Copa América 1989

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Copa América - Brazil 1989
Copa América 1989
Participating countries	10
Host	Brazil
Date	July 1, 1989 July 16, 1989
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Brazil Uruguay Argentina
Top goalscorer	Bebeto
Matches	26

The Copa América 1989 football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from July 1 to July 16, 1989. All ten CONMEBOL member nations participated.

Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1-0 in the final match at the Maracanã.

The top scorer was Brazilian Bebeto. He scored six times, including three in the final group stage.

1 Venues
2 First round
- 2.1 Group A
- 2.2 Group B
3 Final Round
4 Individual scorers
5 See also

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium name	Map^[1]	Capacity
Goiânia	Estádio Serra Dourada	[1]	22,000
Recife	Estádio do Arruda	[2]	60,000
Rio de Janeiro	Estádio do Maracanã	[3]	125,000
Salvador	Estádio Fonte Nova	[4]	30,000

[edit] First round

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.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Paraguay	6	4	3	0	1	9	4	+4
Brazil	6	4	2	2	0	5	1	+1
Colombia	4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Peru	3	4	0	3	1	4	7	−3
Venezuela	1	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7

July 1, 1989
	Paraguay	5–2	Peru	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Cañete 38', 84' Neffa 41' Mendoza 51' Del Solar 75' (og)		Hirano 30' Reynoso 80'

July 1, 1989
	Brazil	3–1	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Bebeto 2' Geovani 36' (pen) Baltazar 57'		Maldonado 63'

July 3, 1989
	Colombia	4–2	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Martínez (Honduras)
	Higuita 36' (pen) Iguarán 46', 75' de Ávila 71'		Maldonado 73', 88'

July 3, 1989
	Brazil	0–0	Peru	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Silva (Chile)

July 5, 1989
	Peru	1–1	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mauro (United States)
	Navarro 30'		Maldonado 29'

July 5, 1989
	Paraguay	1–0	Colombia	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Mendoza 51'

July 7, 1989
	Paraguay	3–0	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Martínez (Honduras)
	Neffa 41' Ferreira 50', 73'

July 7, 1989
	Brazil	0–0	Colombia	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)

July 9, 1989
	Colombia	1–1	Peru	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Iguarán 32'		Hirano 43'

July 9, 1989
	Brazil	2–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 76,800 Referee: Mauro (United States)
	Bebeto 47', 82'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
Uruguay	4	4	2	0	2	6	2	+4
Chile	4	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2
Ecuador	4	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
Bolivia	2	4	0	2	2	0	8	−8

July 2, 1989
	Ecuador	1–0	Uruguay	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Benítez 88'

July 2, 1989
	Argentina	1–0	Chile	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Caniggia 55'

July 4, 1989
	Uruguay	3–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Ostolaza 30', 60' Sosa 33'

July 4, 1989
	Argentina	0–0	Ecuador	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)

July 6, 1989
	Ecuador	0–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Díaz (Colombia)

July 6, 1989
	Uruguay	3–0	Chile	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)
	Sosa 44' Alzamendi 73' Francescoli 78'

July 8, 1989
	Chile	5–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Olmos 9' Ramírez 10' Astengo 55' Pizarro 68' (pen) Reyes 85'

July 8, 1989
	Argentina	1–0	Uruguay	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Díaz (Colombia)
	Caniggia 69'

July 10, 1989
	Chile	2–1	Ecuador	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Olmos 44' Letelier 88'		Avilés 89'

July 10, 1989
	Argentina	0–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rodríguez (Venezuela)

[edit] Final Round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
Uruguay	4	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
Argentina	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5
Paraguay	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5

July 12, 1991
	Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Francescoli 28' Alzamendi 82' Paz 89'

July 12, 1991
	Brazil	2–0	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Bebeto 48' Romário 55'

July 14, 1991
	Uruguay	2–0	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Sosa 38', 81'

July 14, 1991
	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 64,500 Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)
	Bebeto 16', 52' Romário 58'