1995 Copa América
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | July 5 – 23 |
Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (14th title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | Colombia |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 69 (2.65 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Gabriel Batistuta Luis García (4 goals each) |
Best player | Enzo Francéscoli[1] |
The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the USA invited in order to reach 12 teams.
The USA were the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group. The USA went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.[2][3]
In this edition of the tournament, extra time was never played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.
Venues
Squads
For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads
Match officials
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First round
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.
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 | |
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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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Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
July 5, 1995 |
Uruguay | 4–1 | Venezuela |
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Fonseca 14' Otero 25' Francescoli 75' (pen.) Poyet 84' |
Report | Dolgetta 53' |
July 12, 1995 |
Paraguay | 3–2 | Venezuela |
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Cardozo 35' Villamayor 64' Gamarra 83' |
Miranda 13' Dolgetta 68' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
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 third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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A | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
C | Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
B | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
16 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
Colombia | 1 (5) | |||||||||
19 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
Paraguay | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
16 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||
Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||
23 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
Bolivia | 1 | |||||||||
Uruguay | 1 (5) | |||||||||
17 July – Paysandú | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||||||
United States | 0 (4) | |||||||||
20 July – Maldonado | ||||||||||
Mexico | 0 (1) | |||||||||
United States | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
17 July – Rivera | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
Brazil | 2 (4) | Colombia | 4 | |||||||
Argentina | 2 (2) | United States | 1 | |||||||
22 July – Maldonado | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
July 16, 1995 |
Colombia | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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Rincón 53' | Villamayor 26' | |
Penalties | ||
Rincón Mendoza Arboleda Cabrera Asprilla |
5–4 | Jara Acuña Samaniego Denis Gamarra |
July 17, 1995 |
United States | 0–0 | Mexico |
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Penalties | ||
Wynalda Moore Caligiuri Klopas |
4–1 | García Hermosillo Coyote |
July 17, 1995 |
Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina |
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Edmundo 9' Túlio 81' |
Balbo 2' Batistuta 29' | |
Penalties | ||
Roberto Carlos Túlio André Cruz Dunga Edmundo |
4–2 | Pérez Acosta Simeone Fabbri |
Semi-finals
Third-place match
July 22, 1995 |
Colombia | 4–1 | United States |
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Quiñónez 30' Valderrama 38' Asprilla 50' Rincón 76' |
Moore 52' (pen.) |
Final
July 23, 1995 |
Uruguay | 1–1 | Brazil |
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Bengoechea 51' | Report | Túlio 30' |
Penalties | ||
Francescoli Bengoechea Herrera Gutiérrez Martínez |
5–3 | Roberto Carlos Zinho Túlio Dunga |
Result
1995 Copa América Champions |
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Uruguay 14th title |
Goal scorers
With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers. In total, 69 goals were scored by 45 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.
4 goals 3 goals 2 goals
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1 goal
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Own goals |
Final positions
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff |
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1 | Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | 77.8% |
2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | 77.8% |
3 | Colombia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | 44.4% |
4 | United States | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | 38.9% |
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
5 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 58.3% |
6 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | 58.3% |
7 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | 41.7% |
8 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | 33.3% |
Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
9 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | 33.3% |
10 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | 25.0% |
11 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 25.0% |
12 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | 0.0% |
References
- ↑ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish". Goal.com. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ↑ "Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol". SI.com. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
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