
Copa America 1997 (Bolivia, June 11-29)
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Group A (Cochabamba)
Chile            0-1 Paraguay  
  [R.Acuńa]
Argentina        0-0 Ecuador 
Paraguay         0-2 Ecuador   
  [W.Sánchez, A.Graziani]
Chile            0-2 Argentina  
  [S.Berti, M.Gallardo]
Chile            1-2 Ecuador
  [A.Graziani(E), F.Bergara(C), J.Gavica(E)]
Argentina        1-1 Paraguay
  [J.L.Chilavert(P)-pk, M.Gallardo(A)-pk]

 1.ECUADOR          3  2  1  0   4- 1  7
 2.ARGENTINA        3  1  2  0   3- 1  5
 3.PARAGUAY         3  1  1  1   2- 3  4
 4.Chile            3  0  0  3   1- 5  0

Group B (La Paz (only Bolivia's matches), Sucre)
Peru             1-0 Uruguay    
  [M.Hidalgo]
Bolivia          1-0 Venezuela    
  [M.Coimbra]
Uruguay          2-0 Venezuela   
  [A.Recoba, M.Saralegui]
Bolivia          2-0 Peru   
  [M.Etcheverry, C.Valdivieso]
Venezuela        0-2 Peru
  [P.Cominges (2)]
Bolivia          1-0 Uruguay
  [C.Valdivieso]

 1.BOLIVIA          3  3  0  0   4- 0  9
 2.PERU             3  2  0  1   3- 2  6
 3.Uruguay          3  1  0  2   2- 2  3
 4.Venezuela        3  0  0  3   0- 5  0

Group C (Santa Cruz)
Mexico           2-1 Colombia    
  [L.Hernández(M,2), H.Ricard(C)]
Brazil           5-0 Costa Rica   
  [Djalminha(B), R.González(CR)(og), Ronaldo(B,2), Romario(B)]
Colombia         4-1 Costa Rica  
  [N.Morantes(C,2), W.Cabrera(C), M.Wright(CR), V.Ariztizabal(C)]
Brazil           3-2 Mexico  
  [L.Hernández(M,2), Aldair(B), C.Romero(M)(og), Leonardo(B)]
Mexico           1-1 Costa Rica
  [L.Hernández(M)-pk, H.Medford(CR)]
Brazil           2-0 Colombia
  [Dunga, Edmundo]

 1.BRAZIL           3  3  0  0  10- 2  9
 2.MEXICO           3  1  1  1   5- 5  4
 3.COLOMBIA         3  1  0  2   5- 5  3
 4.Costa Rica       3  0  1  2   2-10  1


QUARTER-FINALS

Sucre
Peru             2-1 Argentina
  [E.Carrazas(P), M.Hidalgo(P), M.Gallardo(A)-pk]

La Paz
Bolivia          2-1 Colombia
  [M.Etcheverry(B), E.Sánchez(B), N.Gaviria(C)]

Cochabamba
Ecuador          1-1 Mexico
  [L.Capurro(E)-pk, C.Blanco(M)]
Mexico won 4-3 on penalties

Santa Cruz
Brazil           2-0 Paraguay
  [Ronaldo(2)]


SEMI-FINALS

La Paz
Bolivia          3-1 Mexico
  [N.Ramírez(M), E.Sánchez(B), R.Castillo(B), J.Moreno(B)]

Santa Cruz
Peru             0-7 Brazil
  [Edmundo, F.Conceiçao, Romario(2), Leonardo(2), Djalminha]

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Oruro
Mexico           1-0 Peru
  [L.Hernández-pk]


FINAL

La Paz, June 29, 1997
Brazil           3-1 Bolivia
Brazil: Taffarel, Cafú, Gonçalves, Aldair, Roberto Carlos, Leonardo (80' Mauro
        Silva), Flávio Conçeicão (70' Zé Roberto), Dunga, Denilson, Edmundo
        68' Paulo Nunes), Ronaldo.
Bolivia: Trucco, O.Sánchez, Peña, Sandi, S.Castillo, Baldivieso, Soria,
         E.Sánchez, Cristaldo, Etcheverry, Moreno (75' Coimbra).

Referee: Nieves (Uruguay)
Attendance: 45,000.

Scorers: 41' Edmundo 0-1; 45' E.Sánchez 1-1; 79' Ronaldo 1-2; 90' Zé Roberto 1-3.

Topscorer: Luis Hernández (Mexico) 6 goals.
Thanks to Martín Tabeira (martintab@hotmail.com) for goal scorers.
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 1 Apr 1999