1991 Copa América

Official program

Tournament details
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[1]

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International football competition

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.

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.[2] With this title, Argentina qualified to participate in the 1992 King Fahd Cup and in the 1993 Artemio Franchi Trophy.

## Venues

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Santiago |

Concepción

Santiago

Valparaíso

Viña del Mar

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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

## Squads

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

## First round

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The Argentina squad that won the cup

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

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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

6 July 1991

Chile | 2–0|  Venezuela

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Rubio 22'
Zamorano 34' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 42,779

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

* * *

6 July 1991

Paraguay | 1–0|  Peru

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Monzón 21' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 42,779

Referee: Ortubé (Bolivia)

* * *

8 July 1991

Chile | 4–2|  Peru

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Rubio 16'
Contreras 51' (pen.)
Zamorano 61', 74' |  | Maestri 59'
Del Solar 71'

Estadio Municipal, Concepción

Attendance: 18,798

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

* * *

8 July 1991

Argentina | 3–0|  Venezuela

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Batistuta 28', 50' (pen.)
Caniggia 43' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 13,965

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

* * *

10 July 1991

Paraguay | 5–0|  Venezuela

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Neffa 34'
Guirland 38'
Monzón 75', 87' (pen.)
V. Sanabria 81' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 68,215

Referee: Juan Torres (Colombia)

* * *

10 July 1991

Argentina | 1–0|  Chile

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Batistuta 81' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 68,215

Referee: Wright (Brazil)

* * *

12 July 1991

Peru | 5–1|  Venezuela

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La Rosa 9', 55'
Cavallo 21' (o.g.)
Del Solar 58'
Hirano 62' |  | Del Solar 14' (o.g.)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 13,876

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

* * *

12 July 1991

Argentina | 4–1|  Paraguay

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Batistuta 40'
Simeone 61'
Astrada 70'
Caniggia 81' |  | Cardozo 79'

Estadio Municipal, Concepción

Attendance: 10,070

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

* * *

14 July 1991

Argentina | 3–2|  Peru

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Latorre 3'
Craviotto 51'
C. García 57' |  | Yáñez 35' (pen.)
Hirano 65'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 67,902

Referee: Ortube (Bolivia)

* * *

14 July 1991

Chile | 4–0|  Paraguay

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Rubio 12'
Zamorano 15'
Estay 63'
Vera 68' |  |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 67,902

Referee: Wright (Brazil)

### Group B

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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

7 July 1991

Colombia | 1–0|  Ecuador

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De Ávila 25' |  |

Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso

Attendance: 10,662

Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)

* * *

7 July 1991

Uruguay | 1–1|  Bolivia

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Castro 73' |  | J. Suárez 16'

Estadio Playa Ancha, Valparaíso

Attendance: 13,828

Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)

* * *

9 July 1991

Uruguay | 1–1|  Ecuador

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Méndez 49' (pen.) |  | Aguinaga 44'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 5,547

Referee: Castro (Chile)

* * *

9 July 1991

Brazil | 2–1|  Bolivia

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Neto 5' (pen.)
Branco 47' | Report | E. Sánchez 89' (pen.)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 18,430

Referee: José Ramírez (Peru)

* * *

11 July 1991

Colombia | 0–0|  Bolivia

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Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 15,448

Referee: Francisco Faría (Venezuela)

* * *

11 July 1991

Brazil | 1–1|  Uruguay

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João Paulo 29' | Report | Méndez 66'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 19,350

Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

* * *

13 July 1991

Ecuador | 4–0|  Bolivia

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Aguinaga 32'
Avilés 42', 73'
Ramírez 80' (pen.) |  |

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 15,583

Referee: Castro (Chile)

* * *

13 July 1991

Colombia | 2–0|  Brazil

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De Ávila 35'
Iguarán 66' | Report |

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 17,250

Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)

* * *

15 July 1991

Uruguay | 1–0|  Colombia

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Méndez 19' |  |

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 15,721

Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

* * *

15 July 1991

Brazil | 3–1|  Ecuador

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Mazinho Oliveira 8'
Márcio Santos 54'
Luiz Henrique 89' | Report | Muñoz 12'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 15,721

Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)

## Final round

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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

17 July 1991

Argentina | 3–2|  Brazil

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Franco 1', 39'
Batistuta 46' | Report | Branco 5'
João Paulo 52'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 44,005

Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)

* * *

17 July 1991

Chile | 1–1|  Colombia

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Zamorano 74' |  | Iguarán 37'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 44,005

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

* * *

19 July 1991

Argentina | 0–0|  Chile

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Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 37,612

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

* * *

19 July 1991

Brazil | 2–0|  Colombia

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Renato 29'
Branco 76' (pen.) | Report |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 37,612

Referee: José Ramírez (Peru)

* * *

21 July 1991

Brazil | 2–0|  Chile

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Mazinho Oliveira 8'
Luiz Henrique 55' | Report |

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 45,104

Referee: Loustau (Argentina)

* * *

21 July 1991

Argentina | 2–1|  Colombia

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Simeone 11'
Batistuta 19' |  | De Ávila 70'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 45,104

Referee: Escobar (Paraguay)

## Result

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1991 Copa América champions

Argentina
13th title

## Goalscorers

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With six goals, Gabriel Batistuta was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 73 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

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 goal

* Leonardo Astrada
* Néstor Craviotto
* Claudio García
* Diego Latorre
* Erwin Sánchez
* Juan Berthy Suárez
* Márcio Santos
* Neto
* Renato Gaúcho
* Jorge Contreras
* Fabián Estay
* Jaime Vera
* Carlos Muñoz
* Erwin Ramírez
* José Cardozo
* Carlos Guirland
* Gustavo Neffa
* Vidal Sanabria
* Alfonso Yáñez
* Flavio Maestri
* Ramón Castro

1 own goal

* José del Solar (against Venezuela)
* Robert Cavallo (against Peru)

## References

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1. ^ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. ^ "Copa America 1991". Soccer Nostalgia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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