1999 Copa América
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Paraguay |
| Dates | June 29 – July 18 |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 74 (2.85 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
(5 goals each) |
| Best player |
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The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from June 29 to July 18. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.
Due to the low number of entrants, there is no qualifying for the final tournament. Japan became the first non-American team to participate. Uruguay sent a youth team.
Competing nations
As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico (accepting their fourth invitation) from the CONCACAF and Japan from the AFC.
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Venues
A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted by Estadio Defensores del Chaco.
| Pedro Juan Caballero | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monumental Río Parapití | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | ||
| Ciudad del Este | ||
| Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi | ||
| Capacity: 28,000 | ||
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| Asunción | Luque | |
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | Estadio General Pablo Rojas | Estadio Feliciano Cáceres |
| Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 32,910 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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Squads
For a complete list of participating squads: 1999 Copa América squads
Venue selection
Paraguay was chosen to be the venue by defeating Colombia by seven votes to three.
Group stage
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) 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.
- Tie-breaker
- If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
- drawing of lots.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| Paraguay |
0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Paraguay |
4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Benítez  Santa Cruz |
| Bolivia |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Sánchez |
Lopes |
| Paraguay |
1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| Brazil |
7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ronaldo Emerson Amoroso Ronaldinho Rivaldo |
Report |
Suspended at 85th minute because of fog.
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
In this match Martín Palermo missed 3 penalties, one was saved by Miguel Calero. Colombia were also awarded two penalties, they scored one and missed one. So from a total of 5 penalties in this game, 4 were missed.
| Uruguay |
0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kily González Palermo |
Ranking of third-placed teams
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| C | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| A | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 July – Asunción | ||||||||||
| | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 13 July – Asunción | ||||||||||
| | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 11 July – Luque | ||||||||||
| | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 July – Asunción | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – Asunción | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 3 (2) | |||||||||
| 14 July – Ciudad del Este | ||||||||||
| | 3 (4) | |||||||||
| | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 July – Ciudad del Este | ||||||||||
| | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 July – Asunción | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Mexico |
3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hernández Torrado |
Palacios Pereda Solano | |
| Penalties | ||
Suárez  Terrazas R. García Zepeda |
4–2 |  |
| Uruguay |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zalayeta |
Benítez | |
| Penalties | ||
| Fleurquin Guigou Alonso Zalayeta Magallanes |
5–3 | |
| Chile |
3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Reyes Zamorano |
Bolaño Bonilla |
Semi-finals
| Uruguay |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lembo |
Report | Zamorano |
| Penalties | ||
| Del Campo Guigou Alonso Zalayeta Magallanes |
5–3 | |
Third-place match
Final
Result
| 1999 Copa América Champions |
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Brazil Sixth title |
Goal scorers
With five goals apiece, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the tournament's top scorers. In total, 74 goals were scored by 45 different players, with one credited as an own goal.
Final positions
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2 | |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | 55.6% |
| 4 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | 38.9% |
| Eliminated in the Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | 75.0% |
| 6 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | 66.7% |
| 7 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 58.3% |
| 8 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 50.0% |
| Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 10 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 11 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 12 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | 0.0% |
Marketing
Sponsorship
Global platinum sponsor
Global gold sponsor
- Anheuser-Busch InBev (Budweiser is the brand adversited)
- Coca-Cola
- Umbro
Local suppliers
Broadcast rights
By Nation
Americas
Asia
Europe
Theme song
- The Animal Song performed by Savage Garden as an official song of the Copa América Paraguay 1999
- Y Yo Sigo Aquí Performed by Paulina Rubio for Univision Coverage of all the Soccer games.
References
- ↑ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2015.