2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1/15 ページ 2011 Copa América From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América , 2011 Copa América better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América Argentina 2011 , was the 43rd edition of the Copa América Argentina 2011 Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Argentina from July 1 to July 24, 2011. The draw for the tournament was held in La Plata on November 11, 2010. Uruguay won the tournament after defeating Paraguay 3– 0 in the final, giving them a record 15th Copa América Tournament details title and their first since 1995. Paraguay, as the tournament runner-up, earned the Copa Bolivia. As the Host country Argentina tournament champion, Uruguay earned the right to Dates July 1 – July 24 represent CONMEBOL in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. Peru finished third after Teams 12 (from 2 confederations) defeating Venezuela 4–1 in the third-place match. Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities) Contents Final positions Champions Uruguay (15th title) 1 Competing nations Runners-up Paraguay 2 Venues 3 Draw Third place Peru 4 Squads Fourth place Venezuela 5 Match officials 6 First stage Tournament statistics 6.1 Group A 6.2 Group B Matches played 26 6.3 Group C Goals scored 54 (2.08 per match) 6.4 Ranking of third-placed teams Attendance 882,621 (33,947 per match) 7 Final stages 7.1 Quarterfinals Top scorer(s) Paolo Guerrero 7.2 Semifinals (5 goals) 7.3 Third-place match 7.4 Final Best player Luis Suárez 8 Statistics ← 2007 2015 → 8.1 Goalscorers 8.2 Discipline 8.3 Awards 8.4 Final positions 9 Sponsorship 10 Media coverage 11 Theme song 12 References 13 External links Competing nations Both Japan and Mexico were invited to join the CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. [1] Following a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica 2011/07/28 2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2/15 ページ proposal by UEFA regarding national teams competing in tournaments organised by confederations different from their own, it was reported on November 23, 2009 that the two countries might not be able to take part in the 2011 Copa América. [2] However, on March 31, 2010, CONCACAF confirmed that Mexico will be allowed to send their 2012 U-23 Olympic Team, supplemented with five over-age players. [3] In addition to Mexico sending a weaker team than those teams sent in previous participations, eight of the Mexican players originally called to play the Copa America 2011 were suspended because of indiscipline one week before the competition started. Japan's participation was in doubt after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami,[4] but the Japan Football Association confirmed on March 16, 2011 that they would participate. [5] However, the Japanese FA later withdrew from the tournament on April 4, 2011 citing scheduling conflict with re-scheduled J. League matches. [6][7] Following a meeting with the leadership of the Argentine Football Association, the Japanese FA decided to hold off on their final decision until April 15. [8][9] The Japanese FA later announced on April 14 that they would compete in the competition using mainly European based players. [10] The Japanese FA withdrew their team again on May 16 citing difficulties with European clubs in releasing Japanese players. [11][12] On the next day, CONMEBOL sent a formal invitation letter to the Costa Rican Football Federation inviting Costa Rica as replacement. [13] Costa Rica accepted the invitation later that day.[14][15] The following twelve teams, shown with pre-tournament FIFA World Rankings, played in the tournament: Argentina (10) (hosts) Colombia (54) Paraguay (32) Bolivia (93) Costa Rica (55) (invitee) Peru (49) Brazil (5) (holders) Ecuador (68) Uruguay (18) Chile (27) Mexico (9) (invitee) Venezuela (69) Venues A total of eight cities hosted the tournament. The opening game was played at Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, and the final was played at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.[16] Buenos Aires Mendoza Estadio Monumental Estadio Malvinas Antonio Vespucio Liberti Argentinas Capacity: 57,921 Capacity: 40,268 Córdoba Salta Estadio Mario Alberto Estadio Padre Ernesto Kempes Martearena Capacity: 55,144 Capacity: 20,408 Jujuy San Juan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica 2011/07/28 2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 3/15 ページ Estadio 23 de Agosto Estadio del Bicentenario Capacity: 23,000 Capacity: 25,000 Jujuy Salta La Plata Santa Fe Estadio Ciudad de La Estadio Brigadier General Plata Córdoba Estanislao López San Juan Santa Fe Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 47,000 Mendoza Buenos Aires La Plata Draw The draw for the competition took place on November 11, 2010 at 17:00 (UTC−03:00) in the Teatro Argentino de La Plata in La Plata, and was broadcast in Argentina by Canal Siete.[17][18][19] On October 18, 2010, CONMEBOL's The Executive Committee decided to place the teams in pots for the draw. [20] Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Argentina Chile Bolivia Ecuador Brazil Colombia Peru Japan [D 1] Uruguay Paraguay Venezuela Mexico Notes 1. ^ Japan later withdrew on May 16, 2011, with Costa Rica named as their replacement. Squads For more details on this topic, see 2011 Copa América squads. Each association presented a list of twenty -three players to compete in the tournament five days before their http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica 2011/07/28 2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 4/15 ページ first match. On June 14, 2011, CONMEBOL allowed for the inscription of twenty -three players for the tournament, up one player from the previous allowed twenty-two. Of those twenty-three players, three must be goalkeepers. [21] Match officials The list of twenty-four referees and two extra referees selected for the tournament were announced on June 6, 2011 by CONMEBOL's Referee Commission. Two referees were chosen from each participating association: [22][23] Sergio Pezzotta Wilmar Roldán Roberto Silvera Assistant: Ricardo Casas Assistant: Humberto Clavijo Assistant: Miguel Nievas Raúl Orosco Carlos Vera Juan Soto Assistant: Efraín Castro Assistant: Luis Alvarado Assistant: Luis Sánchez Sálvio Fagundes Carlos Amarilla [O 1][24] Wálter Quesada Assistant: Marcio Santiago Assistant: Nicolás Yegros Assistant: Leonel Leal Enrique Osses Víctor Hugo Rivera Francisco Chacón Assistant: Francisco Mondría Assistant: Luis Abadie Assistant: Marvin Torrentera Extra assistants: Diego Bonfa, Hernán Maidana Notes 1. ^ Amarilla replaced Antonio Arias, who originally replaced Carlos Torres First stage The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. [25] Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualify for the quarterfinals. [26] Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria: [27] 1. Greater number of points in all group matches 2. Goal difference in all group matches 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches 4. Head-to-head results 5. Penalties (Were to be taken before the final group match by two teams playing each other and tied by points 1-4. Only used as decider, if they then drew the final game.) 6. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee Key to colors in group tables http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica 2011/07/28 2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 5/15 ページ Teams that advanced to the quarter-finals Group winners Group runners-up Best two third-placed teams All times are in local, Argentina Time ( UTC −03:00 ). Group A Main article: 2011 Copa América Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Colombia 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Argentina 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Bolivia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 July 1, 2011 Argentina 1 – 1 Bolivia Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, 21:45 La Plata Agüero 75' Report Edivaldo 47' Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay) July 2, 2011 Colombia 1 – 0 Costa Rica Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy 15:30 Referee: Enrique Osses A. Ramos 44' Report (Chile) July 6, 2011 Argentina 0 – 0 Colombia Estadio Brigadier General 21:45 Estanislao López, Santa Fe Report Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) July 7, 2011 Bolivia 0 – 2 Costa Rica Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy 19:15 Report Martínez 59' Referee: Carlos Vera Campbell 78' (Ecuador) July 10, 2011 Colombia 2 – 0 Bolivia Estadio Brigadier General 16:00 Estanislao López, Santa Fe Falcao 14' , 28' (pen.) Report Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico) July 11, 2011 Argentina 3 – 0 Costa Rica Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba 21:45 45+1' 52' Agüero , Report Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera di María 63' (Peru) Group B Main article: 2011 Copa América Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Brazil 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5 Venezuela 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Paraguay 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica 2011/07/28 2011 Copa América - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 6/15 ページ Ecuador 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 July 3, 2011 Brazil 0 – 0 Venezuela Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, 16:00 La Plata Report Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) July 3, 2011 Paraguay 0 – 0 Ecuador Estadio Brigadier General 18:30 Estanislao López, Santa Fe Report Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) July 9, 2011 Brazil 2 – 2 Paraguay Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba 16:00 38' 54' Jádson Report Santa Cruz Referee: Wilmar Roldán Fred 89' Haedo Valdez 66' (Colombia) July 9, 2011 Venezuela 1 – 0 Ecuador Estadio Padre Ernesto 18:30 Martearena, Salta C.