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2007 Copa América
Copa América Venezuela 2007
Copa América 2007 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates26 June – 15 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored86 (3.31 per match)
Attendance1,050,230 (40,393 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Robinho (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Robinho[1]
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The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, known simply as the 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held between 26 June and 15 July in Venezuela, which hosted the tournament for the first time.

The competition was won by Brazil (they were also the defending champions), who beat Argentina 3–0 in the final.[2] Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL[3] at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[4]

Competing nations

As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and the United States, the two highest ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings. Just as in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation without reservation. The United States, on the other hand, rejected the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season. CONMEBOL then proceeded to invite Costa Rica, the third highest CONCACAF team in FIFA's ranking.[5] In the end, the United States accepted the invitation.[6]

Venues

For this Copa América, the organizing committee decided to choose eight cities to hold the tournament. A total of 14 cities presented proposal before the committee, of which they rejected proposals from Barquisimeto, Maracay, Valencia, Valera, Portuguesa and Miranda for not meeting established requirements. The cities of Barinas, Caracas, Ciudad Guayana, Maracaibo, Maturín, Mérida, Puerto la Cruz and San Cristóbal were selected to host the tournament. Later on, the organizing committee reconsidered the candidacy of Barquisimeto, based on the proposal of a new stadium to be built for the city. With a final nine host cities, the 2007 edition broke the previous records for host cities set by the 2004 Copa América in Peru, which used seven.

Barinas Barquisimeto Caracas Ciudad Guayana
Estadio Agustín Tovar Estadio Metropolitano de Lara Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay
Capacity: 27,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 24,900 Capacity: 41,600
Maracaibo
Maturín
Estadio José Pachencho Romero Estadio Monumental de Maturín
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 52,000
Mérida Puerto la Cruz
Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos
Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 38,000
San Cristóbal
Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Capacity: 40,000

Officials

On 30 May 2007, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the competition. The list included one match official from every country (except Paraguay, which had two). From these thirteen, six officiated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Carlos Simon, Óscar Ruiz, Carlos Amarilla, Jorge Larrionda, and Armando Archundia.

Squads

Further information: 2007 Copa América squads

Each association had to present a list of twenty-three players to compete in the competition.

Group stage

The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Head-to-head results
5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee
Key to colors in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals

All times are in Venezuela Standard Time (UTC-04:00).

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
Uruguay 0–3 Peru
(Report) Villalta 27'
Mariño 70'
Guerrero 88'
Attendance: 23,000
Venezuela 2–2 Bolivia
Maldonado 20'
Páez 55'		 (Report) Moreno 38'
Arce 84'
Attendance: 40,000
Bolivia 0–1 Uruguay
(Report) Sánchez 58'
Attendance: 40,000
Venezuela 2–0 Peru
Cichero 48'
Arismendi 79'		 (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
Peru 2–2 Bolivia
Pizarro 34', 85' (Report) Moreno 24'
Campos 45'
Attendance: 42,000
Venezuela 0–0 Uruguay
(Report)
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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
Ecuador 2–3 Chile
Valencia 16'
Benítez 23'		 (Report) Suazo 20', 80'
Villanueva 86'
Attendance: 35,000
Brazil 0–2 Mexico
(Report) Castillo 23'
Morales 28'
Attendance: 40,000
Brazil 3–0 Chile
Robinho 36' (pen.), 84', 87' (Report)
Attendance: 52,000
Mexico 2–1 Ecuador
Castillo 21'
Bravo 79'		 (Report) Méndez 84'
Attendance: 52,000
Mexico 0–0 Chile
(Report)
Attendance: 38,000
Brazil 1–0 Ecuador
Robinho 56' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 38,000

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Paraguay 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Paraguay 5–0 Colombia
Santa Cruz 30', 46', 80'
Cabañas 84', 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 34,500
Argentina 4–1 United States
Crespo 11', 60'
Aimar 76'
Tevez 84'		 (Report) Johnson 9' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,500
United States 1–3 Paraguay
Clark 35' (Report) Barreto 29'
Cardozo 56'
Cabañas 90+2'
Attendance: 28,200
Referee: Victor Rivera (Peru)
Argentina 4–2 Colombia
Crespo 20' (pen.)
Riquelme 34', 45'
D. Milito 90+1'		 (Report) E. Perea 10'
Castrillón 76'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
United States 0–1 Colombia
(Report) Castrillón 15'
Attendance: 37,500
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Mascherano 79' (Report)
Attendance: 37,500

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
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

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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 – Ciudad Guayana
 
  Paraguay 0
 
  Mexico 0
 
 8 July – Barquisimeto
 
  Argentina 3 Third place
 
  Argentina 4
 
 14 July – Caracas
 
  Peru 0
 
  Uruguay 1
 
 
  Mexico 3
 

Quarterfinals

Venezuela 1–4 Uruguay
Arango 41' (Report) Forlán 38', 90+1'
García 64'
Rodríguez 86'
Attendance: 41,200
Chile 1–6 Brazil
Suazo 76' (Report) Juan 16'
Baptista 23'
Robinho 27', 50'
Josué 68'
Vágner Love 85'
Attendance: 38,000
Mexico 6–0 Paraguay
Castillo 5' (pen.), 38'
Torrado 27'
Arce 79'
Blanco 87' (pen.)
Bravo 90+1'		 (Report)
Attendance: 52,000
Argentina 4–0 Peru
Riquelme 47', 85'
Messi 61'
Mascherano 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 38,800
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Semifinals

Uruguay 2–2 Brazil
Forlán 36'
Abreu 69'		 (Report) Maicon 13'
Baptista 41'
Penalties
Forlán soccer ball with red X
Scotti soccer ball with check mark
González soccer ball with check mark
C. Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Abreu soccer ball with check mark
García soccer ball with red X
Lugano soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Robinho
soccer ball with check mark Juan
soccer ball with check mark Gilberto Silva
soccer ball with red X Alves
soccer ball with check mark Diego
soccer ball with red X Fernando
soccer ball with check mark Gilberto
Attendance: 38,100
Mexico 0–3 Argentina
(Report) Heinze 45'
Messi 61'
Riquelme 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 41,600

Third-place match

Uruguay 1–3 Mexico
Abreu 22' (Report) Blanco 36' (pen.)
Bravo 68'
Guardado 76'
Attendance: 25,000

Final

Main article: 2007 Copa América Final
Brazil 3–0 Argentina
Baptista 4'
Ayala 40' (o.g.)
Dani Alves 69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 40,000

Result

 2007 Copa América Champions 

Brazil
Eighth title

Awards

Goalscorers

With six goals, Robinho is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

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