Copa America 1997 (Bolivia, June 11-29)


Group A (Cochabamba)
Chile            0-1 Paraguay           1.ECUADOR          3  2  1  0   4- 1  7
Argentina        0-0 Ecuador            2.ARGENTINA       3  1  2  0   3- 1  5
Paraguay         0-2 Ecuador            3.PARAGUAY         3  1  1  1   2- 3  4
Chile            0-2 Argentina          4.Chile            3  0  0  3   1- 5  0
Chile            1-2 Ecuador
Argentina        1-1 Paraguay

Group B (La Paz, Sucre)
Peru             1-0 Uruguay            1.BOLIVIA          3  3  0  0   4- 0  9
Bolivia          1-0 Venezuela          2.PERU             3  2  0  1   3- 2  6
Uruguay          2-0 Venezuela          3.Uruguay          3  1  0  2   2- 2  3
Bolivia          2-0 Peru               4.Venezuela        3  0  0  3   0- 5  0
Venezuela        0-2 Peru
Bolivia          1-0 Uruguay

Group C (Santa Cruz)
Mexico           2-1 Colombia           1.BRAZIL           3  3  0  0  10- 2  9
Brazil           5-0 Costa Rica         2.MEXICO           3  1  1  1   5- 5  4
Colombia         4-1 Costa Rica         3.COLOMBIA         3  1  0  2   5- 5  3
Brazil           3-2 Mexico             4.Costa Rica       3  0  1  2   2-10  1
Mexico           1-1 Costa Rica
Brazil           2-0 Colombia


QUARTER-FINALS

Sucre
Peru             2-1 Argentina

La Paz
Bolivia          2-1 Colombia

Cochabamba
Ecuador          1-1 Mexico
Mexico won 4-3 on penalties

Santa Cruz
Brazil           2-0 Paraguay


SEMI-FINALS

La Paz
Bolivia          3-1 Mexico

Santa Cruz
Peru             0-7 Brazil

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Oruro
Mexico           1-0 Peru


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.



Ideal Team of the Tournament (chosen by journalists registered at this tournament):

G: Adolfo RIOS [Mex]
D: Oscar SANCHEZ [Bol]
D: Claudio SUAREZ [Mex]
D: Carlos GAMARRA [Par]
D: ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva [Bra]
M: Julio César BALDIVIESO [Bol]
M: Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri "DUNGA" [Bra]
M: Erwin SANCHEZ [Bol]
M: LEONARDO Nascimento de Araujo [Bra]
F: Luis HERNANDEZ [Mex]
F: RONALDO Luiz Nazario de Lima [Bra]

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With thanks to Rodrigo Astorga, Juan Pablo Andrés and José Luis Pierrend for information

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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 17 Feb 2000