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 countryPeru
Dates6–25 July
Teams12 (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 played26
Goals scored78 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Adriano (7 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Adriano[1]

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
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

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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

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:
Venezuela 0–1 Colombia
Report Moreno 21' (pen.)
Attendance: 45,000
Peru 2–2 Bolivia
Pizarro 67' (pen.)
Palacios 86'		 Report Botero 35'
Álvarez 57'
Attendance: 45,000
Colombia 1–0 Bolivia
Perea 90' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador)
Peru 3–1 Venezuela
Farfán 34'
Solano 61'
Acasiete 72'		 Report Margiotta 74'
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Venezuela 1–1 Bolivia
Morán 27' Report Galindo 33'
Attendance: 25,000
Peru 2–2 Colombia
Solano 58'
Maestri 60'		 Report Congo 33'
Aguilar 53'
Attendance: 25,000

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:
Mexico 2–2 Uruguay
Osorio 45'
Pardo 69'		 Report Bueno 43'
Montero 88'
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'
Attendance: 24,000
Uruguay 2–1 Ecuador
Forlán 61'
Bueno 78'		 Report Salas 73'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela)
Argentina 0–1 Mexico
Report Morales 8'
Attendance: 25,000
Mexico 2–1 Ecuador
Altamirano 23' (pen.)
Bautista 42'		 Report Delgado 71'
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'
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:
Costa Rica 0–1 Paraguay
Report Dos Santos 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
Brazil 1–0 Chile
Luís Fabiano 90' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Brazil 4–1 Costa Rica
Adriano 45', 54', 67'
Juan 49'		 Report Marín 81'
Attendance: 12,000
Paraguay 1–1 Chile
Cristaldo 78' Report González 71'
Attendance: 15,000
Costa Rica 2–1 Chile
Wright 60'
Herron 90'		 Report Olarra 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Brazil 1–2 Paraguay
Luís Fabiano 35' Report González 29'
Bareiro 71'
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:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2004 Copa América knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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'
Attendance: 25,000
Colombia 2–0 Costa Rica
Aguilar 41'
Moreno 45'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Paraguay 1–3 Uruguay
Gamarra 15' Report Bueno 40' (pen.)
Silva 65', 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Mexico 0–4 Brazil
Report Alex 26' (pen.)
Adriano 65', 78'
Oliveira 87'
Attendance: 22,000

Semi-finals
Argentina 3–0 Colombia
Tevez 33'
L. González 50'
Sorín 80'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Brazil 1–1 Uruguay
Adriano 46' Report Sosa 22'
Penalties
Luisão soccer ball with check mark
Luís Fabiano soccer ball with check mark
Adriano soccer ball with check mark
Renato soccer ball with check mark
Alex soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Silva
soccer ball with check mark Viera
soccer ball with check mark Pouso
soccer ball with red X Sánchez
Attendance: 10,000

Third-place match
Colombia 1–2 Uruguay
Herrera 70' (pen.) Report Estoyanoff 2'
Sánchez 80'
Attendance: 35,000

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 soccer ball with red X
Heinze soccer ball with red X
K. González soccer ball with check mark
Sorín soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Adriano
soccer ball with check mark Edu
soccer ball with check mark Diego
soccer ball with check mark Juan
Attendance: 43,000

Result
 2004 Copa América Champions[4] 

Brazil
Seventh title

Goal scorers

With seven goals, Adriano is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 78 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

Adriano, top scorer

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Team of the Tournament

[5]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Brazil Júlio César

Argentina Javier Zanetti
Argentina Roberto Ayala
Brazil Juan
Uruguay Darío Rodríguez

Argentina Lucho González
Mexico Pável Pardo
Brazil Renato
Brazil Alex

Argentina Carlos Tevez
Brazil 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

Global gold sponsor

Global silver sponsor

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]

References
  1. "Copa América Best Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. Grupos, sedes y calendario de la Copa América 2004 (in Spanish)
  3. México en tercera línea del sorteo de Copa América (in Spanish)
  4. Resultados de la Copa America 2004
  5. "Pavel representa a México en el equipo ideal de la Perú 2004".
  6. "Copa América 2004". Portal Andina Online (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. "Perú 2004 – Chasqui copa america mascota deporpe". Vision Noventa (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. En la voz del peruano Gianmarco
  9. Sorteo en problemas por peticion del presidente Toledo
  10. Copa América 2015: las canciones del torneo desde Perú 2004 hasta hoy
  11. "Gianmarco cosechó aplausos con tema oficial de Copa América 2004". Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. Copa América: Repasa las canciones de los torneos de Perú 2004 a Chile 2015
  13. De 2004 a hoy: cuáles fueron las otras canciones de la Copa América
  14. Gianmarco no interpretará tema oficial en clausura de Copa América
  15. Betzaida pretende conquistar tres mercados
  16. "New Acts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 23 October 2004. p. 39–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  17. Billboard Gears up for its 2nd Annual Regional Mexican Music Summit Featuring Star Panelists Jenni Rivera, Montez De Durango, Diana Reyes and More!
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