Copa América Centenario
The Copa América Centenario (English: Centennial Copa America)[2] was a men's association football tournament that took place from 3 June to 26 June 2016. The tournament was made to celebrate 100 years of the Copa América. It was hosted in the United States for the first time.
| Centennial Copa America[1] | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | {{country data  United States|flag/core|name= United States|variant= |size=}} |
| Dates | 3–26 June 2016 |
| Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Chile (2nd title) |
| Runner-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Colombia |
| Fourth place | United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 91 (2.84 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Eduardo Vargas(6 goals) |
| Best player | Alexis Sánchez |
← 2015 2019 → | |
Chile won the final in penalties over Argentina (which was a repeat of the 2015 Copa América Final).
The winner of the tournament will not qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup because Chile already won the 2015 Copa América.
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Colombia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Costa Rica
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 4 |
| 4 |  Paraguay
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 1 |
| 3 June 2016 | ||
| United States |
0 – 2 | Colombia
|
| 4 June 2016 | ||
| Costa Rica |
0 – 0 | Paraguay
|
| 7 June 2016 | ||
| United States |
4 – 0 | Costa Rica
|
| Colombia |
2 – 1 | Paraguay
|
| 11 June 2016 | ||
| United States |
1 – 0 | Paraguay
|
| Colombia |
2 – 3 | Costa Rica
|
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Peru
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Ecuador
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 |  Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 |  Haiti
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | –11 | 0 |
| 4 June 2016 | ||
| Haiti |
0 – 1 | Peru
|
| Brazil |
0 – 0 | Ecuador
|
| 8 June 2016 | ||
| Brazil |
7 – 1 | Haiti
|
| Ecuador |
2 – 2 | Peru
|
| 12 June 2016 | ||
| Ecuador |
4 – 0 | Haiti
|
| Brazil |
0 – 1 | Peru
|
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 |  Venezuela
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Uruguay
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Jamaica
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 |
| 5 June 2016 | ||
| Jamaica |
0 – 1 | Venezuela
|
| Mexico |
3 – 1 | Uruguay
|
| 9 June 2016 | ||
| Uruguay |
0 – 1 | Venezuela
|
| Mexico |
2 – 0 | Jamaica
|
| 13 June 2016 | ||
| Mexico |
1 – 1 | Venezuela
|
| Uruguay |
3 – 0 | Jamaica
|
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | Chile
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Panama
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 3 |
| 4 |  Bolivia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |
| 6 June 2016 | ||
| Panama |
2 – 1 | Bolivia
|
| Argentina |
2 – 1 | Chile
|
| 10 June 2016 | ||
| Chile |
2 – 1 | Bolivia
|
| Argentina |
5 – 0 | Panama
|
| 14 June 2016 | ||
| Chile |
4 – 2 | Panama
|
| Argentina |
3 – 0 | Bolivia
|
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| United States
|
2 | |||||||||
| Ecuador
|
1 | |||||||||
| United States
|
0 | |||||||||
| Argentina
|
4 | |||||||||
| Argentina
|
4 | |||||||||
| Venezuela
|
1 | |||||||||
| Argentina
|
0 (2) | |||||||||
| Chile
|
0 (4) | |||||||||
| Peru
|
0 (2) | |||||||||
| Colombia (pen)
|
0 (4) | |||||||||
| Colombia
|
0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Chile
|
2 | |||||||||
| Mexico
|
0 | United States
|
0 | |||||||
| Chile
|
7 | Colombia
|
1 | |||||||
Quarter-finals
| 16 June 2016 |
United States
|
2–1 | Ecuador
|
Attendance: 47,322 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dempsey  22'Zardes 65'
|
Report | Arroyo 74'
|
| 17 June 2016 |
Peru
|
0–0 (aet) | Colombia
|
Attendance: 79,194 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
Ruidíaz  Tapia Trauco  Cueva |
2–4 | Rodríguez Cuadrado Moreno Pérez Cardona
|
| 18 June 2016 |
Argentina
|
4–1 | Venezuela
|
Attendance: 59,183 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higuaín 8', 28' Messi 60'Lamela 71'
|
Report | Rondón 70'
|
| 18 June 2016 |
Mexico
|
0–7 | Chile
|
Attendance: 70,547 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Puch 16', 88' Vargas 44', 52', 57', 74'Sánchez 49'
|
Semi-finals
| 21 June 2016 |
United States
|
0–4 | Argentina
|
Attendance: 70,858 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Lavezzi 2' Messi 31'Higuaín 50', 85'
|
| 22 June 2016 |
Colombia
|
0–2 | Chile
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Aránguiz 7' Fuenzalida 11'
|
Third place
| 25 June 2016 |
United States
|
0–1 | Colombia
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacca 31'
|
Finals
| 26 June 2016 |
Argentina
|
0–0 (aet) | Chile
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
| Messi Mascherano Agüero Biglia |
2–4 | Vidal Castillo Aránguiz Beausejour Silva
|
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Sergio Agüero- Éver Banega
- Víctor Cuesta
- Ángel Di María
- Nicolás Otamendi
- Juan Carlos Arce
- Jhasmani Campos
- Gabriel
- Lucas Lima
- José Pedro Fuenzalida
Carlos Bacca- Frank Fabra
- Marlos Moreno
- Cristián Zapata
Celso Borges- Johan Venegas
Michael Arroyo- Jaime Ayoví
- Miller Bolaños
- Christian Noboa
- Antonio Valencia
James Marcelin
Jesús Manuel Corona- Javier Hernández
- Héctor Herrera
- Rafael Márquez
- Oribe Peralta
Abdiel Arroyo- Miguel Camargo
Víctor Ayala
Christian Cueva- Edison Flores
- Paolo Guerrero
- Raúl Ruidíaz
Jermaine Jones- Bobby Wood
- Gyasi Zardes
- Graham Zusi
Mathías Corujo- Diego Godín
- Abel Hernández
Josef Martínez- José Manuel Velázquez
- 1 own goal
- Frank Fabra (playing against Costa Rica)
Je-Vaughn Watson (playing against Uruguay)- Álvaro Pereira (playing against Mexico)
Tournament rankings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 |
| 2 | Argentina
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 16 |
| 3 | Colombia
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 |
| 4 | United States
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 9 |
| Eliminated in Quarter-finals | |||||||||
| 5 | Peru
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 |
| 6 | Venezuela
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mexico
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 7 |
| 8 | Ecuador
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
| Eliminated in Group stage | |||||||||
| 9 | Brazil
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| 10 | Costa Rica
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 4 |
| 11 | Uruguay
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Panama
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 3 |
| 13 | Paraguay
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 1 |
| 14 | Bolivia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |
| 15 | Jamaica
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 |
| 16 | Haiti
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | –11 | 0 |
Copa América Centenario Media
The trophy was designed exclusively for this edition
Rose Bowl, Lot H, in Pasadena, California, is one of the few places in the United States where you can fly a drone legally.
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NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, just an hour before kickoff of the Super Bowl, the biggest annual sporting event in the United States.
Lincoln Financial Field (Aerial view)
Gillette stadium from above
A view of Levi's Stadium on August 2nd, 2014 during its Inaugural Sporting Event. The San Jose Earthquakes played versus the Seattle Sounders and won.
CenturyLink field, shot from 1,500', looking east
oldier Field is a football stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 1971 Soldier Field has been home of the National Football League's Chicago Bears, and is the oldest NFL stadium. With a capacity of 61,500, it is the second smallest stadium in the NFL. Soldier Field reopened in 2003 after an extensive interior renovation.
University of Phoenix stadium, site of this year’s Super Bowl, won by the New York Giants.
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References
- ↑ "CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Announce Agreement to Bring Copa America 2016 to the United States". CONCACAF.com. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Centennial Copa America added to FIFA's international calendar, making top players available" Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, MLS Soccer, 26 September 2014.