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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | 5–23 July |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 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(s) | Enzo Francéscoli[1] |
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The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.[2]
The United States were the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 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 to Colombia 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, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Uruguay
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
 Paraguay
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| Mexico
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Venezuela
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 4–1 | Venezuela |
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Fonseca  14' Otero 25' Francescoli 75' (pen.) Poyet 84' |
Report | Dolgetta 53' |
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Imperatore (Chile)
| Paraguay | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Cardozo 63' Samaniego 73' |
García 44' |
Attendance: 5,000
| Uruguay | 1–0 | Paraguay |
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| Francescoli 13' |
Report |
Attendance: 45,000
| Mexico | 3–1 | Venezuela |
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| García 41' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Espinoza 76' |
Campos 65' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 700
Referee: Domínguez (United States)
| Paraguay | 3–2 | Venezuela |
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| Cardozo 35' Villamayor 64' Gamarra 83' |
Miranda 13' Dolgetta 68' |
Attendance: 2,000
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Saralegui 79' |
García 67' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Colombia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
 Ecuador
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
 Peru
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1–1 | Peru |
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| Asprilla 68' |
Palacios 80' |
Attendance: 8,000
| Brazil | 1–0 | Ecuador |
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| Ronaldão 73' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Castrilli (Argentina)
| Colombia | 1–0 | Ecuador |
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| Rincón 44' |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peña (Bolivia)
| Brazil | 2–0 | Peru |
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| Zinho 77' (pen.) Edmundo 82' |
Attendance: 20,000
| Ecuador | 2–1 | Peru |
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| Díaz 61' Mora 75' |
I. Hurtado 82' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
| Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia |
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| Leonardo 30' Túlio 76' Higuita 85' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 15,000
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| United States
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Argentina
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
 Bolivia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Chile
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| United States | 2–1 | Chile |
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| Wynalda 14', 20' |
Rozental 63' |
Attendance: 16,000
| Argentina | 2–1 | Bolivia |
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| Batistuta 70' Balbo 81' |
Angola 75' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
| Bolivia | 1–0 | United States |
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| Etcheverry 23' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Borgosano (Venezuela)
| Argentina | 4–0 | Chile |
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| Batistuta 1', 51' Simeone 6' Balbo 54' |
Attendance: 17,000
| Bolivia | 2–2 | Chile |
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| Mercado 78' Ramos 87' |
Basay 55', 61' |
Attendance: 11,000
| United States | 3–0 | Argentina |
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| Klopas 20' Lalas 31' Wynalda 58' |
Attendance: 12,000
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 |
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| A | Mexico
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| C | Bolivia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| B | Ecuador
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| 16 July – Montevideo | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| United States | 1 | ||||||||
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| Colombia | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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| Rincón 53' |
Villamayor 26' |
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| Penalties | ||
Rincón  Mendoza Arboleda Cabrera Asprilla |
5–4 | Jara Acuña Samaniego Denis  Gamarra |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Imperatore (Chile)
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Bolivia |
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| Otero 1' Fonseca 30' |
Sánchez 71' |
Attendance: 40,000
| United States | 0–0 | Mexico |
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| Penalties | ||
| Wynalda Moore Caligiuri Klopas |
4–1 | García Hermosillo Coyote |
Attendance: 6,500
| Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina |
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| Edmundo 9' Túlio 81' |
Balbo 2' Batistuta 29' |
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| Penalties | ||
| Roberto Carlos Túlio André Cruz Dunga Edmundo |
4–2 | Pérez Acosta Simeone Fabbri |
Attendance: 18,000
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Colombia |
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| Adinolfi 51' Otero 70' |
Attendance: 25,000
| Brazil | 1–0 | United States |
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| Aldair 13' |
Attendance: 8,000
| Colombia | 4–1 | United States |
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| Quiñónez 30' Valderrama 38' Asprilla 50' Rincón 76' |
Moore 52' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Imperatore (Chile)
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Brazil |
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| Bengoechea 51' |
Report | Túlio 30' |
| Penalties | ||
| Francescoli Bengoechea Herrera Gutiérrez Martínez |
5–3 | Roberto Carlos Zinho Túlio Dunga |
Attendance: 64,900
Referee: Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| 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.
4 goals
Luis García3 goals
Túlio Freddy Rincón Eric Wynalda Marcelo Otero2 goals
Ivo Basay Faustino Asprilla José Cardozo Juan Villamayor Daniel Fonseca Enzo Francescoli José Luis Dolgetta1 goal
Demetrio Angola Marco Etcheverry Miguel Mercado Mauricio Ramos Carlos Sánchez Aldair Leonardo Ronaldão Zinho Sebastián Rozental Luis Quiñónez Carlos Valderrama Energio Díaz José Mora Eduardo Espinoza Carlos Gamarra Adriano Samaniego Roberto Palacios Frank Klopas Alexi Lalas Joe-Max Moore Edgardo Adinolfi Pablo Bengoechea Gustavo Poyet Marcelo Saralegui Gabriel 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 |
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| Uruguay
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Brazil
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14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 77.8% |
| Colombia
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8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 44.4% |
| Argentina
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 58.3% |
| Paraguay
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 58.3% |
| United States
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7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 38.9% |
| Mexico
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5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 41.7% |
| Bolivia
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4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Ecuador
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 33.3% |
| Peru
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 25.0% |
| Chile
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 25.0% |
| Venezuela
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0.0% |
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