Copa América 2001

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Copa América - Colombia 2001
Copa América 2001
Participating countries
12
Host Colombia
Date July 11, 2001
July 29, 2001
Results
- Champion
- Runner-up
- Third Place

Flag of Colombia Colombia
Flag of Mexico Mexico
Flag of Honduras Honduras
Top goalscorer Víctor Aristizábal
Matches 26

The Copa América 2001 was held in Colombia, from July 11 to July 29, 2001. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries (French Guyana, Suriname and Guyana are CONCACAF, not CONMEBOL, affiliates) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. They announced the cancellation of the tournament.[1] Venezuela offered to host the competition, but at the last minute, CONMEBOL decided to return the organization to Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.

Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition, in spite of long days of debate, during which Colombian authorities proposed to implement additional protection measures. Despite the general disappointment of the Argentinian people, most Argentinians considered that their reasons were genuine and the incident did not generate any significant disagreement inside that country, though the decision was criticized in Colombia and elsewhere. The Canadian Soccer Association also withdrew for similar reasons. After the cancellation was announced Canada disbanded their training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadians worried that their security was threatened due to their win over Colombia at the previous year's Gold Cup.

Because Canada and Argentina withdrew, on July 6 and July 10 respectively, Costa Rica and Honduras were invited. The Honduras team was a last minute invitee and arrived with barely enough players on July 13, 2001 in an airplane provided by Colombia Air Force after the tournament started and just few hours before its first game. Although Argentina withdrew, when its replacement Honduras defeated and eliminated the favorite Brazil 2-0 in quarter-finals on Monday, July 23, 2001, all Argentinians celebrated the elimination of Brazil because of the Argentina and Brazil football rivalry. Some Argentine newspapers published news like "We lent our T-Shirts to our replacement Honduras in order to beat our rival Brazil", as Honduras' uniform is a T-shirt with white and blue stripes, similar to Argentina's, except that the Argentine uniform uses sky blue.[citation needed]

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[edit] Venues

City Stadium Capacity
Armenia Estadio Centenario 29.000
Barranquilla Estadio Metropolitano 60,000
Bogotá Estadio El Campín 48,300
Cali Estadio Pascual Guerrero 45,625
Manizales Estadio Palogrande 36,553
Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot 52,000
Pereira Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,313

[edit] First round

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.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) 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.

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Colombia 9 3 3 0 0 5 0
Chile 6 3 2 0 1 5 3
Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 5 5
Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 0 7
Ecuador 1 - 4 Chile
Colombia 2 - 0 Venezuela
Chile 1 - 0 Venezuela
Colombia 1 - 0 Ecuador
Ecuador 4 - 0 Venezuela
Colombia 2 - 0 Chile

July 11, 2001

Ecuador 1 - 4 (0-1) Chile 18:00 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Hidalgo (Peru)
Chalá 77' Navia 29'
Montecinos 73'
Corrales 85'
Montecinos 90'
 
Colombia 2 - 0 (1-0) Venezuela 20:45 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Ortube (Bolivia)
Grisales 15'
Aristizábal (pen) 59'

July 14, 2001

Chile 1 - 0 (0-0) Venezuela 16:15 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Alcalá (Mexico)
Montecinos 78'
 
Colombia 1 - 0 (1-0) Ecuador 18:30 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Aquino (Paraguay)
Aristizábal 29'

July 17, 2001

Ecuador 4 - 0 (2-0) Venezuela 18:30 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Hidalgo (Peru)
Delgado 19'
Fernández 29'
Méndez 60'
Delgado 63'
 
Colombia 2 - 0 (1-0) Chile 20:45 - Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla
Ref: Larrionda (Uruguay)
Aristizábal (pen) 10'
Arriaga 90'

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 5 2
Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
Peru 4 3 1 1 1 4 5
Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 4 6
Peru 3 - 3 Paraguay
Brazil 0 - 1 Mexico
Brazil 2 - 0 Peru
Paraguay 0 - 0 Mexico
Peru 1 - 0 Mexico
Brazil 3 - 1 Paraguay

July 12, 2001

Peru 3 - 3 (1-1) Paraguay 17:30 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Sánchez (Argentina)
Lobatón 16' Ferreira 23'
Pajuelo 57' Ferreira 64'
Del Solar 72' Garay 90'
 
Brazil 0 - 1 (0-1) Mexico 19:45 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Ruiz (Colombia)
Borgetti 5'

July 15, 2001

Brazil 2 - 0 (0-0) Peru 16:00 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Larrionda (Uruguay)
Guilherme 9'
Denilson 85'
 
Paraguay 0 - 0 (0-0) Mexico 18:15 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Zambrano (Ecuador)

July 18, 2001

Peru 1 - 0 (0-0) Mexico 17:30 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Ortube (Bolivia)
Holsen 48'
 
Brazil 3 - 1 (0-1) Paraguay 19:45 - Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Ref: Sánchez (Argentina)
Alex 60' Alvarenga (pen) 11'
Belletti 89'
Denilson 90'

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Costa Rica (replaced Flag of Canada Canada) 7 3 2 1 0 6 1
Honduras (replaced Flag of Argentina Argentina) 6 3 2 0 1 3 1
Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 2
Bolivia 0 3 0 0 3 0 7
Bolivia 0 - 1 Uruguay
Honduras 0 - 1 Costa Rica
Uruguay 1 - 1 Costa Rica
Honduras 2 - 0 Bolivia
Bolivia 0 - 4 Costa Rica
Honduras 1 - 0 Uruguay

July 13, 2001

Bolivia 0 - 1 (0-1) Uruguay 18:00 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Navarro (Canada)
Chevantón 60'
 
Honduras 0 - 1 (0-0) Costa Rica 20:15 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Sánchez (Chile)
Wanchope 63'

July 16, 2001

Uruguay 1 - 1 (0-1) Costa Rica 18:00 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Simon (Brazil)
C. Morales 53' Wanchope 28'
 
Honduras 2 - 0 (0-0) Bolivia 20:15 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Toro Rendon (Colombia)
Guevara 53'
Guevara 68'

July 19, 2001

Bolivia 0 - 4 (0-1) Costa Rica 18:00 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Solórzano (Venezuela)
Wanchope 45'
Bryce 63'
Wanchope 71'
Fonseca 84'
 
Honduras 1 - 0 (0-0) Uruguay 20:15 - Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Ref: Zambrano (Ecuador)
Guevara 86'

[edit] Best 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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA
C Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 2
B Peru 4 3 1 1 1 4 5
A Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 5 5

Uruguay (best third place) and Peru (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

[edit] Quarter-finals

July 22, 2001

Chile 0 - 2 (0-1) Mexico 15:00 - Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira
Ref: Simon (Brazil)
Arellano 17'
Osorno 78'
 
Uruguay 2 - 1 (0-0) Costa Rica 17:30 - Estadio Centenario, Armenia
Ref: Ruiz (Colombia)
Lemos (p) 61' Wanchope 52'
Lima 87'

July 23, 2001

Brazil 0 - 2 (0-0) Honduras 17:30 - Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
Ref: Aquino (Paraguay)
S. Martínezi 57'
S. Martínez 90'
 
Colombia 3 - 0 (0-0) Peru 19:45 - Estadio Centenario, Armenia
Ref: Alcalá (Mexico)
Aristizábal 50'
Hernández 66'
Aristizábal 69'

[edit] Semi-finals

July 25, 2001

Mexico 2 - 1 (1-1) Uruguay 19:45 - Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira
Ref: Sánchez (Argentina)
Borgetti 14' R. Morales 32'
García Aspe (p) 67'

July 26, 2001

Colombia 2 - 0 (1-0) Honduras 19:45 - Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
Ref: Sánchez (Chile)
Bedoya 6'
Aristizábal 63'

[edit] Third Place match

July 28, 2001

Uruguay 2 - 2 (2-2) Honduras 14:00 - Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Ref: Hidalgo (Peru)
Bizera 22' S. Martínez 14'
A. Martínez 45' Izaguirre 42'
 
Penalty shootout
Uruguay 4 - 5 Honduras
Sorondo: goal 1-1 Pineda: goal
Gutiérrez: Enamorado saved 1-2 S. Martínez: goal
Rodríguez: goal 2-3 García: goal
Lemos: goal 3-4 Medina: goal
Olivera: goal 4-5 Izaguirre: goal

[edit] Final

July 29, 2001

Colombia 1 - 0 (0-0) Mexico 16:30 - Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Ref: Aquino (Paraguay)
I. Córdoba 65'

[edit] Result

 Copa América 2001 Winners 
Flag of Colombia
Colombia
First title

[edit] Goal Scorers

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Most Valuable Player of the Tournament

[edit] Statistics

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff
Colombia 18 6 6 0 0 11 0 +11 100.0%
Honduras 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 55.6%
Mexico 10 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 55.6%
Uruguay 8 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 44.4%
Costa Rica 7 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 58.3%
Brazil 6 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 50.0%
Chile 6 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 50.0%
Peru 4 4 1 1 2 4 8 -4 33.3%
Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 33.3%
Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 -2 22.2%
Bolivia 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0.0%
Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 0.0%

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vickery, Tim. "Colombia seize first Copa crown", BBC, 2001-07-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.