Introduction

This was the second Copa America to be contested and it was played after Confederations Cup I. There were a total of 12 teams who took part in the competition; all of the CONMEBOL sides who had participated in Copa America I along with Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, who made their debuts in this competition.

Due to the additional teams participating, CONMEBOL changed the tournament format from the original competition. The tournament utilized groups of 3, which is generally frowned upon, but was accepted as a way to allow for a full 8-team quarterfinal round by having the top 2 teams advance from each group. Groups of 3 were preferable to using "best third place teams" or a 6-team knockout round like the first edition used.

• Teams Entered: 12
• Champion: Uruguay (1st)
• Top Scorer: Ronaldinho (5)

Seeding

Seeding was heavily based on each team's performance in the first Copa America, with the four semifinalists being seeded highest and then the two quarterfinalists were seeded in the second pot with the two teams who have qualified to the most World Cups. Pot C contained the remaining teams, including the two new squads.

Pot A: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia
Pot B: Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile
Pot C: Peru, Venezuela, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo

While completely random, the draw actually avoided most rematches from the previous Copa America I group stage. The only two matchups that will happen in the group stage for the second time in a row are Brazil vs Venezuela and Bolivia vs Peru.

Group Stage

Group A

Sao Paulo - 4 pts +3 GD 4 GF 1 GA
Ecuador - 2 pts +0 GD 2 GF 2 GA
Paraguay - 1 pts -3 GD 1 GF 4 GA

Sao Paulo 3 - 0 Paraguay [Neymar, Taddei, Denilson]

Ecuador 1 - 1 Sao Paulo [Guagua; Taddei]

Paraguay 1 - 1 Ecuador [Haedo Valdez; Valencia]

Group B

Argentina - 4 pts +3 GD 4 GF 1 GA
Chile - 2 pts +0 GD 3 GF 3 GA
Rio de Janeiro - 1 pts -3 GD 2 GF 5 GA

Rio de Janeiro 0 - 3 Argentina [Messi, Tevez, Mascherano]

Chile 2 - 2 Rio de Janeiro [M. Fernandez, A. Sanchez; Filipe, Fabio]

Argentina 1 - 1 Chile [Messi; M. Fernandez]

Group C

Uruguay - 6 pts +6 GD 7 GF 1 GA
Brazil - 3 pts -1 GD 3 GF 4 GA
Venezuela - 0 pts -5 GD 2 GF 7 GA

Uruguay 4 - 1 Venezuela [J. Martinez, Albin x2, Forlan; Rondon]

Brazil 0 - 3 Uruguay [Chevanton, Forlan, Suarez]

Venezuela 1 - 3 Brazil [Cesar Gonzalez; Julio Baptista, Kaka, Mert Nobre]

Group D

Colombia - 4 pts +3 GD 4 GF 1 GA
Bolivia - 2 pts +0 GD 2 GF 2 GA
Peru - 1 pts -3 GD 1 GF 4 GA

Peru 0 - 3 Colombia [Rodallega x2, Marin]

Bolivia 1 - 1 Peru [A. Da Rosa; Pizzaro]

Colombia 1 - 1 Bolivia [Guarin; R. Garcia]

Knockout Round

Quarterfinals

Sao Paulo 1 - 2 Chile [Cleyton; Isla, A. Sanchez]
Uruguay 2 - 1 Bolivia [J. Martinez, Forlan; Botero]
Argentina 2 - 0 Ecuador [Mascherano, Aguero]
Colombia 1 - 2 Brazil [Marin; Ronaldinho x2]

Semifinals

Chile 1 - 3 Uruguay [Valdes; Forlan, Zalayeta OT, Suarez OT]
Argentina 4 - 2 Brazil [Aguero x2, Messi x2; Mert Nobre, Ronaldinho]

Third Place

Chile 1 - 2 Brazil [Mark Gonzalez; Ronaldinho x2]

Championship

Uruguay 2 - 0 Argentina [Zalayeta x2]

Top Scorers

The top scorers from the tournament (players with 3 or more) were:

Ronaldinho - 5
Forlan - 4
Messi - 4
Aguero - 3
Zalayeta - 3

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