2001 Copa América

2001 Copa América

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Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	July 11 – 29
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	60 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Víctor Aristizábal (6 goals)
Best player	Amado Guevara[1]

The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from July 11 to 29. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On July 1 they announced the cancellation of the tournament.^[2][3] Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on July 6 CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.

When the tournament was originally cancelled, Canada disbanded its training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament. With only a few days notice, Costa Rica (CONCACAF) accepted an invite to take Canada's spot in the tournament. The Costa Ricans advanced to the knockout stage, losing in the quarterfinals.

Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition on July 10, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures.^[3] With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on July 13 in an airplane provided by the Colombian Air Force, after the tournament started and just a few hours before its first game. The Hondurans performed well through the tournament, finishing in third place.

Despite the pre-tournament concerns, there were no incidents of violence nor acts of assault towards any of the participating nations.

Venues

Armenia	Armenia Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Manizales Medellín Pereira	Barranquilla
Estadio Centenario		Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 29,000		Capacity: 60,000
Bogotá		Cali
Estadio El Campín		Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 48,300		Capacity: 45,625
Manizales	Pereira	Medellín
Estadio Palogrande	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Capacity: 36,553	Capacity: 30,313	Capacity: 52,000

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: 2001 Copa América squads

First round

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

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 (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) 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.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Ecuador  v  Chile

2001-07-11 18:00

Ecuador	1–4	Chile
Chalá  52'		Navia  29' Montecinos  72', 90' Corrales  84'

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 40,000[4] Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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Colombia  v  Venezuela

2001-07-11 20:45

Colombia	2–0	Venezuela
Grisales  15' Aristizábal  59' (pen.)

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 50,000[5] Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)

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Chile  v  Venezuela

2001-07-14 16:15

Chile	1–0	Venezuela
Montecinos  78'

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 33,000[6] Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

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Colombia  v  Ecuador

2001-07-14 18:30

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
Aristizábal  29'

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 40,000[7] Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Ecuador  v  Venezuela

2001-07-17 18:30

Ecuador	4–0	Venezuela
Delgado  19', 63' Fernández  29' Méndez  60'

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 20,000[8] Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

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Colombia  v  Chile

2001-07-17 20:45

Colombia	2–0	Chile
Aristizábal  10' (pen.) Arriaga  90'

Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 50,000[9] Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Group B

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

Peru  v  Paraguay

2001-07-12 17:30

Peru	3–3	Paraguay
Lobatón  16' Pajuelo  57' Del Solar  72'		Ferreira  23', 64' Garay  90'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

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Brazil  v  Mexico

2001-07-12 19:45

Brazil	0–1	Mexico
		Borgetti  5'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Peru

2001-07-15 16:00

Brazil	2–0	Peru
Guilherme  9' Denílson  85'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Paraguay  v  Mexico

2001-07-15 18:15

Paraguay	0–0	Mexico

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Peru  v  Mexico

2001-07-18 17:30

Peru	1–0	Mexico
Holsen  48'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)

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Brazil  v  Paraguay

2001-07-18 19:45

Brazil	3–1	Paraguay
Alex  60' Belletti  89' Denílson  90'		Alvarenga  11' (pen.)

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Bolivia  v  Uruguay

2001-07-13 18:00

Bolivia	0–1	Uruguay
		Chevantón  60'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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Honduras  v  Costa Rica

2001-07-13 20:15

Honduras	0–1	Costa Rica
		Wanchope  63'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

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Uruguay  v  Costa Rica

2001-07-16 18:00

Uruguay	1–1	Costa Rica
C. Morales  53'		Wanchope  28'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

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Honduras  v  Bolivia

2001-07-16 20:15

Honduras	2–0	Bolivia
Guevara  53', 68'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

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Bolivia  v  Costa Rica

2001-07-19 18:00

Bolivia	0–4	Costa Rica
		Wanchope  45', 71' Bryce  63' Fonseca  84'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)

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Honduras  v  Uruguay

2001-07-19 20:15

Honduras	1–0	Uruguay
Guevara  86'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

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.

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

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 July – Pereira
	Chile	0
					25 July – Pereira
	Mexico	2
					Mexico	2
	22 July – Armenia
					Uruguay	1
	Uruguay	2
									29 July – Bogotá
	Costa Rica	1
									Mexico	0
	23 July – Manizales
									Colombia	1
	Brazil	0
					26 July – Manizales
	Honduras	2
					Honduras	0			Third Place
	23 July – Armenia
					Colombia	2
	Colombia	3							Uruguay	2 (4)
	Peru	0							Honduras	2 (5)
									28 July – Bogotá

Quarterfinals

Chile  v  Mexico

2001-07-22 15:00

Chile	0–2	Mexico
		Arellano  17' Osorno  78'

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira Attendance: 20,000[10] Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

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Uruguay  v  Costa Rica

2001-07-22 17:30

Uruguay	2–1	Costa Rica
Lemos  61' (pen.) Lima  87'		Wanchope  52'

Estadio Centenario, Armenia Attendance: 29,000[11] Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Honduras

2001-07-23 17:30

Brazil	0–2	Honduras
		S. Martínez  57', 90+4'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Attendance: 30,000[12] Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Colombia  v  Peru

2001-07-23 19:45

Colombia	3–0	Peru
Aristizábal  50', 69' Hernández  66'

Estadio Centenario, Armenia Attendance: 30,000[13] Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

Semifinals

Mexico  v  Uruguay

2001-07-25 19:45

Mexico	2–1	Uruguay
Borgetti  14' García Aspe  67' (pen.)		R. Morales  32'

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira Attendance: 20,000[14] Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

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Colombia  v  Honduras

2001-07-26 19:45

Colombia	2–0	Honduras
Bedoya  6' Aristizábal  63'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Attendance: 40,000[15] Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)

Third-place match

Uruguay  v  Honduras

2001-07-28 14:00

Uruguay	2–2	Honduras
Bizera  22' A. Martínez  45'		S. Martínez  14' Izaguirre  42'
	Penalties
Sorondo Gutiérrez Rodríguez Lemos Olivera	4–5	Pineda S. Martínez García Medina Izaguirre

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 47,000[16] Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Final

Colombia  v  Mexico

2001-07-29 16:30

Colombia	1–0	Mexico
I. Córdoba  65'	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Attendance: 47,000[17] Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Result

2001 Copa América Champions
Colombia 1st title

Goal scorers

With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 60 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

6 goals Víctor Aristizábal 5 goals Paulo Wanchope

3 goals Cristian Montecinos Amado Guevara Saul Martínez

2 goals Denilson Agustín Delgado Jared Borgetti Virgilio Ferreira

1 goal

Alex Juliano Belletti Guilherme Marcelo Corrales Reinaldo Navia Eulalio Arriaga Gerardo Bedoya Freddy Grisales Giovanny Hernández Iván Córdoba Steven Bryce

Rolando Fonseca Cléber Chalá Ángel Fernández Edison Méndez Júnior Izaguirre Jesús Arellano Alberto García Aspe Daniel Osorno Guido Alvarenga Silvio Garay José del Solar

Roberto Holsen Abel Lobatón Juan Pajuelo Joe Bizera Javier Chevantón Carlos Morales Rodrigo Lemos Pablo Lima Andrés Martínez Richard Morales

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Colombia	6	6	0	0	11	0	+11	18	100.0%
2	Mexico	6	3	1	2	5	3	+2	10	55.6%
3	Honduras	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	55.6%
4	Uruguay	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Costa Rica	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	58.3%
6	Brazil	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6	50.0%
7	Chile	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6	50.0%
8	Peru	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	4	33.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	33.3%
10	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2	22.2%
11	Bolivia	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%
12	Venezuela	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%

Marketing

Sponsorship

Global Platinum Sponsor:

• Telefónica
• Mastercard-Maestro
• Corona

Global gold sponsor:

• Coca-Cola
• Banamex

Local Supplier

• Traffic Group

Theme song

• "Irresistible" by American singer Jessica Simpson was the official theme song for the tournament. Simpson performed the song during halftime of the final match between Colombia and Mexico. CONMEBOL chose the song to introduce the tournament to a younger audience. The song was a hit single in South America at the time.
• "Bulería by Spanish Singer David Bisbal for Univision coverage for Copa América 2001

References

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External links

• Copa América 2001 at RSSSF