1999 Copa América

The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

1999 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	29 June – 18 July
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (6th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	74 (2.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo Rivaldo (5 goals each)
Best player	Rivaldo[1]
← 1997 2001 →

In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited CONCACAF's Mexico, accepting their fourth invitation, and AFC's Japan, who made their debut at the tournament. Japan thus became the first country outside of Americas to participate at the Copa América. Uruguay fielded a youth team.

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 (accepting their fourth invitation) from the CONCACAF and Japan from the AFC.

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil (holders)
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Japan (invitee)
•  Mexico (invitee)
•  Paraguay (hosts)
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Venues

A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted by Estadio Defensores del Chaco.

Pedro Juan Caballero Asunción Luque Ciudad del Este		Pedro Juan Caballero
		Monumental Río Parapití
		Capacity: 30,000
		Ciudad del Este
		Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi
		Capacity: 28,000
Asunción		Luque
Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 32,910	Capacity: 25,000

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: 1999 Copa América squads

Venue selection

Paraguay was chosen to be the venue by defeating Colombia by seven votes to three.

Group stage

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 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

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay (H)	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Peru	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Japan	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

29 June 1999

18:15

Peru	3–2	Japan
Jorge Soto 70' Holsen 74', 81'	Report	Lopes 6' Miura 77'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

29 June 1999

21:15

Paraguay	0–0	Bolivia
	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

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2 July 1999

19:05

Peru	1–0	Bolivia
Zúñiga 87'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

2 July 1999

21:05

Paraguay	4–0	Japan
Benítez 18', 62' Santa Cruz 40', 86'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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5 July 1999

19:05

Japan	1–1	Bolivia
Lopes 75' (pen.)	Report	E. Sánchez 52'

Monumental Río Parapití, Pedro Juan Caballero

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

5 July 1999

21:05

Paraguay	1–0	Peru
Santa Cruz 88'	Report

Monumental Río Parapití, Pedro Juan Caballero

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Group B

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Mexico	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Chile	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 June 1999

18:35

Chile	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Hernández 59'

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

30 June 1999

20:35

Brazil	7–0	Venezuela
Ronaldo 28', 62' Emerson 40' Amoroso 54', 81' Ronaldinho 74' Rivaldo 82'	Report

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Bonifacio Núñez (Paraguay)

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3 July 1999

15:05

Brazil	2–1	Mexico
Amoroso 20' Alex 45'	Report	Terrazas 74'

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

3 July 1999

17:05

Chile	3–0	Venezuela
Zamorano 5' Sierra 21' Tortolero 66' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Juan Luna (Bolivia)

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6 July 1999

18:35

Mexico	3–1	Venezuela
Blanco 21', 39' Osorno 29'	Report	Urdaneta 72'

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bonifacio Núñez (Paraguay)

6 July 1999

20:35

Brazil	1–0[note 1]	Chile
Ronaldo 36' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

1. Match stopped by referee after 85 minutes due to heavy fog and abandoned after few minutes of waiting, with score declared final.

Group C

Main article: 1999 Copa América Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 July 1999

19:05

Uruguay	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Bonilla 20'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

1 July 1999

21:05

Argentina	3–1	Ecuador
Simeone 12' Palermo 55', 61'	Report	Kaviedes 77'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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4 July 1999

15:05

Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Zalayeta 72', 74'	Report	Kaviedes 78'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

4 July 1999

17:05

Argentina	0–3	Colombia
	Report	Córdoba 10' (pen.) Congo 79' Montaño 87'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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7 July 1999

19:05

Colombia	2–1	Ecuador
Morantes 37' Ricard 39'	Report	Graziani 50'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

7 July 1999

21:05

Argentina	2–0	Uruguay
Kily González 1' Palermo 56'	Report

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Chile	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	3
C	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
A	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 1999 Copa América knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 July – Asunción
	Paraguay	1 (3)
					13 July – Asunción
	Uruguay	1 (5)
					Uruguay	1 (5)
	11 July – Luque
					Chile	1 (3)
	Colombia	2
									18 July – Asunción
	Chile	3
									Uruguay	0
	10 July – Asunción
									Brazil	3
	Peru	3 (2)
					14 July – Ciudad del Este
	Mexico	3 (4)
					Mexico	0
	11 July – Ciudad del Este
					Brazil	2			Third place
	Brazil	2
									17 July – Asunción
	Argentina	1
									Chile	1
									Mexico	2

Quarter-finals

10 July 1999

15:05

Peru	3–3	Mexico
Palacios 5' Pereda 15' Solano 40'	Report	Hernández 29', 33' (pen.) Torrado 88'
Penalties
Solano Jorge Soto José Soto Reynoso	2–4	Suárez Terrazas R. García Zepeda

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

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10 July 1999

17:35

Paraguay	1–1	Uruguay
Benítez 15'	Report	Zalayeta 65'
Penalties
Gamarra Acuña Enciso Benítez	3–5	Fleurquin Guigou Alonso Zalayeta Magallanes

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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11 July 1999

14:35

Colombia	2–3	Chile
Bolaño 7' Bonilla 35'	Report	Reyes 25', 49' Zamorano 64'

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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11 July 1999

17:05

Brazil	2–1	Argentina
Rivaldo 32' Ronaldo 48'	Report	Sorín 11'

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

Semi-finals

13 July 1999

21:05

Uruguay	1–1	Chile
Lembo 23'	Report	Zamorano 63'
Penalties
Del Campo Guigou Alonso Zalayeta Magallanes	5–3	Vargas Aros Reyes Pizarro

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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14 July 1999

20:35

Mexico	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Amoroso 25' Rivaldo 43'

Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

Third-place match

17 July 1999

15:05

Chile	1–2	Mexico
Palacios 80'	Report	Palencia 26' Zepeda 87'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Final

Main article: 1999 Copa América final

18 July 1999

17:05

Uruguay	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Rivaldo 20', 26' Ronaldo 48'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Result

1999 Copa América champions
Brazil Sixth title

Goalscorers

Ronaldo (left) and Rivaldo, top scorers

With five goals apiece, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the tournament's top scorers. There were 74 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.85 goals per match.

5 goals

• Rivaldo
• Ronaldo

4 goals

• Amoroso

3 goals

• Martín Palermo
• Iván Zamorano
• Luis Hernández
• Miguel Ángel Benítez
• Roque Santa Cruz
• Marcelo Zalayeta

2 goals

• Pedro Reyes
• Víctor Bonilla
• Iván Kaviedes
• Wagner Lopes
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Roberto Holsen

1 goal

• Kily González
• Diego Simeone
• Juan Pablo Sorín
• Erwin Sánchez
• Alex
• Emerson
• Ronaldinho
• Raúl Palacios
• José Luis Sierra
• Jorge Bolaño
• Edwin Congo
• Iván Córdoba
• Johnnier Montaño
• Neider Morantes
• Hámilton Ricard
• Ariel Graziani
• Atsuhiro Miura
• Daniel Osorno
• Francisco Palencia
• Isaac Terrazas
• Gerardo Torrado
• Miguel Zepeda
• Roberto Palacios
• José Pereda
• Nolberto Solano
• Jorge Soto
• Ysrael Zúñiga
• Alejandro Lembo
• Gabriel Urdaneta

1 own goal

• Edson Tortolero (against Chile)

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Brazil	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18	100.0%
2	Uruguay	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5	27.8%
3	Mexico	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	55.6%
4	Chile	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7	38.9%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Colombia	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	75.0%
6	Paraguay	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	8	66.7%
7	Peru	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7	58.3%
8	Argentina	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6	50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2	22.2%
10	Japan	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1	11.1%
11	Ecuador	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0	0.0%
12	Venezuela	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0	0.0%

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Local suppliers

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