2001 Copa América

The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Brazil were the two-time defending champions, but they were knocked out of the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=footballtimes>Template:Cite news</ref> Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.

When the tournament was originally cancelled, Canada disbanded its training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament. With only a few days' notice, Costa Rica (CONCACAF) accepted an invite to take Canada's spot in the tournament. The Costa Ricans advanced to the knockout stage, losing in the quarterfinals.

Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition on 10 July, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures.<ref name=footballtimes/> With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on 13 July in an airplane provided by the Colombian Air Force, after the tournament had started and just a few hours before its first game. The Hondurans performed well through the tournament, finishing in third place.

Despite the pre-tournament concerns, there were no incidents of violence nor acts of assault towards any of the participating nations.

Venues

Barranquilla	Template:Location map+
Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 60,000
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Medellín
Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Capacity: 52,000
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Bogotá
Estadio El Campín
Capacity: 48,300
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Cali	Manizales	Pereira	Armenia
Estadio Pascual Guerrero	Estadio Palogrande	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 45,625	Capacity: 36,553	Capacity: 30,313	Capacity: 29,000
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Squads

For a complete list of participating squads: 2001 Copa América squads

Draw

The draw for the competition took place on 10 January 2001 at the Corferias convention center in Bogotá.<ref>Sorteada la Copa América Colombia 2001 Template:In lang</ref> The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
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Shortly before the start of the tournament, two teams drawn into group C (Argentina and Canada) withdrew and were replaced by other invited teams (Costa Rica and Honduras). This didn't affect composition of other groups.

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:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches

2. Goal difference in all group matches

3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

4. Head-to-head results

5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

Key to colors in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals

• All times local (UTC-5)

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 quarter-finals.

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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Final

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Goalscorers

With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal was the top scorer in the tournament. Template:Goalscorers

Final positions

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1	Template:Fb	6	6	0	0	11	0	+11	18	100.0%
2	Template:Fb	6	3	1	2	5	3	+2	10	55.6%
3	Template:Fb	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	55.6%
4	Template:Fb	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Template:Fb	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	58.3%
6	Template:Fb	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6	50.0%
7	Template:Fb	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	6	50.0%
8	Template:Fb	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	4	33.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Template:Fb	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	33.3%
10	Template:Fb	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2	22.2%
11	Template:Fb	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%
12	Template:Fb	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0.0%

Marketing

Sponsorship

Global platinum sponsor:

• Telefónica
• Mastercard-Maestro
• Corona

Global gold sponsor:

• Coca-Cola
• Banamex

Local supplier

• Traffic Group

External links

• Copa América 2001 at RSSSF

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