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.

Copa América Centenario
Centennial Copa America[1]
Tournament details
Host country{{country data  United States|flag/core|name= United States|variant= |size=}}
Dates3–26 June 2016
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Chile (2nd title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third placeFile:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Eduardo Vargas
(6 goals)
Best playerChile 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 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 22x20px 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 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
4 June 2016
Costa Rica 22x20px 0 – 0  Paraguay
7 June 2016
United States  4 – 0 22x20px Costa Rica
Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 2 – 1  Paraguay
11 June 2016
United States  1 – 0  Paraguay
Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 2 – 3 22x20px 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 22x20px Haiti 3 0 0 3 1 12 –11 0
4 June 2016
Haiti 22x20px 0 – 1  Peru
Brazil  0 – 0  Ecuador
8 June 2016
Brazil  7 – 1 22x20px Haiti
Ecuador  2 – 2  Peru
12 June 2016
Ecuador  4 – 0 22x20px 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 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 3 0 0 3 2 7 –5 0
6 June 2016
Panama  2 – 1 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Argentina  2 – 1  Chile
10 June 2016
Chile  2 – 1 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Argentina  5 – 0  Panama
14 June 2016
Chile  4 – 2  Panama
Argentina  3 – 0 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg 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)
 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (pen)  0 (4)  
 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia  0 Third place
    Chile  2  
  Mexico  0   United States  0
  Chile  7    File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia  1

Quarter-finals


16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)
United States  2–1  Ecuador
Attendance: 47,322
Dempsey Goal 22'
Zardes Goal 65'
Report Arroyo Goal 74'

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)
Peru  0–0 (aet) File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Attendance: 79,194
Report
  Penalties  
Ruidíaz Scored
Tapia Scored
Trauco Missed
Cueva Missed
2–4 Scored Rodríguez
Scored Cuadrado
Scored Moreno
Scored Pérez Cardona

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)
Argentina  4–1  Venezuela
Attendance: 59,183
Higuaín Goal 8'28'
Messi Goal 60'
Lamela Goal 71'
Report Rondón Goal 70'

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18)
Mexico  0–7  Chile
Attendance: 70,547
Report Puch Goal 16'88'
Vargas Goal 44'52'57'74'
Sánchez Goal 49'

Semi-finals

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)
United States  0–4  Argentina
Attendance: 70,858
Report Lavezzi Goal 2'
Messi Goal 31'
Higuaín Goal 50'85'

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22)
Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 0–2  Chile
Report Aránguiz Goal 7'
Fuenzalida Goal 11'

Third place

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)
United States  0–1 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Bacca Goal 31'

Finals

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)
Argentina  0–0 (aet)  Chile
Report
  Penalties  
Messi Missed
Mascherano Scored
Agüero Scored
Biglia Missed
2–4 Missed Vidal
Scored Castillo
Scored Aránguiz
Scored Beausejour
Scored Silva

Statistics

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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 File:Flag of Colombia.svg 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 22x20px 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 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 3 0 0 3 2 7 –5 0
15  Jamaica 3 0 0 3 0 6 –6 0
16 22x20px Haiti 3 0 0 3 1 12 –11 0

Copa América Centenario Media

References

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  2. "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.