Copa America 2007 Champions, matches, fact and achievements

Copa America 2007 was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America’s football governing body.
The competition was won by Brazil, the defending champions, who defeated Argentina 3–0 in the final. Mexico secured third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. As a result, Brazil earned the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Brazil (8th title)	Argentina	Mexico	Uruguay

Most Valuable Player (Best Player)	Best Young Player	Top Goalscorer	Best Goal
Robinho	Lionel Messi	Robinho	Lionel Messi

Copa America 2007 Group Stage
Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Point
1. (Qualified)	Venezuela	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
2. (Qualified)	Peru	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3. (Qualified)	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
4	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Point
1. (Qualified)	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2. (Qualified)	Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3. (Qualified)	Chile	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Group C

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Point
1. (Qualified)	Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
2. (Qualified)	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	United States	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Copa America 2007 Quarter finals

Date	Team A	Result	Team B
7 July 2007	Venezuela	1–4	Uruguay
7 July 2007	Chile	1–6	Brazil
8 July 2007	Mexico	6–0	Paraguay
8 July 2007	Argentina	4–0	Peru

Copa America 2007 Semi finals

Date	Team A	Result	Team B	Venue
10 July 2007	Uruguay	2–2 4–5 (penalties)	Brazil	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo
11 July 2007	Mexico	0–3	Argentina	Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Third-place match
14 July 2007 17:05, Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Uruguay	1–3	Mexico
Abreu 22′		Blanco 36′ (pen.) Bravo 68′ Guardado 76′

Copa America 2007 final match
15 July 2007 17:05, Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Brazil	3–0	Argentina
Baptista 4′ Ayala 40′ (o.g.) Dani Alves 69′

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Robinho	Brazil	6
2	Riquelme	Argentina	5
3	Nery Castillo	Mexico	4
4	Hernán Crespo	Argentina	3
5	Júlio Baptista	Brazil	3
6	Humberto Suazo	Chile	3
7	Omar Bravo	Mexico	3
8	Salvador Cabañas	Paraguay	3
9	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	3
10	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	3

Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward
Doni	Javier Zanetti	Júlio Baptista	Robinho
	Jonny Magallón	Javier Mascherano	Nery Castillo
	Juan	Riquelme	Lionel Messi
	Jorge Fucile

Competing nations
As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. To bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and the United States, the two highest-ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings. As in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation. Initially, the United States declined the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season. CONMEBOL then invited Costa Rica, the third-highest CONCACAF team in FIFA’s rankings. Ultimately, the United States accepted the invitation.

Venues

Stadium	City	Capacity
Estadio Monumental de Maturín	Maturín	52,000
Estadio Metropolitano de Lara	Barquisimeto	42,000
Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida	Mérida	42,000
Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay	Ciudad Guayana	41,600
Estadio José Pachencho Romero	Maracaibo	40,000
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	San Cristóbal	40,000
Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos	Puerto la Cruz	38,000
Estadio Agustín Tovar	Barinas	27,500
Estadio Olímpico de la UCV	Caracas	24,900