The 1991 Copa América football tournament was hosted by Chile, from 6 to 21 July.
It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Chile |
Dates | 6–21 July |
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) |
Attendance | 815,483 (31,365 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Gabriel Batistuta (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Leonardo Rodríguez |
Until the 2021 edition, this was the last time that the tournament consisted of only CONMEBOL member nations. In later 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, their first since 1959.
Santiago | |
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Estadio Nacional | |
Capacity: 70,000 | |
Concepción | |
Estadio Municipal | |
Capacity: 35,000 | |
Viña del Mar | |
Estadio Sausalito | |
Capacity: 20,000 | |
Valparaíso | |
Estadio Playa Ancha | |
Capacity: 19,000 | |
For a complete list of all participating squads: 1991 Copa América squads
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.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 8 |
Chile | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
Peru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
Brazil | 1–1 | Uruguay |
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João Paulo 29' | Report | Méndez 66' |
Brazil | 3–1 | Ecuador |
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Mazinho Oliveira 8' Márcio Santos 54' Luiz Henrique 89' | Report | Muñoz 12' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Brazil | 2–0 | Chile |
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Mazinho Oliveira 8' Luiz Henrique 55' | Report |
1991 Copa América champions |
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Argentina 13th title |
With six goals, Gabriel Batistuta was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 73 goals were scored by 42 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. There were 73 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.
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