# 2004 Copa América

The 2004 Copa América was the 41st edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Peru, who hosted the tournament for the sixth time, from 6 to 25 July.
The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. This made Brazil hold the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América.
There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's 10 South American countries participated, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América were Mexico and Costa Rica.

## Venues

| Lima | Cuzco | Arequipa |
| Estadio Nacional | Estadio Garcilaso | Estadio Arequipa |
| Capacity: 45,574 | Capacity: 45,056 | Capacity: 40,000 |
| Piura | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo |
| Estadio Miguel Grau | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo |
| Capacity: 26,550 | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo | ArequipaChiclayoCuscoLimaPiuraTacnaTrujillo |
| Tacna | Chiclayo | Trujillo |
| Estadio Jorge Basadre | Estadio Elías Aguirre | Estadio Mansiche |
| Capacity: 25,850 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |

## Squads

Each association had to present a list of twenty-two players to compete in the competition.

## Officials

* Héctor Baldassi
* René Ortubé
* Márcio Rezende de Freitas
* Rubén Selman
* Óscar Ruiz
* William Mattus
* Pedro Ramos
* Marco Antonio Rodríguez
* Carlos Amarilla
* Eduardo Lecca
* Gilberto Hidalgo
* Gustavo Brand

## Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 8 March 2004 at the Lima Art Museum in Lima. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. For logistical reasons the three teams from Pots 1 & 4 were manually assigned to their groups ahead of the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Peru (assigned to Group A) Argentina (assigned to Group B) Brazil (assigned to Group C) | Colombia Paraguay Uruguay | Venezuela Costa Rica Mexico | Bolivia (assigned to Group A) Ecuador (assigned to Group B) Chile (assigned to Group C) |

## 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| Peru | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

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

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 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 best third-placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| B | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| C | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| A | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 17 July – Chiclayo | 17 July – Chiclayo | | | |
| Peru | 0 | | | |
| Peru | 0 | 20 July – Lima | 20 July – Lima | | |
| Argentina | 1 | 20 July – Lima | 20 July – Lima | |
| Argentina | 1 | Argentina | 3 | |
| 17 July – Trujillo | 17 July – Trujillo | | Argentina | 3 | |
| 17 July – Trujillo | 17 July – Trujillo | Colombia | 0 | |
| Colombia | 2 | Colombia | 0 | |
| Colombia | 2 | | | | 25 July – Lima | 25 July – Lima |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | 25 July – Lima | 25 July – Lima |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | Argentina | 2 (2) |
| 18 July – Piura | 18 July – Piura | | | | | Argentina | 2 (2) |
| 18 July – Piura | 18 July – Piura | | | | Brazil (p) | 2 (4) |
| Mexico | 0 | | | | Brazil (p) | 2 (4) |
| Mexico | 0 | 21 July – Lima | 21 July – Lima | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | 21 July – Lima | 21 July – Lima | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil (p) | 1 (5) | | | |
| 18 July – Tacna | 18 July – Tacna | | Brazil (p) | 1 (5) | | | |
| 18 July – Tacna | 18 July – Tacna | Uruguay | 1 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Paraguay | 1 | Uruguay | 1 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Paraguay | 1 | | | | 24 July – Cuzco | 24 July – Cuzco |
| Uruguay | 3 | | | | 24 July – Cuzco | 24 July – Cuzco |
| Uruguay | 3 | | | | Colombia | 1 |
| | | | | | Uruguay | 2 |

### Final
## Result

* 2004 Copa América Champions
* Brazil Seventh title

## Goalscorers

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 78 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
7 goals
* Adriano
3 goals
* Kily González
* Javier Saviola
* Carlos Bueno
2 goals
* Luciano Figueroa
* Lucho González
* Carlos Tevez
* Abel Aguilar
* Tressor Moreno
* Luís Fabiano
* Agustín Delgado
* Nolberto Solano
* Fabián Estoyanoff
* Vicente Sánchez
* Darío Silva
1 goal
* Roberto Ayala
* Andrés D'Alessandro
* César Delgado
* Juan Pablo Sorín
* Lorgio Álvarez
* Joaquín Botero
* Gonzalo Galindo
* Alex
* Juan
* Luisão
* Ricardo Oliveira
* Sebastián González
* Rafael Olarra
* Edwin Congo
* Sergio Herrera
* Edixon Perea
* Andy Herron
* Luis Marín
* Mauricio Wright
* Franklin Salas
* Héctor Altamirano
* Adolfo Bautista
* Ramón Morales
* Ricardo Osorio
* Pável Pardo
* Fredy Bareiro
* Ernesto Cristaldo
* Julio dos Santos
* Carlos Gamarra
* Julio González
* Santiago Acasiete
* Jefferson Farfán
* Flavio Maestri
* Roberto Palacios
* Claudio Pizarro
* Diego Forlán
* Paolo Montero
* Marcelo Sosa
* Massimo Margiotta
* Ruberth Morán

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Adriano
* Top Goalscorer: Adriano (7 goals)

### Team of the Tournament

| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Júlio César | Javier Zanetti Roberto Ayala Juan Darío Rodríguez | Lucho González Pável Pardo Renato Alex | Carlos Tevez Adriano |

## Marketing
### Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was known as Chasqui. He was based on the Incan messengers of the same name.

### Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor
* Petrobras
* LG
Global gold sponsor
* América Móvil (Telcel & Telmex are the brands advertised)
* LAN Airlines
Global silver sponsor
* Anheuser-Busch InBev (Corona (beer) is the brand advertised)
* PepsiCo (Pepsi and Gatorade are the brands advertised)
* 51 (brand)
* Volkswagen
Official Supplier
* Tolteca

### Theme songs

* "Más Allá de los Sueños" by Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco was the official theme song for the tournament. The song was well received and became popular in Latin America but mostly in Perú. Despite it being the official tournament theme song, Gian Marco was unable to perform it during the closing ceremony due to him being on tour at that time.
* "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" by Betzaida was used by Univision as their theme song.