Copa America 2004 Champions, matches, fact and achievements

Copa America 2004

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.

ChampionsRunners- UpThird PlaceFourth Place
Brazil Brazil (7th title)Argentina ArgentinaUruguay UruguayColombia Colombia

Most Valuable Player(Best Player): Brazil Adriano
Top goal scorer: Brazil 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

PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoint
1. (Qualified)Colombia Colombia321042+27
2. (Qualified)Peru Peru312075+25
3Bolivia Bolivia302134−12
4Venezuela Venezuela301225−31

Group B
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoint
1. (Qualified)Mexico Mexico321053+27
2. (Qualified)Argentina Argentina3201104+66
3. (Qualified)Uruguay Uruguay311167−14
4Ecuador Ecuador3003310−70

Group C
PositionTeamPlayedWinDrawLossGFGAGDPoint
1. (Qualified)Paraguay Paraguay321042+27
2. (Qualified)Brazil Brazil320163+36
3. (Qualified)Costa Rica Costa Rica310236−33
4Chile Chile301224−21

Copa America 2004 Quarter finals

DateTeam AResultTeam B
17 July 2004Peru Peru0–1Argentina Argentina
17 July 2004Colombia Colombia2–0Costa Rica Costa Rica
18 July 2004Paraguay Paraguay1–3Uruguay Uruguay
18 July 2004Mexico Mexico0–4Brazil Brazil

Copa America 2004 Semi finals
20 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Nacional, Lima

Argentina Argentina 3–0 Colombia Colombia
Tevez Football 33′
L. González Football 50′
Sorín Football 80′

21 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Nacional, Lima

Brazil Brazil 1–1 Uruguay Uruguay
Adriano Football 46′ Sosa Football 22′
Luisão Right Penalty
Luís Fabiano Right Penalty
Adriano Right Penalty
Renato Right Penalty
Alex Right Penalty
Penalties
5–3
Right Penalty Silva
Right Penalty Viera
Right PenaltyPouso
Miss Penalty Sánchez

Third-place match
24 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco

Colombia Colombia 1–2 Uruguay Uruguay
Herrera Football 70′ (pen.) Estoyanoff Football 2′
Sánchez Football 80′

Copa America 2004 final match
25 July 2004 15:00, Estadio Nacional, Lima

Argentina Argentina 2-2 Brazil Brazil
K. González Football 20′ (pen.)
Delgado Football 87′
Luisão Football 45′
Adriano Football 90+3′
D’Alessandro Miss Penalty
Heinze Miss Penalty
K. González Right Penalty
Sorín Right Penalty
Penalties
2–4
Right Penalty Adriano
Right Penalty Edu
Right Penalty Diego
Right Penalty Juan

Top goal scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Brazil AdrianoBrazil7
2Argentina Kily GonzálezArgentina3
3Argentina Javier SaviolaArgentina3
4Uruguay Carlos BuenoUruguay3
5Argentina Luciano FigueroaArgentina2

Team of the tournament

GoalkeeperDefenderMidfielderForward
Brazil Júlio CésarArgentina Javier ZanettiArgentina Lucho GonzálezArgentina Carlos Tevez
Argentina Roberto AyalaMexico Pável PardoBrazil Adriano
Brazil JuanBrazil Renato
Uruguay Darío RodríguezBrazil Alex

Copa America 2004 Venues

StadiumCityCapacity
Estadio NacionalLima45,574
Estadio GarcilasoCuzco45,056
Estadio ArequipaArequipa40,000
Estadio Miguel GrauPiura26,550
Estadio Jorge BasadreTacna25,850
Estadio Elías AguirreChiclayo25,000
Estadio MansicheTrujillo25,000

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