Introduction

This was the third Copa America to be contested and it was played after Confederations Cup II. There were a total of 12 teams who took part in the competition; all of the CONMEBOL sides who had participated in Copa America II returned.

Teams Entered: 12
Champion: Brazil (2nd)
Top Scorer: Julio Baptista (5)

Seeding

Seeding was based on each team's performance in all previous competitions. Results were averaged to account for the newer teams, like Sao Paulo who had qualified to the last World Cup and had reached the quarterfinals of the previous Copa America. They earned a top seed under this new method, whereas they would have been a bottom seed if the tournament had only looked at overall history. The new method took into account how well teams had done compared to how many tournaments they had participated in. Therefore, a team like Sao Paulo who qualified to the only World Cup that they competed in were given a much higher score than a team like Peru who has only qualified to 2 World Cups in 10 attempts.

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

Group Stage

Group A

Sao Paulo - 6 pts +4 GD 6 GF 2 GA
Ecuador - 3 pts +2 GD 6 GF 4 GA
Bolivia - 0 pts -6 GD 0 GF 6 GA

Ecuador 2 - 4 Sao Paulo [Mendez, C. Benitez; Amauri x2, Taddei, F. Aurelio]

Bolivia 0 - 4 Ecuador [Carlos Tenorio x2, C. Benitez x2]

Sao Paulo 2 - 0 Bolivia [Neymar, Taddei]

Group B

Argentina - 4 pts +1 GD 5 GF 4 GA
Venezuela - 3 pts +1 GD 4 GF 3 GA
Colombia - 1 pts -2 GD 2 GF 4 GA

Venezuela 2 - 0 Colombia [Arango, Rondon]

Argentina 3 - 2 Venezuela [Messi, D. Milito, Aguero; Rondon, Arango]

Colombia 2 - 2 Argentina [Rodallega, Falcao; Tevez, Aguero]

Group C

Brazil - 6 pts +6 GD 7 GF 1 GA
Paraguay - 3 pts -3 GD 3 GF 6 GA
Rio de Janeiro - 0 pts -3 GD 3 GF 6 GA

Paraguay 0 - 4 Brazil [Julio Baptista x3, Mert Nobre]

Rio de Janeiro 2 - 3 Paraguay [Adriano, Ronaldo; Santa Cruz, Haedo Valdez, Cabanas]

Brazil 3 - 1 Rio de Janeiro [Julio Baptista x2, Gilberto Silva; Ronaldo]

Group D

Chile - 4 pts +2 GD 5 GF 3 GA
Peru - 3 pts -1 GD 2 GF 3 GA
Uruguay - 1 pts -1 GD 2 GF 3 GA

Uruguay 0 - 1 Peru [Guerrero]

Chile 2 - 2 Uruguay [M. Fernandez x2; Godin, Forlan]

Peru 1 - 3 Chile [De La Haza; Humberto Suazo x3]

Knockout Round

Quarterfinals

Sao Paulo 2 - 1 Venezuela [Amauri x2; Amorebieta]
Brazil 3 - 1 Peru [Ronaldinho, Maicon OT, Mert Nobre OT; L. Ramirez]
Argentina 2 - 0 Ecuador [Maxi Rodriguez, Tevez]
Chile 1 - 3 Paraguay [Jara; Riveros, Santa Cruz, Haedo Valdez]