The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.
In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to bring up the total number of competing teams to 12.
The tournament was won by Brazil, who became the first team to hold the Copa América and the World Cup at the same time, a feat they would repeat in 2004, and which Argentina would also achieve in 2024.
Venues
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!La Paz
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|Estadio Hernando Siles
|Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
|Estadio Félix Capriles
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|Capacity: 51,000
|Capacity: 42,000
|Capacity: 36,000
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!Sucre
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|Estadio Olímpico Patria
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|Capacity: 29,000
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!Oruro
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|Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
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|Capacity: 28,000
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Squads
For a complete list of participating squads: 1997 Copa América squads
Match officials
Argentina
- Horacio Elizondo
Bolivia
- René Ortubé
- Juan Carlos Paniagua
Brazil
- Antônio Pereira
Chile
- Eduardo Gamboa
Colombia
- Rafael Sanabria
Costa Rica
- Rodrigo Badilla
Ecuador
- Byron Moreno
Mexico
- Antonio Marrufo
Paraguay
- Epifanio González
Peru
- José Arana
Uruguay
- Jorge Nieves
United States
- Esfandiar Baharmast
Venezuela
- Paolo Borgosano
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 that took place on 17 December 1996.
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.
- 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.
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| align=left | Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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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.
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third-place match
Final
Result
Goalscorers
thumb|150px|Luis Hernández, top scorer
With six goals, Luis Hernández was the top scorer in the tournament.
Final positions
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|- bgcolor=gold
|1||align=left|
|6||6||0||0||22||3||+19||18||100%
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|6||5||0||1||10||5||+5||15||83.5%
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|6||2||2||2||8||9||−1||8||44.4%
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|4|| align=left |
|6||3||0||3||5||11||−6||9||50%
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| colspan=11 | Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
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|5|| align=left |
|4||2||2||0||5||2||+3||8||66.7%
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|6|| align=left |
|4||1||2||1||4||3||+1||5||41.7%
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|7|| align=left |
|4||1||1||2||2||5||−3||4||33.3%
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|8|| align=left |
|4||1||0||3||6||7||−1||3||25%
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| colspan=11 | Eliminated in the First Stage
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|9|| align=left |
|3||1||0||2||2||2||0||3||33.3%
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|10|| align=left |
|3||0||1||2||2||10||−8||1||11.1%
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|11|| align=left |
|3||0||0||3||1||5||−4||0||0%
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|12|| align=left |
|3||0||0||3||0||5||−5||0||0%
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References
External links
- 1997 Copa América at RSSSF