2011 Copa América

The 2011 Copa América (also known as the  2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América or Copa América 2011 Argentina) was the 43rd Copa América. The tournament was organized by CONMEBOL, which is the main association football body in South America. The tournament went from 1 July to 24 July 2011.

Uruguay won the tournament over Paraguay. Paraguay was known for going to the final without winning a single game. Because Uruguay won the tournament, they were allowed to play in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Peru finished at 3rd place after defeating Venezuela.

 Teams 

Japan and Mexico were both invited to the tournament. After some controversy that was brought up by UEFA, Mexico were only allowed to bring their Under-23 Olympic Team to the tournament.

People thought that Japan wouldn't be in the tournament because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, Japan said that they will still be in the tournament. They decided to leave the tournament on 4 April 2011, because the games would get in the way of some J. League Division 1 matches. Even though Japan then decided to play in the tournament, and send some European-based players instead, they still decided to leave on May 16 because some European clubs didn't want to send their players away. On the next day, CONMEBOL sent a request to the North American team of Costa Rica, and Costa Rica then accepted the invite.

The teams below were in the tournament:
















 Group stage 

 Group A 

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1 July 20111–1 2 July 20111–06 July 20110–07 July 20110–210 July 20112–011 July 20113–0 

 Group B 

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3 July 20110–0 0–0 9 July 20112–2 1–0 13 July 20113–3 4–2 

 Group C 

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4 July 20111–1 2–1 8 July 20111–1 1–0 12 July 20111–0 1–0 

 Ranking of the third-placed teams 

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 Knockout stage 

 Bracket 

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

 Goal scorers 
5 goals
 Paolo Guerrero

4 goals
 Luis Suárez

3 goals
 Sergio Agüero

2 goals
 Radamel Falcao
 Álvaro Pereira
 Diego Forlán
 Felipe Caicedo
 Alexandre Pato
 Neymar

1 goal
 Edivaldo Rojas
 Adrián Ramos
 Diego Pérez
 Nestor Araújo
 Esteban Paredes
 Arturo Vidal
 Alexis Sánchez
 Humberto Suazo
 Josué Martínez
 Jádson
 Fred
 Roque Santa Cruz
 Nelson Haedo Valdez
 Antolín Alcaraz
 Lucas Barrios
 Cristian Riveros
 César González
 Salomón Rondón

 Grenddy Perozo
 Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
 Gabriel Cichero
 Juan Arango
 Ángel Di María
 Gonzalo Higuaín
 Carlos Lobatón
 Juan Manuel Vargas
 William Chiroque

Own goal
 André Carillo (playing against Chile)

 References 

Category:Copa América tournaments
Category:2010s in Argentina
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