2007 Copa América

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2007 Copa América
Copa América Venezuela 2007
2007 Copa América logo.svg
Copa América 2007 official logo
Tournament details
Host country Venezuela
Dates June 26 – July 15
Teams 12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 86 (3.31 per match)
Attendance 1,050,230 (40,393 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Robinho (6 goals)
Best player Brazil Robinho[1]
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The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, known simply as the 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held between June 26 and July 15 in Venezuela, which hosted the tournament for the first time. The defending champions were Brazil.

The competition was won by Brazil who went on to beat Argentina 3–0 in the final.[2] Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL[3] at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[4]

Competing nations

As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and the United States, the two highest ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings. Just as in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation without reservation. The United States, on the other hand, rejected the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season. CONMEBOL then proceeded to invite Costa Rica, the third highest CONCACAF team in FIFA's ranking.[5] In the end, the United States accepted the invitation.[6]

Venues

For this Copa América, the organizing committee decided to choose eight cities to hold the tournament. Before the selection of cities, at least 14 cities presented proposal before the committee, of which they rejected proposals from Maracay, Valencia, Valera, Portuguesa and Miranda for not meeting established requirements. The cities of Barquisimeto, Barinas, Caracas, Ciudad Guayana (Puerto Ordaz), Maracaibo, Maturín, Mérida, Puerto la Cruz and San Cristóbal were selected to host the tournament. Having selected eight cities, the organizing committee reconsidered the candidacy of Barquisimeto based on the proposed new stadium for the city. Because of that, Barquisimeto was selected as the ninth host city. With nine host cities, the 2007 edition broke the previous records for host cities set by the 2004 Copa América in Peru, which used seven.

Barinas Barquisimeto Caracas Maracaibo
Estadio Agustín Tovar Estadio Metropolitano de Lara Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Estadio José Pachencho Romero
Capacity: 27,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 24,900 Capacity: 40,000
Estadio Metropolitano de Lara.jpg Estadio Olímpico (Caracas).jpg
Maturín Mérida
Estadio Monumental de Maturín Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida
Capacity: 52,000 Capacity: 42,000
Monumental de maturin 3.jpg Estadio metropolitana de merida.jpg
Puerto la Cruz Puerto Ordaz
Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay
Capacity: 38,000 Capacity: 41,600
Venarg3.jpg CTE Chamay Aereo Cut.jpg
San Cristóbal
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Capacity: 40,000
Inauguración Copa América 2007.jpg

Officials

On May 30, 2007, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the competition. The list included one match official from every country (except Paraguay, which had two). From these thirteen, six officiated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Carlos Simon, Óscar Ruiz, Carlos Amarilla, Jorge Larrionda, and Armando Archundia.

Squads

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Group stage

The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for 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
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals

All times are in Venezuela Standard Time (UTC-04:00).

Group A

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

June 26, 2007
18:05
Uruguay  0–3  Peru
(Report) Villalta Goal 27'
Mariño Goal 70'
Guerrero Goal 88'

June 26, 2007
20:50
Venezuela  2–2  Bolivia
Maldonado Goal 20'
Páez Goal 55'		 (Report) Moreno Goal 38'
Arce Goal 84'

June 30, 2007
16:05
Bolivia  0–1  Uruguay
(Report) Sánchez Goal 58'

June 30, 2007
18:20
Venezuela  2–0  Peru
Cichero Goal 48'
Arismendi Goal 79'		 (Report)

July 3, 2007
18:35
Peru  2–2  Bolivia
Pizarro Goal 34', 85' (Report) Moreno Goal 24'
Campos Goal 45'

July 3, 2007
20:50
Venezuela  0–0  Uruguay
(Report)

Group B

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

June 27, 2007
18:35
Ecuador  2–3  Chile
Valencia Goal 16'
Benítez Goal 23'		 (Report) Suazo Goal 20', 80'
Villanueva Goal 86'

June 27, 2007
20:50
Brazil  0–2  Mexico
(Report) Castillo Goal 23'
Morales Goal 28'

July 1, 2007
16:05
Brazil  3–0  Chile
Robinho Goal 36' (pen.), 84', 87' (Report)

July 1, 2007
18:20
Mexico  2–1  Ecuador
Castillo Goal 21'
Bravo Goal 79'		 (Report) Méndez Goal 84'

July 4, 2007
18:35
Mexico  0–0  Chile
(Report)

July 4, 2007
20:50
Brazil  1–0  Ecuador
Robinho Goal 56' (pen.) (Report)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Paraguay 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

June 28, 2007
18:35
Paraguay  5–0  Colombia
Santa Cruz Goal 30', 46', 80'
Cabañas Goal 84', 88'		 (Report)

June 28, 2007
20:50
Argentina  4–1  United States
Crespo Goal 11', 60'
Aimar Goal 76'
Tevez Goal 84'		 (Report) Johnson Goal 9' (pen.)

July 2, 2007
18:35
United States  1–3  Paraguay
Clark Goal 35' (Report) Barreto Goal 29'
Cardozo Goal 56'
Cabañas Goal 90+2'
Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas
Attendance: 28,200
Referee: Victor Rivera (Peru)

July 2, 2007
20:50
Argentina  4–2  Colombia
Crespo Goal 20' (pen.)
Riquelme Goal 34', 45'
D. Milito Goal 90+1'		 (Report) E. Perea Goal 10'
Castrillón Goal 76'

July 5, 2007
18:35
United States  0–1  Colombia
(Report) Castrillón Goal 15'

July 5, 2007
20:50
Argentina  1–0  Paraguay
Mascherano Goal 79' (Report)

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B  Chile 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
A  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 4
C  Colombia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 7 – San Cristóbal        
  Venezuela  1
July 10 – Maracaibo
  Uruguay  4  
  Uruguay  2 (4)
July 7 – Puerto la Cruz
    Brazil  2 (5)  
  Chile  1
July 15 – Maracaibo
  Brazil  6  
  Brazil  3
July 8 – Maturín
    Argentina  0
  Mexico  6
July 11 – Puerto Ordaz
  Paraguay  0  
  Mexico  0 Third place
July 8 – Barquisimeto
    Argentina  3  
  Argentina  4   Uruguay  1
  Peru  0     Mexico  3
July 14 – Caracas

Quarterfinals

July 7, 2007
18:05
Venezuela  1–4  Uruguay
Arango Goal 41' (Report) Forlán Goal 38', 90+1'
García Goal 64'
Rodríguez Goal 86'

July 7, 2007
20:50
Chile  1–6  Brazil
Suazo Goal 76' (Report) Juan Goal 16'
Baptista Goal 23'
Robinho Goal 27', 50'
Josué Goal 68'
Vágner Love Goal 85'

July 8, 2007
16:05
Mexico  6–0  Paraguay
Castillo Goal 5' (pen.), 38'
Torrado Goal 27'
Arce Goal 79'
Blanco Goal 87' (pen.)
Bravo Goal 90+1'		 (Report)

July 8, 2007
18:50
Argentina  4–0  Peru
Riquelme Goal 47', 85'
Messi Goal 61'
Mascherano Goal 75'		 (Report)

Semifinals

July 10, 2007
20:50
Uruguay  2–2  Brazil
Forlán Goal 36'
Abreu Goal 69'		 (Report) Maicon Goal 13'
Baptista Goal 41'
  Penalties  
Forlán Penalty missed
Scotti Penalty scored
González Penalty scored
Rodríguez Penalty scored
Abreu Penalty scored
García Penalty missed
Lugano Penalty missed		 4–5 Penalty scored Robinho
Penalty scored Juan
Penalty scored Gilberto Silva
Penalty missed Afonso
Penalty scored Diego
Penalty missed Fernando
Penalty scored Gilberto

July 11, 2007
20:50
Mexico  0–3  Argentina
(Report) Heinze Goal 45'
Messi Goal 61'
Riquelme Goal 65' (pen.)

Third-place match

July 14, 2007
17:05
Uruguay  1–3  Mexico
Abreu Goal 22' (Report) Blanco Goal 36' (pen.)
Bravo Goal 68'
Guardado Goal 76'
Estadio Olímpico, Caracas
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)

Final

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July 15, 2007
17:05
Brazil  3–0  Argentina
Baptista Goal 4'
Ayala Goal 40' (o.g.)
Alves Goal 69'		 (Report)

Result

 2007 Copa América Champions 

Brazil
Eighth title

Awards

  • Top Goalscorer : Robinho [1]
  • Most Valuable Player : Robinho [2]
  • Best Young Player : Lionel Messi [3]
  • The final 3 candidates for the MVP award were : Robinho, Juan Roman Riquelme and Lionel Messi. [4]

Goalscorers

With six goals, Robinho is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

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