Copa América 1979

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Copa América - Paraguay 1979
Copa América 1979
Participating countries	10
Host	Paraguay
Date	July 10, 1979 December 12, 1979
Results - Champion - Runner-up - Third Place	Paraguay Chile Brazil
Top goalscorers	Jorge Peredo Eugenio Morel
Matches	25

The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played in both teams' fields. Defending champions Peru got a bye into the semifinals.

1 Group stage
2 Semi-finals
3 Finals
4 Final playoff
5 Result
6 Individual scorers
7 External links

[edit] Group stage

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Chile	5	4	2	1	1	10	2
Colombia	5	4	2	1	1	5	2
Venezuela	2	4	0	2	2	1	12

Venezuela	0 - 0	Colombia
Venezuela	1 - 1	Chile
Colombia	1 - 0	Chile
Colombia	4 - 0	Venezuela
Chile	7 - 0	Venezuela
Chile	2 - 0	Colombia

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	5	4	2	1	1	7	5
Bolivia	4	4	2	0	2	4	7
Argentina	3	4	1	1	2	7	6

Bolivia	2 - 1	Argentina
Bolivia	2 - 1	Brazil
Brazil	2 - 1	Argentina
Argentina	2 - 0	Bolivia
Brazil	2 - 0	Bolivia
Argentina	2 - 2	Brazil

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Paraguay	6	4	2	2	0	6	3
Uruguay	4	4	1	2	1	5	5
Ecuador	2	4	1	0	3	4	7

Ecuador	1 - 2	Paraguay
Ecuador	2 - 1	Uruguay
Paraguay	2 - 0	Ecuador
Uruguay	2 - 1	Ecuador
Paraguay	0 - 0	Uruguay
Uruguay	2 - 2	Paraguay

[edit] Semi-finals

October 17, 1979	Peru	1–2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Arppi Filho (BRA)
	Mosquera 71'		Caszely 36' Caszely 76'

October 24, 1979	Chile	0–0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Cardellino (URU)

October 24, 1979	Paraguay	2–1	Brazil	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Barretto (URU)
	E. Morel 16' Talavera 79'		Palinha 79'

October 31, 1979	Brazil	2–2	Paraguay	Maracaná, Río de Janeiro Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Espósito (ARG)
	Falcão 29' Sócrates 61' (pen)		M. Morel 31' Romero 68'

[edit] Finals

November 28, 1979	Paraguay	3–0	Chile	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Da Rosa (URU)
	Romero 12' M. Morel 36' Romero 85'