1991 Copa América

1991 Copa América

Official program
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	6–21 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (13th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	73 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	815,483 (31,365 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Leonardo Rodríguez[1]
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The 1991 Copa América football tournament was hosted by Chile, from 6 to 21 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated.

Until the 2021 edition, this was the last time that the tournament consisted of only CONMEBOL member nations. In later tournaments, at least two nations from outside CONMEBOL have been invited to bring the total number of participants to twelve.

Argentina won the Copa América for the 13th time, their first since 1959.^[2]

Venues

Santiago	Concepción Santiago Valparaíso Viña del Mar
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 70,000
Concepción
Estadio Municipal
Capacity: 35,000
Viña del Mar
Estadio Sausalito
Capacity: 20,000
Valparaíso
Estadio Playa Ancha
Capacity: 19,000

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1991 Copa América squads

First round

The tournament was set up in two groups of five teams each. Each team played one match against each of the other teams within the same group. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

• Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
Chile	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	6
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	7	8	−1	4
Peru	4	1	0	3	9	9	0	2
Venezuela	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	5
Brazil	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5
Uruguay	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	5
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	3
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2

7 July 1991

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
De Ávila 25'

Estadio Playa Ancha,

Paraguay

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7 July 1991

Uruguay	1–1	Bolivia
Castro 73'		J. Suárez 16'

Estadio Playa Ancha,

Paraguay

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9 July 1991

Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador
Méndez 49' (pen.)		Aguinaga 44'

Chile

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Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
Brazil	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Chile	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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21 July 1991

Argentina	2–1	Colombia
Simeone 11' Batistuta 19'		De Ávila 70'

Paraguay

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Result

1991 Copa América champions
Argentina 13th title

Goalscorers

With six goals, Gabriel Batistuta was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 73 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

External links

• Copa América 1991 at RSSSF