Copa América 1997
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{{Copa América summary|
host = Bolivia|
year = 1997|
tournament = Copa América|
teams = 12|
date1 = June 11|
date2 = June 29|
winner = Brazil|
runner-up = Bolivia|
third = Mexico|
matches = 26|
goalscorer = Luis Hernández |
goalscorer2 = |
}}
[[Bolivia]] hosted the '''Copa América''' for the second time in its 38th edition. It was held from [[June 11]] to [[June 29]], [[1997]]. It was organised by [[CONMEBOL]], South America's football governing body.
There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South American countries (10 countries) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament.
In the 1997 edition, [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] and [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] were the invitees.
==Venues==
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|- align=center
!bgcolor=#CCDDEE|City
!bgcolor=#CCDDEE|Stadium
!bgcolor=#CCDDEE|Capacity
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center
|[[Cochabamba]]||[[Estadio Félix Capriles]]||36000
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center
|[[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]||[[Estadio Hernando Siles]]||51000
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center
|[[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]||[[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]]||42000
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center
|[[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]]||[[Estadio Olímpico Patria]]||29000
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF align=center
|[[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]]||[[Estadio Jesus Bermudez]]||28000
|}
==First round==
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 that took place on [[December 17]], [[1996]].
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:
*# 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.
===Group A===
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|width=55%|
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|- align=center
!bgcolor=#efefef width=20%|Team
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pts
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pld
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|W
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|D
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|L
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GF
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GA
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]] [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
|'''7'''||3||2||1||0||4||1
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|'''5'''||3||1||2||0||3||1
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px]] [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||2||3
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px]] [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||5
|}
|width=45%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center width=80%
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]'''
|align=center|'''0 - 0'''
|'''[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 0'''
|'''[[Chile national football team|Chile]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]'''
|align=center|'''0 - 2'''
|'''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]'''
|align=center|'''2 - 0'''
|'''[[Chile national football team|Chile]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Chile national football team|Chile]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 2'''
|'''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 1'''
|'''[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]'''
|}
|}
[[June 11]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Ecuador'''
|align=center width=15%|'''0 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Argentina'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Jorge Nieves]] ([[Uruguay]])
|-
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Paraguay'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 0''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Chile'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[René Ortube]] ([[Bolivia]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Roberto Acuña|Acuña]] 28' || ||
|}
[[June 14]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Argentina'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Chile'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Antônio Pereira]] ([[Brazil]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Sergio Berti|Berti]] 83' || ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] 87' || ||
|-
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Paraguay'''
|align=center width=15%|'''0 - 2''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Ecuador'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Paolo Borgosano]] ([[Venezuela]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Wellington Sánchez|Sánchez]] 71'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Ariel Graziani|Graziani]] 86'
|}
[[June 17]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Ecuador'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 1''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Chile'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Rafael Sanabria]] ([[Colombia]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ariel Graziani|Graziani]] 32'|| ||[[Fernando Vergara|Vergara]] 52'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[José Eduardo Gavica|Gavica]] 55'|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Paraguay'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 1''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Argentina'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Jorge Nieves]] ([[Uruguay]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] (p) 90'|| ||[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] (p) 75'
|- style=font-size:85%
||''[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] saved a penalty kicked by [[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] 55'''|| ||
|}
===Group B===
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center
!bgcolor=#efefef width=20%|Team
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pts
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pld
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|W
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|D
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|L
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GF
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GA
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||4||0
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px]] [[Peru national football team|Perú]]
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||3||2
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||2||2
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg|20px]] [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||0||5
|}
|width=45%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center width=80%
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 0'''
|'''[[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 0'''
|'''[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center|'''2 - 0'''
|'''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'''
|align=center|'''2 - 0'''
|'''[[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 0'''
|'''[[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]'''
|align=center|'''2 - 0'''
|'''[[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]'''
|}
|}
[[June 12]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Bolivia'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Venezuela'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuador]])
|-
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Milton Coimbra|Coimbra]] 60' || ||''s/o [[David McIntosh|McIntosh]] 73'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|''s/o [[Juan Manuel Peña|Peña]] 59'''|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Perú'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Uruguay'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Olímpico Patria]], [[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]]<br>Ref: [[Antonio Marrufo]] ([[Mexico]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Martín Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] 75' || ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|''s/o [[Eddie Carazas|Carazas]] 85'''|| ||
|}
[[June 15]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Uruguay'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Venezuela'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Olímpico Patria]], [[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]]<br>Ref: [[Eduardo Gamboa]] ([[Chile]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] 19' || ||''s/o [[Robert Rodallega|Rodallega ]] 35'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Marcelo Saralegui|Saralegui]] 47' || ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Bolivia'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Perú'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Rodrigo Badilla]] ([[Costa Rica]])
|-
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Marco Etcheverry|Etcheverry]] 45' || ||''s/o [[José Reyna|Reyna]] 20'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] 50'|| ||
|}
[[June 18]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Perú'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Venezuela'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Olímpico Patria]], [[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]]<br>Ref: [[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuador]])
|-
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Paul Cominges|Cominges]] 13'|| ||''s/o [[Rey]] 54'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Paul Cominges|Cominges]] 59'|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Bolivia'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''Uruguay'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Antonio Marrufo]] ([[Mexico]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] 29' || ||
|}
===Group C===
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|-
|width=55%|
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center
!bgcolor=#efefef width=20%|Team
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pts
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|Pld
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|W
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|D
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|L
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GF
!bgcolor=#efefef width=5%|GA
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||10||2
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||5||5
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||5||5
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||2||10
|}
|width=45%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center width=80%
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''
|align=center|'''5 - 0'''
|'''[[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 2'''
|'''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''
|align=center|'''3 - 2'''
|'''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]'''
|align=center|'''4 - 1'''
|'''[[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''
|align=center|'''2 - 0'''
|'''[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]'''
|-
|width=45% align=right|'''[[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]'''
|align=center|'''1 - 1'''
|'''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|}
|}
[[June 13]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center width=15%|'''5 - 0''' (2-0)
|width=22%|'''Costa Rica'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguay]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Djalminha]] 20'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ronald González|González]] (og) 34'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 47'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 54'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Romário]] 60'|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Colombia'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 2''' (0-2)
|width=22%|'''Mexico'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentina]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Hamilton Ricard|Ricard]] 58' || ||[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] 7'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] 11'
|}
[[June 16]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center width=15%|'''3 - 2''' (0-2)
|width=22%|'''Mexico'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[José Arana]] ([[Peru]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Aldair]] 47'|| ||[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] 13'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Camilo Romero|Romero]] (og) 59'|| ||[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] 31'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo|Leonardo]] 77'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|''s/o [[Flavio da Conceição|Flavio Conceição]] 87'''|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Colombia'''
|align=center width=15%|'''4 - 1''' (2-0)
|width=22%|'''Costa Rica'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Esfandiar Baharmast]] ([[United States]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Neider Morantes|Morantes]] 13' || ||[[Mauricio Wright|Wright]] 66'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Neider Morantes|Morantes]] 23' || ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Wilmer Cabrera|Cabrera]] (p) 62' || ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Víctor Aristizábal|Aristizábal]] 78' || ||
|}
[[June 19]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Brazil'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Colombia'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Juan Carlos Paniagua]] ([[Bolivia]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Dunga]] 11'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto|Edmundo]] 67'|| ||
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|'''Mexico'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 1''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''Costa Rica'''
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguay]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] (p) 14'|| ||[[Hernán Medford|Medford]] 60'
|}
==Best 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.
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=20%
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|width=20%|
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|Group
!bgcolor=#efefef width=3%|Team
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|Pts
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|Pld
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|W
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|D
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|L
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|GF
!bgcolor=#efefef width=1%|GA
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=center|[[#Group A|A]]||align=left|[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px]] [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|'''4'''||3||1||1||1||2||3
|- align=center bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=center|[[#Group C|C]]||align=left|[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||5||5
|- align=center
|align=center|[[#Group B|B]]||align=left|[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||2||2
|}
[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] (best third place) and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
==Quarter-finals==
[[June 21]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]] '''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 1''' (1-0)
|width=22%|'''[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]''' [[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Olímpico Patria]], [[Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre]]<br>Ref: [[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuador]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Eddie Carazas|Carazas]] 30' || || |[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] (p) 66'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Martín Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] 61' || || |''s/o [[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] 67'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|''[[Miguel Miranda|Miranda]] saved a penalty kicked by [[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] 48'''
|
|''s/o [[Eduardo Berizzo|Berizzo]] 67'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || || |''s/o [[Gustavo Zapata|Zapata]] 82'''
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] '''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 1''' (2-0)
|width=22%|'''[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]''' [[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentina]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Marco Etcheverry|Etcheverry]] 3'|| ||[[Hermán Gaviria|Gaviria]] 57'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Erwin Sánchez|E. Sánchez]] 24'|| ||
|}
[[June 22]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] '''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 1''' (1-1)
|width=22%|'''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]''' [[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]]<br>Ref: [[Antônio Pereira]] ([[Brazil]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] 17' || || |[[Luis Capurro|Capurro]] (p) 6'
|- align=center
|colspan=4|'''[[Kicks from the penalty mark|Penalty shootout]]'''
|-
|colspan=2 align=right width=40%|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] '''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|align=center width=10%|'''4 - 3'''
|colspan=2 width=40%|'''[[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]''' [[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]]
|- style=font-size:85%
|colspan=2 width=40% align=right|[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]]: goal
|align=center|1-1
|colspan=2 width=40%|[[Alberto Montaño|Montaño]]: goal
|- style=font-size:85%
|colspan=2 width=40% align=right|[[Claudio Suárez|Suárez]]: goal
|align=center|2-1
|colspan=2 width=40%|[[Luis Capurro|Capurro]]: saved by [[Adolfo Ríos|Ríos]]
|- style=font-size:85%
|colspan=2 width=40% align=right|[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]]: saved by [[Oswaldo Ibarra|Ibarra]]
|align=center|2-1
|colspan=2 width=40%|[[Ulises De la Cruz|De la Cruz]]: saved by [[Adolfo Ríos|Ríos]]
|- style=font-size:85%
|colspan=2 width=40% align=right|[[Paulo César Chávez|Chávez]]: goal
|align=center|3-2
|colspan=2 width=40%|[[Ariel Graziani|Graziani]]: goal
|- style=font-size:85%
|colspan=2 width=40% align=right|[[Joel Sánchez (footballer)|Sánchez]]: goal
|align=center|4-3
|colspan=2 width=40%|[[Vilson Rosero|Rosero]]: saved by [[Adolfo Ríos|Ríos]]
|
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] '''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''2 - 0''' (2-0)
|width=22%|'''[[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]''' [[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|17:30 - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Rafael Sanabria]] ([[Colombia]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 9'|| ||''[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] saved a penalty kicked by [[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 64'''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 34'|| ||
|}
==Semi-finals==
[[June 25]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] '''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''3 - 1''' (2-1)
|width=22%|'''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]''' [[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguay]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Erwin Sánchez|E. Sánchez]] 27'|| ||[[Nicolás Ramírez|Ramírez]] 8'
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Ramiro Castillo|R. Castillo]] 39'|| ||''s/o [[Claudio Suárez|Suárez]] 42''
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Jaime Moreno|Moreno]] 79'|| ||
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|''s/o [[Óscar Carmelo Sánchez|O. Sánchez]] 75'''|| || ||
|}
[[June 26]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]] '''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''0 - 7''' (0-4)
|width=22%|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]''' [[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|--:-- - [[Estadio Ramón Aguilera]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]]<br>Ref: [[Rodrigo Badilla]] ([[Costa Rica]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Denilson de Oliveira|Denilson]] 1'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Flavio Conceição]] 28'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Romário]] 36'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo|Leonardo]] 45'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Romário]] 49'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo|Leonardo]] 55'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Djalminha]] 77'
|}
==Third place match==
[[June 26]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] '''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 0''' (0-0)
|width=22%|'''[[Peru national football team|Perú]]''' [[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|19:00 - [[Estadio Jesus Bermudez]], [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]]<br>Ref: [[Paolo Borgosano]] ([[Venezuela]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Luis Hernández|Hernández]] 82' || ||
|}
==Final==
[[June 29]], [[1997]]
{| cellspacing=0 width=100% style=background:#EBF5FF
|-
|width=22% align=right|[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] '''[[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]'''
|align=center width=15%|'''1 - 3''' (1-1)
|width=22%|'''[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]''' [[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]]
|style=font-size:85% rowspan=2|23:30 - [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]]<br>Ref: [[Jorge Nieves]] ([[Uruguay]])
|- style=font-size:85%
|align=right|[[Erwin Sánchez|E. Sánchez]] 45'|| ||[[Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto|Edmundo]] 40'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]] 79'
|- style=font-size:85%
|| || ||[[Zé Roberto]] 90'
|}
<br>
== Result ==
{{winners|fb|Copa América 1997 Winners|Brazil|Fifth}}
==Goal scorers==
'''6 goals'''
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] [[Luis Hernández (footballer)|Hernández]]
'''5 goals'''
*[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]]
'''3 Goals'''
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]]
*[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] [[Erwin Sánchez|E. Sánchez]]
*[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo|Leonardo]] - [[Romário]]
'''2 goals'''
*[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] [[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] - [[Marco Etcheverry|Etcheverry]]
*[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Denilson de Oliveira|Denilson]] - [[Djalminha]] - [[Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto|Edmundo]]
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] [[Neider Morantes|Morantes]]
*[[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]] [[Ariel Graziani|Graziani]]
*[[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]] Cominges - [[Martín Hidalgo|Hidalgo]]
'''1 goal'''
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Sergio Berti|Berti]]
*[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] [[Milton Coimbra|Coimbra]] - [[Jaime Moreno|Moreno]] - [[Ramiro Castillo|R. Castillo]]
*[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Aldair]] - [[Dunga]] - [[Flavio da Conceição|Flavio Conceição]] - [[Zé Roberto]]
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px]] [[Fernando Vergara|Vergara]]
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] [[Víctor Aristizábal|Aristizábal]] - [[Wilmer Cabrera|Cabrera]] - [[Herman Gaviria|Gaviria]] - [[Hamilton Ricard|Ricard]]
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Hernán Medford|Medford]] - [[Mauricio Wright|Wright]]
*[[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]] [[Luis Capurro|Capurro]] - [[José Gavica|Gavica]] - [[Wellington Sánchez|Sánchez]]
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] - [[Nicolás Ramírez|Ramírez]]
*[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px]] [[Roberto Acuña|Acuña]] - [[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]]
*[[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]] [[Eddie Carazas|Carazas]]
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] - [[Marcelo Saralegui|Saralegui]]
'''Own Goals'''
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Ronald González|González]]
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] [[Camilo Romero|Romero]]
==Statistics==
{|cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100% width=80% border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse"|
|- align=center
!bgcolor=#efefef width=28%|Team
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Pts
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Pld
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|W
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|D
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|L
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GF
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GA
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GD
!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Eff
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|'''18'''||6||6||0||0||22||3||+18||100.0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Bolivia (state).svg|20px]] [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]
|'''15'''||6||5||0||1||10||5||+5||83.3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg|20px]] [[Peru national football team|Perú]]
|'''9'''||6||3||0||3||5||11||-6||50.0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg|20px]] [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]
|'''8'''||4||2||2||0||5||2||+3||66.7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|'''8'''||6||2||2||2||8||9||-1||44.4%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|'''5'''||4||1||2||1||4||3||+1||41.7%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px]] [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
|'''4'''||4||1||1||2||2||5||-3||33.3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||2||2||0||33.3%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|'''3'''||4||1||0||2||6||7||-1||25.0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||2||10||-8||11.1%
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px]] [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||1||5||-4||0.0%
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|align=left|[[Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg|20px]] [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||0||5||-5||0.0%
|}
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