1997 Copa América

1997 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Bolivia
Dates	June 11 - June 29
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Bolivia
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	68 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Hernández (6)
Best player	Ronaldo
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Bolivia hosted the Copa América for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from June 11 to June 29, 1997. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South American countries (10 countries) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament.

In the 1997 edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invitees.

The tournament was won by Brazil, who became the first team to hold the Copa America and the World Cup at the same time, a feat they would repeat in 2004.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Cochabamba	Estadio Félix Capriles	36000
La Paz	Estadio Hernando Siles	51000
Santa Cruz	Estadio Ramón Aguilera	42000
Sucre	Estadio Olímpico Patria	29000
Oruro	Estadio Jesus Bermudez	28000

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: Copa América 1997 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

First round

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 December 17, 1996.

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:
  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.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Ecuador 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 Argentina 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 Paraguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 Chile 0 3 0 0 3 1 5

Ecuador 0 - 0 Argentina Paraguay 1 - 0 Chile Paraguay 0 - 2 Ecuador Argentina 2 - 0 Chile Chile 1 - 2 Ecuador Paraguay 1 - 1 Argentina

June 11, 1997

Ecuador	0 - 0 (0-0)	Argentina	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
Paraguay	1 - 0 (1-0)	Chile	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: René Ortube (Bolivia)
Acuña 28'

June 14, 1997

Argentina	2 - 0 (0-0)	Chile	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Antônio Pereira (Brazil)
Berti 83'
Gallardo 87'
Paraguay	0 - 2 (0-0)	Ecuador	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
		Sánchez 71'
		Graziani 86'

June 17, 1997

Ecuador	2 - 1 (1-0)	Chile	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Rafael Sanabria (Colombia)
Graziani 32'		Vergara 52'
Gavica 55'
Paraguay	1 - 1 (0-0)	Argentina	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
Chilavert (p) 90'		Gallardo (p) 75'
Chilavert saved a penalty kicked by Gallardo 55'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Bolivia 9 3 3 0 0 4 0 Perú 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 0 5

Bolivia 1 - 0 Venezuela Perú 1 - 0 Uruguay Bolivia 2 - 0 Perú Uruguay 2 - 0 Venezuela Bolivia 1 - 0 Uruguay Perú 2 - 0 Venezuela

June 12, 1997

Bolivia	1 - 0 (0-0)	Venezuela	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Coimbra 60'		s/o McIntosh 73'
s/o Peña 59'
Perú	1 - 0 (0-0)	Uruguay	--:-- - Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre Ref: Antonio Marrufo (Mexico)
Hidalgo 75'
s/o Carazas 85'

June 15, 1997

Uruguay	2 - 0 (1-0)	Venezuela	--:-- - Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre Ref: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Recoba 19'		s/o Rodallega 35'
Saralegui 47'
Bolivia	2 - 0 (1-0)	Perú	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
Etcheverry 45'		s/o Reyna 20'
Baldivieso 50'

June 18, 1997

Perú	2 - 0 (1-0)	Venezuela	--:-- - Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre Ref: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Cominges 13'		s/o Rey 54'
Cominges 59'
Bolivia	1 - 0 (0-0)	Uruguay	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Antonio Marrufo (Mexico)
Baldivieso 29'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 10 2 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 Costa Rica 1 3 0 1 2 2 10

Brazil 5 - 0 Costa Rica Colombia 1 - 2 Mexico Brazil 3 - 2 Mexico Colombia 4 - 1 Costa Rica Brazil 2 - 0 Colombia Costa Rica 1 - 1 Mexico

June 13, 1997

Brazil	5 - 0 (2-0)	Costa Rica	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Djalminha 20'
González (og) 34'
Ronaldo 47'
Ronaldo 54'
Romário 60'
Colombia	1 - 2 (0-2)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Ricard 58'		Hernández 7'
		Hernández 11'

June 16, 1997

Brazil	3 - 2 (0-2)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: José Arana (Peru)
Aldair 47'		Hernández 13'
Romero (og) 59'		Hernández 31'
Leonardo 77'
s/o Flavio Conceição 87'
Colombia	4 - 1 (2-0)	Costa Rica	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
Morantes 13'		Wright 66'
Morantes 23'
Cabrera (p) 62'
Aristizábal 78'

June 19, 1997

Brazil	2 - 0 (1-0)	Colombia	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Juan Carlos Paniagua (Bolivia)
Dunga 11'
Edmundo 67'
Mexico	1 - 1 (1-0)	Costa Rica	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
Hernández (p) 14'		Medford 60'

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.

Group Team Pts P W D L GF GA A  Paraguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 C  Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 B  Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 2 2

Quarter-finals

June 21, 1997

Perú	2 - 1 (1-0)	Argentina	--:-- - Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre Ref: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Carazas 30'		Gallardo (p) 66'
Hidalgo 61'		s/o Gallardo 67'
Miranda saved a penalty kicked by Gallardo 48'		s/o Berizzo 67'
		s/o Zapata 82'
Bolivia	2 - 1 (2-0)	Colombia	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Ref: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Etcheverry 3'
Sanchez 24'		Gaviria 57'

June 22, 1997

Mexico	1 - 1 (1-1)	Ecuador	--:-- - Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba Ref: Antônio Pereira (Brazil)
Blanco 17'		Capurro (p) 6'
Penalty shootout
Mexico		4 - 2	Ecuador
Hernández: goal		1-1	Montaño: goal
Suárez: goal		2-1	Capurro: saved by Ríos
Blanco: saved by Ibarra		2-1	De la Cruz: saved by Ríos
Chávez: goal		3-2	Graziani: goal
Sánchez: goal		4-2	Rosero: saved by Ríos
Brazil	2 - 0 (2-0)	Paraguay	17:30 - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Rafael Sanabria (Colombia)
Ronaldo 9'		Chilavert saved a penalty kicked by Ronaldo 64'
Ronaldo 34'

Semi-finals

June 25, 1997

Bolivia	3 - 1 (2-1)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
E. Sánchez 27'		Ramírez 8'
R. Castillo 39'		s/o Suárez 42
Moreno 79'
s/o O. Sánchez 75'

June 26, 1997

Perú	0 - 7 (0-4)	Brazil	--:-- - Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz Ref: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
		Denilson 1'
		Flavio Conceição 28'
		Romário 36'
		Leonardo 45'
		Romário 49'
		Leonardo 55'
		Djalminha 77'

Third-place match

June 26, 1997

Mexico	1 - 0 (0-0)	Perú	19:00 - Estadio Jesus Bermudez, Oruro Ref: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
Hernández 82'

Final

Main article: 1997 Copa América Final

June 29, 1997

Bolivia	1 - 3 (1-1)	Brazil	23:30 - Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Ref: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
E. Sánchez 45'		Edmundo 40'
		Ronaldo 79'
		Zé Roberto 90'

Result

Copa América 1997 Winners
Brazil Fifth title

Goal scorers

6 goals

• Hernández

5 goals

• Ronaldo

3 Goals

Gallardo E. Sánchez

Leonardo Romário

2 goals

Baldivieso Etcheverry Denilson

Djalminha Edmundo Morantes

Graziani Cominges Hidalgo

1 goal

Berti Coimbra Moreno R. Castillo Aldair Dunga Flavio Conceição Zé Roberto Vergara

Aristizábal Cabrera Gaviria Ricard Medford Wright Capurro Gavica Sánchez

Blanco Ramírez Acuña Chilavert Carazas Recoba Saralegui

Own Goals

• González (for Brazil)
• Romero (for Brazil)

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Brazil	18	6	6	0	0	22	3	+18	100.0%
Bolivia	15	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	83.3%
Perú	9	6	3	0	3	5	11	-6	50.0%
Ecuador	8	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	66.7%
Mexico	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1	44.4%
Argentina	5	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	41.7%
Paraguay	4	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3	33.3%
Uruguay	3	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	33.3%
Colombia	3	4	1	0	2	6	7	-1	25.0%
Costa Rica	1	3	0	1	2	2	10	-8	11.1%
Chile	0	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0.0%

References

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