The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.
In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited CONCACAF's Mexico, accepting their fourth invitation, and AFC's Japan, who made their debut at the tournament. Japan thus became the first country outside of Americas to participate at the Copa América. Uruguay fielded a youth team.
Competing nations As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico (accepting their fourth invitation) from the CONCACAF and Japan from the AFC.
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Venues A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted by Estadio Defensores del Chaco.
Pedro Juan Caballero Monumental Río Parapití Capacity: 30,000 Ciudad del Este Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi Capacity: 28,000 Asunción Luque Estadio Defensores del Chaco Estadio General Pablo Rojas Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 32,910 Capacity: 25,000
Squads For a complete list of participating squads: 1999 Copa América squads
Venue selection Paraguay was chosen to be the venue by defeating Colombia by seven votes to three.
Group stage The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.
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.
Key to colors in group tables Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Result
Statistics Goalscorers
With five goals apiece, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the tournament's top scorers.
All-Star Team The following team was selected as the ideal team of the tournament by El País. Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Fabián Carini Cafu Roberto Carlos Rafael Márquez Carlos Gamarra Rivaldo Emerson Betancourt Juan Román Riquelme Iván Zamorano Luis Hernández
Final positions Team 1 6600172+1518100.0%2 612349−5527.8%3 6312109+11055.6%4 621387+1738.9% Eliminated in the Quarterfinals5 430184+4975.0%6 422061+5866.7%7 421176+1758.3%8 4202660650.0% Eliminated in the First Stage9 302112−1222.2%10 301238−5111.1%11 300337−400.0%12 3003113−1200.0%
Marketing
Sponsorship Global platinum sponsor MasterCard Telefónica
Global gold sponsor Anheuser-Busch InBev (Budweiser is the brand advertised) Coca-Cola Umbro
Local suppliers Traffic Group Bansud Grupo Financiero Banamex
References
External links
Copa América 1999 at RSSSF