2007 Copa América

2007 Copa América
Copa América Venezuela 2007
	; Copa América 2007 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Dates	June 26 – July 15
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robinho (6 goals)

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The 2007 Copa América was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Venezuela, who hosted the tournament for the first time, between June 26 and July 15, 2007. The competition was won by Brazil who went on to beat Argentina 3-0 in the final.^[1] Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3-1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL^[2] at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[3]

[edit] Competing nations

[edit] Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: Copa América 2007 squads

[edit] Venues

Hosting cities

City	Stadium	Capacity
Maturín	Estadio Monumental de Maturín	52,000
San Cristóbal	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	40,000
Mérida	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida	42,000
Puerto Ordaz	Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay	41,600
Barquisimeto	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara	38,000
Puerto La Cruz	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos	38,000
Maracaibo	Estadio José Pachencho Romero	40,000
Caracas	Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad Universitaria	30,000
Barinas	Estadio Agustín Tovar "La Carolina"	27,500

[edit] Groups

Key to colors in group tables
Top two placed teams advance to the quarter-finals
Third are put in mini-league and Fourth placed team are eliminated

All times are Atlantic Standard Time Zone (UTC-4)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Peru	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

2007-06-26 18:05	Uruguay	0 – 3	Peru	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		(Report)	Villalta 27' Mariño 70' Guerrero 88'

2007-06-26 20:50	Venezuela	2 – 2	Bolivia	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)
	Maldonado 20' Páez 55'	(Report)	Moreno 38' Arce 84'

2007-06-30 16:05	Bolivia	0 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
		(Report)	Sánchez 58'

2007-06-30 18:20	Venezuela	2 – 0	Peru	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Cichero 48' Arismendi 79'	(Report)

2007-07-03 18:35	Peru	2 – 2	Bolivia	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Pizarro 34' 85'	(Report)	Moreno 24' Campos 45'

2007-07-03 20:50	Venezuela	0 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
		(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Chile	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

2007-06-27 18:35	Ecuador	2 – 3	Chile	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Valencia 16' Benítez 23'	(Report)	Suazo 20' 80' Villanueva 86'

2007-06-27 20:50	Brazil	0 – 2	Mexico	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
		(Report)	Castillo 23' Morales 28'

2007-07-01 16:05	Brazil	3 – 0	Chile	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
	Robinho 36' (pen.) 84' 87'	(Report)

2007-07-01 18:20	Mexico	2 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín Attendance: 52,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Castillo 21' Bravo 79'	(Report)	Méndez 84'

2007-07-04 18:35	Mexico	0 – 0	Chile	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		(Report)

2007-07-04 20:50	Brazil	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
	Robinho 56' (pen.)	(Report)

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9
Paraguay	3	2	1	8	2	+6	6
Colombia	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3
United States	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

2007-06-28 18:35	Paraguay	5 – 0	Colombia	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Santa Cruz 30' 46' 80' Cabañas 84' 88'	(Report)

2007-06-28 20:50	Argentina	4 – 1	United States	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Crespo 11' 60' Aimar 76' Tévez 84'	(Report)	Johnson 9' (pen.)

2007-07-02 18:35	United States	1 – 3	Paraguay	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas Attendance: 28,200 Referee: Victor Rivera (Peru)
	Clark 35'	(Report)	Barreto 29' Cardozo 56' Cabañas 90+2'

2007-07-02 20:50	Argentina	4 – 2	Colombia	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Crespo 20' (pen.) Riquelme 34' 45' D. Milito 90+1'	(Report)	E. Perea 10' Castrillón 76'

2007-07-05 18:35	United States	0 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Manuel Andarcia (Venezuela)
		(Report)	Castrillón 15'

2007-07-05 20:50	Argentina	1 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Mascherano 79'	(Report)

[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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Chile	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
A	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
C	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

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

[edit] Knock-out stage

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

7 July - San Cristóbal

Venezuela

1

10 July - Maracaibo

Uruguay

4

Uruguay

2 (4)

7 July - Puerto La Cruz

Brazil

2 (5)

Chile

1

15 July - Maracaibo

Brazil

6

Brazil

3

8 July - Maturín

Argentina

0

Mexico

6

11 July - Puerto Ordaz

Paraguay

0

Mexico

0

Third place

8 July - Barquisimeto

Argentina

3

Argentina

4

Uruguay

1

Peru

0

Mexico

3

14 July - Caracas

[edit] Quarter-finals

2007-07-07 18:05	Venezuela	1 – 4	Uruguay	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Arango 41'	(Report)	Forlán 38' 90+1' García 64' Rodríguez 86'

2007-07-07 20:50	Chile	1 – 6	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Suazo 76'	(Report)	Juan 16' Baptista 23' Robinho 27' 50' Josué 68' Vágner Love 85'

2007-07-08 16:05	Mexico	6 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
	Castillo 5' (pen.) 38' Torrado 27' Arce 79' Blanco 87' (pen.) Bravo 90+1'	(Report)

2007-07-08 18:50	Argentina	4 – 0	Peru	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Riquelme 47' 85' Messi 61' Mascherano 75'	(Report)

[edit] Semi-finals

2007-07-10 20:50	Uruguay	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5p)	Brazil	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Forlán 36' Abreu 69'	(Report)	Maicon 13' Baptista 41'

		Penalties
	Forlán Scotti González Rodríguez Abreu García Lugano	4 – 5	Robinho Juan Gilberto Silva Afonso Diego Fernando Gilberto

2007-07-11 20:50	Mexico	0 – 3	Argentina	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz Attendance: 41,600 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
		(Report)	Heinze 45' Messi 61' Riquelme 65' (pen.)

[edit] Third place match

2007-07-14 17:05	Mexico	3 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)
	Blanco 36' (pen.) Bravo 68' Guardado 76'	(Report)	Abreu 22'

[edit] Final

2007-07-15 17:05	Brazil	3 – 0	Argentina	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Baptista 4' Ayala 40' (o.g) Alves 69'	(Report)

Copa América 2007 Champions
Brazil Eighth title

[edit] Scorers

6 goals

Robinho

5 goals

Juan Román Riquelme

4 goals

Nery Castillo

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

Own goals

Roberto Ayala (for Brazil)

[edit] Statistics

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
Argentina	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	83.3%
Brazil	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13	72.2%
Mexico	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	72.2%
Uruguay	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8	44.4%
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6	50.0%
Venezuela	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5	41.6%
Peru	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	4	33.3%
Chile	4	1	1	2	4	11	−7	4	33.3%
Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	33.3%
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	22.2%
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0	0.0%
United States	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0	0.0%

[edit] References

^ "Brazil victorious in Copa America". BBC Sport. 200-07-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6899694.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
^ The South American champion, along with the European champion (the winner of Euro 2008), "will no longer be obliged to take part" in the Confederations Cup beginning with the 2009 edition[1].
^ Mexico and the United States are members of CONCACAF, the governing body of North American football (which includes Central America and the Caribbean as well). Thus, they would not be allowed to represent CONMEBOL at the Confederations Cup. Had either team won the Copa América, the best-finishing South American team would have taken the place.
^ Costa Rica had been provisionally extended an invitation by CONMEBOL upon an initial rejection from the United States. However, the USA later decided to accept, leaving Costa Rica out of the competition.

[edit] External links

Copa América 2007 Website - official website
Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol - official website
FuriaVinotinto - Unofficial Forum

[0] "Brazil victorious in Copa America". BBC Sport. 200-07-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6899694.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

[1] The South American champion, along with the European champion (the winner of Euro 2008), "will no longer be obliged to take part" in the Confederations Cup beginning with the 2009 edition[1].

[2] Mexico and the United States are members of CONCACAF, the governing body of North American football (which includes Central America and the Caribbean as well). Thus, they would not be allowed to represent CONMEBOL at the Confederations Cup. Had either team won the Copa América, the best-finishing South American team would have taken the place.

[3] Costa Rica had been provisionally extended an invitation by CONMEBOL upon an initial rejection from the United States. However, the USA later decided to accept, leaving Costa Rica out of the competition.

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2007 Copa América

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[edit] Competing nations

[edit] Squads

[edit] Venues

[edit] Groups

[edit] Group A

[edit] Group B

[edit] Group C

[edit] Best third-placed teams

[edit] Knock-out stage

[edit] Quarter-finals

[edit] Semi-finals

[edit] Third place match

[edit] Final

[edit] Scorers

[edit] Statistics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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Copa América Venezuela 2007
Copa América 2007 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Dates	June 26 – July 15
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robinho (6 goals)