The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the

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, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Argentina from 1 to 24 July. The draw for the tournament was held in

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on 11 November 2010.

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won the tournament after defeating

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3–0 in the

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, giving them a record 15th Copa América title and their first since

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. Paraguay, as the tournament runner-up, earned the Copa Bolivia; Paraguay's performance was noteworthy, as they were able to reach the finals without winning a single game in the tournament; their success in the final stages was achieved by the way of penalty shoot-outs.

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were the defending champions but were eliminated by Paraguay in the quarter-finals after failing to convert any of the penalties. As the tournament champion, Uruguay earned the right to represent CONMEBOL in the

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, held in

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finished third after defeating

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4–1 in the third-place match.

Competing nations

Both Japan and

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were invited to join the CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. Following a proposal by

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regarding national teams competing in tournaments organised by confederations different from their own, it was reported on 23 November 2009 that the two countries might not be able to take part in the 2011 Copa América. However, on 31 March 2010,

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confirmed that Mexico would be allowed to send their 2012 U-23 Olympic Team, supplemented with five over-age players. In addition to Mexico sending a weaker team than those teams sent in previous participations, eight of the Mexican players originally called to play the Copa America 2011 were suspended because of indiscipline one week before the competition started. Japan's participation was in doubt after the

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, but the

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confirmed on 16 March 2011 that they would participate. However, the Japanese FA later withdrew from the tournament on 4 April 2011 citing scheduling conflict with rescheduled J. League matches. Following a meeting with the leadership of the Argentine Football Association, the Japanese FA decided to hold off on their final decision until 15 April. The Japanese FA later announced on 14 April that they would compete in the competition using mainly European based players. The Japanese FA withdrew their team again on 16 May citing difficulties with European clubs in releasing Japanese players. On the next day, CONMEBOL sent a formal invitation letter to the Costa Rican Football Federation inviting Costa Rica as replacement. Costa Rica accepted the invitation later that day. The following twelve teams, shown with pre-tournament

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, played in the tournament: * (10) (hosts) * (93) * (5) (holders) * (27) * (54) * (55) (invitee) * (68) * (9) (invitee) * (32) * (49) * (18) * (69)

Venues

A total of eight cities hosted the tournament. The opening game was played at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, and the final was played at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 11 November 2010 at 17:00 ( UTC−03:00) in the

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, and was broadcast in Argentina by

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. On 18 October 2010, CONMEBOL's The executive committee decided to place the teams in pots for the draw.

Squads

Each association presented a list of twenty-three players to compete in the tournament five days before their first match. On 14 June 2011, CONMEBOL allowed for the inscription of twenty-three players for the tournament, up one player from the previous allowed twenty-two. Of those twenty-three players, three must be goalkeepers.

Match officials

The list of twenty-four referees and two extra referees selected for the tournament were announced on 6 June 2011 by CONMEBOL's Referee Commission. Two referees were chosen from each participating association: Sergio Pezzotta :Assistant: Ricardo Casas Raúl Orosco :Assistant: Efraín Castro Sálvio Fagundes :Assistant: Marcio Santiago

Enrique Osses Enrique Roberto Osses Zencovic (born May 26, 1974) is a football referee from Chile for Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Chile (ANFP) and CONMEBOL. Osses has officiated international matches which include the 2011 Copa América, Co ...

:Assistant: Francisco Mondría Wilmar Roldán :Assistant: Humberto Clavijo Carlos Vera :Assistant: Luis Alvarado Carlos AmarillaAmarilla replaced Antonio Arias, who originally replaced Carlos Torres :Assistant: Nicolás Yegros Víctor Hugo Rivera :Assistant: Luis Abadie Roberto Silvera :Assistant: Miguel Nievas Juan Soto :Assistant: Luis Sánchez

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:Assistant: Leonel Leal

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:Assistant: Marvin Torrentera Extra assistants: Diego Bonfa, Hernán Maidana ;Notes

Group stage

The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of three games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group, and the two best-placed third teams, qualified for 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. Penalties (Were to be taken before the final group match by two teams playing each other and tied by points 1–4. Only used as decider, if they then drew the final game.) :6. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee ''All times are in local,

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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 best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

Different from previous tournaments, in the knockout stage, 30 minutes of

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were played if any match finished tied after regulation (previously the match would go straight to a penalty shoot-out). This was the first time in the history of the tournament where the knockout stage did not include any invited teams, as both Mexico and Costa Rica were eliminated during the group stage. Paraguay reached the final despite not having won a single match in the competition.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Goalscorers

With five goals, Paolo Guerrero of Peru was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 54 goals were scored by 39 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal. Guerrero-Paolo

;5 goals * Paolo Guerrero ;4 goals * Luis Suárez ;3 goals * Sergio Agüero ;2 goals * Neymar * Alexandre Pato * Radamel Falcao * Felipe Caicedo * Diego Forlán * Álvaro Pereira ;1 goal * Ángel Di María * Gonzalo Higuaín *

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* Esteban Paredes * Alexis Sánchez * Humberto Suazo * Arturo Vidal *

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* Joel Campbell * Josué Martínez *

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* Antolín Alcaraz *

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* Cristian Riveros *

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* William Chiroque *

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* Juan Manuel Vargas * Diego Pérez * Juan Arango * Gabriel Cichero *

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* César González * Grenddy Perozo * Salomón Rondón *

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;Own goals *

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(against Chile)

Statistics

Discipline

Winners

Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Luis Suárez * Top Goalscorer: Paolo Guerrero (5 goals) * Best Young Player: Sebastián Coates * Best Goalkeeper: Justo Villar * Fair Play Trophy: Uruguay_players_with_CA_trophy

Man of the Match Award

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Team of the Tournament

Marketing

Sponsorship

Global Platinum Sponsor: * LG * MasterCard * Santander Global Gold Sponsor: * Kia *

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( Claro, Telcel, Telmex, Embratel, and Comcel (former) are the brands advertised.) Global Silver Sponsor: * Canon *

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are the brands advertised.) *

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and Powerade are the brands advertised.) * Petrobras (Lubrax is the brand advertised.) Official Supplier: * Seara (Paty is the brand advertised.) Charitable Partner: *

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Theme song

"Creo en América" by Argentine singer Diego Torres was the official theme song for the tournament. Torres performed the song during the opening ceremonies. A secondary theme song for the tournament is " Ready 2 Go" by Martin Solveig featuring Kele.Home , Get In!
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References

External links

Copa América 2011 Official Site
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