1995 Copa América
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 5–23 July |
Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 69 (2.65 per match) |
Attendance | 450,600 (17,331 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (4 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it 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]
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
[edit]Squads
[edit]For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads
Match officials
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Group stage
[edit]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:
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
- drawing of lots.
Key to colors in group tables | |
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Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals |
Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Francescoli ![]() |
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Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group C
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
United States ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Wynalda ![]() |
Rozental ![]() |
Bolivia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Etcheverry ![]() |
United States ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Klopas ![]() Lalas ![]() Wynalda ![]() |
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]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 |
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A | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
C | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
B | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
16 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||
19 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
16 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
23 July – Montevideo | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||
17 July – Paysandú | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
20 July – Maldonado | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (1) | |||||||||
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17 July – Rivera | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||
22 July – Maldonado | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 (2) | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Colombia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Rincón ![]() |
Villamayor ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Rincón ![]() Mendoza ![]() Arboleda ![]() Cabrera ![]() Asprilla ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Edmundo ![]() Túlio ![]() |
Balbo ![]() Batistuta ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Roberto Carlos ![]() Túlio ![]() André Cruz ![]() Dunga ![]() Edmundo ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals
[edit]Brazil ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Aldair ![]() |
Third-place match
[edit]Colombia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Quiñónez ![]() Valderrama ![]() Asprilla ![]() Rincón ![]() |
Moore ![]() |
Final
[edit]Uruguay ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bengoechea ![]() |
Report | Túlio ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Francescoli ![]() Bengoechea ![]() Herrera ![]() Gutiérrez ![]() Martínez ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Result
[edit]1995 Copa América champions |
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![]() Uruguay 14th title |
Goalscorers
[edit]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
3 goals
2 goals
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
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Eff |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 77.8% |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 77.8% |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 44.4% |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 58.3% |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 58.3% |
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7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 38.9% |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 41.7% |
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4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 33.3% |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 33.3% |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 25.0% |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 25.0% |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0.0% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Straus, Brian (25 May 2016). "Copa America semifinals: Personal memories of USA's 1995 run". Si.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Kristan Heneage. "The day USA beat Argentina in Copa América: 'Simeone threatened to kill us' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish". Goal.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol". SI.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links
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- 1995 in South American football
- 1995 in American soccer
- 1994–95 in Mexican football
- July 1995 sports events in South America
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