The 2004 Copa América was the 41st 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, and was held in Peru, who hosted the tournament for the sixth time, from 6 to 25 July.

The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. This made Brazil hold the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América.

There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's 10 South American countries participated, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América were Mexico and Costa Rica.

Venues

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!Lima

!Cuzco

!Arequipa

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|Estadio Nacional

|Estadio Garcilaso

|Estadio Arequipa

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| Capacity: 45,574

|Capacity: 45,056

|Capacity: 40,000

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!Piura

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|Estadio Miguel Grau

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|Capacity: 26,550

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!Tacna

!Chiclayo

!Trujillo

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|Estadio Jorge Basadre

|Estadio Elías Aguirre

|Estadio Mansiche

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|Capacity: 25,850

|Capacity: 25,000

|Capacity: 25,000

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Squads

Each association had to present a list of twenty-two players to compete in the competition.

Officials

  • Héctor Baldassi
  • René Ortubé
  • Márcio Rezende de Freitas
  • Rubén Selman
  • Óscar Ruiz
  • William Mattus
  • Pedro Ramos
  • Marco Antonio Rodríguez
  • Carlos Amarilla
  • Eduardo Lecca
  • Gilberto Hidalgo
  • Gustavo Brand

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 8 March 2004 at the Lima Art Museum in Lima. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. For logistical reasons the three teams from Pots 1 & 4 were manually assigned to their groups ahead of the draw.

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Group stage

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-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

:1. Greater number of points in all group matches

:2. Goal difference in all group matches

:3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

:4. Head-to-head results

:5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

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| align=left | Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals

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  • All times local (UTC-5)

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 quarterfinals.

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Result

Goalscorers

thumb|120px|Adriano, top scorer

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament.

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Adriano
  • Top Goalscorer: Adriano (7 goals)

Team of the Tournament

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!Goalkeeper

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Júlio César

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Javier Zanetti<br />

Roberto Ayala<br />

Juan<br />

Darío Rodríguez

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Lucho González<br />

Pável Pardo<br />

Renato<br />

Alex

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Carlos Tevez<br />

Adriano

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Marketing

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was known as Chasqui. He was based on the Incan messengers of the same name.

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor

  • Petrobras
  • LG

Global gold sponsor

  • América Móvil (Telcel & Telmex are the brands advertised)
  • LAN Airlines

Global silver sponsor

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (Corona (beer) is the brand advertised)
  • PepsiCo (Pepsi and Gatorade are the brands advertised)
  • 51 (brand)
  • Volkswagen

Official Supplier

  • Tolteca

Theme songs

  • "Más Allá de los Sueños" by Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco was the official theme song for the tournament. The song was well received and became popular in Latin America but mostly in Perú. Despite it being the official tournament theme song, Gian Marco was unable to perform it during the closing ceremony due to him being on tour at that time.
  • "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" by Betzaida was used by Univision as their theme song.

References

  • Copa América 2004 at RSSSF