1991 Copa América

1991 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	July 8 - July 21
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (13th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	73 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta (6)
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The 1991 Copa América football tournament was hosted by Chile, from July 8 to July 21, 1991. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated.

This was the last time that the tournament consisted of only CONMEBOL member nations. In subsequent tournaments, at least two nations from outside CONMEBOL have been invited to bring the total number of participants to twelve.

Argentina won the Copa América for the 13th time but only the first since 1959.

Venues

City	Stadium name	Capacity
Santiago	Estadio Nacional de Chile	70,000
Concepción	Estadio Municipal	35,000
Valparaíso	Estadio Playa Ancha	19,000
Viña del Mar	Estadio Sausalito	20,000

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see Copa América 1991 squads

First round

The tournament was set up in two groups of five teams each. Each team played one match against each of the other teams within the same group. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

• Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	8	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8
Chile	6	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7
Paraguay	4	4	2	0	2	7	8	−1
Peru	2	4	1	0	3	9	9	0
Venezuela	0	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14

July 6, 1991	Chile	2 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 42,779 Referee: Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)
	Rubio  22' Zamorano  34'

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July 6, 1991	Paraguay	1 – 0	Peru	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 42,779 Referee: Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Monzón  21'

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July 8, 1991	Chile	4 – 2	Peru	Estadio Municipal, Concepción Attendance: 18,798 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)
	Rubio  16' Contreras  51' (pen.) Zamorano  61', 74'		Maestri  59' Del Solar  71'

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July 8, 1991	Argentina	3 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Villavicencio (Ecuador)
	Batistuta  28', 50' (pen.) Caniggia  43'

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July 10, 1991	Paraguay	5 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 68,215 Referee: Torres (Colombia)
	Neffa  34' Guirland  38' Monzón  75', 87' (pen.) V. Sanabria  81'

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July 10, 1991	Argentina	1 – 0	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 68,215 Referee: Wright (Brazil)
	Batistuta  81'

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July 12, 1991	Peru	5 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)
	La Rosa  9', 55' Cavallo  21' (o.g.) Del Solar  58' Hirano  62'		Del Solar  14' (o.g.)

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July 12, 1991	Argentina	4 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Municipal, Concepción Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)
	Batistuta  40' Simeone  61' Astrada  70' Caniggia  81'		Cardozo  79'

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July 14, 1991	Argentina	3 – 2	Peru	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 67,902 Referee: Ortube (Bolivia)
	Latorre  3' Craviotto  51' C. García  57'		Yáñez  35' (pen.) Hirano  65'

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July 14, 1991	Chile	4 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 67,902 Referee: Wright (Brazil)
	Rubio  12' Zamorano  15' Estay  63' Vera  68'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Colombia	5	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2
Brazil	5	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1
Uruguay	5	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1
Ecuador	3	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1
Bolivia	2	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5

July 7, 1991	Colombia	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso Attendance: 13,828 Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)
	De Ávila  25'

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July 7, 1991	Uruguay	1 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso Attendance: 13,828 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Castro  73'		J. Suárez  16'

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July 9, 1991	Uruguay	1 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 18,430 Referee: Castro (Chile)
	Méndez  49' (pk)		Aguinaga  44'

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July 9, 1991	Brazil	2 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 18,430 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)
	Neto  5' (pk) Branco  47'		E. Sánchez  89' (pk)

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July 11, 1991	Colombia	0 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 19,350 Referee: Farías (Venezuela)

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July 11, 1991	Brazil	1 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 19,350 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Joao Paulo  29'		Méndez  66'

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July 13, 1991	Ecuador	4 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 17,250 Referee: Castro (Chile)
	Aguinaga  32' Avilés  42',  73' Ramírez  80' (pk)

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July 13, 1991	Colombia	2 – 0	Brazil	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 17,250 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	De Ávila  35' Iguarán  66'

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July 15, 1991	Uruguay	1 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Méndez  19'

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July 15, 1991	Brazil	3 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)
	Mazinho Oliveira  8' Márcio Santos  54' Luiz Henrique  89'		Muñoz  12'

Final round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	5	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Chile	2	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
Colombia	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

July 17, 1991	Argentina	3 – 2	Brazil	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 44,005 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Franco  1',  29' Batistuta  46'		Branco  5' João Paulo  52'

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July 17, 1991	Chile	1 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 44,005 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)
	Zamorano  74'		Iguarán  37'

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July 19, 1991	Argentina	0 – 0	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 37,612 Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

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July 19, 1991	Brazil	2 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 37,612 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)
	Renato  29' Branco  76' (pk)

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July 21, 1991	Brazil	2 – 0	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 45,104 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Mazinho Oliveira  8' Luiz Henrique  55'

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July 21, 1991	Argentina	2 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 45,104 Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)
	Simeone  11' Batistuta  19'		De Ávila  70'

Result

Copa América 1991 Winners
Argentina 13th title

Individual scorers

6 goals Gabriel Batistuta 5 goals Iván Zamorano 3 goals Branco Hugo Rubio Antony de Ávila Luis Monzón Peter Méndez 2 goals Claudio Caniggia Darío Franco Diego Simeone João Paulo Luiz Henrique Mazinho Oliveira Arnoldo Iguarán Álex Aguinaga Ney Avilés José del Solar Jorge Hirano Eugenio La Rosa

1 goals Leonardo Astrada Néstor Craviotto Claudio García Diego Latorre Erwin Sánchez Juan Suárez Marcio Santos Neto Renato Jorge Contreras Fabián Estay Jaime Vera Carlos Antonio Muñoz Erwin Ramírez José Cardozo Carlos Guirland Gustavo Neffa Vidal Sanabria Alfonso Yáñez Flavio Maestri Ramón Castro Own goals José del Solar Robert Cavallo

See also

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Copa América 1991