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2001 Copa América

The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal.[2]

2001 Copa América
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates11–29 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Honduras
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored60 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Víctor Aristizábal
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Honduras Amado Guevara[1]
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Brazil were the defending champions who were knocked out from the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.[3]

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament.[4][5] Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.

When the tournament was originally cancelled, Canada disbanded its training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament. With only a few days' notice, Costa Rica (CONCACAF) accepted an invite to take Canada's spot in the tournament. The Costa Ricans advanced to the knockout stage, losing in the quarterfinals.

Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition on 10 July, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures.[5] With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on 13 July in an airplane provided by the Colombian Air Force, after the tournament had started and just a few hours before its first game. The Hondurans performed well through the tournament, finishing in third place.

Despite the pre-tournament concerns, there were no incidents of violence nor acts of assault towards any of the participating nations.

Venues edit

Barranquilla
Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 60,000
 
Medellín
Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Capacity: 52,000
 
Bogotá
Estadio El Campín
Capacity: 48,300
 
Cali Manizales Pereira Armenia
Estadio Pascual Guerrero Estadio Palogrande Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 45,625 Capacity: 36,553 Capacity: 30,313 Capacity: 29,000
       

Squads edit

For a complete list of participating squads: 2001 Copa América squads

Draw edit

The draw for the competition took place on 10 January 2001 at the Corferias convention center in Bogotá.[6] The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Colombia (assigned to Group A)
  Brazil (assigned to Group B)
  Argentina (assigned to Group C) 		  Chile
  Paraguay
  Uruguay 		  Bolivia
  Ecuador
  Peru 		  Venezuela
  Canada
  Mexico

Shortly before the start of the tournament, two teams drawn into group C (Argentina and Canada) withdrew and were replaced by other invited teams (Costa Rica and Honduras). This didn't affect composition of other groups.

Group stage edit

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 edit

Main article: 2001 Copa América Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
  Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
  Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ecuador  1–4  Chile
Chalá   52' Report Navia   29'
Montecinos   72', 90'
Corrales   84'
Attendance: 40,000[7]
Colombia  2–0  Venezuela
Grisales   15'
Aristizábal   59' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 50,000[8]
Chile  1–0  Venezuela
Montecinos   78' Report
Attendance: 33,000[9]
Colombia  1–0  Ecuador
Aristizábal   29' Report
Attendance: 40,000[10]
Ecuador  4–0  Venezuela
Delgado   19', 63'
Fernández   29'
Méndez   60'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000[11]
Colombia  2–0  Chile
Aristizábal   10' (pen.)
Arriaga   90'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000[12]

Group B edit

Main article: 2001 Copa América Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
  Mexico 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
  Peru 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
  Paraguay 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Peru  3–3  Paraguay
Lobatón   16'
Pajuelo   57'
Del Solar   72'		 Report Ferreira   23', 64'
Garay   90'
Attendance: 35,000
Brazil  0–1  Mexico
Report Borgetti   5'
Attendance: 38,000
Brazil  2–0  Peru
Guilherme   9'
Denílson   85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Paraguay  0–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Peru  1–0  Mexico
Holsen   48' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Brazil  3–1  Paraguay
Alex   60'
Belletti   89'
Denílson   90'		 Report Alvarenga   11' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000

Group C edit

Main article: 2001 Copa América Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
  Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  Bolivia 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Bolivia  0–1  Uruguay
Report Chevantón   60'
Attendance: 38,000
Honduras  0–1  Costa Rica
Report Wanchope   63'
Attendance: 35,000
Uruguay  1–1  Costa Rica
C. Morales   53' Report Wanchope   28'
Attendance: 20,000
Honduras  2–0  Bolivia
Guevara   53', 68' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Bolivia  0–4  Costa Rica
Report Wanchope   45', 71'
Bryce   63'
Fonseca   84'
Attendance: 25,000
Honduras  1–0  Uruguay
Guevara   86' Report
Attendance: 35,000

Ranking of third-placed teams edit

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.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
C   Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
B   Peru 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
A   Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2001 Copa América knockout stage

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 22 July – Pereira
 
 
   Chile 0
 
 25 July – Pereira
 
   Mexico 2
 
   Mexico 2
 
 22 July – Armenia
 
   Uruguay 1
 
   Costa Rica 1
 
 29 July – Bogotá
 
   Uruguay 2
 
   Mexico 0
 
 23 July – Armenia
 
   Colombia 1
 
   Colombia 3
 
 26 July – Manizales
 
   Peru 0
 
   Colombia 2
 
 23 July – Manizales
 
   Honduras 0 Third place
 
   Brazil 0
 
 29 July – Bogotá
 
   Honduras 2
 
   Uruguay 2 (4)
 
 
   Honduras (p) 2 (5)
 

Quarter-finals edit

Chile  0–2  Mexico
Report Arellano   17'
Osorno   78'
Attendance: 20,000[13]
Costa Rica  1–2  Uruguay
Wanchope   52' Report Lemos   61' (pen.)
Lima   87'
Attendance: 29,000[14]
Colombia  3–0  Peru
Aristizábal   50', 69'
Hernández   66'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000[15]
Brazil  0–2  Honduras
Report Belletti   57' (o.g.)
Martínez   90+4'
Attendance: 30,000[16]

Semi-finals edit

Mexico  2–1  Uruguay
Borgetti   14'
García Aspe   67' (pen.)		 Report R. Morales   32'
Attendance: 20,000[17]
Colombia  2–0  Honduras
Bedoya   6'
Aristizábal   63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000[18]

Third-place match edit

Uruguay  2–2  Honduras
Bizera   22'
Martínez   45'		 Report Martínez   14'
Izaguirre   42'
Penalties
Sorondo  
Gutiérrez  
Rodríguez  
Lemos  
Olivera  		 4–5   Pineda
  Martínez
  García
  Medina
  Izaguirre
Attendance: 47,000[19]

Final edit

Main article: 2001 Copa América final
Mexico  0–1  Colombia
Report I. Córdoba   65'
Attendance: 47,000[20]

Result edit

 2001 Copa América champions 
 
Colombia
1st title

Goalscorers edit

With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 60 goals were scored by 41 different players, with one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final positions edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1   Colombia 6 6 0 0 11 0 +11 18 100.0%
2   Mexico 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 10 55.6%
3   Honduras 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 55.6%
4   Uruguay 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5   Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 58.3%
6   Brazil 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6 50.0%
7   Chile 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 50.0%
8   Peru 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4 33.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9   Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 33.3%
10   Paraguay 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2 22.2%
11   Bolivia 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0 0.0%
12   Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0 0.0%

Marketing edit

Sponsorship edit

Global platinum sponsor:

Global gold sponsor:

Local supplier

References edit

  1. ^ "Copa América Best Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Colombia celebrate double triumph". 30 July 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Honduras surprise brittle Brazil | Football | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ Vickery, Tim (30 July 2001). "Colombia seize first Copa crown". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  5. ^ a b Steven Scragg (16 February 2015). "Honduras' Legendary Copa América Odyssey". These Football Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ Sorteada la Copa América Colombia 2001 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Ecuador – Chile (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Colombia - Venezuela 2:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Chile - Venezuela 1:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Colombia - Ecuador 1:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Ecuador - Venezuela 4:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Colombia - Chile 2:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  13. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  14. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  15. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  16. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  17. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Colombia – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  18. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Colombia – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  19. ^ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Uruguay – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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