Copa America 2019 was the 46th edition of the Copa América, the international men’s association football championship organized by South America’s football ruling body CONMEBOL. It was held in Brazil and took place between 14 June and 7 July 2019 at 6 venues across the country. This is the first time since 1991 where no CONCACAF nation took part in the tournament. Heading into the tournament, Chile were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2015 and 2016 editions of the tournament, but were eliminated by Peru in the semi-finals leading to the third place match against Argentina, which they also lost.
Host nation Brazil won their ninth title by defeating Peru 3–1 in the final. Argentina took third place by beating Chile 2–1 in the third-place match.
Champions Runners- Up Third Place Fourth Place Fair play award
Brazil (9th title)
Peru
Argentina
Chile Brazil
Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
Dani Alves Everton (3 goals) Alisson
Copa America 2019 Draw
The draw of the tournament took place on 24 January 2019, 20:30 BRST (UTC−2), at the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots. At the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 23 November 2018, it was decided that FIFA Ranking would be the basis to determine the seeds and the distribution of the rest of teams in the pots of the draw. This decision will also be valid for future editions of the Copa America.
For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Ranking of December 2018 (shown in brackets). Pot 1 contained the hosts Brazil (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the best two teams, pot 2 contained the next best three teams, and so on for pots 3 and 4. The teams from Pot 1 would be assigned to position 1 in their group, while the teams from Pots 2, 3 and 4 would be drawn to one of the positions 2, 3 or 4 in their group. The two guest teams, Japan and Qatar, which were seeded in different pots, could not be drawn in the same group.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Country | Rank Country | Rank Country | Rank Country | Rank
Brazil (3) (hosts)
Colombia (12)
Venezuela (31)
Ecuador (57)
Uruguay (7) Chile (13)
Paraguay (32)
Bolivia (59)
Argentina (11) Peru (20)
Japan (50)
Qatar (93)
Copa America 2019 Group stage
The match schedule was announced on 18 December 2018. The winners and runners-up of each group and the two best third-placed teams among all groups advanced to the quarter-finals
Group A
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 Brazil (H)3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Venezuela3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
3 Peru3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4 Advance to knockout stage
4 Bolivia3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Group B
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 Colombia3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Argentina3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Advance to knockout stage
3 Paraguay3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 Advance to knockout stage
4 Qatar3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Group C
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 Uruguay3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Chile3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
3 Japan3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
4 Ecuador3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Copa America 2019 Ranking of third-placed teams
Position Group Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification
1 A Peru3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 B Paraguay3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2 Advance to knockout stage
3 C Japan3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots.
Copa America 2019 Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes:
- In the quarter-finals, extra time was not played, and the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the semi-finals, third place play-off and final, extra time could be played, where a fourth substitute would be allowed for each team. If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Copa America 2019 Quarter Final matches
Date Team A Result Team B
27 June 2019 Brazil0–0
4–3 (penalties) Paraguay
28 June 2019 Venezuela0–2 Argentina
28 June 2019 Colombia0–0
4–5 (penalties) Chile
29 June 2019 Uruguay0–0
4–5 (penalties) Peru
Copa America 2019 Semi Final matches
2 July 2019 21:30, Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
| Brazil |
2–0 | Argentina |
Gabriel Jesus  19′Firmino 71′ |
3 July 2019 21:30, Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre
| Chile |
0–3 | Peru |
| Flores 21′ Yotún 38′Guerrero 90+1′ |
Copa America 2019 Third place play-off match
6 July 2019 16:00, Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
| Argentina |
2–1 | Chile |
| Agüero 12′ Dybala 22′ |
Vidal 59′ (pen.) |
Copa America 2019 Final match
7 July 2019 17:00, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
| Brazil |
3–1 | Peru |
| Everton 15′ Gabriel Jesus 45+3′ Richarlison 90′ (pen.) |
Guerrero 44′ (pen.) |
The Final Man of the Match Award: Everton
Copa America 2019 Top Goal Scorer List
Rank Player Team Goals
1 EvertonBrazil 3
2 Paolo GuerreroPeru 3
3 Sergio AgüeroArgentina 2
4 Lautaro MartínezArgentina 2
5 Gabriel JesusBrazil 2
6 Philippe CoutinhoBrazil 2
7 Roberto FirminoBrazil 2
8 Alexis SánchezChile 2
9 Eduardo VargasChile 2
10 Duván ZapataColombia 2
11 Koji MiyoshiJapan 2
12 Edison FloresPeru 2
13 Edinson CavaniUruguay 2
14 Luis SuárezUruguay 2
15 Darwin MachísVenezuela 2
Copa America 2019 Team of the Tournament
The Technical Study Group announced the tournament’s Best XI squad
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper AlissonBrazil
Defender Dani AlvesBrazil
Defender José GiménezUruguay
Defender Thiago SilvaBrazil
Defender Miguel TraucoPeru
Midfielder ArthurBrazil
Midfielder Leandro ParedesArgentina
Midfielder Arturo VidalChile
Forward James RodríguezColombia
Forward Paolo GuerreroPeru
Forward EvertonBrazil
Copa America 2019 Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Final result
1 Brazil6 4 2 0 13 1 +12 14 Champions
2 Peru6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 Runners-up
3 Argentina6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 Third place
4 Chile6 2 1 3 7 7 0 7 Fourth place
5 Colombia4 3 1 0 4 0 +4 10 Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6 Uruguay4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8 Eliminated in Quarter-finals
7 Venezuela4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5 Eliminated in Quarter-finals
8 Paraguay4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3 Eliminated in Quarter-finals
9 Japan3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2 Eliminated in Group stage
10 Qatar3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 Eliminated in Group stage
11 Ecuador3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 Eliminated in Group stage
12 Bolivia3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0 Eliminated in Group stage
Copa America 2019 Host country
Originally, the 2019 Copa América was to be hosted by Chile, while Brazil was due to host the 2015 Copa América, because CONMEBOL normally rotates tournament host nations in alphabetical order. However, because Brazil hosted the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil decided against also hosting the 2015 Copa América. Brazil’s and Chile’s football federations agreed to swap their host nation order for the 2015 and 2019 championships, and CONMEBOL approved this agreement in 2012.
Starting in 2021 (originally scheduled for 2020), Copa América will be held in the same years as the UEFA European Championship.
Copa America 2019 Venues
On 14 June 2018, CBF Vice President Fernando Sarney announced that five cities would host the tournament: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. The list of stadia was decided on 17 September 2018. The opening match was held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the semi-finals were held at the Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre and Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, and the final was held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. On 23 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the second São Paulo venue would be changed from the Allianz Parque to Arena Corinthians.
Stadium City Capacity
Estádio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro 74,738
Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo 67,428
Estádio Mineirão Belo Horizonte 58,170
Arena do Grêmio Porto Alegre 55,662
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova Salvador 51,900
Arena Corinthians São Paulo 49,205
Copa America 2019 Marketing
Mascot
The mascot of the tournament was Zizito, a capybara whose name paid homage to Zizinho, the Brazilian footballer who shared the all-time goal-scoring record in the Copa América (17 goals) with Argentina’s Norberto Doroteo Méndez.
Slogan
The slogan of the 2019 Copa América was “Vibra el Continente/Vibra o Continente” (Rocking the Continent).
Official song
“Vibra Continente” by Brazilian recording artist Léo Santana and Colombian recording artist Karol G served as an official song for the tournament.
