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2015 Copa América

Copa América Chile 2015
File:2015 Copa América.png
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	11 June – 4 July 2015
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 8 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Attendance	305,530 (20,369 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arturo Vidal (3 goals)
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The 2015 Copa América is the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and currently taking place in Chile between the dates of 11 June to 4 July 2015. The competition will be organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.

Uruguay are the defending champions. Twelve teams will compete, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which competed in Copa América for the first time. The winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

Host country

Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, as suggested by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in February 2011 due to CONMEBOL's rotation policy of tournaments being held in alphabetical order. However, due to the organization of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that country, Brazil decided against also hosting the Copa América. CONMEBOL’s president Nicolas Leoz had mentioned the possibility of the tournament being organized in Mexico (despite this country not being a member of CONMEBOL) as part of the federation's centenary celebrations. Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 tournaments. The swap was made official in May 2012.

Venues

There will be nine different stadiums in eight cities used for the tournament. Most stadiums are in renovation or rebuilding stages.

Antofagasta		AntofagastaConcepciónLa SerenaRancaguaSantiagoTemucoValparaísoViña del Mar2015 Copa América (Chile)	La Serena
Estadio Regional de Antofagasta			Estadio La Portada
Capacity: 21,178			Capacity: 17,194
			File:La Portada La Serena.jpg
Viña del Mar			Valparaíso
Estadio Sausalito			Estadio Elías Figueroa
Capacity: 22,340			Capacity: 20,575
(Old stadium)
Santiago			Rancagua
Estadio Nacional	Estadio Monumental David Arellano		Estadio El Teniente
Capacity: 48,665	Capacity: 47,347		Capacity: 15,252
Concepción			Temuco
Estadio Municipal de Concepción			Estadio Municipal Germán Becker
Capacity: 30,448			Capacity: 18,936

Teams

Mexico and Japan were initially invited to join the 10 CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. Japan declined the invitation, and China was invited instead, but later withdrew due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) being held at the same time. In May 2014, it was announced that the Jamaica Football Federation had accepted an invitation to participate.

Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay
Bolivia	Ecuador	Peru
Brazil	Jamaica (invited)	Uruguay (title holder)
Chile (host nation)	Mexico (invited)	Venezuela

Draw

The draw of the tournament was originally to be held on 27 October 2014 in Viña del Mar, but was postponed to 24 November. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four.

CONMEBOL announced the composition of the four pots on 10 November 2014. Pot 1 contained the hosts Chile (which has been automatically assigned to position A1), together with Argentina and Brazil. The remaining nine teams were allocated to the other three pots according to their FIFA World Rankings as of 23 October 2014 (shown in brackets). On 23 November 2014, it was revealed by CONMEBOL that Argentina and Brazil had been assigned to positions B1 and C1, respectively.

Squads

Each country had a final squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) which had to be submitted before the deadline of 1 June 2015.

The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final date of 6 June caused problems for South American players for Barcelona and Juventus. FIFA international rules require clubs to release players 14 days prior to the start of an international tournament, but the players featured in the final, leaving them at most five days to acclimate.

Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez was suspended for the whole tournament, as he served a nine-match ban in international football for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's final group stage match against Italy in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Match officials

Source:

Country	Referee	Assistant referees	Matches refereed
Argentina	Néstor Pitana	Hernan Maidana Juan Pablo Belatti	Chile-Ecuador (Group A)
Bolivia	Raúl Orosco	Javier Bustillos Juan P. Montaño	Peru vs Venezuela (Group C)
Brazil	Sandro Ricci	Emerson De Carvalho Fabio Pereira	Argentina-Uruguay (Group B)
Chile	Enrique Osses Jorge Osorio Julio Bascuñán	Carlos Astroza Marcelo Barraza Raúl Orellana	Osses-Astroza-Barraza: Brazil-Colombia (Group C) Bascuñán-Astroza-Barraza: Argentina-Jamaica (Group B)
Colombia	Wilmar Roldán	Alexander Guzmán Cristian De La Cruz	Argentina-Paraguay (Group B)
Ecuador	Carlos Vera	Christian Lescano Byron Romero	Paraguay-Jamaica (Group B)
Paraguay	Enrique Cáceres	Rodney Aquino Carlos Cáceres	Chile-Mexico (Group A)
Peru	Víctor Hugo Carrillo	César Escano Johnny Bossio	Mexico-Bolivia (Group A)
Uruguay	Andrés Cunha	Mauricio Espinosa Carlos Pastorino	Colombia-Venezuela (Group C) Chile-Bolivia (Group A)
Venezuela	José Argote	Jorge Urrego Jairo Romero	Uruguay-Jamaica (Group B) Mexico-Ecuador (Group A)
El Salvador	Joel Aguilar	Garnet Page Ricardo Morgan	Ecuador-Bolivia (Group A)
Mexico	Roberto García Orozco	José Luis Camargo Marvin Torrentera	Brazil-Peru (Group C) Uruguay-Paraguay (Group B)

Group stage

The fixture schedule was announced on 11 November 2014.

The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Head-to-head result (between two teams only)
5. Penalty shoot-out (between two teams playing last round of matches only)
6. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

All times local, CLT (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bolivia	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
3	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Mexico	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

11 June 2015
Chile	2–0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
12 June 2015
Mexico	0–0	Bolivia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
15 June 2015
Ecuador	2–3	Bolivia	Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
Chile	3–3	Mexico	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
19 June 2015
Mexico	1–2	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Chile	5–0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

13 June 2015
Uruguay	1–0	Jamaica	Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta
Argentina	2–2	Paraguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
16 June 2015
Paraguay	1–0	Jamaica	Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta
Argentina	1–0	Uruguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
20 June 2015
Uruguay	1–1	Paraguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
Argentina	Match 16	Jamaica	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Venezuela	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

14 June 2015
Colombia	0–1	Venezuela	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Brazil	2–1	Peru	Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco
17 June 2015
Brazil	0–1	Colombia	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago
18 June 2015
Peru	1–0	Venezuela	Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
21 June 2015
Colombia	Match 17	Peru	Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco
Brazil	Match 18	Venezuela	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Ranking of third placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Uruguay (A)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Venezuela	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	A	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:

• In the quarterfinals, semifinals, and third place playoff, if tied after 90 minutes, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).
• In the final, if tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time is played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:

• In the quarter-finals, teams from the same group could not play each other.
• In the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and third place playoff, if tied after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).
• In the final, if tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 June – Santiago (EN)
	Chile	1
					29 June – Santiago (EN)
	Uruguay	0
					Chile	2
	25 June – Temuco
					Peru	1
	Bolivia	1
									4 July – Santiago (EN)
	Peru	3
									Chile (p)	0 (4)
	26 June – Viña del Mar
									Argentina	0 (1)
	Argentina (p)	0 (5)
					30 June – Concepción
	Colombia	0 (4)
					Argentina	6
	27 June – Concepción
					Paraguay	1			Third place play-off
	Brazil	1 (3)
									3 July – Concepción
	Paraguay (p)	1 (4)
									Peru	2
									Paraguay	0

Quarter-finals

Chile	Match 19	Third place Group B
	Report

Bolivia	Match 20	Runner-up Group C
	Report

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

Goalscorers

Players denoted in bold are still active in the tournament.

3 goals

• Arturo Vidal

2 goals

• Sergio Agüero
• Charles Aránguiz
• Eduardo Vargas
• Miller Bolaños
• Enner Valencia
• Raúl Jiménez
• Matías Vuoso
• Lucas Barrios

1 goal

• Lionel Messi
• Marcelo Martins Moreno
• Ronald Raldes
• Martin Smedberg-Dalence
• Douglas Costa
• Neymar
• Gary Medel
• Alexis Sánchez
• Jeison Murillo
• Édgar Benítez
• Nelson Haedo Valdez
• Christian Cueva
• Claudio Pizarro
• José Giménez
• Cristian Rodríguez
• Salomón Rondón

Own goals

• Ronald Raldes (playing against Chile)

Source: CONMEBOL.com

Discipline

The following players and managers are currently suspended from tournament matches:

Player	Team	Offence	Suspension
Luis Suárez	Uruguay	23Biting Giorgio Chiellini vs Italy (24 June 2014)	29Whole tournament
Gerardo Martino	Argentina	24 Straight red card; vs Uruguay (16 June)	99One match; vs Jamaica (20 June)
Neymar	Brazil	24 Straight red card; vs Colombia (17 June)	99Four matches (rest of tournament)
Carlos Bacca	Colombia	24 Straight red card; vs Brazil (17 June)	99Two matches; vs Peru (21 June) and possible Quarter-finals
Fernando Amorebieta	Venezuela	24 Straight red card; vs Peru (18 June)	99One match; vs Brazil (21 June)
Richard Ortiz	Paraguay	24 Cautioned in second match; vs Uruguay (20 June)	99One match; Quarter-finals
Álvaro Pereira	Uruguay	24 Cautioned in second match; vs Paraguay (20 June)	99One match; Quarter-finals

Broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster	Notes
Worldwide	Xbox Live, YouTube	Live streaming all matches of Copa América. Blocked in certain territories including the UK. Xbox Live stream available via various third party apps (e.g. Sling TV app in the United States).
Arab world	beIN Sports Arabia
Latin America	DirecTV Sports, ESPN	DirecTV broadcast live all matches of Copa America. ESPN broadcast highlights.
Argentina	TyC Sports, TV Pública	All matches live on TyC Sports. Some matches Live on TV Pública.
Bolivia	Bolivia TV , Cotas Cable TV, Tigo Star	Bolivia TV will only broadcast Bolivia matches. Cotas Cable TV, Tigo Star and others with license from Sport Tv Rights will broadcast all matches.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Brazil	Rede Globo, SporTV	Rede Globo will only broadcast Brazil matches. SporTV will broadcast all matches.
Canada	beIN Sports Canada, Radio-Canada	Radio Broadcast on Radio One.
Chile	Canal 13 and TVN	Broadcast live on Canal 13 and TVN with all matches.
China	LeTV	All matches live.
Colombia	Caracol Televisión	Broadcast live on Caracol Television with all matches.
Costa Rica	Repretel, Teletica	All matches live.
Croatia	Arenasport	All matches live.
Czech Republic	Sport 1/2
Ecuador	Gama TV and TC Televisión	All matches live on Gama TV and TC Televisión.
Finland	VeikkausTV	Live streaming all matches.
France	beIN Sports	All matches live.
Greece	Skai TV	All matches live.
Honduras	R-Media, Canal 11 (Honduras)
India	Sony SIX, Sony KIX, SONY SIX HD	All matches live on Sony SIX and Sony KIX.
Indonesia	Kompas TV
Iran	IRIB 3 - IRIB Varzesh - IRIB HD
Ireland	Setanta Sports	All matches live.
Israel	Sport 5
Italy	Gazzetta TV	All matches live
Jamaica	CVM TV, Sportsmax	CVM TV(free-to-air) will broadcast Jamaica's matches only. Sportsmax(cable channel) will broadcast all matches except those involving Jamaica.
Japan	NHK
Kosovo	RTK	All matches live on RTK.
Macedonia	Arena Sport
Malaysia	Media Prima, Astro
Mexico	Televisa, TV Azteca
Montenegro	Arena Sport
Netherlands	Sport 1	All matches live.
Paraguay	Tigo Sports and Telefuturo	All matches live on Tigo Sports. Some matches live on Telefuturo.
Peru	América Televisión	All the matches live. Radio broadcast on Du Pont's Radio and RPP (All the matches live).
Philippines	ABS-CBN Corporation
Poland	TVP	All matches Live on TVP Sport and sport.tvp.pl(region blocked), some matches on TVP 1.
Portugal	TVI	Eight matches live on TVI (including the final). The remaining on TVI24.
Romania	Digi Sport
Russia	Sport-1	All matches live on Sport-1.
Serbia	Arena Sport
Singapore	StarHub TV
Slovakia	Sport 1/2
Slovenia	Šport TV (Slovenia)
Spain	Canal+ Liga
Taiwan	China Television	All matches live on CTV.
Thailand	TrueVisions	All matches live on TrueVisions.
Turkey	Tivibuspor
United States	beIN Sports	Radio broadcast on Futbol de Primera.
United Kingdom	Premier Sports	Exclusive coverage of all 26 matches via SKY, Virgin, TalkTalk and the Premier Player.
Uruguay	Channel 10, Teledoce	Broadcast live on Equital's Pay TV with all matches. Some matches Live on Teledoce and C10.
Venezuela	Venevisión, DirecTV Sports
Vietnam	SCTV	Broadcast live on SCTV's cable network with all matches.

Marketing

Match Ball

On 16 November 2014, the Official Match Ball was unveiled at the Estadio Nacional. The name of the ball is Nike Cachaña, which is a Chilean slang term for a successful feint or dribble. During its launch, the Chilean international Arturo Vidal was present. The ball is mainly designed with white as main appearance featured with blue and red applications, representing host nation Chile. The colors of Chilean flag make a statement in the design of this ball: the red representing the people, the blue symbolizing the Chilean sky, and the white for the Andes that so strongly define the geography of this country.

Mascot

The official mascot of the tournament, a young culpeo fox, was unveiled on 17 November 2014. The name of the mascot, "Zincha" (from Zorro (fox) and hINCHA (fan)), was chosen by the public over two other options, "Andi" and "Kul".

Official song

"Al Sur del Mundo" by Chilean group Noche de Brujas served as the official song of the tournament. It was performed during the opening ceremony of the competition on 11 June. It features the different cultures of the twelve competing nations.

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External links

• Copa América Chile 2015 (Official website) Template:En icon
• Copa América 2015, CONMEBOL.com Template:Es icon

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