1995 Copa América

1995 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	July 5 – 23
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (14th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	69 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta Luis García (4 goals each)
Best player	Enzo Francéscoli[1]

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the USA invited in order to reach 12 teams.^[2]

The USA were the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group.^[3] The USA went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.^[4][5]

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was never played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Venues

Montevideo	Maldonado	Montevideo Maldonado Rivera Paysandú	Rivera	Paysandú
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Domingo Burgueño		Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera	Estadio Parque Artigas
Capacity: 65,235	Capacity: 22,000		Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000
34°53′41″S 56°09′10″W / 34.894661°S 56.15284°W / -34.894661; -56.15284	34°54′52″S 54°57′17″W / 34.914564°S 54.954815°W / -34.914564; -54.954815		30°54′31″S 55°32′54″W / 30.908521°S 55.548377°W / -30.908521; -55.548377	32°19′23″S 58°04′21″W / 32.322961°S 58.072593°W / -32.322961; -58.072593

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

First round

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

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.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

---

---

---

---

---

Group B

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

---

---

---

---

---

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Chile	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

---

---

---

---

---

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
C	Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
B	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 July – Montevideo
	Colombia	1 (5)
					19 July – Montevideo
	Paraguay	1 (4)
					Colombia	0
	16 July – Montevideo
					Uruguay	2
	Uruguay	2
									23 July – Montevideo
	Bolivia	1
									Uruguay	1 (5)
	17 July – Paysandú
									Brazil	1 (3)
	United States	0 (4)
					20 July – Maldonado
	Mexico	0 (1)
					United States	0			Third place
	17 July – Rivera
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	2 (4)							Colombia	4
	Argentina	2 (2)							United States	1
									22 July – Maldonado

Quarter-finals

---

---

---

Semi-finals

---

Third-place match

Final

Result

1995 Copa América Champions
Uruguay 14th title

Goal scorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers. In total, 69 goals were scored by 45 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Uruguay	14	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	77.8%
Brazil	14	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	77.8%
Colombia	8	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	44.4%
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	58.3%
Paraguay	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	58.3%
United States	7	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1	38.9%
Mexico	5	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	41.7%
Bolivia	4	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	33.3%
Ecuador	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	33.3%
Peru	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	25.0%
Chile	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	25.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0.0%

References

External links

• Copa América 1995 at RSSSF