The Copa América 2001 was held in Colombia, from July 11 to July 29, 2001. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All South American countries (10 countries) participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament.

Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about security issues in Colombia, but the tournament was held on schedule. Argentinian players had been threatened by terrorist groups before the tournament begun, and after long days of debate, the AFA (Asociacion de Futbol Argentino) decided to withdraw the team from the competition. Despite the general dissapointment of the Argentinian people, the reason was genuine and it did not generate any disagreement. Canada and Argentina withdrew on July 6 and July 10 respectively. Honduras and Costa Rica were then invited.

Venues

First Round

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) 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-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Colombia 9 3 3 0 0 5 0 Chile 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 0 7

Ecuador 1 - 4 Chile Colombia 2 - 0 Venezuela Chile 1 - 0 Venezuela Colombia 1 - 0 Ecuador Ecuador 4 - 0 Venezuela Colombia 2 - 0 Chile

July 11, 2001

July 14, 2001

July 17, 2001

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 Perú 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 Paraguay 0 3 0 0 3 4 6

Brazil 0 - 1 Mexico Perú 3 - 3 Paraguay Brazil 2 - 0 Perú Paraguay 0 - 0 Mexico Brazil 3 - 1 Paraguay Perú 1 - 0 Mexico

July 12, 2001

July 15, 2001

July 18, 2001

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Costa Rica 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 Honduras 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 Bolivia 0 3 0 0 3 0 7

Bolivia 0 - 1 (0-0) Uruguay Honduras 0 - 1 (0-0) Costa Rica Honduras 2 - 0 (0-0) Bolivia Uruguay 1 - 1 (0-1) Costa Rica Bolivia 0 - 4 (0-1) Costa Rica Honduras 1 - 0 (0-0) Uruguay

July 13, 2001

July 16, 2001

July 19, 2001

Best third places

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.

Uruguay (best third place) and Perú (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

July 22, 2001

Chile	0 - 2 (0-1)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas , Pereira Ref: Carlos Eugenio Simón (Brazil)
		Arellano 17'
		Osorno 78'
Uruguay	2 - 1 (0-0)	Costa Rica	--:-- - Estadio Centenario , Armenia Ref: Oscar Julián Ruiz (Colombia)
Lemos (p) 61'		Wanchope 52'
Lima 87'

July 23, 2001

Brazil	0 - 2 (0-0)	Honduras	--:-- - Estadio Palogrande , Manizales Ref: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
s/o Emerson 82'		Belletti (og) 57'
		S. Martínez 90'
		s/o Cárcamo 82'
Colombia	3 - 0 (0-0)	Peru	--:-- - Estadio Centenario , Armenia Ref: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Aristizábal 50'
Hernández 66'
Aristizábal 69'

Semi-finals

July 25, 2001

Mexico	2 - 1 (1-1)	Uruguay	--:-- - Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas , Pereira Ref: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Borgetti 14'		R. Morales 32'
García Aspe (p) 67'		s/o C. Morales 45'
s/o García Aspe 88'		s/o R. Morales 90'
s/o Vidrio 90'

July 26, 2001

Colombia	2 - 0 (1-0)	Honduras	--:-- - Estadio Palogrande , Manizales Ref: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
Bedoya 6'
Aristizábal 63'

Third Place match

July 28, 2001

Uruguay	2 - 2 (2-2)	Honduras	--:-- - Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Ref: Gilberto Hidalgo (Perú)
Bizera 22'		S. Martínez 14'
A. Martínez 45'		Izaguirre 42'
Penalty shootout
Uruguay		4 - 5	Honduras
Sorondo : goal		1-1	Pineda : goal
Gutiérrez: Enamorado saved		1-2	S. Martínez : goal
Rodríguez : goal		2-3	García : goal
Lemos : goal		3-4	Medina : goal
Olivera : goal		4-5	Izaguirre : goal

Final

July 29, 2001

Colombia	1 - 0 (0-0)	Mexico	--:-- - Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Ref: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
I. Córdoba 65'		s/o Rodríguez 79'
		s/o Torrado 90'

Copa América Winners:: COLOMBIA (1st title)

Goal Scorers

6 goals

• Aristizábal

5 goals

• Wanchope

3 goals

• Montecinos
• Guevara

2 goals

• Denilson
• Delgado
• S. Martínez
• Borgetti
• Ferreira

1 goal

• Alex Beletti Guilherme
• Corrales Navia
• Arriaga Bedoya Grisales Hernández Córdoba
• Bryce Fonseca
• Chalá Fernández Edison Méndez
• Izaguirre
• Arellano García Aspe Osorno
• Alvarenga Garay
• José Del Solar Holsen Lobatón Juan Pajuelo
• Bizera Chevantón C. Morales Lemos Lima A. Martínez R. Morales

Own Goals

• Beletti

Statistics

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
Colombia	18	6	6	0	0	11	0	+11	100.0%
Honduras	10	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	55.6%
Mexico	10	6	3	1	2	5	3	+2	55.6%
Uruguay	8	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	44.4%
Costa Rica	7	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	58.3%
Brazil	6	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	50.0%
Chile	6	4	2	0	2	5	5	0	50.0%
Perú	4	4	1	1	2	4	8	-4	33.3%
Ecuador	3	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	33.3%
Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2	22.2%
Bolivia	0	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7	0.0%
Venezuela	0	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7	0.0%