2007 Copa América

May 2016 2007 Copa América Venezuela 2007 2007 Copa América logo.svg 200px Venezuela 26 June – 15 July 12 2 9 9 Brazil 8 Argentina Mexico Uruguay 26 86 1050230 BRA Robinho (6 goals) BRA Robinhohttps://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachampfulltrivia.html Copa América Best Players RSSSF 30 October 2015 ARG Lionel Messi 2004 2011 The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, known simply as the 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela, was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held between 26 June and 15 July in Venezuela, which hosted the tournament for the first time. The competition was won by Brazil (they were also the defending champions), who beat Argentina 3–0 in the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6899694.stm Brazil victorious in Copa America 16 July 2007 BBC Sport 27 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113125520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6899694.stm 13 January 2010 live dmy Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOLThe South American champion, along with the European champion (the winner of UEFA Euro 2008), "will no longer be obliged to take part" in the Confederations Cup beginning with the 2009 edition FIFA.com – 2005/2006 season: final worldwide matchday to be 14 May 2006. at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.Mexico and the United States are members of CONCACAF, the governing body of North American football (which includes Central America and the Caribbean as well). Thus, they would not be allowed to represent CONMEBOL at the Confederations Cup. Had either team won the Copa América, the best-finishing South American team would have taken the place. Competing nations As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and the United States, the two highest ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings. Just as in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation. The United States rejected the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season. CONMEBOL then proceeded to invite Costa Rica, the third highest CONCACAF team in FIFA's ranking.Los Tiempos http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/04-10-06/04_10_06_dep18.php Postergan sorteo de la Copa América 2007 4 October 2006 12 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20071114045820/http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/04-10-06/04_10_06_dep18.php 14 November 2007 dead In the end, the United States accepted the invitation.Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol 29 May 2007 http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=59779&slangab=S Estados Unidos y México tomarán parte en la Copa América 2007 12 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083037/http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=59779&slangab=S 29 September 2007 dead 22em ARG BOL BRA (holders) CHI COL ECU 1900 MEX (invitee) PAR 1990 PER USA (invitee) URU VEN (hosts) Venues For this Copa América, the organizing committee decided to choose eight cities to hold the tournament. A total of 14 cities presented proposal before the committee, of which they rejected proposals from Barquisimeto, Maracay, Valencia, Valera, Portuguesa and Miranda for not meeting established requirements. The cities of Barinas, Caracas, Ciudad Guayana, Maracaibo, Maturín, Mérida, Puerto la Cruz and San Cristóbal were selected to host the tournament. Later on, the organizing committee reconsidered the candidacy of Barquisimeto, based on the proposal of a new stadium to be built for the city. With a final nine host cities, the 2007 edition broke the previous records for host cities set by the 2004 Copa América in Peru, which used seven. MaturínBarquisimeto MéridaCiudad GuayanaEstadio Monumental de MaturínEstadio Metropolitano de Lara Estadio Metropolitano de MéridaEstadio Polideportivo Cachamay Capacity: 52,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 41,600alt=|204x204px202x202px|alt= 202x202px|alt=alt=|202x202px Maracaibo Venezuela 400 Location of the host cities of the 2007 Copa America. Venezuela 8.624302 -70.207310 Barinas right Venezuela 9.993534 -69.219837 Barquisimeto left Venezuela 10.496053 -66.898281 Caracas bottom Venezuela 10.674056 -71.644999 Maracaibo top Venezuela 9.716828 -63.224259 Maturín right Venezuela 8.556439 -71.216681 Mérida left Venezuela 10.180027 -64.656157 Puerto la Cruz top Venezuela 8.298422 -62.712467 Ciudad Guayana right Venezuela 7.786541 -72.197743 San Cristóbal bottom center Estadio José Pachencho Romero Capacity: 40,000 alt=|202x202px San CristóbalPuerto la CruzBarinasCaracas Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo NuevoEstadio Olímpico Luis RamosEstadio Agustín TovarEstadio Olímpico de la UCV Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 38,000Capacity: 27,500Capacity: 24,900 202x202px|alt=202x202px|alt=202x202px|alt=202x202px|alt= Officials On 30 May 2007, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the competition. The list included one match official from every country (except Paraguay, which had two). From these thirteen, six officiated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Carlos Simon, Óscar Ruiz, Carlos Amarilla, Jorge Larrionda, and Armando Archundia. 22em Chile Carlos Chandía Argentina Sergio Pezzotta Bolivia civil René Ortubé Brazil Carlos Simon Colombia Óscar Ruiz Ecuador 1900 Mauricio Reinoso Mexico Armando Archundia Paraguay 1990 Carlos Amarilla Paraguay 1990 Carlos Torres Peru Víctor Rivera Uruguay Jorge Larrionda United States of America Baldomero Toledo Venezuela Manuel Andarcia Draw The draw for the competition took place on 14 February 2007 in the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas.https://www.lavozdelsandinismo.com/deportes/2007-02-14/conmebol-definio-por-sorteo-grupos-de-la-copa-america-venezuela-2007/ Conmebol definió por sorteo grupos de la Copa América Venezuela 2007 29 November 2021 es 30 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190630073259/https://www.lavozdelsandinismo.com/deportes/2007-02-14/conmebol-definio-por-sorteo-grupos-de-la-copa-america-venezuela-2007/ dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ttWd2lT28 Sorteo de grupos Copa América Venezuela 2007 www.youtube.com Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4VEN (hosts)ARGBRAECU 1900PAR 1990 URUCHICOLPERBOLMEX (invitee)USA (invitee) Squads 2007 Copa América squads Each association had to present a list of twenty-three players to compete in the competition. Group stage The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. 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 qualified for the Quarter-finals. Tie-breaking_criteria Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria: 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. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee Key to colors in group tables Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals All times are in Venezuela Standard Time (UTC–4). Group A 2007 Copa América Group A main WDL Group A Q n VEN VEN PER PER URU URU BOL BOL 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 4 5 #ccffcc A A A complete 26 June 2007 18:05 URU 0–3 Report PER Villalta 27 Mariño 70 Guerrero 88 Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida 23,000 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 26 June 2007 20:50 VEN 2–2 Report BOL Maldonado 20 Páez 55 Moreno 38 Arce 84 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 40,000 Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador) 30 June 2007 16:05 BOL 0–1 Report URU Sánchez 58 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 40,000 Baldomero Toledo (United States) 30 June 2007 18:20 VEN 2–0 Report PER Cichero 48 Arismendi 79 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 40,000 Benito Archundia (Mexico) 3 July 2007 18:35 PER 2–2 Report BOL Pizarro 34 85 Moreno 24 Campos 45 Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida 42,000 Carlos Chandía (Chile) 3 July 2007 20:50 VEN 0–0 Report URU Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida 42,000 Carlos Simon (Brazil) Group B 2007 Copa América Group B main WDL Group B Q n MEX MEX BRA BRA CHI CHI ECU ECU 1900 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 5 0 0 3 3 6 #ccffcc A A A complete 27 June 2007 18:35 ECU 1900 2–3 Report CHI Valencia 16 Benítez 23 Suazo 20 80 Villanueva 86 Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana 35,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) 27 June 2007 20:50 BRA 0–2 Report MEX Castillo 23 Morales 28 Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana 40,000 Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) 1 July 2007 16:05 BRA 3–0 Report CHI Robinho 36 pen. 84 87 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín 52,000 Carlos Torres (Paraguay) 1 July 2007 18:20 MEX 2–1 Report ECU 1900 Castillo 21 Bravo 79 Méndez 84 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín 52,000 René Ortubé (Bolivia) 4 July 2007 18:35 MEX 0–0 Report CHI Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz 38,000 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) 4 July 2007 20:50 BRA 1–0 Report ECU 1900 Robinho 56 pen. Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz 38,000 Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) Group C 2007 Copa América Group C main WDL Group C Q n ARG ARG PAR PAR 1990 COL COL USA USA 3 0 0 9 3 2 0 1 8 2 1 0 2 3 9 0 0 3 2 8 #ccffcc A A complete 28 June 2007 18:35 PAR 1990 5–0 Report COL Santa Cruz 30 46 80 Cabañas 84 88 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 34,500 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 28 June 2007 20:50 ARG 4–1 Report USA Crespo 11 60 Aimar 76 Tevez 84 Johnson 9 pen. Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 34,500 Carlos Chandía (Chile) 2 July 2007 18:35 USA 1–3 Report PAR 1990 Clark 35 Barreto 29 Cardozo 56 Cabañas 90+2 Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas 28,200 Victor Rivera (Peru) 2 July 2007 20:50 ARG 4–2 Report COL Crespo 20 pen. Riquelme 34 45 D. Milito 90+1 E. Perea 10 Castrillón 76 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 40,000 Carlos Simon (Brazil) 5 July 2007 18:35 COL 1–0 Report USA Castrillón 15 Estadio Metropolitano de Lara, Barquisimeto 37,500 Manuel Andarcia (Venezuela) 5 July 2007 20:50 ARG 1–0 Report PAR 1990 Mascherano 79 Estadio Metropolitano de Lara, Barquisimeto 37,500 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 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. main WDL Q n y CHI B CHI URU A URU COL C COL 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 #ccffcc A A complete Knockout stage 2007 Copa América knockout stage Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals 7 July 2007 18:05 VEN 1–4 Report URU Arango 41 Forlán 38 90+1 García 64 Rodríguez 86 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 41,200 Carlos Chandía (Chile) 7 July 2007 20:50 CHI 1–6 Report BRA Suazo 76 Juan 16 Baptista 23 Robinho 27 50 Josué 68 Vágner Love 85 Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz 38,000 Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 8 July 2007 16:05 MEX 6–0 Report PAR 1990 Castillo 5 pen. 38 Torrado 27 Arce 79 Blanco 87 pen. Bravo 90+1 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín 52,000 Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) 8 July 2007 18:50 ARG 4–0 Report PER Riquelme 47 85 Messi 61 Mascherano 75 Estadio Metropolitano de Lara, Barquisimeto 38,800 Carlos Simon (Brazil) Semi-finals 10 July 2007 20:50 URU 2–2 Report BRA Forlán 36 Abreu 69 Maicon 13 Baptista 41 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 38,100 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Forlán Scotti González C. Rodríguez Abreu García Lugano 4–5 Robinho Juan Gilberto Silva A. Alves Diego Fernando Gilberto 11 July 2007 20:50 MEX 0–3 Report ARG Heinze 45 Messi 61 Riquelme 65 pen. Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana 41,600 Carlos Chandía (Chile) Third-place match 14 July 2007 17:05 URU 1–3 Report MEX Abreu 22 Blanco 36 pen. Bravo 68 Guardado 76 Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas 25,000 Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador) Final 2007 Copa América Final 15 July 2007 17:05 BRA 3–0 Report ARG Baptista 4 Ayala 40 o.g. Dani Alves 69 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 40,000 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Result fb 2007 Copa América champions Brazil 8th Awards Best player (Golden Ball): Brazil Robinho Top scorer (Golden Boot): Brazil Robinho Best young player: Argentina Lionel Messi All-Star Team The All-Star Team was selected by the CONMEBOL Technical Study Group.https://www.lanueva.com/nota/2007-7-11-9-0-0-esta-la-seleccion-ideal Está la selección ideal La Nueva 11 July 2007 13 September 2026 Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders ForwardsBRA DoniARG Javier ZanettiMEX Jonny MagallónBRA JuanURU Jorge FucileBRA Júlio BaptistaARG Javier MascheranoARG Juan Román RiquelmeBRA RobinhoMEX Nery CastilloARG Lionel Messi Controversies Messi–Chandía jersey controversy In September 2024, former Chilean referee Carlos Chandía stated in a television interview that he intentionally declined to issue a mandatory yellow card to Argentine forward Lionel Messi during the 2007 Copa América semi-final against Mexico. In the closing minutes of the match, with Argentina holding a 3–0 lead, Messi committed a deliberate handball in the midfield. Because Messi had already been booked, a second yellow card would have resulted in a red card and an automatic suspension from the tournament's final against Brazil.Ortega Maria Morris Aaron 19 September 2024 Referee confesses to favouring Lionel Messi as they made 12-word agreement mid-match https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lionel-messi-referee-copa-america-33701957 The Mirror 19 July 2026Reporte Oficial: Argentina vs. Mexico http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1055&ano=2007&dv=2&flt=S&id=24&slangab=E CONMEBOL https://web.archive.org/web/20080603174815/http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_reporte.jsp?evento=1055&ano=2007&dv=2&flt=S&id=24&slangab=E 3 June 2008 19 July 2026 bot: unknown According to his account, Chandía told Messi he would spare him the booking in exchange for his match-worn jersey. Messi agreed to the arrangement and delivered the shirt to the referee's dressing room after the final whistle. Chandía claimed that complaints from the Brazilian national team about the incident were the reason CONMEBOL officials ultimately did not select him to referee the final. Sports media outlets covering the confession characterized the exchange as an intentional trade and unprofessional behavior from a match official.Lionel Messi shockingly avoids Copa América final suspension after referee jersey trade https://en.as.com/soccer/lionel-messi-shockingly-avoids-copa-america-final-suspension-after-referee-jersey-trade-n/ AS USA 19 July 2026Revealed: Lionel Messi's referee deal to avoid Copa America final ban for Argentina superstar in exchange for shirt https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/revealed-lionel-messi-referee-deal-avoid-final-ban-argentina-superstar-shirt-official-rules/bltdad122caed9f519d Goal.com 19 July 2026Referee admits favoring Argentina in Copa America to get Lionel Messi's jersey https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/referee-admits-favoring-argentina-in-copa-america-to-get-lionel-messis-jersey Bolavip 19 July 2026 Goalscorers thumb|150px|Robinho, top scorer With six goals, Robinho was the top scorer in the tournament. 86 26 BRA Robinho ARG Juan Román Riquelme MEX Nery Castillo ARG Hernán Crespo BRA Júlio Baptista CHI Humberto Suazo MEX Omar Bravo PAR 1990 Salvador Cabañas PAR 1990 Roque Santa Cruz URU Diego Forlán ARG Javier Mascherano ARG Lionel Messi BOL Jaime Moreno COL Jaime Castrillón MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco PER Claudio Pizarro URU Sebastián Abreu ARG Pablo Aimar ARG Gabriel Heinze ARG Diego Milito ARG Carlos Tevez BOL civil Juan Carlos Arce BOL civil Jhasmani Campos BRA Dani Alves BRA Josué BRA Juan BRA Vágner Love BRA Maicon CHI Carlos Villanueva COL Edixon Perea ECU 1900 Christian Benítez ECU 1900 Édison Méndez ECU 1900 Antonio Valencia MEX Fernando Arce MEX Andrés Guardado MEX Ramón Morales MEX Gerardo Torrado PAR 1990 Édgar Barreto PAR 1990 Óscar Cardozo PER Paolo Guerrero PER Juan Carlos Mariño PER Miguel Villalta USA Ricardo Clark USA Eddie Johnson URU Pablo García URU Cristian Rodríguez URU Vicente Sánchez VEN Juan Arango VEN Daniel Arismendi VEN Alejandro Cichero VEN Giancarlo Maldonado VEN Ricardo Páez ARG Roberto Ayala (against Brazil) Team of the Tournament El Once Ideal de la Copa América The Ideal Eleven of the Copa América La República es 16 July 2007 http://larepublica.pe/16-07-2007/el-once-ideal-de-la-copa-america 16 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161229220113/http://larepublica.pe/16-07-2007/el-once-ideal-de-la-copa-america 29 December 2016 dead GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsBRA DoniARG Javier Zanetti MEX Jonny Magallón BRA Juan URU Jorge FucileBRA Júlio Baptista ARG Javier Mascherano ARG Juan Román RiquelmeBRA Robinho MEX Nery Castillo ARG Lionel Messi Final positions Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points Eff Efficiency1 BRA6411155+101372.2%2 ARG6501166+101583.3%3 MEX6411135+81372.2%4 URU622289−1844.4% Eliminated in the quarterfinals5 PAR 19904202880650.0%6 VEN412156−1541.6%7 PER411258−3433.3%8 CHI4112411−7433.3% Eliminated in the first round9 COL310239−6333.3%10 BOL302145−1222.2%11 ECU 1900300336−300.0%12 USA300328−600.0% Marketing Sponsorship Global Platinum Sponsor LG MasterCard Global Gold Sponsor Telefónica (Movistar is the brand advertised) Global Silver Sponsor Casio Anheuser-Busch InBev (Skol is the brand advertised) Charitable Partner UNICEF Local Supplier PDVSA Empresas Polar (Maltin Polar is the brand advertised) Ole Ole Traffic Group Match ball The official match ball for the tournament was the Nike Mercurial Veloci. The ball was presented on 14 February 2007, prior to a friendly match played between Venezuela and New Zealand, by the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation, Rafael Esquivel, to the mayor of Maracaibo, Giancarlo Di Martino – head of the local organising committee. Mascot Guaky thumb|150px|Guaky suit manufactured by Fractal Studio, through the main cities of Venezuela Guaky is a scarlet macaw, a bird representative of Venezuela. He wore the traditional jersey Venezuela national football team burgundy and football shoes. Under their wings the characteristic tricolor national flag, with its eight stars on their wings. To choose the official mascot held a contest in which proposals received 4,500,000 of Venezuelan children and adolescents at a school. The winning draw corresponded to the 15-year-old Jhoyling Zabaleta.http://www.elmundo.com.bo/Secundarianew.asp?edicion=02/02/2007&Tipo=Deportes&Cod=12565 https://archive.today/20120729041621/http://www.elmundo.com.bo/Secundarianew.asp?edicion=02/02/2007&Tipo=Deportes&Cod=12565 dead 29 July 2012 Sketch winner of the "Pet Copa America 2007" Journal EL MUNDO 29 June 2006 4 April 2012 The final design was commissioned to Fractal Studio, bring life and a "strong personality, cheerful and sport" that accompanied the event during its realization. The name of the pet, Guaky was subsequently elected by an online survey, where that option was a 54.17% of preferences.https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=525390&s=fut&type=story Con nombre propio ESPN Español 1 February 2006 4 April 2012 Theme songs "Gol" by Venezuelan singer Juan Carlos Luces, was the main theme song of the tournament, which was performed during the draw and the opening ceremonies.http://archivo.depor.com/futbol-peruano/copa-america-2015-canciones-torneo-desde-peru-2004-hasta-hoy-1042811 Copa América 2015: las canciones del torneo desde Perú 2004 hasta hoy 14 May 2015 Depor "Baila la Copa" by Venezuelan singer Ose was an official anthem for the tournament. References External links Copa América 2007 Website – official website Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol – official website FuriaVinotinto – Unofficial Forum Copa América 2007 at ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20121020133454/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/league?id=CONMEBOL.AMERICA&cc=5739 20 October 2012 2007 Category:2007 in South American men's continental football Category:2007 in South American men's international football Category:2007–08 in Venezuelan football 2007 2007 2007 Category:21st century in Caracas Category:21st century in Maracaibo Category:Sport in Barquisimeto Category:Sport in Puerto la Cruz Category:Barinas, Venezuela Category:Maturín Category:San Cristóbal, Táchira Category:June 2007 sports events in South America Category:July 2007 sports events in South America