2011 Copa América

2011 Copa América
Copa América Argentina 2011
	250px Uruguay players with the trophy.
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	1 July – 24 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (15th title)
Runner-up	Paraguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	54 (2.08 per match)
Attendance	882,621 (33,947 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paolo Guerrero ; (5 goals)
Best player	Luis Suárez
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The 2011 Copa América (also known as the 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América or Copa América 2011 Argentina) was the 43rd Copa América. The tournament was organized by CONMEBOL, which is the main association football body in South America. The tournament went from 1 July to 24 July 2011.

Uruguay won the tournament over Paraguay. Paraguay was known for going to the final without winning a single game. Because Uruguay won the tournament, they were allowed to play in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Peru finished at 3rd place after defeating Venezuela.

Teams

Japan and Mexico were both invited to the tournament.^[1] After some controversy that was brought up by UEFA, Mexico were only allowed to bring their Under-23 Olympic Team to the tournament.^[2]

People thought that Japan wouldn't be in the tournament because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, Japan said that they will still be in the tournament. They decided to leave the tournament on 4 April 2011, because the games would get in the way of some J. League Division 1 matches.^[3]^[4] Even though Japan then decided to play in the tournament, and send some European-based players instead, they still decided to leave on May 16 because some European clubs didn't want to send their players away.^[5]^[6] On the next day, CONMEBOL sent a request to the North American team of Costa Rica, and Costa Rica then accepted the invite.

The teams below were in the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Quarter-finals
3	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
4	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1


1 July 2011
Argentina	1–1	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
2 July 2011
Colombia	1–0	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
6 July 2011
Argentina	0–0	Colombia
7 July 2011
Bolivia File:Flag of Bolivia.svg	0–2	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
10 July 2011
Colombia	2–0	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
11 July 2011
Argentina	3–0	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Brazil	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
2	Venezuela	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Paraguay	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1


3 July 2011
Brazil	0–0	Venezuela
Paraguay	0–0	Ecuador
9 July 2011
Brazil	2–2	Paraguay
Venezuela	1–0	Ecuador
13 July 2011
Paraguay	3–3	Venezuela
Brazil	4–2	Ecuador

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Chile	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Quarter-finals
2	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3	0


4 July 2011
Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–1	Peru
Chile	2–1	Mexico
8 July 2011
Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–1	Chile
Peru	1–0	Mexico
12 July 2011
Chile	1–0	Peru
Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–0	Mexico

Ranking of the third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
3	Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Quarter-finals
3	Paraguay	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3	Quarter-finals
3	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 July - Córdoba

Colombia	0
		19 July - La Plata
Peru (aet)	2
		Peru	0
16 July - Santa Fe
		File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	2
Argentina	1 (4)
				24 July - Buenos Aires
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (pen.)	1 (5)
				File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	3
17 July - La Plata
				Paraguay	0
Brazil	0 (0)
		20 July - Mendoza
Paraguay (pen.)	0 (2)
		Paraguay (pen.)	0 (5)
17 July - San Juan
		Venezuela	0 (3)
Chile	1

Venezuela	2

Quarter-finals

16 July 2011 16:00	Colombia	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Peru	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
		Report	Lobatón Goal 101' Vargas Goal 111'

16 July 2011 19:15	Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Higuaín Goal 17'	Report	Pérez Goal 5'
		Penalties
	Messi Scored Burdisso Scored Tevez Pastore Scored Higuaín Scored	4–5	Scored Forlán Scored Suárez Scored Scotti Scored Gargano Scored Cáceres

17 July 2011 16:00	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
		Report
		Penalties
	Elano Thiago Silva André Santos Fred	0–2	Barreto Scored Estigarribia Scored Riveros

17 July 2011 19:15	Chile	1–2	Venezuela	Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
	Suazo Goal 69'	Report	Vizcarrondo Goal 34' Cichero Goal 80'

Semi-finals

19 July 2011 21:45	Peru	0–2	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
		Report	Suárez Goal 52', 57'

20 July 2011 21:45	Paraguay	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Venezuela	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
		Report
		Penalties
	Ortigoza Scored Barrios Scored Riveros Scored Martínez Scored Verón Scored	5–3	Scored Maldonado Scored Rey Lucena Scored Miku

Third place play-off

23 July 2011 16:00	Peru	4–1	Venezuela	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Chiroque Goal 41' Guerrero Goal 63', 89', 90+2'	Report	Arango Goal 77'

Final

Main page: 2011 Copa América Final

24 July 2011 16:00	Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 57,921 Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
	Suárez Goal 11' Forlán Goal 41', 89'	Report

2011 Copa América Champions
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 15th title

Goal scorers

5 goals

Paolo Guerrero

4 goals

Luis Suárez

3 goals

Sergio Agüero

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

2011 Copa América Media

Opening game: Argentina v. Bolivia.
River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires
Mario Alberto Kempes stadium. Cordoba, Argentina.
Estadio Único Ciudad de La Plata.jpg

Estadio Único Ciudad de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López - Colón de Santa Fe.jpg

Foto tomada con un drone. Previo al Clásico Santafesino del 2015.
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas (2).jpg

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas durante una disputa entre Newell's Old Boys y Club Atlético Godoy Cruz.
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario.JPG

Estadio Único San Juan del Bicentenario, departamento Pocito, provincia de San Juan, Argentina.
Estadio 23 de agosto (07).jpg

23 de Agosto stadium of Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima of Jujuy - San Salvador de Jujuy, Northwest of Argentina
Estadio Padre Ernestro Martearena de Salta.jpg

Foto ilustrativa del lugar en cuestión
Guerrero-Paolo.JPG

Paolo Guerrero, top scorer

André Carillo (playing against Chile)

References

↑ "Mexico and Japan are confirmed in the 43rd edition of the Copa America". CA2011.com. August 16, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
↑ Mexico to send Olympic Team. Associated Press. March 31, 2010. http://foxsports.foxnews.com/soccer/story/10708200/Mexico-will-send-Olympic-team-to-2011-Copa-America. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
↑ (in es) Japón no jugará la Copa América. ESPN Deportes. April 4, 2011. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1266708&s=futbol/copa-america&type=story. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
↑ Japan Set to Skip Copa America After Disaster. Yahoo!7. April 3, 2011. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/sport/9126580/japan-set-to-skip-copa-america-after-disaster/. Retrieved April 3, 2011. ^{[dead link]}
↑ "Japan withdraws from Copa America". Japan Football Association. May 18, 2011.
↑ "Japan withdraw from Copa America". CA2011.com. May 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

[1] "Mexico and Japan are confirmed in the 43rd edition of the Copa America". CA2011.com. August 16, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

[2] Mexico to send Olympic Team. Associated Press. March 31, 2010. http://foxsports.foxnews.com/soccer/story/10708200/Mexico-will-send-Olympic-team-to-2011-Copa-America. Retrieved April 1, 2010.

[3] (in es) Japón no jugará la Copa América. ESPN Deportes. April 4, 2011. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1266708&s=futbol/copa-america&type=story. Retrieved April 4, 2011.

[4] Japan Set to Skip Copa America After Disaster. Yahoo!7. April 3, 2011. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/sport/9126580/japan-set-to-skip-copa-america-after-disaster/. Retrieved April 3, 2011. ^{[dead link]}

[5] "Japan withdraws from Copa America". Japan Football Association. May 18, 2011.

[6] "Japan withdraw from Copa America". CA2011.com. May 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

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Copa América Argentina 2011
250px Uruguay players with the trophy.
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	1 July – 24 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (15th title)
Runner-up	Paraguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	54 (2.08 per match)
Attendance	882,621 (33,947 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paolo Guerrero (5 goals)
Best player	Luis Suárez
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