The 2004 Copa América was the 41st edition of the

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

, the South-American championship for international

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teams. The competition was organized by

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, 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

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in a shootout over

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. This made Brazil hold the

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and

titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after

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. 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

were

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and

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Venues

Squads

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

Officials

* Héctor Baldassi *

René Ortubé René Marcelo Ortubé Betancourt (born December 26, 1964, in La Paz) is a Bolivian former football referee, best known for supervising one match (Sweden-Nigeria in Kobe) during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He is now director of sports institutes and ...

Márcio Rezende de Freitas Márcio Rezende de Freitas (born December 22, 1960, in Timóteo (municipality), Timóteo) is a former Brazilian football (soccer), football (soccer) referee. He has refereed more than 1100 games, 269 of these in national championships, between 1989 ...

Rubén Selman Rubén Marcos Selmán Albornoz (25 July 1963 – 10 February 2020) was an association football referee from Chile. Refereeing career Selman was born in Santiago, and started refereeing in his twenties at games featured in the minor Chilean divi ...

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* 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

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. 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.

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 * All times local ( UTC-5)

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 best third-placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Result

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament.

Awards

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

Team of the Tournament

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 *

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* LG Global gold sponsor *

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are the brands advertised) *

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Global silver sponsor *

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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

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References

External links

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