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Copa America 2007


The 2007 Copa America was the 42nd edition of the Copa America, the main international football tournament for South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Venezuela, who hosted the tournament for the first time, between June 26 and July 15, 2007. The competition was won by Brazil who went on to beat Argentina 3-0 in the final.

Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3-1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Competing nations

(Holders)

(Invitee)

(Invitee)

(Hosts)

Squads

For a complete list of participating squads see: Copa America 2007 squads

First Round

All times are Atlantic Standard Time Zone (UTC-4)

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.

Knock-out stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Scorers

;6 goals

Robinho

;5 goals

Juan Roman Riquelme

;4 goals

Nery Castillo

;3 goals

Hernan Crespo

Julio Baptista

Humberto Suazo

Omar Bravo

Salvador Cabanas

Roque Santa Cruz

Diego Forlan

;2 goals

Javier Mascherano

Lionel Messi

Jaime Moreno

Jaime Castrillon

Cuauhtemoc Blanco

Claudio Pizarro

Sebastian Abreu

;1 goal

Pablo Aimar

Gabriel Heinze

Diego Milito

Carlos Tevez

Juan Carlos Arce

Jhasmani Campos

Daniel Alves

Josue

Juan

Vagner Love

Maicon

Carlos Villanueva

Edixon Perea

Christian Benitez

Edison Mendez

Antonio Valencia

Fernando Arce

Andres Guardado

Ramon Morales

Gerardo Torrado

Edgar Barreto

Oscar Cardozo

;1 goal (cont.)

Juan Carlos Marino

Jose Paolo Guerrero

Miguel Villalta

Ricardo Clark

Eddie Johnson

Pablo Garcia

Cristian Rodriguez

Vicente Sanchez

Juan Arango

Daniel Arismendi

Alejandro Cichero

Giancarlo Maldonado

Ricardo David Paez

;Own goals

Roberto Ayala (for Brazil)

External links

Copa America 2007 Website - official website

Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol - official website

FuriaVinotinto - Unofficial Forum

2007 Copa America at ESPN

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