2019 Copa América Group B

Group B of the 2019 Copa América took place from 15 to 23 June 2019.^[1][2] The group consisted of Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and guests Qatar of the AFC.

Colombia and Argentina as the top two teams, along with Paraguay as one of the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
					December 2018[nb 1]	June 2019
B1	Argentina	1	42nd	Winners (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (A), 1991, 1993)	11	11
B2	Colombia	2	22nd	Winners (2001)	12	13
B3	Paraguay	3	37th	Winners (1953, 1979)	32	36
B4	Qatar (invitee)	4	1st	Debut	93	55

Notes

1. The rankings of December 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:^[3]

• The winners of Group B, Colombia, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, Chile.
• The runners-up of Group B, Argentina, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Venezuela.
• The third-placed team of Group B, Paraguay, advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams to play the winners of Group A, Brazil.

Matches

All match times listed are local, BRT (UTC−3).

Argentina vs Colombia

Argentina	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Martínez 71' D. Zapata 86'

15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)

19:00

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 35,572^[4]

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Argentina

Colombia

GK 1 Franco Armani RB 4 Renzo Saravia  52' CB 6 Germán Pezzella CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico RM 20 Giovani Lo Celso CM 18 Guido Rodríguez  42'  67' CM 5 Leandro Paredes  55' LM 11 Ángel Di María  46' CF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 9 Sergio Agüero  79' Substitutions: MF 16 Rodrigo De Paul  46' MF 15 Guido Pizarro  67' FW 19 Matías Suárez  79' Manager: Lionel Scaloni

GK 1 David Ospina RB 3 Stefan Medina CB 13 Yerry Mina CB 23 Davinson Sánchez LB 6 William Tesillo CM 11 Juan Cuadrado  60'  64' CM 5 Wílmar Barrios CM 15 Mateus Uribe RF 10 James Rodríguez CF 9 Radamel Falcao (c)  19'  81' LF 19 Luis Muriel  14' Substitutions: FW 20 Roger Martínez  14' MF 16 Jefferson Lerma  90+4'  64' FW 7 Duván Zapata  87'  81' Manager: Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match: Roger Martínez (Colombia)[5] Assistant referees:[6] Christian Schiemann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees: Piero Maza (Chile) Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)

Paraguay vs Qatar

Paraguay	2–2	Qatar
Cardozo 4' (pen.) González 56'	Report	Ali 68' R. Rojas 77' (o.g.)

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)

16:00

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19,196^[7]

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Paraguay

Qatar

GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 5 Bruno Valdez CB 13 Júnior Alonso (c) CB 4 Fabián Balbuena  80' LB 18 Santiago Arzamendia RM 17 Hernán Pérez  40'  46' CM 8 Rodrigo Rojas  79' CM 16 Celso Ortiz LM 23 Miguel Almirón CF 7 Óscar Cardozo CF 19 Cecilio Domínguez  83' Substitutions: FW 10 Derlis González  46' MF 6 Richard Sánchez  79' FW 11 Juan Iturbe  83' Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

GK 1 Saad Al Sheeb RB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi CB 2 Ró-Ró CB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan  61' LB 16 Boualem Khoukhi  71' CM 5 Tarek Salman  26' CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem  88' CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) RF 23 Assim Madibo  11' CF 19 Almoez Ali LF 11 Akram Afif Substitutions: MF 12 Karim Boudiaf  88' Manager: Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)[5] Assistant referees:[8] Jonny Bossio (Peru) Víctor Ráez (Peru) Fourth official: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Qatar

Colombia	1–0	Qatar
D. Zapata 86'	Report

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)

18:30

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 22,079^[9]

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Colombia

Qatar

GK 1 David Ospina RB 3 Stefan Medina  46' CB 13 Yerry Mina CB 23 Davinson Sánchez LB 6 William Tesillo CM 11 Juan Cuadrado  64' CM 5 Wílmar Barrios CM 15 Mateus Uribe  73' RF 20 Roger Martínez  75' CF 7 Duván Zapata LF 10 James Rodríguez (c) Substitutions: DF 4 Santiago Arias  46' FW 9 Radamel Falcao  64' FW 14 Luis Díaz  75' Manager: Carlos Queiroz

GK 1 Saad Al Sheeb CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi CB 5 Tarek Salman DM 23 Assim Madibo  44' CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)  84' CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem  66' RW 2 Ró-Ró  73' LW 3 Abdelkarim Hassan  57' SS 11 Akram Afif  83' CF 19 Almoez Ali Substitutions: MF 12 Karim Boudiaf  66' MF 17 Ahmed Moein  84' Manager: Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match: James Rodríguez (Colombia)[5] Assistant referees:[10] Luis Murillo (Venezuela) Nicolás Taran (Uruguay) Fourth official: Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Video assistant referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referees: Anderson Daronco (Brazil) Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)

Argentina vs Paraguay

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Messi 57' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 37'

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)

21:30

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 35,265^[11]

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina

Paraguay

GK 1 Franco Armani  45' RB 14 Milton Casco CB 6 Germán Pezzella CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi  83' LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico  80' RM 7 Roberto Pereyra  46' CM 5 Leandro Paredes CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso LM 16 Rodrigo De Paul  87' CF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Lautaro Martínez  67' Substitutions: FW 9 Sergio Agüero  46' MF 11 Ángel Di María  67' FW 19 Matías Suárez  87' Manager: Lionel Scaloni

GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 2 Iván Piris  55' CB 15 Gustavo Gómez (c)  32' CB 13 Júnior Alonso LB 18 Santiago Arzamendia CM 8 Rodrigo Rojas  43' CM 6 Richard Sánchez RW 10 Derlis González  90' AM 23 Miguel Almirón  87' LW 20 Matías Rojas CF 9 Federico Santander  72' Substitutions: FW 21 Óscar Romero  72' MF 16 Celso Ortiz  87' DF 3 Juan Escobar  90' Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)[5] Assistant referees:[10] Marcelo van Gasse (Brazil) Rodrigo Correa (Brazil) Fourth official: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: Leodán González (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Raphael Claus (Brazil) Kléber Lúcio Gil (Brazil)

Qatar vs Argentina

Qatar	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Martínez 4' Agüero 82'

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)

16:00

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 41,390^[12]

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Qatar

Argentina

GK 1 Saad Al Sheeb SW 15 Bassam Al-Rawi CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi CB 14 Salem Al-Hajri  76' RWB 2 Ró-Ró  84' LWB 5 Tarek Salman CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) CM 12 Karim Boudiaf  74' CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem SS 11 Akram Afif CF 19 Almoez Ali  50' Substitutions: MF 9 Abdullah Al-Ahrak  88'  76' DF 8 Hamid Ismail  84' Manager: Félix Sánchez

GK 1 Franco Armani RB 4 Renzo Saravia CB 2 Juan Foyth  44'  84' CB 17 Nicolás Otamendi LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico CM 16 Rodrigo De Paul CM 5 Leandro Paredes CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso  41'  54' AM 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Lautaro Martínez  75' CF 9 Sergio Agüero Substitutions: MF 8 Marcos Acuña  54' FW 21 Paulo Dybala  75' DF 6 Germán Pezzella  84' Manager: Lionel Scaloni  65'[13]

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)[5] Assistant referees: Christian Schiemann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Paraguay

Colombia	1–0	Paraguay
Cuéllar 31'	Report

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)

16:00

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 13,903^[14]

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Colombia

Paraguay

GK 22 Álvaro Montero RB 4 Santiago Arias CB 2 Cristián Zapata CB 21 Jhon Lucumí  41' LB 17 Cristan Borja  29' CM 18 Gustavo Cuéllar CM 16 Jefferson Lerma RW 11 Juan Cuadrado  57' AM 8 Edwin Cardona  84' LW 14 Luis Díaz CF 9 Radamel Falcao (c)  65' Substitutions: MF 10 James Rodríguez  57' FW 7 Duván Zapata  65' MF 5 Wílmar Barrios  84' Manager: Carlos Queiroz

GK 12 Gatito Fernández RB 2 Iván Piris CB 15 Gustavo Gómez CB 13 Júnior Alonso LB 18 Santiago Arzamendia  48' CM 8 Juan Rodrigo Rojas  62' CM 6 Richard Sánchez RW 10 Derlis González  81' AM 23 Miguel Almirón LW 20 Matías Rojas  46' CF 7 Óscar Cardozo (c) Substitutions: FW 19 Cecilio Domínguez  46' FW 11 Juan Iturbe  62' FW 21 Óscar Romero  81' Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)[5] Assistant referees: Jonny Bossio (Peru) Víctor Ráez (Peru) Fourth official: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Diego Haro (Peru) Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[3]

• first yellow card: minus 1 point;
• indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
• direct red card: minus 4 points;
• yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Paraguay	2				3				1				−6
Colombia	4				1				2				−7
Argentina	3				3				2				−8
Qatar	4				4				3				−11