The 2004 Copa América was the 41st 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 in Peru, who hosted the tournament for the sixth time, from 6 to 25 July.
The tournament was won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina. This made Brazil hold the World Cup and Copa América titles simultaneously for the second time in history, as happened after 1997 Copa América.
There is no qualifying tournament for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's 10 South American countries participated, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. The two invited countries for this edition of the Copa América were Mexico and Costa Rica.
Each association had to present a list of twenty-two players to compete in the competition.
Héctor Baldassi
René Ortubé
Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Rubén Selman
Óscar Ruiz
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Pedro Ramos
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Carlos Amarilla
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Gustavo BrandThe draw for the competition took place on 8 March 2004 at the Lima Art Museum in Lima.[2] The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. For logistical reasons the three teams from Pots 1 & 4 were manually assigned to their groups ahead of the draw.[3]
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.
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
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 quarterfinals.
With seven goals, Adriano was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 78 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
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Diego Forlán Paolo Montero Marcelo Sosa Massimo Margiotta Ruberth Morán[5]
The official mascot of the tournament was known as Chasqui. He was based on the Incan messengers of the same name.[6][7]
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