1995 Copa América

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.^[2]

1995 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	5–23 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (14th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	69 (2.65 per match)
Attendance	450,600 (17,331 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta Luis García (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Enzo Francescoli[1]
← 1993 1997 →

The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group.^[3] The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.^[4][5]

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Venues

Montevideo Maldonado Rivera Paysandú	Montevideo	Rivera
	Estadio Centenario	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera
	Capacity: 65,235	Capacity: 30,000
	34.894661°S 56.15284°W / -34.894661; -56.15284	30.908521°S 55.548377°W / -30.908521; -55.548377
	Paysandú	Maldonado
	Estadio Parque Artigas	Estadio Domingo Burgueño
	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 22,000
	32.322961°S 58.072593°W / -32.322961; -58.072593	34.914564°S 54.954815°W / -34.914564; -54.954815

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

Argentina Javier Castrilli Bolivia Pablo Peña Brazil Márcio Rezende de Freitas Chile Salvador Imperatore Colombia Óscar Ruiz Ecuador Alfredo Rodas

Mexico Marco Antonio Rodríguez Arturo Brizio Carter Paraguay Félix Benegas Peru Alberto Tejada Uruguay Ernesto Filippi Eduardo Dluzniewski United States Raúl Domínguez Venezuela Paolo Borgosano

Group stage

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero 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.

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

5 July 1995

Uruguay	4–1	Venezuela
Fonseca 14' Otero 25' Francescoli 75' (pen.) Poyet 84'	Report	Dolgetta 53'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

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6 July 1995

Paraguay	2–1	Mexico
Cardozo 63' Samaniego 73'		García 44'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

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9 July 1995

Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay
Francescoli 13'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

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9 July 1995

Mexico	3–1	Venezuela
García 41' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Espinoza 76'		Campos 65' (o.g.)

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

Attendance: 700

Referee: Domínguez (United States)

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12 July 1995

Paraguay	3–2	Venezuela
Cardozo 35' Villamayor 64' Gamarra 83'		Miranda 13' Dolgetta 68'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

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13 July 1995

Uruguay	1–1	Mexico
Saralegui 79'		García 67'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Colombia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Peru	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

7 July 1995

Colombia	1–1	Peru
Asprilla 68'		Palacios 80'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

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7 July 1995

Brazil	1–0	Ecuador
Ronaldão 73'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)

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10 July 1995

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
Rincón 44'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Peña (Bolivia)

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10 July 1995

Brazil	2–0	Peru
Zinho 77' (pen.) Edmundo 82'

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Benegas (Paraguay)

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13 July 1995

Ecuador	2–1	Peru
Díaz 61' Mora 75'		I. Hurtado 82' (o.g.)

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

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13 July 1995

Brazil	3–0	Colombia
Leonardo 30' Túlio 76' Higuita 85' (o.g.)

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Chile	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

8 July 1995

United States	2–1	Chile
Wynalda 14', 20'		Rozental 63'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Tejada (Peru)

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8 July 1995

Argentina	2–1	Bolivia
Batistuta 70' Balbo 81'		Angola 75'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

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11 July 1995

Bolivia	1–0	United States
Etcheverry 23'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Borgosano (Venezuela)

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11 July 1995

Argentina	4–0	Chile
Batistuta 1', 51' Simeone 6' Balbo 54'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Carter (Mexico)

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14 July 1995

Bolivia	2–2	Chile
Mercado 78' Ramos 87'		Basay 55', 61'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Tejada (Peru)

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14 July 1995

United States	3–0	Argentina
Klopas 20' Lalas 31' Wynalda 58'

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

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

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Mexico	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
C	Bolivia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
B	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 July – Montevideo
	Colombia	1 (5)
					19 July – Montevideo
	Paraguay	1 (4)
					Colombia	0
	16 July – Montevideo
					Uruguay	2
	Uruguay	2
									23 July – Montevideo
	Bolivia	1
									Uruguay	1 (5)
	17 July – Paysandú
									Brazil	1 (3)
	United States	0 (4)
					20 July – Maldonado
	Mexico	0 (1)
					United States	0
	17 July – Rivera
					Brazil	1			Third place
	Brazil	2 (4)
									22 July – Maldonado
	Argentina	2 (2)
									Colombia	4
									United States	1

Quarter-finals

16 July 1995

Colombia	1–1	Paraguay
Rincón 53'		Villamayor 26'
Penalties
Rincón Mendoza Arboleda Cabrera Asprilla	5–4	Jara Acuña Samaniego Denis Gamarra

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

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16 July 1995

Uruguay	2–1	Bolivia
Otero 1' Fonseca 30'		Sánchez 71'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

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17 July 1995

United States	0–0	Mexico
Penalties
Wynalda Moore Caligiuri Klopas	4–1	García Hermosillo Coyote

Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

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17 July 1995

Brazil	2–2	Argentina
Edmundo 9' Túlio 81'		Balbo 2' Batistuta 29'
Penalties
Roberto Carlos Túlio André Cruz Dunga Edmundo	4–2	Pérez Acosta Simeone Fabbri

Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Tejada (Peru)

Semi-finals

19 July 1995

Uruguay	2–0	Colombia
Adinolfi 51' Otero 70'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Benegas (Paraguay)

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20 July 1995

Brazil	1–0	United States
Aldair 13'

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

Third-place match

22 July 1995

21:10 (UTC-3)

Colombia	4–1	United States
Quiñónez 30' Valderrama 38' Asprilla 50' Rincón 76'		Moore 52' (pen.)

Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

Final

Main article: 1995 Copa América Final

23 July 1995

17:00 (UTC-3)

Uruguay	1–1	Brazil
Bengoechea 51'	Report	Túlio 30'
Penalties
Francescoli Bengoechea Herrera Gutiérrez Martínez	5–3	Roberto Carlos Zinho Túlio Dunga

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 64,900

Referee: Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Result

1995 Copa América champions
Uruguay 14th title

Goalscorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers. There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.

4 goals

• Gabriel Batistuta
• Luis García

3 goals

• Abel Balbo
• Túlio
• Freddy Rincón
• Eric Wynalda
• Marcelo Otero

2 goals

• Edmundo
• Ivo Basay
• Faustino Asprilla
• José Cardozo
• Juan Villamayor
• Daniel Fonseca
• Enzo Francescoli
• José Luis Dolgetta

1 goal

• Diego Simeone
• Demetrio Angola
• Marco Etcheverry
• Miguel Mercado
• Mauricio Ramos
• Carlos Sánchez
• Aldair
• Leonardo
• Ronaldão
• Zinho
• Sebastián Rozental
• Luis Quiñónez
• Carlos Valderrama
• Energio Díaz
• José Mora
• Eduardo Espinoza
• Carlos Gamarra
• Adriano Samaniego
• Roberto Palacios
• Frank Klopas
• Alexi Lalas
• Joe-Max Moore
• Edgardo Adinolfi
• Pablo Bengoechea
• Gustavo Poyet
• Marcelo Saralegui
• Gabriel Miranda

1 own goal

• René Higuita (against Brazil)
• Iván Hurtado (against Peru)
• Jorge Campos (against Venezuela)

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Uruguay	14	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	77.8%
Brazil	14	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	77.8%
Colombia	8	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	44.4%
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	58.3%
Paraguay	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	58.3%
United States	7	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1	38.9%
Mexico	5	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	41.7%
Bolivia	4	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1	33.3%
Ecuador	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	33.3%
Peru	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	25.0%
Chile	1	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	25.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0.0%