Copa América 2007

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Copa América 2007 Copa América Venezuela 2007
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)
Second place	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)
Infobox last updated on: 2007-07-16.

The Copa América 2007 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 beat Argentina 3-0 in the final. Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3-1 in the third-place match. Brazil will represent CONMEBOL^[1] at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[2]

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Squads 3 Venues 4 Groups 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 5 Best third-placed teams 6 Knock-out stage 6.1 Quarter-finals 6.2 Semi-finals 6.3 Third place match 6.4 Final 7 Scorers 8 Statistics 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Competing nations

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil (Holders)
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Mexico (Invitee)
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  USA (Invitee)^[3]
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela (Hosts)

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium names	Host club(s)	Capacity
Maturín	Estadio Monumental de Maturín	Monagas SC	52,000
San Cristóbal	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	Deportivo Táchira	40,000
Mérida	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida	Estudiantes de Mérida	42,000
Puerto Ordaz	Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay	Mineros de Guayana, Minerven	41,600
Barquisimeto	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara	Unión Lara, Guaros de Lara FC	38,000
Puerto La Cruz	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos	Deportivo Anzoátegui	38,000
Maracaibo	Estadio José Pachencho Romero	UA Maracaibo	40,000
Caracas	Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad Universitaria	National Team, Caracas FC, Deportivo Italia	30,000
Barinas	Estadio Agustín Tovar "La Carolina"	Zamora FC	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: Amarilla (PAR)
		(Report)	Villalta  27' Mariño  70' Guerrero  88'

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

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

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

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

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2007-07-03 20:50	Venezuela	0 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Simon (BRA)
		(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: Ruiz (COL)
	Valencia  16' Benítez  23'	(Report)	Suazo  20'  80' Villanueva  86'

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] 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
USA	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0

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

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

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

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

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

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2007-07-05 20:50	Argentina	1 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Larrionda (URU)
	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: Chandía (CHI)
	Arango  41'	(Report)	Forlán  38'  90+1' García  64' Rodríguez  86'

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

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

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2007-07-08 18:50	Argentina	4 – 0	Peru	Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara, Barquisimeto Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Simon (BRA)
	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: Ruiz (COL)
	Forlán  45' Abreu  69'	(Report)	Maicon  13' Baptista  45'

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

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2007-07-11 20:50	Mexico	0 – 3	Argentina	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz Attendance: 41,600 Referee: Chandía (CHI)
		(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: Reinoso (ECU)
	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: Amarilla (PAR)
	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 Hernán Crespo Júlio Baptista Humberto Suazo Omar Bravo Salvador Cabañas Roque Santa Cruz Diego Forlán 2 goals Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Jaime Moreno Jaime Castrillón Cuauhtémoc Blanco Claudio Pizarro Sebastián Abreu

1 goal Pablo Aimar Gabriel Heinze Diego Milito Carlos Tévez Juan Carlos Arce Jhasmani Campos Daniel Alves Josué Juan Vágner Love Maicon Carlos Villanueva Edixon Perea Cristian Benítez Edison Méndez Luis Antonio Valencia Fernando Arce Andrés Guardado Ramón Morales Gerardo Torrado Edgar Barreto Oscar Cardozo

1 goal (cont.) Juan Carlos Mariño José Paolo Guerrero Miguel Villalta Ricardo Clark Eddie Johnson Pablo García Cristian Rodríguez Vicente Sánchez Juan Arango Daniel Arismendi Alejandro Cichero Giancarlo Maldonado Ricardo David Páez 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%
	USA	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0	0.0%

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

Copa América 2007 Stadiums v • d • e
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