Copa America 1979 (July 18-December 12)


QUALIFYING STAGE

Group A 
Venezuela        0-0 Colombia           1.CHILE            4  2  1  1  10- 2  5
Venezuela        1-1 Chile              2.Colombia         4  2  1  1   5- 2  5
Colombia         1-0 Chile              3.Venezuela        4  0  2  2   1-12  2
Colombia         4-0 Venezuela
Chile            7-0 Venezuela
Chile            2-0 Colombia

Group B 
Bolivia          2-1 Argentina          1.BRAZIL           4  2  1  1   7- 5  5
Bolivia          2-1 Brazil             2.Bolivia          4  2  0  2   4- 7  4
Brazil           2-1 Argentina          3.Argentina        4  1  1  2   7- 6  3
Argentina        3-0 Bolivia
Brazil           2-0 Bolivia
Argentina        2-2 Brazil

Group C 
Ecuador          1-2 Paraguay           1.PARAGUAY         4  2  2  0   6- 3  6
Ecuador          2-1 Uruguay            2.Uruguay          4  1  2  1   5- 5  4
Paraguay         2-0 Ecuador            3.Ecuador          4  1  0  3   4- 7  2
Uruguay          2-1 Ecuador
Paraguay         0-0 Uruguay
Uruguay          2-2 Paraguay

Group D
Peru bye to the semifinals as holders


SEMI-FINALS

Lima
Peru             1-2 Chile

Santiago
Chile            0-0 Peru
Chile won 2-1 on aggregate

Asunción
Paraguay         2-1 Brazil

Rio de Janeiro
Brazil           2-2 Paraguay
Paraguay won 4-3 on aggregate

(No match for third place)


FINAL

Asunción, November 28, 1979
Paraguay         3-0 Chile

Referee: Da Rosa (Uruguay).

Scorers: C. Romero 2, M. Morel


Santiago, December 5, 1979
Chile            1-0 Paraguay

Referee: Barreto (Uruguay).
Attendance: 55,000.

Scorer: Rivas


Playoff:

Buenos Aires, December 12, 1979
Paraguay         0-0 Chile

Referee: Coelho (Brazil).
Attendance: 6,000.

Paraguay won on goal difference

Topscorers: Peredo (Chile), Morel (Paraguay) 4 goals.




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Last updated: 2 Jul 1995

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