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2001 Copa América

2001 Copa América

International football competition


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]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

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

More information Barranquilla, Medellín ...

Squads

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

Draw

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.

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...

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

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
More information Key to colors in group tables ...

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Ecuador, 1–4 ...
More information Colombia, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 50,000[8]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

More information Chile, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 33,000[9]
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
More information Colombia, 1–0 ...

More information Ecuador, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000[11]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
More information Colombia, 2–0 ...

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Peru, 3–3 ...
More information Brazil, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 38,000

More information Brazil, 2–0 ...
More information Paraguay, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

More information Peru, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 20,000
More information Brazil, 3–1 ...

Group C

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Bolivia, 0–1 ...
More information Honduras, 0–1 ...

More information Uruguay, 1–1 ...
More information Honduras, 2–0 ...

More information Bolivia, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Luis Solórzano (Venezuela)
More information Honduras, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Roger Zambrano (Ecuador)

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 quarter-finals.

More information Grp, Team ...
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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

More information Chile, 0–2 ...

More information Costa Rica, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 29,000[14]

More information Colombia, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000[15]
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

More information Brazil, 0–2 ...

Semi-finals

More information Mexico, 2–1 ...

More information Colombia, 2–0 ...

Third-place match

Attendance: 47,000[19]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Final

More information Mexico, 0–1 ...

Result

 2001 Copa América champions 

Colombia

1st title

Goalscorers

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Marketing

Sponsorship

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Local supplier


References

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  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. Steven Scragg (16 February 2015). "Honduras' Legendary Copa América Odyssey". These Football Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Ecuador – Chile (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  7. "Chile - Venezuela 1:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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  17. "Mexico - Colombia 0:1 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

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