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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Paraguay |
| Dates | 29 June – 18 July |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Uruguay |
| Third place |  Mexico |
| Fourth place |  Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 74 (2.85 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | RonaldoRivaldo (5 goals each) |
| Best player | Rivaldo[1] |
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The1999 Copa América was afootball tournament held inParaguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized byCONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.
In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invitedCONCACAF'sMexico, accepting their fourth invitation, andAFC'sJapan, who made their debut at the tournament. Japan thus became the first country outside ofAmericas to participate at the Copa América.Uruguay fielded a youth team.
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 invitedMexico (accepting their fourth invitation) from theCONCACAF andJapan from theAFC.
A total of four host cities hosted the tournament. The opening and final game were hosted byEstadio Defensores del Chaco.
| Pedro Juan Caballero | ||
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| Monumental Río Parapití | ||
| Capacity:30,000 | ||
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| Ciudad del Este | ||
| Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi | ||
| Capacity:28,000 | ||
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| Asunción | Luque | |
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | Estadio General Pablo Rojas | Estadio Feliciano Cáceres |
| Capacity:36,000 | Capacity:32,910 | Capacity:25,000 |
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For a complete list of participating squads:1999 Copa América squads
Paraguay was chosen to be the venue by defeating Colombia by seven votes to three.
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made byCONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Group winners, runners-up, andbest two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paraguay(H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
 Peru | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
 Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
 Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 4–0 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
Benítez 18',62'Santa Cruz 40',86' | Report |
| Paraguay | 1–0 | Peru |
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| Santa Cruz 88' | Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
| Brazil | 1–0[note 1] | Chile |
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| Ronaldo 36' (pen.) | Report |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Colombia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
 Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
 Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Uruguay |
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| Kily González 1' Palermo 56' | Report |
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.
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| C | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| A | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 July –Asunción | ||||||||||
| Paraguay | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 13 July –Asunción | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 11 July –Luque | ||||||||||
| Chile | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Colombia | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 July –Asunción | ||||||||||
| Chile | 3 | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July –Asunción | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| Peru | 3 (2) | |||||||||
| 14 July –Ciudad del Este | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 3 (4) | |||||||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 July –Ciudad del Este | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 July –Asunción | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Chile | 1 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| Peru | 3–3 | Mexico |
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| Palacios 5' Pereda 15'Solano 40' | Report | Hernández 29',33' (pen.) Torrado 88' |
| Penalties | ||
Solano Jorge Soto José Soto  Reynoso | 2–4 | SuárezTerrazasR. GarcíaZepeda |
Paraguay  | 1–1 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Benítez 15' | Report | Zalayeta 65' |
| Penalties | ||
| Gamarra Acuña Enciso Benítez | 3–5 | FleurquinGuigouAlonsoZalayetaMagallanes |
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Lembo 23' | Report | Zamorano 63' |
| Penalties | ||
| Del Campo Guigou Alonso Zalayeta Magallanes | 5–3 | VargasArosReyesPizarro |
| 1999 Copa América champions |
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 Brazil Sixth title |
With five goals apiece, Ronaldo and Rivaldo were the tournament's top scorers.There were 74 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.85 goals per match.
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Edson Tortolero (against Chile)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Uruguay | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 3 | Mexico | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | 55.6% |
| 4 | Chile | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | 38.9% |
| Eliminated in the Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | 75.0% |
| 6 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | 66.7% |
| 7 | Peru | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | 58.3% |
| 8 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 50.0% |
| Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 10 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 11 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | 0.0% |
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