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]

1995 Copa América
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates5–23 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (14th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Colombia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored69 (2.65 per match)
Attendance450,600 (17,331 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
Mexico Luis García
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Uruguay Enzo Francescoli[1]
1993
1997

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

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Montevideo Rivera
Estadio Centenario Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera
Capacity: 65,235 Capacity: 30,000
34°53′41″S 56°09′10″W / 34.894661°S 56.15284°W / -34.894661; -56.15284 30°54′31″S 55°32′54″W / 30.908521°S 55.548377°W / -30.908521; -55.548377
   
Paysandú Maldonado
Estadio Parque Artigas Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 22,000
32°19′23″S 58°04′21″W / 32.322961°S 58.072593°W / -32.322961; -58.072593 34°54′52″S 54°57′17″W / 34.914564°S 54.954815°W / -34.914564; -54.954815
   

Squads

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For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

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Group stage

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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:
    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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Uruguay  4–1  Venezuela
Fonseca   14'
Otero   25'
Francescoli   75' (pen.)
Poyet   84'
Report Dolgetta   53'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

Paraguay  2–1  Mexico
Cardozo   63'
Samaniego   73'
García   44'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

Uruguay  1–0  Paraguay
Francescoli   13' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

Mexico  3–1  Venezuela
García   41' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Espinoza   76'
Campos   65' (o.g.)

Paraguay  3–2  Venezuela
Cardozo   35'
Villamayor   64'
Gamarra   83'
Miranda   13'
Dolgetta   68'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

Uruguay  1–1  Mexico
Saralegui   79' García   67'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9
  Colombia 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
  Peru 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Colombia  1–1  Peru
Asprilla   68' Palacios   80'

Brazil  1–0  Ecuador
Ronaldão   73'

Colombia  1–0  Ecuador
Rincón   44'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peña (Bolivia)

Brazil  2–0  Peru
Zinho   77' (pen.)
Edmundo   82'

Ecuador  2–1  Peru
Díaz   61'
Mora   75'
I. Hurtado   82' (o.g.)

Brazil  3–0  Colombia
Leonardo   30'
Túlio   76'
Higuita   85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Filippi (Uruguay)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
  Bolivia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  Chile 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
United States  2–1  Chile
Wynalda   14', 20' Rozental   63'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Tejada (Peru)

Argentina  2–1  Bolivia
Batistuta   70'
Balbo   81'
Angola   75'

Bolivia  1–0  United States
Etcheverry   23'

Argentina  4–0  Chile
Batistuta   1', 51'
Simeone   6'
Balbo   54'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Carter (Mexico)

Bolivia  2–2  Chile
Mercado   78'
Ramos   87'
Basay   55', 61'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Tejada (Peru)

United States  3–0  Argentina
Klopas   20'
Lalas   31'
Wynalda   58'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rezende (Brazil)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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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
A   Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
C   Bolivia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
B   Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 July – Montevideo
 
 
  Colombia 1 (5)
 
19 July – Montevideo
 
  Paraguay 1 (4)
 
  Colombia 0
 
16 July – Montevideo
 
  Uruguay 2
 
  Uruguay 2
 
23 July – Montevideo
 
  Bolivia 1
 
  Uruguay 1 (5)
 
17 July – Paysandú
 
  Brazil 1 (3)
 
  United States 0 (4)
 
20 July – Maldonado
 
  Mexico 0 (1)
 
  United States 0
 
17 July – Rivera
 
  Brazil 1 Third place
 
  Brazil 2 (4)
 
22 July – Maldonado
 
  Argentina 2 (2)
 
  Colombia 4
 
 
  United States 1
 

Quarter-finals

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Colombia  1–1  Paraguay
Rincón   53' Villamayor   26'
Penalties
Rincón  
Mendoza  
Arboleda  
Cabrera  
Asprilla  
5–4   Jara
  Acuña
  Samaniego
  Denis
  Gamarra
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Imperatore (Chile)

Uruguay  2–1  Bolivia
Otero   1'
Fonseca   30'
Sánchez   71'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

United States  0–0  Mexico
Penalties
Wynalda  
Moore  
Caligiuri  
Klopas  
4–1   García
  Hermosillo
  Coyote
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)

Brazil  2–2  Argentina
Edmundo   9'
Túlio   81'
Balbo   2'
Batistuta   29'
Penalties
Roberto Carlos  
Túlio  
André Cruz  
Dunga  
Edmundo  
4–2   Pérez
  Acosta
  Simeone
  Fabbri
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Tejada (Peru)

Semi-finals

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Uruguay  2–0  Colombia
Adinolfi   51'
Otero   70'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Benegas (Paraguay)

Brazil  1–0  United States
Aldair   13'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rodas (Ecuador)

Third-place match

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Colombia  4–1  United States
Quiñónez   30'
Valderrama   38'
Asprilla   50'
Rincón   76'
Moore   52' (pen.)

Final

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Uruguay  1–1  Brazil
Bengoechea   51' Report Túlio   30'
Penalties
Francescoli  
Bengoechea  
Herrera  
Gutiérrez  
Martínez  
5–3   Roberto Carlos
  Zinho
  Túlio
  Dunga
Attendance: 64,900

Result

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 1995 Copa América champions 
 
Uruguay

14th title

Goalscorers

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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

1 own goal

Statistics

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff
  Uruguay 14 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 77.8%
  Brazil 14 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 77.8%
  Colombia 8 6 2 2 2 7 8 -1 44.4%
  Argentina 7 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 58.3%
  Paraguay 7 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 58.3%
  United States 7 6 2 1 3 6 7 -1 38.9%
  Mexico 5 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 41.7%
  Bolivia 4 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 33.3%
  Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 33.3%
  Peru 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 25.0%
  Chile 1 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 25.0%
  Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0.0%

References

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  1. ^ "Copa América Best Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ Straus, Brian (25 May 2016). "Copa America semifinals: Personal memories of USA's 1995 run". Si.com. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ Kristan Heneage. "The day USA beat Argentina in Copa América: 'Simeone threatened to kill us' | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish". Goal.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol". SI.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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