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2001 Copa América

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2001 Copa América
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Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates11–29 July
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venues7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Colombia (1st title)
Runners-upImage Mexico
Third placeImage Honduras
Fourth placeImage Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored60 (2.31 per match)
Attendance877,000 (33,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Víctor Aristizábal
(6 goals)
Best playerHonduras Amado Guevara[1]
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2004 →

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Venues

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Barranquilla
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

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

Draw

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The draw for the competition took place on 10 January 2001 at the Corferias convention center in Bogotá.[7] The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Image Colombia (assigned to Group A)
Image Brazil (assigned to Group B)
Image Argentina (assigned to Group C)		 Image Chile
Image Paraguay
Image Uruguay		 Image Bolivia
Image Ecuador
Image Peru		 Image Venezuela
Image Canada
Image Mexico

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 did not affect composition of other groups.

Group stage

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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

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
Image Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
Image Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Image Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ecuador Image1–4Image Chile
Chalá Image 52' Report Navia Image 29'
Montecinos Image 72', 90'
Corrales Image 84'
Attendance: 40,000[8]
Colombia Image2–0Image Venezuela
Grisales Image 15'
Aristizábal Image 59' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 50,000[9]
Chile Image1–0Image Venezuela
Montecinos Image 78' Report
Attendance: 33,000[10]
Colombia Image1–0Image Ecuador
Aristizábal Image 29' Report
Attendance: 40,000[11]
Ecuador Image4–0Image Venezuela
Delgado Image 19', 63'
Fernández Image 29'
Méndez Image 60'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000[12]
Colombia Image2–0Image Chile
Aristizábal Image 10' (pen.)
Arriaga Image 90'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000[13]

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Image Mexico 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
Image Peru 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Image Paraguay 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Peru Image3–3Image Paraguay
Lobatón Image 16'
Pajuelo Image 57'
Del Solar Image 72'		 Report Ferreira Image 23', 64'
Garay Image 90'
Attendance: 35,000
Brazil Image0–1Image Mexico
Report Borgetti Image 5'
Attendance: 38,000
Brazil Image2–0Image Peru
Guilherme Image 9'
Denílson Image 85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Paraguay Image0–0Image Mexico
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Peru Image1–0Image Mexico
Holsen Image 48' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Brazil Image3–1Image Paraguay
Alex Image 60'
Belletti Image 89'
Denílson Image 90'		 Report Alvarenga Image 11' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
Image Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Image Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
Image Bolivia 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Bolivia Image0–1Image Uruguay
Report Chevantón Image 60'
Attendance: 38,000
Honduras Image0–1Image Costa Rica
Report Wanchope Image 63'
Attendance: 35,000
Uruguay Image1–1Image Costa Rica
C. Morales Image 53' Report Wanchope Image 28'
Attendance: 20,000
Honduras Image2–0Image Bolivia
Guevara Image 53', 68' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Bolivia Image0–4Image Costa Rica
Report Wanchope Image 45', 71'
Bryce Image 63'
Fonseca Image 84'
Attendance: 25,000
Honduras Image1–0Image Uruguay
Guevara Image 86' Report
Attendance: 35,000

Ranking of third-placed teams

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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.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
C Image Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
B Image Peru 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
A Image Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 22 July – Pereira
 
 
 Image Chile 0
 
 25 July – Pereira
 
 Image Mexico 2
 
 Image Mexico 2
 
 22 July – Armenia
 
 Image Uruguay 1
 
 Image Costa Rica 1
 
 29 July – Bogotá
 
 Image Uruguay 2
 
 Image Mexico 0
 
 23 July – Armenia
 
 Image Colombia 1
 
 Image Colombia 3
 
 26 July – Manizales
 
 Image Peru 0
 
 Image Colombia 2
 
 23 July – Manizales
 
 Image Honduras 0 Third place
 
 Image Brazil 0
 
 29 July – Bogotá
 
 Image Honduras 2
 
 Image Uruguay 2 (4)
 
 
 Image Honduras (p) 2 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

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Chile Image0–2Image Mexico
Report Arellano Image 17'
Osorno Image 78'
Attendance: 20,000[14]
Costa Rica Image1–2Image Uruguay
Wanchope Image 52' Report Lemos Image 61' (pen.)
Lima Image 87'
Attendance: 29,000[15]
Colombia Image3–0Image Peru
Aristizábal Image 50', 69'
Hernández Image 66'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000[16]
Brazil Image0–2Image Honduras
Report Belletti red-colored football 57' (o.g.)
Martínez Image 90+4'
Attendance: 30,000[17]

Semi-finals

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Mexico Image2–1Image Uruguay
Borgetti Image 14'
García Aspe Image 67' (pen.)		 Report R. Morales Image 32'
Attendance: 20,000[18]
Colombia Image2–0Image Honduras
Bedoya Image 6'
Aristizábal Image 63'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000[19]

Third-place match

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Uruguay Image2–2Image Honduras
Bizera Image 22'
Martínez Image 45'		 Report Martínez Image 14'
Izaguirre Image 42'
Penalties
Sorondo football with check mark
Gutiérrez football with red X
Rodríguez football with check mark
Lemos football with check mark
Olivera football with check mark		 4–5 football with check mark Pineda
football with check mark Martínez
football with check mark García
football with check mark Medina
football with check mark Izaguirre
Attendance: 47,000[20]
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)

Final

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Mexico Image0–1Image Colombia
Report I. Córdoba Image 65'
Attendance: 47,000[21]

Result

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 2001 Copa América champions 
Image
Colombia
1st title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 60 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

All-Star Team

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The Copa América 2001 Ideal Team was an all-star selection of eleven outstanding players from the tournament.[22]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Colombia Óscar Córdoba

Colombia Iván López
Uruguay Gonzalo Sorondo
Colombia Mario Yepes
Colombia Gerardo Bedoya

Paraguay Julio César Cáceres
Honduras Amado Guevara
Peru Juan Carlos Bazalar
Colombia Edison Chará

Mexico Jared Borgetti
Colombia Víctor Aristizábal

Final positions

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1Image Colombia 6600110+1118100.0%
2Image Mexico 631253+21055.6%
3Image Honduras 631275+21055.6%
4Image Uruguay 6222770844.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5Image Costa Rica 421173+4758.3%
6Image Brazil 420254+1650.0%
7Image Chile 4202550650.0%
8Image Peru 411248−4433.3%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9Image Ecuador 3102550333.3%
10Image Paraguay 302146−2222.2%
11Image Bolivia 300307−700.0%
12Image Venezuela 300307−700.0%

Marketing

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Sponsorship

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Global platinum sponsor:

Global gold sponsor:

Local supplier

References

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  1. ↑ "Copa América Best Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Colombia celebrate double triumph". 30 July 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Honduras surprise brittle Brazil | Football | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Vickery, Tim (30 July 2001). "Colombia seize first Copa crown". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  5. 1 2 Steven Scragg (16 February 2015). "Honduras' Legendary Copa América Odyssey". These Football Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Colombia lifts the CONMEBOL Copa América™ trophy for the first time in 2001". copaamerica.com. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Sorteada la Copa América Colombia 2001 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Ecuador – Chile (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Colombia - Venezuela 2:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Chile - Venezuela 1:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Colombia - Ecuador 1:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Ecuador - Venezuela 4:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Colombia - Chile 2:0 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Group A)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  14. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  15. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  16. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  17. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Chile – Mexico (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  18. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Colombia – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  19. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Colombia – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  20. ↑ HEIM:SPIEL. "Match details / line-up: Uruguay – Honduras (Copa America 2001 Colombia)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  21. ↑ "Mexico - Colombia 0:1 (Copa América 2001 Colombia, Final)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  22. ↑ "25 años del único título de la Selección Colombia: así fue la Copa América 2001". AS Colombia (in Spanish). 29 July 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
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