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.

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

LimaCuzcoArequipa
Estadio NacionalEstadio GarcilasoEstadio Arequipa
Capacity: 45,574Capacity: 45,056Capacity: 40,000
PiuraArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo
Estadio Miguel Grau
Capacity: 26,550
TacnaChiclayoTrujillo
Estadio Jorge BasadreEstadio Elías AguirreEstadio Mansiche
Capacity: 25,850Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 25,000

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. 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.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Peru (assigned to Group A) Argentina (assigned to Group B) Brazil (assigned to Group C)Colombia Paraguay UruguayVenezuela Costa Rica MexicoBolivia (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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Colombia321042+27
Peru312075+25
Bolivia302134−12
Venezuela301225−31
Venezuela0–1Colombia
Moreno 21' (pen.)
Peru2–2Bolivia
Pizarro 67' (pen.) Palacios 86'Botero 35' Álvarez 57'
Colombia1–0Bolivia
Perea 90'
Peru3–1Venezuela
Farfán 34' Solano 61' Acasiete 72'Margiotta 74'
Venezuela1–1Bolivia
Morán 27'Galindo 33'
Peru2–2Colombia
Solano 58' Maestri 60'Congo 33' Aguilar 53'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Mexico321053+27
Argentina3201104+66
Uruguay311167−14
Ecuador3003310−70
Mexico2–2Uruguay
Osorio 45' Pardo 69'Bueno 43' Montero 88'
Argentina6–1Ecuador
K. González 5' (pen.) Saviola 64', 74', 79' D'Alessandro 84' L. González 90'Delgado 62'
Uruguay2–1Ecuador
Forlán 61' Bueno 78'Salas 73'
Argentina0–1Mexico
Morales 8'
Mexico2–1Ecuador
Altamirano 23' (pen.) Bautista 42'Delgado 71'
Argentina4–2Uruguay
K. González 19' (pen.) Figueroa 20', 89' Ayala 80'Estoyanoff 7' Sánchez 38'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Paraguay321042+27
Brazil320163+36
Costa Rica310236−33
Chile301224−21
Costa Rica0–1Paraguay
Dos Santos 85' (pen.)
Brazil1–0Chile
Luís Fabiano 90'
Brazil4–1Costa Rica
Adriano 45', 54', 67' Juan 49'Marín 81'
Paraguay1–1Chile
Cristaldo 78'González 71'
Costa Rica2–1Chile
Wright 60' Herron 90'Olarra 40'
Brazil1–2Paraguay
Luís Fabiano 35'González 29' Bareiro 71'

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.

GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
BUruguay311167−14
CCosta Rica310236−33
ABolivia302134−12

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
17 July – Chiclayo
Peru0
20 July – Lima
Argentina1
Argentina3
17 July – Trujillo
Colombia0
Colombia2
25 July – Lima
Costa Rica0
Argentina2 (2)
18 July – Piura
Brazil (p)2 (4)
Mexico0
21 July – Lima
Brazil4
Brazil (p)1 (5)
18 July – Tacna
Uruguay1 (3)Third place
Paraguay1
24 July – Cuzco
Uruguay3
Colombia1
Uruguay2

Quarter-finals

Peru0–1Argentina
Tevez 60'
Colombia2–0Costa Rica
Aguilar 41' Moreno 45'
Paraguay1–3Uruguay
Gamarra 15'Bueno 40' (pen.) Silva 65', 88'
Mexico0–4Brazil
Alex 26' (pen.) Adriano 65', 78' Oliveira 87'

Semi-finals

Argentina3–0Colombia
Tevez 33' L. González 50' Sorín 80'
Brazil1–1Uruguay
Adriano 46'Sosa 22'
Penalties
Luisão Luís Fabiano Adriano Renato Alex5–3Silva Viera Pouso Sánchez

Third-place match

Colombia1–2Uruguay
Herrera 70' (pen.)Estoyanoff 2' Sánchez 80'

Final

Argentina2–2Brazil
K. González 20' (pen.) Delgado 87'Luisão 45' Adriano 90+3'
Penalties
D'Alessandro Heinze K. González Sorín2–4Adriano Edu Diego Juan

Result

2004 Copa América Champions
Brazil Seventh title

Goalscorers

Adriano, top scorer

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 78 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Team of the Tournament

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Brazil Júlio CésarArgentina Javier Zanetti Argentina Roberto Ayala Brazil Juan Uruguay Darío RodríguezArgentina Lucho González Mexico Pável Pardo Brazil Renato Brazil AlexArgentina 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.

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. The song was well received and became popular in Latin America but mostly in Perú. 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.
  • "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" by Betzaida was used by Univision as their theme song.

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