2004 Copa América

The 2004 Copa América was the 41st edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Peru, who hosted the tournament for the sixth time, from 6 to 25 July.

2004 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	6–25 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	78 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Adriano[1]
← 2001 2007 →

The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. This made Brazil hold the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América.

There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's 10 South American countries participated, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América were Mexico and Costa Rica.

Venues

Lima	Cuzco	Arequipa
Estadio Nacional	Estadio Garcilaso	Estadio Arequipa
Capacity: 45,574	Capacity: 45,056	Capacity: 40,000
Piura	Arequipa Chiclayo Cusco Lima Piura Tacna Trujillo
Estadio Miguel Grau
Capacity: 26,550
Tacna	Chiclayo	Trujillo
Estadio Jorge Basadre	Estadio Elías Aguirre	Estadio Mansiche
Capacity: 25,850	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 25,000

Squads

Further information: 2004 Copa América squads

Each association had to present a list of twenty-two players to compete in the competition.

Officials

• Héctor Baldassi
• René Ortubé
• Márcio Rezende de Freitas
• Rubén Selman
• Óscar Ruiz
• William Mattus
• Pedro Ramos
• Marco Antonio Rodríguez
• Carlos Amarilla
• Eduardo Lecca
• Gilberto Hidalgo
• Gustavo Brand

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 8 March 2004 at the Lima Art Museum in Lima.^[2] The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. For logistical reasons the three teams from Pots 1 & 4 were manually assigned to their groups ahead of the draw.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Peru (assigned to Group A)  Argentina (assigned to Group B)  Brazil (assigned to Group C)	Colombia  Paraguay  Uruguay	Venezuela  Costa Rica  Mexico	Bolivia (assigned to Group A)  Ecuador (assigned to Group B)  Chile (assigned to Group C)

Group stage

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-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches

2. Goal difference in all group matches

3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

4. Head-to-head results

5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

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

• All times local (UTC-5)

Group A

Main article: 2004 Copa América Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Peru	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Bolivia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
Venezuela	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Venezuela	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Moreno 21' (pen.)

6 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

Peru	2–2	Bolivia
Pizarro 67' (pen.) Palacios 86'	Report	Botero 35' Álvarez 57'

6 July 2004

20:15

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Colombia	1–0	Bolivia
Perea 90'	Report

9 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)

Peru	3–1	Venezuela
Farfán 34' Solano 61' Acasiete 72'	Report	Margiotta 74'

9 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

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Venezuela	1–1	Bolivia
Morán 27'	Report	Galindo 33'

12 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Peru	2–2	Colombia
Solano 58' Maestri 60'	Report	Congo 33' Aguilar 53'

12 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

Group B

Main article: 2004 Copa América Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Mexico	2–2	Uruguay
Osorio 45' Pardo 69'	Report	Bueno 43' Montero 88'

7 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Argentina	6–1	Ecuador
K. González 5' (pen.) Saviola 64', 74', 79' D'Alessandro 84' L. González 90'	Report	Delgado 62'

7 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Forlán 61' Bueno 78'	Report	Salas 73'

10 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)

Argentina	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Morales 8'

10 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)

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Mexico	2–1	Ecuador
Altamirano 23' (pen.) Bautista 42'	Report	Delgado 71'

13 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Eduardo Lecca (Peru)

Argentina	4–2	Uruguay
K. González 19' (pen.) Figueroa 20', 89' Ayala 80'	Report	Estoyanoff 7' Sánchez 38'

13 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

Group C

Main article: 2004 Copa América Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Costa Rica	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Dos Santos 85' (pen.)

8 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Brazil	1–0	Chile
Luís Fabiano 90'	Report

8 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

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Brazil	4–1	Costa Rica
Adriano 45', 54', 67' Juan 49'	Report	Marín 81'

11 July 2004

15:00

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Paraguay	1–1	Chile
Cristaldo 78'	Report	González 71'

11 July 2004

17:15

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

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Costa Rica	2–1	Chile
Wright 60' Herron 90'	Report	Olarra 40'

14 July 2004

17:30

Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Brazil	1–2	Paraguay
Luís Fabiano 35'	Report	González 29' Bareiro 71'

14 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Arequipa, Arequipa

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 quarterfinals.

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
C	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
A	Bolivia	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2004 Copa América knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 July – Chiclayo
	Peru	0
					20 July – Lima
	Argentina	1
					Argentina	3
	17 July – Trujillo
					Colombia	0
	Colombia	2
									25 July – Lima
	Costa Rica	0
									Argentina	2 (2)
	18 July – Piura
									Brazil (p)	2 (4)
	Mexico	0
					21 July – Lima
	Brazil	4
					Brazil (p)	1 (5)
	18 July – Tacna
					Uruguay	1 (3)			Third place
	Paraguay	1
									24 July – Cuzco
	Uruguay	3
									Colombia	1
									Uruguay	2

Quarter-finals

Peru	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Tevez 60'

17 July 2004

17:00

Estadio Elías Aguirre, Chiclayo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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Colombia	2–0	Costa Rica
Aguilar 41' Moreno 45'	Report

17 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Gustavo Méndez (Uruguay)

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Paraguay	1–3	Uruguay
Gamarra 15'	Report	Bueno 40' (pen.) Silva 65', 88'

18 July 2004

15:00

Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Mexico	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Alex 26' (pen.) Adriano 65', 78' Oliveira 87'

18 July 2004

20:00

Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Semi-finals

Argentina	3–0	Colombia
Tevez 33' L. González 50' Sorín 80'	Report

20 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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Brazil	1–1	Uruguay
Adriano 46'	Report	Sosa 22'
Penalties
Luisão Luís Fabiano Adriano Renato Alex	5–3	Silva Viera Pouso Sánchez

21 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Third-place match

Colombia	1–2	Uruguay
Herrera 70' (pen.)	Report	Estoyanoff 2' Sánchez 80'

24 July 2004

19:45

Estadio Garcilaso, Cuzco

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Final

Main article: 2004 Copa América Final

Argentina	2–2	Brazil
K. González 20' (pen.) Delgado 87'	Report	Luisão 45' Adriano 90+3'
Penalties
D'Alessandro Heinze K. González Sorín	2–4	Adriano Edu Diego Juan

25 July 2004

15:00

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Result

2004 Copa América Champions[4]
Brazil Seventh title

Goalscorers

Adriano, top scorer

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 78 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

• Adriano

3 goals

• Kily González
• Javier Saviola
• Carlos Bueno

2 goals

• Luciano Figueroa
• Lucho González
• Carlos Tevez
• Abel Aguilar
• Tressor Moreno
• Luís Fabiano
• Agustín Delgado
• Nolberto Solano
• Fabián Estoyanoff
• Vicente Sánchez
• Darío Silva

1 goal

• Roberto Ayala
• Andrés D'Alessandro
• César Delgado
• Juan Pablo Sorín
• Lorgio Álvarez
• Joaquín Botero
• Gonzalo Galindo
• Alex
• Juan
• Luisão
• Ricardo Oliveira
• Sebastián González
• Rafael Olarra
• Edwin Congo
• Sergio Herrera
• Edixon Perea
• Andy Herron
• Luis Marín
• Mauricio Wright
• Franklin Salas
• Héctor Altamirano
• Adolfo Bautista
• Ramón Morales
• Ricardo Osorio
• Pável Pardo
• Fredy Bareiro
• Ernesto Cristaldo
• Julio dos Santos
• Carlos Gamarra
• Julio González
• Santiago Acasiete
• Jefferson Farfán
• Flavio Maestri
• Roberto Palacios
• Claudio Pizarro
• Diego Forlán
• Paolo Montero
• Marcelo Sosa
• Massimo Margiotta
• Ruberth Morán

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Adriano
• Top Goalscorer: Adriano (7 goals)

Team of the Tournament

^[5]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Júlio César	Javier Zanetti Roberto Ayala Juan Darío Rodríguez	Lucho González Pável Pardo Renato Alex	Carlos Tevez Adriano

Marketing

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was known as Chasqui. He was based on the Incan messengers of the same name.^[6][7]

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor

• Petrobras
• LG

Global gold sponsor

• América Móvil (Telcel & Telmex are the brands advertised)
• LAN Airlines

Global silver sponsor

• Anheuser-Busch InBev (Corona (beer) is the brand advertised)
• PepsiCo (Pepsi and Gatorade are the brands advertised)
• 51 (brand)
• Volkswagen

Official Supplier

• Tolteca

Theme songs

• "Más Allá de los Sueños" by Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco was the official theme song for the tournament.^[8][9] The song was well received and became popular in Latin America but mostly in Perú.^{[10][11][12][13]} Despite it being the official tournament theme song, Gian Marco was unable to perform it during the closing ceremony due to him being on tour at that time.^[14]
• "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" by Betzaida was used by Univision as their theme song.^[15][16][17]