Copa América 1979

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Copa América - No fixed venue 1979
Copa América 1979
Participating countries	9
Host	No fixed venue
Date	July 10, 1979 December 12, 1979
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Paraguay Chile Brazil
Top goalscorers	Jorge Peredo Eugenio Morel
Matches	25

The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played in both teams' fields. Defending champions Peru got a bye into the semifinals.

Contents 1 Group stage 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 2 Semi-finals 3 Finals 4 Result 5 Individual scorers 6 External link

[edit] Group stage

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Chile 5 4 2 1 1 10 2 Colombia 5 4 2 1 1 5 2 Venezuela 2 4 0 2 2 1 12

Venezuela 0 - 0 Colombia Venezuela 1 - 1 Chile Colombia 1 - 0 Chile Colombia 4 - 0 Venezuela Chile 7 - 0 Venezuela Chile 2 - 0 Colombia

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 5 4 2 1 1 7 5 Bolivia 4 4 2 0 2 4 7 Argentina 3 4 1 1 2 7 6

Bolivia 2 - 1 Argentina Bolivia 2 - 1 Brazil Brazil 2 - 1 Argentina Argentina 2 - 0 Bolivia Brazil 2 - 0 Bolivia Argentina 2 - 2 Brazil

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Paraguay 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 Uruguay 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 Ecuador 2 4 1 0 3 4 7

Ecuador 1 - 2 Paraguay Ecuador 2 - 1 Uruguay Paraguay 2 - 0 Ecuador Uruguay 2 - 1 Ecuador Paraguay 0 - 0 Uruguay Uruguay 2 - 2 Paraguay

[edit] Semi-finals

October 17, 1979
	Peru	1–2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Arppi Filho (BRA)
	Mosquera 71'		Caszely 36' Caszely 76'

October 24, 1979
	Chile	0–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Cardellino (URU)

October 24, 1979
	Paraguay	2–1	Brazil	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Barretto (URU)
	E. Morel 16' Talavera 79'		Palinha 79'

October 31, 1979
	Brazil	2–2	Paraguay	Maracaná, Río de Janeiro Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Espósito (ARG)
	Falcão 29' Sócrates 61' (pen)		M. Morel 31' Romero 68'

[edit] Finals

November 28, 1979
	Paraguay	3–0	Chile	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Da Rosa (URU)
	Romero 12' M. Morel 36' Romero 85'

December 5, 1979
	Chile	1–0	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Barreto (URU)
	Rivas 10'

December 11, 1979
	Paraguay	0–0	Chile	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Coelho (BRA)

[edit] Result

Copa América 1979 Champion Paraguay 2nd Title

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[edit] Individual scorers

Four goals Jorge Peredo Eugenio Morel Three goals Sócrates Carlos Caszely Carlos Rivas Julio César Romero Two goals Daniel Passarella Carlos Aragonés Jesús Reynaldo Tita Zico Milcíades Morel Hugo Talavera Waldemar Victorino One goal Hugo Coscia Roberto Osvaldo Díaz

Jorge Gáspari Carlos Angel López Diego Maradona Paulo Roberto Falcão Palinha Roberto Dinamite Mario Soto Leonardo Véliz Patricio Yáñez Gabriel Chaparro Ernesto Díaz Arnoldo Iguarán Jaime Morón Félix Valverde Jorge Luis Alarcón Fausto Klinger Mario Tenorio Carlos Torres Garcés Juvencio Osorio Alicio Solalinde Robert Mosquera Alberto Bica Denis Milar Rubén Paz Rodolfo Carbajal

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