2011 Copa América Group B

The Group B of the 2011 Copa América was one of the three groups of competing nations in the 2011 Copa América. It comprised Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Venezuela. Group play began on July 3 and ended on July 13.

Brazil won the group and faced Paraguay—the group's third place finisher and the second-best third-place finisher in the first stage—again in the quarterfinals. Venezuela finished second and faced Chile, the winner of Group C. Ecuador finished fourth and were eliminated.

Standings

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 312064+25
 Venezuela 312043+15
 Paraguay 30305503
 Ecuador 301225−31

All times are in local, Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Brazil vs Venezuela

Brazil
Venezuela
GK 1Júlio César
RB 2Dani Alves
CB 3Lúcio (c)
CB 4Thiago Silva  37'
LB 6André Santos
CM 5Lucas Leiva
CM 8Ramires  75'
RW 7Robinho  64'
AM 10Ganso
LW 11Neymar
CF 9Alexandre Pato  75'
Substitutions:
FW 19Fred  64'
MF 16Elano  75'
MF 18Lucas  75'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK 1Renny Vega
RB 16Roberto Rosales
CB 20Grenddy Perozo
CB 4Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
LB 6Gabriel Cichero
RM 11César Eduardo González  63'  85'
CM 14Franklin Lucena
CM 8Tomás Rincón
LM 18Juan Arango (c)
CF 23José Salomón Rondón  61'  63'
CF 7Miku  78'
Substitutions:
FW 15Alejandro Moreno  90+3'  63'
FW 9Giancarlo Maldonado  78'
MF 5Giácomo Di Giorgi  85'
Manager:
César Farías

Man of the Match:
Neymar (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Efráin Castro (Bolivia)
Marvin Torrente (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

Paraguay vs Ecuador

Paraguay
Ecuador
GK 1Justo Villar (c)
RB 3Iván Piris  51'
CB 14Paulo da Silva
CB 2Darío Verón
LB 17Aureliano Torres
CM 20Néstor Ortigoza
CM 16Cristian Riveros
RW 8Édgar Barreto  37'
LW 21Marcelo Estigarribia
CF 9Roque Santa Cruz  83'
CF 19Lucas Barrios  73'
Substitutions:
MF 13Enrique Vera  37'
FW 18Nelson Haedo Valdez  73'
FW 7Pablo Zeballos  90'  83'
Manager:
Gerardo Martino
GK 1Marcelo Elizaga
RB 13Néicer Reasco
CB 19Norberto Araujo
CB 3Frickson Erazo
LB 10Walter Ayoví (c)
DM 8Édison Méndez  81'
CM 14Segundo Castillo
RW 16Antonio Valencia  46'
LW 6Christian Noboa
CF 11Christian Benítez
CF 9Felipe Caicedo
Substitutions:
MF 7Michael Arroyo  46'
MF 15David Quiroz  81'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match:
Marcelo Elizaga (Ecuador)

Assistant referees:
Ricardo Casas (Argentina)
Luis Abadie (Peru)
Fourth official:
Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Brazil vs Paraguay

July 9, 2011
16:00
Brazil  2 – 2  Paraguay
Jádson  38'
Fred  89' 		Report Santa Cruz  54'
Valdez  66'
Brazil
Paraguay
GK 1Júlio César
RB 2Dani Alves  90+1'
CB 3Lúcio (c)
CB 4Thiago Silva
LB 6André Santos
CM 5Lucas Leiva  58'
CM 8Ramires  69'
RW 20Jádson  32'  46'
AM 10Ganso
LW 11Neymar  81'
CF 9Alexandre Pato  50'
Substitutions:
MF 16Elano  46'
MF 18Lucas  69'
FW 19Fred  81'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK 1Justo Villar (c)
RB 2Darío Verón
CB 14Paulo da Silva
CB 5Antolín Alcaraz
LB 17Aureliano Torres
RM 20Néstor Ortigoza
CM 13Enrique Vera
LM 21Marcelo Estigarribia  78'
AM 9Roque Santa Cruz
AM 16Cristian Riveros  67'
CF 19Lucas Barrios  45'  56'
Substitutions:
FW 18Nelson Haedo Valdez  56'
DM 15Víctor Cáceres  85'  67'
MF 10Osvaldo Martínez  78'
Manager:
Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay)

Assistant referees:
Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
Francisco Mondría (Chile)
Fourth official:
Enrique Osses (Chile)

Venezuela vs Ecuador

Venezuela
Ecuador
GK 1Renny Vega
RB 16Roberto Rosales
CB 4Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
CB 20Grenddy Perozo
LB 6Gabriel Cichero
RM 11César Eduardo González  64'
CM 14Franklin Lucena
CM 8Tomás Rincón
LM 18Juan Arango (c)
CF 9Giancarlo Maldonado  80'
CF 7Miku  74'
Substitutions:
MF 19Jesús Meza  64'
FW 23José Salomón Rondón  74'
MF 5Giácomo Di Giorgi  80'
Manager:
César Farías
GK 1Marcelo Elizaga
RB 13Néicer Reasco
CB 19Norberto Araujo
CB 3Frickson Erazo
LB 10Walter Ayoví (c)
CM 14Segundo Castillo  75'
CM 6Christian Noboa
AM 8Édison Méndez
RW 11Christian Benítez
LW 7Michael Arroyo  71'
CF 9Felipe Caicedo
Substitutions:
FW 17Edson Montaño  71'
MF 15David Quiroz  75'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match:
César Eduardo González (Venezuela)

Assistant referees:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Paraguay vs Venezuela

July 13, 2011
19:15
Paraguay  3–3  Venezuela
Alcaraz  32'
Barrios  62'
Riveros  85' 		Report Rondón  4'
Miku  89'
Perozo  90+2'
Paraguay
Venezuela
GK1Justo Villar (c)
RB2Darío Verón
CB5Antolín Alcaraz
CB14Paulo da Silva
LB17Aureliano Torres
CM16Cristian Riveros
CM20Néstor Ortigoza
RW21Marcelo Estigarribia 84'
LW13Enrique Vera 70'
CF9Roque Santa Cruz 39'
CF19Lucas Barrios
Substitutions:
FW18Nelson Haedo Valdez 74' 39'
MF11Jonathan Santana 80' 70'
DM15Víctor Cáceres 84'
Manager:
Gerardo Martino
GK1Renny Vega
RB16Roberto Rosales
CB20Grenddy Perozo 74'
CB4Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
LB6Gabriel Cichero
RM10Yohandry Orozco 66'
CM5Giácomo Di Giorgi
CM8Tomás Rincón (c)
LM21Alexander González 75'
CF17Daniel Arismendi 63'
CF23José Salomón Rondón
Substitutions:
FW18Juan Arango 63'
FW7Miku 66'
FW9Giancarlo Maldonado 78' 75'
Manager:
César Farías

Man of the Match:
Lucas Barrios (Paraguay)

Assistant referees:
Francisco Mondría (Chile)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

Brazil vs Ecuador

July 13, 2011
21:45
Brazil  4 – 2  Ecuador
Pato  28', 61'
Neymar  48', 71' 		Report Caicedo  36', 58'
Brazil
Ecuador
GK1Júlio César
RB13Maicon
CB3Lúcio (c)
CB4Thiago Silva
LB6André Santos 70'
CM5Lucas Leiva
CM8Ramires
RW7Robinho
AM10Ganso 76'
LW11Neymar 79'
CF9Alexandre Pato 84'
Substitutions:
DM17Elias 76'
MF18Lucas 79'
FW19Fred 84'
Manager:
Mano Menezes
GK1Marcelo Elizaga
RB13Néicer Reasco 81'
CB19Norberto Araujo
CB3Frickson Erazo
LB10Walter Ayoví (c)
RM5Oswaldo Minda 79'
CM6Christian Noboa 33' 89'
CM7Michael Arroyo
LM8Édison Méndez 76'
CF11Christian Benítez
CF9Felipe Caicedo
Substitutions:
FW23Narciso Mina 76'
DF21Gabriel Achilier 81'
FW17Edson Montaño 89'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match:
Alexandre Pato (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

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