# 1995 Copa América

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.
The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group. The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.
In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

## Venues

| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Montevideo | Rivera |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Estadio Centenario | Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Capacity: 65,235 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | 34°53′41″S 56°09′10″W﻿ / ﻿34.894661°S 56.15284°W﻿ / -34.894661; -56.15284 | 30°54′31″S 55°32′54″W﻿ / ﻿30.908521°S 55.548377°W﻿ / -30.908521; -55.548377 |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Paysandú | Maldonado |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Estadio Parque Artigas | Estadio Domingo Burgueño |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 22,000 |
| MontevideoMaldonadoRiveraPaysandú | 32°19′23″S 58°04′21″W﻿ / ﻿32.322961°S 58.072593°W﻿ / -32.322961; -58.072593 | 34°54′52″S 54°57′17″W﻿ / ﻿34.914564°S 54.954815°W﻿ / -34.914564; -54.954815 |

## Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

## Group stage

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.
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-breaker
** If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
** greater goal difference in all group games;
** greater number of goals scored in all group games;
** winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
** drawing of lots.
Key to colors in group tables :
* Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |

### 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 third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| A | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| C | Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| B | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 July – Montevideo | 16 July – Montevideo | | | |
| Colombia | 1 (5) | | | |
| Colombia | 1 (5) | 19 July – Montevideo | 19 July – Montevideo | | |
| Paraguay | 1 (4) | 19 July – Montevideo | 19 July – Montevideo | |
| Paraguay | 1 (4) | Colombia | 0 | |
| 16 July – Montevideo | 16 July – Montevideo | | Colombia | 0 | |
| 16 July – Montevideo | 16 July – Montevideo | Uruguay | 2 | |
| Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay | 2 | |
| Uruguay | 2 | | | | 23 July – Montevideo | 23 July – Montevideo |
| Bolivia | 1 | | | | 23 July – Montevideo | 23 July – Montevideo |
| Bolivia | 1 | | | | Uruguay | 1 (5) |
| 17 July – Paysandú | 17 July – Paysandú | | | | | Uruguay | 1 (5) |
| 17 July – Paysandú | 17 July – Paysandú | | | | Brazil | 1 (3) |
| United States | 0 (4) | | | | Brazil | 1 (3) |
| United States | 0 (4) | 20 July – Maldonado | 20 July – Maldonado | | | |
| Mexico | 0 (1) | 20 July – Maldonado | 20 July – Maldonado | | | |
| Mexico | 0 (1) | United States | 0 | | | |
| 17 July – Rivera | 17 July – Rivera | | United States | 0 | | | |
| 17 July – Rivera | 17 July – Rivera | Brazil | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 2 (4) | Brazil | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 2 (4) | | | | 22 July – Maldonado | 22 July – Maldonado |
| Argentina | 2 (2) | | | | 22 July – Maldonado | 22 July – Maldonado |
| Argentina | 2 (2) | | | | Colombia | 4 |
| | | | | | United States | 1 |

### Final
## Result

* 1995 Copa América champions
* Uruguay 14th title

## Goalscorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers.
There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
4 goals
* Gabriel Batistuta
* Luis García
3 goals
* Abel Balbo
* Túlio
* Freddy Rincón
* Eric Wynalda
* Marcelo Otero
2 goals
* Edmundo
* Ivo Basay
* Faustino Asprilla
* José Cardozo
* Juan Villamayor
* Daniel Fonseca
* Enzo Francescoli
* José Luis Dolgetta
1 goal
* Diego Simeone
* Demetrio Angola
* Marco Etcheverry
* Miguel Mercado
* Mauricio Ramos
* Carlos Sánchez
* Aldair
* Leonardo
* Ronaldão
* Zinho
* Sebastián Rozental
* Luis Quiñónez
* Carlos Valderrama
* Energio Díaz
* José Mora
* Eduardo Espinoza
* Carlos Gamarra
* Adriano Samaniego
* Roberto Palacios
* Frank Klopas
* Alexi Lalas
* Joe-Max Moore
* Edgardo Adinolfi
* Pablo Bengoechea
* Gustavo Poyet
* Marcelo Saralegui
* Gabriel Miranda
1 own goal
* René Higuita (against Brazil)
* Iván Hurtado (against Peru)
* Jorge Campos (against Venezuela)

## Statistics

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Eff |
| Uruguay | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Brazil | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Colombia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 44.4% |
| Argentina | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 58.3% |
| Paraguay | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 58.3% |
| United States | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 38.9% |
| Mexico | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 41.7% |
| Bolivia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Peru | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 25.0% |
| Chile | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 25.0% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0.0% |