2004 Copa América

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.

2004 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	6–25 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	78 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Adriano
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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.

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

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.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Peru (assigned to Group A)   Argentina (assigned to Group B)   Brazil (assigned to Group C)	Colombia   Paraguay   Uruguay	Venezuela   Costa Rica   Mexico	Bolivia (assigned to Group A)   Ecuador (assigned to Group B)   Chile (assigned to Group C)

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

• All times local (UTC-5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Peru	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

6 July 2004

17:30

Venezuela	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Moreno   21' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

6 July 2004

20:15

Peru	2–2	Bolivia
Pizarro   67' (pen.) Palacios   86'	Report	Botero   35' Álvarez   57'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

9 July 2004

17:30

Colombia	1–0	Bolivia
Perea   90'	Report

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)

9 July 2004

19:45

Peru	3–1	Venezuela
Farfán   34' Solano   61' Acasiete   72'	Report	Margiotta   74'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

12 July 2004

17:30

Venezuela	1–1	Bolivia
Morán   27'	Report	Galindo   33'

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

12 July 2004

19:45

Peru	2–2	Colombia
Solano   58' Maestri   60'	Report	Congo   33' Aguilar   53'

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Argentina	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

7 July 2004

17:30

Mexico	2–2	Uruguay
Osorio   45' Pardo   69'	Report	Bueno   43' Montero   88'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

7 July 2004

19:45

Argentina	6–1	Ecuador
K. González   5' (pen.) Saviola   64', 74', 79' D'Alessandro   84' L. González   90'	Report	Delgado   62'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

10 July 2004

17:30

Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Forlán   61' Bueno   78'	Report	Salas   73'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

10 July 2004

19:45

Argentina	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Morales   8'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

13 July 2004

17:30

Mexico	2–1	Ecuador
Altamirano   23' (pen.) Bautista   42'	Report	Delgado   71'

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)

13 July 2004

19:45

Argentina	4–2	Uruguay
K. González   19' (pen.) Figueroa   20', 89' Ayala   80'	Report	Estoyanoff   7' Sánchez   38'

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

8 July 2004

17:30

Costa Rica	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Dos Santos   85' (pen.)

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

8 July 2004

19:45

Brazil	1–0	Chile
Luís Fabiano   90'	Report

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

11 July 2004

15:00

Brazil	4–1	Costa Rica
Adriano   45', 54', 67' Juan   49'	Report	Marín   81'

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

11 July 2004

17:15

Paraguay	1–1	Chile
Cristaldo   78'	Report	González   71'

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

14 July 2004

17:30

Costa Rica	2–1	Chile
Wright   60' Herron   90'	Report	Olarra   40'

Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

14 July 2004

19:45

Brazil	1–2	Paraguay
Luís Fabiano   35'	Report	González   29' Bareiro   71'

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
C	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
A	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 July – Chiclayo
	Peru	0
					20 July – Lima
	Argentina	1
					Argentina	3
	17 July – Trujillo
					Colombia	0
	Colombia	2
									25 July – Lima
	Costa Rica	0
									Argentina	2 (2)
	18 July – Piura
									Brazil (p)	2 (4)
	Mexico	0
					21 July – Lima
	Brazil	4
					Brazil (p)	1 (5)
	18 July – Tacna
					Uruguay	1 (3)			Third place
	Paraguay	1
									24 July – Cuzco
	Uruguay	3
									Colombia	1
									Uruguay	2

Quarter-finals

17 July 2004

17:00

Peru	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Tevez   60'

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

17 July 2004

19:45

Colombia	2–0	Costa Rica
Aguilar   41' Moreno   45'	Report

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

18 July 2004

15:00

Paraguay	1–3	Uruguay
Gamarra   15'	Report	Bueno   40' (pen.) Silva   65', 88'

Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

18 July 2004

20:00

Mexico	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Alex   26' (pen.) Adriano   65', 78' Oliveira   87'

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Semi-finals

20 July 2004

19:45

Argentina	3–0	Colombia
Tevez   33' L. González   50' Sorín   80'	Report

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

21 July 2004

19:45

Brazil	1–1	Uruguay
Adriano   46'	Report	Sosa   22'
Penalties
Luisão   Luís Fabiano   Adriano   Renato   Alex	5–3	Silva   Viera   Pouso   Sánchez

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Third-place match

24 July 2004

19:45

Colombia	1–2	Uruguay
Herrera   70' (pen.)	Report	Estoyanoff   2' Sánchez   80'

Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Final

25 July 2004

15:00

Argentina	2–2	Brazil
K. González   20' (pen.) Delgado   87'	Report	Luisão   45' Adriano   90+3'
Penalties
D'Alessandro   Heinze   K. González   Sorín	2–4	Adriano   Edu   Diego   Juan

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

With seven goals, Adriano is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 78 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

 

7 goals

•   Adriano

3 goals

•   Kily González
•   Javier Saviola
•   Carlos Bueno

2 goals

1 goal

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

Team of the Tournament

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.