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1979 Copa América Tournament details Dates July 10 - December 12 Teams 10 (from 1 confederation) Final positions Champions Paraguay (2nd title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Peru
Tournament statistics Matches played 27 Goals scored 61 (2.26 per match) Top scorer(s) Jorge Peredo (4)
Eugenio Morel (4)
← 19751983 →The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru got a bye into the semifinals.
Contents
First round
The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Peru qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Chile
5 4 2 1 1 10 2 Colombia
5 4 2 1 1 5 2 Venezuela
2 4 0 2 2 1 12 August 1, 1979 Venezuela 0–0 Colombia
Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:Luis Barrancos
August 8, 1979 Venezuela 1–1 Chile
Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 14,000
Referee:César Pagano
Carvajal 70'
Peredo 81'
August 15, 1979 Colombia 1–0 Chile
Estadio El Campín, Bogota
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:Romualdo Arppi Filho
Díaz 21'
August 22, 1979 Colombia 4–0 Venezuela
Estadio El Campín, Bogota
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:Carlos Espósito
Iguarán 17'
Valverde53'
Chaparro59'
Morón86'
August 29, 1979 Chile 7–0 Venezuela
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 70,000
Referee:Enrique Labó
Peredo 3', 59'
Rivas38', 54'
Véliz76'
Soto80'
Yañez84'
Paéz
September 5, 1979 Chile 2–0 Colombia
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 85,000
Referee:Wilfredo Cáceres
Caszely 14'
Peredo58'
Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil
5 4 2 1 1 7 5 Bolivia
4 4 2 0 2 4 7 Argentina
3 4 1 1 2 7 6 July 18, 1979 Bolivia 2–1 Argentina
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee:Octavio Sierra
Reynaldo 29', 66'
López 5'
July 26, 1979 Bolivia 2–1 Brazil
Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 40,000
Referee:Octavio Sánchez
Aragonés 36' (pen.), 63'
Roberto Dinamite 30' (pen.)
August 2, 1979 Brazil 2–1 Argentina
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 130,000
Referee:Edison Pérez
Zico 2'
Tita54'
Coscia 29'
August 8, 1979 Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:Sergio Vázquez
Passarella 1'
Gáspari15'
Maradona65'
August 16, 1979 Brazil 2–0 Bolivia
Estádio Morumbi, São Paulo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee:José Vergara
Tita 46'
Zico90'
August 23, 1979 Argentina 2–2 Brazil
Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 68,000
Referee:Roque Cerullo
Passarella 38'
Díaz71'
GallegoSócrates 17', 65' (pen.)
Zico
Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Paraguay
6 4 2 2 0 6 3 Uruguay
4 4 1 2 1 5 5 Ecuador
2 4 1 0 3 4 7 August 29, 1979 Ecuador 1–2 Paraguay
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 45,000
Referee:Carlos Espósito
Torres Garcés 64' (pen)
Talavera 22'
Solalinde77'
September 5, 1979 Ecuador 2–1 Uruguay
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 30,000
Referee:Romualdo Arppi Filho
Tenorio 6'
Alarcón9'
Victorino 79' (pen)
Castillo65'
September 13, 1979 Paraguay 2–0 Ecuador
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:Abel Gnecco
Morel 27'
Osorio48'
September 16, 1979 Uruguay 2–1 Ecuador
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:Oscar Scolfaro
Bica 4'
Victorino57' (pen)
Maneiro78'
Klinger 77'
Granda57'
Ron81'
September 20, 1979 Paraguay 0–0 Uruguay
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:Sergio Vásquez
Ovelar 35'
September 26, 1979 Uruguay 2–2 Paraguay
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 18,000
Referee:Edison Pérez
Milar 54' (pen.)
Paz83'
Morel 34', 88'
Semifinals
October 17, 1979 Peru 1 – 2 Chile
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (BRA)Mosquera 71'
Caszely 36',
76'
October 24, 1979 Chile 0 – 0 Peru
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Cardellino (URU)October 24, 1979 Paraguay 2 – 1 Brazil
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Barretto (URU)E. Morel 16'
Talavera35'
Palhinha 79'
October 31, 1979 Brazil 2 – 2 Paraguay
Maracaná, Río de Janeiro
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Espósito (ARG)Falcão 29'
Sócrates61' (pk)
M. Morel 31'
Romero68'
Finals
November 28, 1979 Paraguay 3 – 0 Chile
Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Da Rosa (URU)Romero 12', 85'
M. Morel36'
December 5, 1979 Chile 1 – 0 Paraguay
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Barreto (URU)Rivas 10'
Final play-off
December 11, 1979 Paraguay 0 – 0
(a.e.t.)Chile
Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Coelho (BRA)Paraguay won on goals aggregate (3-1) Result
Copa América 1979 Winners
Paraguay
Second titleIndividual scorers
- Four goals
Jorge Peredo
Eugenio Morel
- Three goals
Sócrates
Carlos Caszely
Carlos Rivas
Julio César Romero
- Two goals
Daniel Passarella
Carlos Aragonés
Jesús Reynaldo
Tita
Zico
Milcíades Morel
Hugo Talavera
Waldemar Victorino
- One goal
Jorge Gáspari
Carlos Angel López
Diego Maradona
Paulo Roberto Falcão
Palhinha
Roberto Dinamite
Mario Soto
Leonardo Véliz
Patricio Yáñez
Gabriel Chaparro
Ernesto Díaz
Arnoldo Iguarán
Jaime Morón
Félix Valverde
Jorge Luis Alarcón
Fausto Klinger
Mario Tenorio
Carlos Torres Garcés
Juvencio Osorio
Alicio Solalinde
Robert Mosquera
Alberto Bica
Denis Milar
Rubén Paz
Rodolfo Carbajal
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