1995 Copa América

1995 Copa América
The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat 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 were 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
Squads
For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads
Match officials
Argentina
Javier Castrilli
Bolivia
Pablo Peña
Brazil
Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Chile
Salvador Imperatore
Colombia
Óscar Ruiz
Ecuador
Alfredo Rodas
Mexico
Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Arturo Brizio Carter
Paraguay
Félix Benegas
Peru
Alberto Tejada
Uruguay
Ernesto Filippi
Eduardo Dluzniewski
United States
Raúl Domínguez
Venezuela
Paolo Borgosano
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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
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.
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Result
Goal scorers
With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers. In total, 69 goals were scored by 45 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.
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
Edgardo Adinolfi
Pablo Bengoechea
Gustavo Poyet
Marcelo Saralegui
Frank Klopas
Alexi Lalas
Joe-Max Moore
Gabriel Miranda
Own goals
René Higuita
Iván Hurtado
Jorge Campos
Statistics
References
External links
Copa América 1995 at RSSSF
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