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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | 5–23 July |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Uruguay (14th title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Colombia |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 69 (2.65 per match) |
| Attendance | 450,600 (17,331 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gabriel Batistuta Luis García(4 goals each) |
| Best player | Enzo Francescoli[1] |
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The1995Copa Américafootball tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country,Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beatingBrazil 5–3 in thepenalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10CONMEBOL members took part, withMexico and theUnited States invited in order to reach 12 teams.[2]
The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending championsArgentina 3–0 and winning the group.[3] The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell toColombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.[4][5]
In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.
For a complete list of all participating squads:1995 Copa América squads
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The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero 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.
| Key to colors in group tables | |
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| Group winners, runners-up, andbest two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
 Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 1–0 | Paraguay |
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Francescoli 13' | Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
 Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
 Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
 Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| United States | 2–1 | Chile |
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| Wynalda 14',20' | Rozental 63' |
| Bolivia | 1–0 | United States |
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| Etcheverry 23' |
| United States | 3–0 | Argentina |
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| Klopas 20' Lalas 31'Wynalda 58' |
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| C | Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| B | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 16 July –Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 19 July –Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Paraguay | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 July –Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 July –Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Bolivia | 1 | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 17 July –Paysandú | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| United States | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 20 July –Maldonado | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 July –Rivera | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Brazil | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 22 July –Maldonado | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Colombia | 4 | |||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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| Rincón 53' | Villamayor 26' | |
| Penalties | ||
Rincón Mendoza Arboleda Cabrera Asprilla | 5–4 | JaraAcuñaSamaniegoDenis Gamarra |
| Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Edmundo 9' Túlio 81' | Balbo 2' Batistuta 29' | |
| Penalties | ||
| Roberto Carlos Túlio André Cruz Dunga Edmundo | 4–2 | PérezAcostaSimeoneFabbri |
| Brazil | 1–0 | United States |
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| Aldair 13' |
| Colombia | 4–1 | United States |
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| Quiñónez 30' Valderrama 38'Asprilla 50'Rincón 76' | Moore 52' (pen.) |
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Brazil |
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| Bengoechea 51' | Report | Túlio 30' |
| Penalties | ||
| Francescoli Bengoechea Herrera Gutiérrez Martínez | 5–3 | Roberto CarlosZinhoTúlioDunga |
| 1995 Copa América champions |
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 Uruguay 14th title |
With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers.There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.
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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Diego SimeoneDemetrio AngolaMarco EtcheverryMiguel MercadoMauricio RamosCarlos SánchezAldairLeonardoRonaldãoZinhoSebastián RozentalLuis QuiñónezCarlos ValderramaEnergio DíazJosé MoraEduardo EspinozaCarlos GamarraAdriano SamaniegoRoberto PalaciosFrank KlopasAlexi LalasJoe-Max MooreEdgardo AdinolfiPablo BengoecheaGustavo PoyetMarcelo SaraleguiGabriel Miranda1 own goal
René Higuita (against Brazil)Iván Hurtado (against Peru)Jorge Campos (against Venezuela)| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Brazil | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Colombia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 44.4% |
| Argentina | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 58.3% |
| Paraguay | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 58.3% |
| United States | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 38.9% |
| Mexico | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 41.7% |
| Bolivia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Peru | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 25.0% |
| Chile | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 25.0% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0.0% |
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