Copa América 1997 1031844 224161388 2008-07-07T16:30:20Z MusiCitizen 52187 /* Group B */ dab {{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== {| width=80% |- 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=== {| 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 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=== {| 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 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% |- |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% |} {{fb start}} {{International football}} {{Copa América}} {{fb end}} [[Category:1997 Copa América]] [[Category:Sports festivals hosted in Bolivia|C]] [[de:Copa América 1997]] [[es:Copa América 1997]] [[fr:Copa America 1997]] [[it:Copa América 1997]] [[nl:Copa América 1997]] [[pl:Copa América 1997]] [[pt:Copa América 1997]] [[fi:Copa América 1997]]