2001 Copa América

2001 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	July 11 - July 29
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	60 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Aristizábal (6)
Best player	Amado Guevara
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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 participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.

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. 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 Argentine people, most Argentines 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.

When the cancellation was announced Canada disbanded their training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament.

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 the Colombian Air Force after the tournament started and just few hours before its first game.

Venues

Armenia	Armenia Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Manizales Medellín Pereira	Barranquilla
Estadio Centenario		Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 29,000		Capacity: 60,000
Bogotá		Cali
Estadio El Campín		Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 48,300		Capacity: 45,625
Manizales		Medellín
Estadio Palogrande		Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Capacity: 36,553		Capacity: 52,000
Pereira
Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Capacity: 30,313

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: Copa América 2001 squads

First round

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

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.

Group A

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

2001-07-11 18:00	Ecuador	1 – 4	Chile	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
	Chalá  77'		Navia  29' Montecinos  73', 90' Corrales  85'

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2001-07-11 20:45	Colombia	2 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 50,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Grisales  15' Aristizábal  59' (pen.)

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2001-07-14 16:15	Chile	1 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
	Montecinos  78'

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2001-07-14 18:30	Colombia	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Aristizábal  29'

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2001-07-17 18:30	Ecuador	4 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
	Delgado  19', 63' Fernández  29' Méndez  60'

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2001-07-17 20:45	Colombia	2 – 0	Chile	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Aristizábal  10' (pen.) Arriaga  90'

Group B

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

2001-07-12 17:30	Peru	3 – 3	Paraguay	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
	Lobatón  16' Pajuelo  57' Del Solar  72'		Ferreira  23', 64' Garay  90'

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2001-07-12 19:45	Brazil	0 – 1	Mexico	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
			Borgetti  5' (pen.)

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2001-07-15 16:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Peru	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Guilherme  9' Denílson  85'

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2001-07-15 18:15	Paraguay	0 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

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2001-07-18 17:30	Peru	1 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Holsen  48'

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2001-07-18 19:45	Brazil	3 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
	Alex  60' Belletti  89' Denílson  90'		Alvarenga  11' (pen)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

2001-07-13 18:00	Bolivia	0 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)
			Chevantón  60'

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2001-07-13 20:15	Honduras	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
			Wanchope  63'

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2001-07-16 18:00	Uruguay	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
	C. Morales  53'		Wanchope  28'

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2001-07-16 20:15	Honduras	2 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)
	Guevara  53', 68'

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2001-07-19 18:00	Bolivia	0 – 4	Costa Rica	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)
			Wanchope  45', 71' Bryce  63' Fonseca  84'

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2001-07-19 20:15	Honduras	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)
	Guevara  86'

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 best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
B	Peru	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
A	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

Knockout stages

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 July - Pereira
	Chile	0
					25 July - Pereira
	Mexico	2
					Mexico	2
	22 July - Armenia
					Uruguay	1
	Uruguay	2
									29 July - Bogotá
	Costa Rica	1
									Colombia	1
	23 July - Manizales
									Mexico	0
	Brazil	0
					26 July - Manizales
	Honduras	2
					Colombia	2			Third Place
	23 July - Armenia
					Honduras	0
	Colombia	3							Uruguay	2 (4)
	Peru	0							Honduras	2 (5)
									28 July - Bogotá

Quarterfinals

2001-07-22 15:00	Chile	0 – 2	Mexico	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
			Arellano  17' Osorno  78'

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2001-07-22 17:30	Uruguay	2 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Centenario, Armenia Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Lemos  61' (pen.) Lima  87'		Wanchope  52'

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2001-07-23 17:30	Brazil	0 – 2	Honduras	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Attendance: 30,00 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
			S. Martínez  57', 90+4'

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2001-07-23 19:45	Colombia	3 – 0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Armenia Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
	Aristizábal  50', 69' Hernández  66'

Semifinals

2001-07-25 19:45	Mexico	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
	Borgetti  14' García Aspe  67' (pen.)		R. Morales  32'

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2001-07-26 19:45	Colombia	2 – 0	Honduras	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
	Bedoya  6' Aristizábal  63'

Third-place match

2001-07-28 14:00	Uruguay	2 – 2	Honduras	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
	Bizera  22' A. Martínez  45'		S. Martínez  14' Izaguirre  42'
		Penalties
	Sorondo Gutiérrez Rodríguez Lemos Olivera	4 – 5	Pineda S. Martínez García Medina Izaguirre

Final

Main article: 2001 Copa América Final

2001-07-29 16:30	Colombia	1 – 0	Mexico	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	I. Córdoba  65'

Goal scorers

6 goals

• Víctor Aristizábal

5 goals

• Paulo César Wanchope

3 goals

• Cristian Montecinos
• Amado Guevara
• Saul Martínez

2 goals

• Denilson
• Agustín Delgado
• Jared Borgetti
• Virgilio Ferreira

1 goal

Alex Juliano Belletti Guilherme Marcelo Corrales Reinaldo Navia Eulalio Arriaga Gerardo Bedoya Grisales Giovanny Hernández Iván Córdoba Steven Bryce

Rolando Fonseca Cléber Chalá Ángel Fernández Edison Méndez Júnior Izaguirre Jesús Arellano Alberto García Aspe Daniel Osorno Guido Alvarenga Silvio Garay José del Solar

Roberto Holsen Abel Lobatón Juan Pajuelo Joe Bizera Javier Chevantón Carlos Morales Rodrigo Lemos Pablo Lima Andrés Martínez Richard Morales

Most Valuable Player of the Tournament

• Amado Guevara

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Colombia	18	6	6	0	0	11	0	+11	100.0%
Mexico	10	6	3	1	2	5	3	+2	55.6%
Honduras	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	+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%

Theme song

"Irresistible" by American singer Jessica Simpson was the official theme song for the tournament. Simpson performed the song during halftime of the final match between Colombia and Mexico. CONMEBOL chose the song to introduce the tournament to a younger audience and was also a hit single in South America at the time.

External links

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