
Copa America 2004 was the 41st edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The tournament was won by Brazil in a penalty shootout over Argentina. This victory meant that Brazil held both the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, the first being after the 1997 Copa América.
There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL’s 10 South American countries participated, along with two 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.
Champions Runners- Up Third Place Fourth Place
Brazil (7th title)
Argentina
Uruguay
Colombia
Most Valuable Player(Best Player): Adriano
Top goal scorer: Adriano, 7 goal
Copa America 2004 Group Stage
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.
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point
1. (Qualified) Colombia
3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
2. (Qualified) Peru
3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
3 Bolivia
3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4 Venezuela
3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point
1. (Qualified) Mexico
3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
2. (Qualified) Argentina
3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3. (Qualified) Uruguay
3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4 Ecuador
3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point
1. (Qualified) Paraguay
3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
2. (Qualified) Brazil
3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3. (Qualified) Costa Rica
3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 Chile
3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Copa America 2004 Quarter finals
Date Team A Result Team B
17 July 2004 Peru
0–1 Argentina
17 July 2004 Colombia
2–0 Costa Rica
18 July 2004 Paraguay
1–3 Uruguay
18 July 2004 Mexico
0–4 Brazil
Copa America 2004 Semi finals
20 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Nacional, Lima
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3–0 | ![]() |
Tevez ![]() L. González ![]() Sorín ![]() |
21 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Nacional, Lima
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1–1 | ![]() |
Adriano ![]() |
Sosa ![]() |
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Luisão ![]() Luís Fabiano ![]() Adriano ![]() Renato ![]() Alex ![]() |
Penalties 5–3 |
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Third-place match
24 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco
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1–2 | ![]() |
Herrera ![]() |
Estoyanoff ![]() Sánchez ![]() |
Copa America 2004 final match
25 July 2004 15:00, Estadio Nacional, Lima
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2-2 | ![]() |
K. González ![]() Delgado ![]() |
Luisão ![]() Adriano ![]() |
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D’Alessandro ![]() Heinze ![]() K. González ![]() Sorín ![]() |
Penalties 2–4 |
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Top goal scorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Adriano
Brazil 7
2 Kily González
Argentina 3
3 Javier Saviola
Argentina 3
4 Carlos Bueno
Uruguay 3
5 Luciano Figueroa
Argentina 2
Team of the tournament
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Júlio César
Javier Zanetti
Lucho González
Carlos Tevez
Roberto Ayala
Pável Pardo
Adriano
Juan
Renato
Darío Rodríguez
Alex
Copa America 2004 Venues
Stadium City Capacity
Estadio Nacional Lima 45,574
Estadio Garcilaso Cuzco 45,056
Estadio Arequipa Arequipa 40,000
Estadio Miguel Grau Piura 26,550
Estadio Jorge Basadre Tacna 25,850
Estadio Elías Aguirre Chiclayo 25,000
Estadio Mansiche Trujillo 25,000