The 1995

Copa América The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...

football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by

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, who beat

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5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with

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and the

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invited in order to reach 12 teams. The United States were the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions

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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

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Match officials

Argentina * Javier Castrilli Bolivia * Pablo Peña Brazil * Márcio Rezende de Freitas Chile *

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Colombia * Óscar Ruiz Ecuador * Alfredo Rodas Mexico * Marco Antonio Rodríguez *

Arturo Brizio Carter Arturo Brizio Carter (born 9 March 1956) is a Mexican former association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup, three each in 1994 and 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Yea ...

Paraguay *

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Peru * Alberto Tejada Uruguay * Ernesto Filippi *

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United States *

Raúl Domínguez Raúl Domínguez may refer to: * Raúl Domínguez Rex (born 1970), Mexican politician * Raúl Domínguez (cyclist) (born 1972), Cuban retired cyclist * Raúl Domínguez (footballer) (born 1986), Spanish footballer {{hndis, Domínguez, Raúl ...

Venezuela *

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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

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Group B

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Group C

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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

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Semi-finals

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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 Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Angel Gabriel''). Regarded as one of the ...

* Luis García 3 goals *

Abel Balbo Abel Eduardo Balbo (; born 1 June 1966) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Estudiantes de La Plata. Balbo played for various clubs in Argentina and Italy during the course ...

* Túlio * Freddy Rincón * Eric Wynalda *

Marcelo Otero Marcelo Alejandro Otero Larzábal (born 14 April 1971) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Marujo" during his career, and is the younger brother of former midfielder Raul Otero. Otero played in Uruguay ...

2 goals * Edmundo * Ivo Basay *

Faustino Asprilla Faustino Hernán Asprilla Hinestroza (born 10 November 1969) is a Colombian former professional footballer who most notably played for Parma, Newcastle United and the Colombia national team as a forward. Club career Early years After starting ...

* José Cardozo *

Juan Villamayor Juan Carlos Villamayor Medina (born 5 March 1969) is a former Paraguayan football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means t ...

* Daniel Fonseca *

Enzo Francescoli Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (; born 12 November 1961), nicknamed "El Príncipe" ("The Prince"), is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of Uru ...

* José Luis Dolgetta 1 goal * Diego Simeone * Demetrio Angola * Marco Etcheverry *

Miguel Mercado Miguel Ángel Mercado Melgar (born 30 August 1975 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Universitario de Pando. Club career Mercado emerged from the re ...

* Mauricio Ramos * Carlos Sánchez * Aldair * Leonardo * Ronaldão *

Zinho Crizam César de Oliveira Filho, better known as Zinho (; born 17 June 1967), is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. Playing career Club Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Zinho played club football in Brazil with Flamengo, ...

* Sebastián Rozental * Luis Quiñónez * Carlos Valderrama *

Energio Díaz Energio José Díaz Quiñónez (born September 15, 1969) is a retired football (soccer), footballer from Ecuador, who played as a Striker (association football), striker during his career. International career He obtained five caps for the Ecuad ...

* José Mora *

Eduardo Espinoza Eduardo Espinoza Ramos (born 3 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician and Mathematician. He is a former Congressman who represented Cajamarca for the period 2006–2011 as a member of the Union for Peru Union for Peru ( es, Unión por el Per� ...

Carlos Gamarra Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón () (born 17 February 1971) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player ...

Adriano Samaniego Adriano Samaniego Giménez (born 8 September 1963) is a former football striker. Club Samaniego started his football career in the youth divisions of Club Olimpia of Paraguay. His debut in the first team squad was in 1981. He played for Ol ...

* Roberto Palacios * Edgardo Adinolfi * Pablo Bengoechea * Gustavo Poyet * Marcelo Saralegui * Frank Klopas *

Alexi Lalas Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas ( el, Αλέξης Λάλας; born June 1, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer t ...

* Joe-Max Moore *

Gabriel Miranda Gabriel ("Gaby") Antonio Miranda (born 20 August 1968 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan - Venezuelan football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''f ...

Own goals * René Higuita * Iván Hurtado *

Jorge Campos Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 15 October 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A notable player of Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s, Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outsi ...

Statistics

References

External links

Copa América 1995 at RSSSF
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