1979 Copa América
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 18 July – 12 December |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Paraguay (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Chile |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 63 (2.52 per match) |
Attendance | 1,144,000 (45,760 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Eugenio Morel Jorge Peredo (4 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Carlos Caszely[1] |
The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals.
Squads[]
Group stage[]
The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Peru qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 2 |
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
Argentina | 3–0 | Bolivia |
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Passarella 1' Gáspari 15' Maradona 65' |
Group C[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
Knockout stage[]
Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||
Paraguay | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Brazil | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Paraguay (agg.) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Peru | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Chile | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
Semi-finals[]
Chile won 3–1 on points.
Paraguay won 3–1 on points.
Finals[]
2–2 on points. A play-off was played on a neutral ground to determine the winner.
As the play-off finished tied, Paraguay won 3–1 on aggregate goals.
Goal scorers[]
With four goals, Jorge Peredo and Eugenio Morel are the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 63 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Hugo Coscia
- Roberto Osvaldo Díaz
- Jorge Gáspari
- Carlos Angel López
- Diego Maradona
- Paulo Roberto Falcão
- Palhinha
- Roberto Dinamite
- Mario Soto
- Leonardo Véliz
- Patricio Yáñez
- Gabriel Chaparro
- Ernesto Díaz
- Arnoldo Iguarán
- Jaime Morón
- Félix Valverde
- Jorge Luis Alarcón
- Fausto Klinger
- Mario Tenorio
- Carlos Torres Garcés
- Juvencio Osorio
- Alicio Solalinde
- Robert Mosquera
- Alberto Bica
- Denis Milar
- Rubén Paz
- Rodolfo Carbajal
References[]
- ^ "Especial Copa America: Los Mejores Jugadores edición por edición" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ a b c Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 567. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
External links[]
- 1979 Copa América
- Copa América tournaments
- 1979 in South American football