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
Argentina | 3–0 | Colombia |
Tevez 33′ L. González 50′ Sorín 80′ |
21 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Nacional, Lima
Brazil | 1–1 | Uruguay |
Adriano 46′ | Sosa 22′ | |
Luisão Luís Fabiano Adriano Renato Alex |
Penalties 5–3 |
Silva Viera Pouso Sánchez |
Third-place match
24 July 2004 19:45, Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco
Colombia | 1–2 | Uruguay |
Herrera 70′ (pen.) | Estoyanoff 2′ Sánchez 80′ |
Copa America 2004 final match
25 July 2004 15:00, Estadio Nacional, Lima
Argentina | 2-2 | Brazil |
K. González 20′ (pen.) Delgado 87′ |
Luisão 45′ Adriano 90+3′ |
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D’Alessandro Heinze K. González Sorín |
Penalties 2–4 |
Adriano Edu Diego Juan |
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