2004 Copa América


The 2004 Copa América was the 41st edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Peru, who hosted the tournament for the sixth time, from 6 to 25 July.
The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. This made Brazil hold the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América.
There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's 10 South American countries participated, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América were Mexico and Costa Rica.

Venues

Squads

Each association had to present a list of twenty-two players to compete in the competition.

Officials

The draw for the competition took place on 8 March 2004 at the Lima Art Museum in Lima. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. For logistical reasons the three teams from Pots 1 & 4 were manually assigned to their groups ahead of the draw.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group stage

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-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
  • All times local

    Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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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 quarterfinals.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Result

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament.

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Adriano
  • Top Goalscorer: Adriano

    Team of the Tournament

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards

Marketing

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament was known as Chasqui. He was based on the Incan messengers of the same name.

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor
  • Petrobras
  • LG
Global gold sponsor
  • América Móvil
  • LAN Airlines
Global silver sponsor
  • Anheuser-Busch InBev
  • PepsiCo
  • 51
  • Volkswagen
Official Supplier
  • Tolteca

    Theme songs

  • "Más Allá de los Sueños" by Peruvian singer-songwriter Gian Marco was the official theme song for the tournament. The song was well received and became popular in Latin America but mostly in Perú. Despite it being the official tournament theme song, Gian Marco was unable to perform it during the closing ceremony due to him being on tour at that time.
  • "La Copa Será Tuya Al Final" by Betzaida was used by Univision as their theme song.