2001 Copa América

The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal.[2]

2001 Copa América
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates11–29 July
Teams12 (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 played26
Goals scored60 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Víctor Aristizábal
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Amado Guevara[1]

Brazil were the defending champions who were knocked out from the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.[3]

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 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament.[4][5] Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July 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 10 July, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures.[5] With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on 13 July 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
Barranquilla Medellín Bogotá
Estadio Metropolitano Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio El Campín
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 52,000 Capacity: 48,300
Cali
Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 45,625
Manizales Pereira Armenia
Estadio Palogrande Estadio Hernán Ramírez

Villegas

 Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 36,553 Capacity: 30,313 Capacity: 29,000

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
Source:
Ecuador 1–4 Chile
Chalá  52' Navia  29'
Montecinos  72', 90'
Corrales  84'
Attendance: 40,000[6]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Colombia 2–0 Venezuela
Grisales  15'
Aristizábal  59' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000[7]
Chile 1–0 Venezuela
Montecinos  78'
Attendance: 33,000[8]
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Colombia 1–0 Ecuador
Aristizábal  29'
Attendance: 40,000[9]
Ecuador 4–0 Venezuela
Delgado  19', 63'
Fernández  29'
Méndez  60'
Attendance: 20,000[10]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Colombia 2–0 Chile
Aristizábal  10' (pen.)
Arriaga  90'
Attendance: 50,000[11]

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
Source:
Peru 3–3 Paraguay
Lobatón  16'
Pajuelo  57'
Del Solar  72'		 Ferreira  23', 64'
Garay  90'
Brazil 0–1 Mexico
Borgetti  5'
Brazil 2–0 Peru
Guilherme  9'
Denílson  85'
Paraguay 0–0 Mexico
Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Peru 1–0 Mexico
Holsen  48'
Brazil 3–1 Paraguay
Alex  60'
Belletti  89'
Denílson  90'		 Alvarenga  11' (pen.)

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
Source:
Bolivia 0–1 Uruguay
Chevantón  60'
Honduras 0–1 Costa Rica
Wanchope  63'
Uruguay 1–1 Costa Rica
C. Morales  53' Wanchope  28'
Honduras 2–0 Bolivia
Guevara  53', 68'
Bolivia 0–4 Costa Rica
Wanchope  45', 71'
Bryce  63'
Fonseca  84'
Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)
Honduras 1–0 Uruguay
Guevara  86'
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.

Grp 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
Source:

Knockout stage
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 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
 
 23 July – Armenia
 
  Colombia 2 Third Place
 
  Colombia 3
 
 29 July – Bogotá
 
  Peru 0
 
  Uruguay 2 (4)
 
 
  Honduras 2 (5)
 

Quarter-finals
Chile 0–2 Mexico
Arellano  17'
Osorno  78'
Attendance: 20,000[12]
Uruguay 2–1 Costa Rica
Lemos  61' (pen.)
Lima  87'		 Wanchope  52'
Attendance: 29,000[13]
Brazil 0–2 Honduras
Belletti  57' (o.g.)
Martínez  90+4'
Attendance: 30,000[14]
Colombia 3–0 Peru
Aristizábal  50', 69'
Hernández  66'
Attendance: 30,000[15]
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

Semi-finals
Mexico 2–1 Uruguay
Borgetti  14'
García Aspe  67' (pen.)		 R. Morales  32'
Attendance: 20,000[16]
Colombia 2–0 Honduras
Bedoya  6'
Aristizábal  63'
Attendance: 40,000[17]

Third-place match
Uruguay 2–2 Honduras
Bizera  22'
Martínez  45'		 Martínez  14'
Izaguirre  42'
Penalties
Sorondo
Gutiérrez
Rodríguez
Lemos
Olivera 		4–5 Pineda
Martínez
García
Medina
Izaguirre
Attendance: 47,000[18]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Final
Main article: 2001 Copa América Final
Colombia 1–0 Mexico
I. Córdoba  65' Report
Attendance: 47,000[19]

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.

1 goal

Final positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1 Colombia 6600110+1118100.0%
2 Mexico 631253+21055.6%
3 Honduras 631275+21055.6%
4 Uruguay 6222770844.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5 Costa Rica 421173+4758.3%
6 Brazil 420254+1650.0%
7 Chile 4202550650.0%
8 Peru 411248−4433.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9 Ecuador 3102550333.3%
10 Paraguay 302146−2222.2%
11 Bolivia 300307−700.0%
12 Venezuela 300307−700.0%

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