# 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.
Brazil were the two-time defending champions, but they were knocked out of the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.
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. 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. 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

| Barranquilla | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Estadio Metropolitano | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Capacity: 60,000 | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Medellín | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Estadio Atanasio Girardot | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Capacity: 52,000 | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Bogotá | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Estadio El Campín | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| Capacity: 48,300 | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira | ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliManizalesMedellínPereira |
| 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

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. 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

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
* All times local (UTC-5)

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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.
| 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 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

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

### Final
## Result

* 2001 Copa América champions
* Colombia 1st title

## Goalscorers

With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 60 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.
6 goals
* Víctor Aristizábal
5 goals
* Paulo Wanchope
3 goals
* Cristián Montecinos
* Amado Guevara
2 goals
* Denílson
* Agustín Delgado
* Saúl Martínez
* Jared Borgetti
* Virgilio Ferreira
1 goal
* Alex
* Juliano Belletti
* Guilherme
* Marcelo Corrales
* Reinaldo Navia
* Eudalio Arriaga
* Gerardo Bedoya
* Iván Córdoba
* Freddy Grisales
* Giovanni Hernández
* Steven Bryce
* Rolando Fonseca
* Cléber Chalá
* Ángel Fernández
* Édison Méndez
* Júnior Izaguirre
* Jesús Arellano
* Alberto García Aspe
* Daniel Osorno
* Guido Alvarenga
* Silvio Garay
* José del Solar
* Roberto Holsen
* Abel Lobatón
* Juan Pajuelo
* Joe Bizera
* Javier Chevantón
* Rodrigo Lemos
* Pablo Lima
* Andrés Martínez
* Carlos Morales
* Richard Morales
1 own goal
* Juliano Belletti (against Honduras)

## Final positions

| 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% |

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