Ricard 39'		 Report Graziani 50'
Attendance: 8,000
Argentina 2–0 Uruguay
Kily González 1'
Palermo 56'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000

Ranking of third-placed teams

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.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B  Chile 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
C  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
A  Bolivia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Main article: 1999 Copa América knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 10 July – Asunción
 
 
  Paraguay 1 (3)
 
 13 July – Asunción
 
  Uruguay 1 (5)
 
  Uruguay 1 (5)
 
 11 July – Luque
 
  Chile 1 (3)
 
  Colombia 2
 
 18 July – Asunción
 
  Chile 3
 
  Uruguay 0
 
 10 July – Asunción
 
  Brazil 3
 
  Peru 3 (2)
 
 14 July – Ciudad del Este
 
  Mexico 3 (4)
 
  Mexico 0
 
 11 July – Ciudad del Este
 
  Brazil 2 Third place
 
  Brazil 2
 
 17 July – Asunción
 
  Argentina 1
 
  Chile 1
 
 
  Mexico 2
 

Quarter-finals

Peru 3–3 Mexico
Palacios 5'
Pereda 15'
Solano 40'		 Report Hernández 29', 33' (pen.)
Torrado 88'
Penalties
Solano soccer ball with check mark
Jorge Soto soccer ball with check mark
José Soto soccer ball with red X
Reynoso soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Suárez
soccer ball with check mark Terrazas
soccer ball with check mark R. García
soccer ball with check mark Zepeda
Attendance: 32,000
Paraguay 1–1 Uruguay
Benítez 15' Report Zalayeta 65'
Penalties
Gamarra soccer ball with check mark
Acuña soccer ball with check mark
Enciso soccer ball with check mark
Benítez soccer ball with red X		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Fleurquin
soccer ball with check mark Guigou
soccer ball with check mark Alonso
soccer ball with check mark Zalayeta
soccer ball with check mark Magallanes
Attendance: 32,000
Colombia 2–3 Chile
Bolaño 7'
Bonilla 35'		 Report Reyes 25', 49'
Zamorano 64'
Attendance: 12,000
Brazil 2–1 Argentina
Rivaldo 32'
Ronaldo 48'		 Report Sorín 11'
Attendance: 25,000

Semi-finals

Uruguay 1–1 Chile
Lembo 23' Report Zamorano 63'
Penalties
Del Campo soccer ball with check mark
Guigou soccer ball with check mark
Alonso soccer ball with check mark
Zalayeta soccer ball with check mark
Magallanes soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Vargas
soccer ball with red X Aros
soccer ball with check mark Reyes
soccer ball with check mark Pizarro
Attendance: 12,000
Mexico 0–2 Brazil
Report Amoroso 25'
Rivaldo 43'
Attendance: 28,000

Third-place match

Chile 1–2 Mexico
Palacios 80' Report Palencia 26'
Zepeda 87'
Attendance: 12,000

Final

Main article: 1999 Copa América final
Uruguay 0–3 Brazil
Report Rivaldo 20', 26'
Ronaldo 48'
Attendance: 43,000

Result

 1999 Copa América champions 

Brazil
Sixth title

Goalscorers

Ronaldo (left) and Rivaldo, top scorers

With five goals apiece, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the tournament's top scorers. There were 74 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.85 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Brazil 6 6 0 0 17 2 +15 18 100.0%
2  Uruguay 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5 27.8%
3  Mexico 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 55.6%
4  Chile 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7 38.9%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Colombia 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 75.0%
6  Paraguay 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 8 66.7%
7  Peru 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 58.3%
8  Argentina 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  Bolivia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 22.2%
10  Japan 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1 11.1%
11  Ecuador 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0 0.0%
12  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0 0.0%

Marketing

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor

Global gold sponsor

Local suppliers

References

  1. ^ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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