1997 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country| Bolivia
Dates| 11–29 June
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| 67 (2.58 per match)
Attendance| 456,020 (17,539 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Luis Hernández
(6 goals)
Best player(s)|  Ronaldo[1]

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International football competition

The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to bring up the total number of competing teams to 12.

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

## Venues[edit]

La Paz | Santa Cruz | Cochabamba

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Estadio Hernando Siles | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | Estadio Félix Capriles
Capacity: 51,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 36,000
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Sucre |

Cochabamba

Oruro

La Paz

Santa Cruz

Sucre

Estadio Olímpico Patria
Capacity: 29,000
Oruro
Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
Capacity: 28,000

## Squads[edit]

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

## Match officials[edit]

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

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## Group stage[edit]

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 17 December 1996.

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-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 colors in group tables

| Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

### Group A[edit]

Main article: 1997 Copa América Group A

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Ecuador | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 1  | +3  | 7
Argentina | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 5
Paraguay | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 4
Chile | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 5  | −4  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

11 June 1997

Paraguay | 1–0|  Chile

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Acuña 28' | Report |

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

11 June 1997

Ecuador | 0–0|  Argentina

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| Report |

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 16,200

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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14 June 1997

Paraguay | 0–2|  Ecuador

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| Report | Sánchez 71'
Graziani 86'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)

14 June 1997

Argentina | 2–0|  Chile

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Berti 83'
Gallardo 86' | Report |

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Antônio Pereira (Brazil)

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17 June 1997

Chile | 1–2|  Ecuador

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Vergara 52' | Report | Graziani 32'
Gavica 55'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Rafael Sanabria (Colombia)

17 June 1997

Paraguay | 1–1|  Argentina

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Chilavert 73' (pen.) | Report | Gallardo 90' (pen.)

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

### Group B[edit]

Main article: 1997 Copa América Group B

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Bolivia (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 0  | +4  | 9
Peru | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 6
Uruguay | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 3
Venezuela | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 5  | −5  | 0

Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts

12 June 1997

Peru | 1–0|  Uruguay

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Hidalgo 75' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Mexico)

12 June 1997

Bolivia | 1–0|  Venezuela

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Coimbra 60' | Report |

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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15 June 1997

Uruguay | 2–0|  Venezuela

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Recoba 19'
Saralegui 47' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

15 June 1997

Bolivia | 2–0|  Peru

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Etcheverry 45'
Baldivieso 50' | Report |

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

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18 June 1997

Peru | 2–0|  Venezuela

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Cominges 13', 59' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

18 June 1997

Bolivia | 1–0|  Uruguay

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Baldivieso 29' | Report |

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Antonio Marrufo (Mexico)

### Group C[edit]

Main article: 1997 Copa América Group C

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 2  | +8  | 9
Mexico | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 4
Colombia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 3
Costa Rica | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 10  | −8  | 1

Source:[citation needed]

13 June 1997

Mexico | 2–1|  Colombia

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Hernández 7', 11' |  | Ricard 58'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

13 June 1997

Brazil | 5–0|  Costa Rica

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Djalminha 20'
González 34' (o.g.)
Ronaldo 47', 54'
Romário 60' |  |

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

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16 June 1997

Colombia | 4–1|  Costa Rica

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Morantes 13', 23'
Cabrera 62' (pen.)
Aristizábal 78' |  | Wright 66'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

16 June 1997

Brazil | 3–2|  Mexico

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Aldair 47'
Romero 59' (o.g.)
Leonardo 77' |  | Hernández 13', 31'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: José Arana (Peru)

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19 June 1997

Mexico | 1–1|  Costa Rica

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Hernández 14' (pen.) |  | Medford 60'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

19 June 1997

Brazil | 2–0|  Colombia

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Dunga 11'
Edmundo 67' |  |

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 30,567

Referee: Juan Carlos Paniagua (Bolivia)

### Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

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.

Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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A |  Paraguay | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 4
C |  Colombia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 3
B |  Uruguay | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 3

Source:[citation needed]

## Knockout stage[edit]

Main article: 1997 Copa América knockout stage

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  22 June – Santa Cruz | | | | |

|  Brazil |  2

|  26 June – Santa Cruz

|  Paraguay |  0 |

|  Brazil |  7

|  21 June – Sucre

| |  Peru |  0 |

|  Peru |  2

| |  29 June – La Paz

|  Argentina |  1 |

|  Brazil |  3

|  21 June – La Paz

| |  Bolivia |  1

|  Bolivia |  2

|  25 June – La Paz |

|  Colombia |  1 |

|  Bolivia |  3

|  22 June – Cochabamba

| |  Mexico |  1 | | Third place

|  Mexico |  1 (4)

| |  28 June – Oruro

|  Ecuador |  1 (3) |

|  Peru |  0

|  Mexico |  1

### Quarter-finals[edit]

21 June 1997

Peru | 2–1|  Argentina

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Carazas 30'
Hidalgo 61' | Report | Gallardo 66' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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21 June 1997

Bolivia | 2–1|  Colombia

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Etcheverry 3'
Sánchez 24' | Report | Gaviria 57'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

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22 June 1997

Mexico | 1–1|  Ecuador

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Blanco 17' | Report | Capurro 6' (pen.)
Penalties
Hernández
Suárez
Blanco
Chávez
Villa
Sánchez | 4–3 |  Montaño
Capurro
De la Cruz
Graziani
Fernández
Rosero

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Antônio Pereira (Brazil)

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22 June 1997

17:30

Brazil | 2–0|  Paraguay

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Ronaldo 9', 34' | Report |

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Rafael Sanabria (Colombia)

### Semi-finals[edit]

25 June 1997

Bolivia | 3–1|  Mexico

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E. Sánchez 27'
R. Castillo 39'
Moreno 79' | Report | Ramírez 8'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

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26 June 1997

Brazil | 7–0|  Peru

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Denílson 1'
Conceição 20'
Romário 36', 49'
Leonardo 45', 55'
Djalminha 77' | Report |

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

### Third-place match[edit]

28 June 1997

19:00

Mexico | 1–0|  Peru

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Hernández 82' | Report |

Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)

### Final[edit]

Main article: 1997 Copa América final

29 June 1997

17:10 (UTC-4)

Brazil | 3–1|  Bolivia

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Denilson 40'
Ronaldo 79'
Zé Roberto 90' | Report | E. Sánchez 45'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 43,753

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

## Result[edit]

1997 Copa América champions

Brazil
Fifth title

## Goalscorers[edit]

With six goals, Luis Hernández was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 67 goals were scored by 42 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

Luis Hernández, top scorer

6 goals

* Luis Hernández

5 goals

* Ronaldo

3 Goals

* Marcelo Gallardo
* Erwin Sánchez
* Leonardo
* Romário

2 goals

* Julio César Baldivieso
* Marco Etcheverry
* Djalminha
* Edmundo
* Neider Morantes
* Ariel Graziani
* Paul Cominges
* Martín Hidalgo

1 goal

* Sergio Berti
* Milton Coimbra
* Jaime Moreno
* Ramiro Castillo
* Aldair
* Denílson
* Dunga
* Flávio Conceição
* Zé Roberto
* Fernando Vergara
* Víctor Aristizábal
* Wilmer Cabrera
* Hernán Gaviria
* Hámilton Ricard
* Hernán Medford
* Mauricio Wright
* Luis Capurro
* José Gavica
* Wellington Sánchez
* Cuauhtémoc Blanco
* Nicolás Ramírez
* Roberto Acuña
* José Luis Chilavert
* Eddy Carazas
* Álvaro Recoba
* Marcelo Saralegui

Own goals

* Rónald González (for Brazil)
* Camilo Romero (for Brazil)

## Final positions[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff

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1 |  Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 18 | 100%
2 |  Bolivia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 | 83.5%
3 |  Mexico | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | 44.4%
4 |  Peru | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 9 | 50%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5 |  Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | 66.7%
6 |  Argentina | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 41.7%
7 |  Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | 33.3%
8 |  Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | 25%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9 |  Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33.3%
10 |  Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | 11.1%
11 |  Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | 0%
12 |  Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 0%

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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