The Copa América 2004 was a held in Peru, from July 6 to July 25, 2004. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and won by Brazil in a shootout over Argentina.
There is no qualifying for the final tournament. All 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.
Venues
First Round
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) 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.
- Tie-breaker
- If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
- drawing of lots.
- All times local (UTC -05:00)
- Half-time scores are in brackets
Group A
July 6, 2004
July 9, 2004
July 12, 2004
Group B
July 7, 2004
July 10, 2004
July 13, 2004
Group C
July 8, 2004
July 11, 2004
July 14, 2004
Best third places
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.
Uruguay (best third place) and Costa Rica (second best third place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
July 17, 2004
July 18, 2004
Semi-finals
July 20, 2004
July 21, 2004
Third place match
July 24, 2004
Final
July 25, 2004
Copa América Winners:
 BRAZIL (7th title)
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Goal scorers
7 Goals
3 Goals
2 Goals
1 Goal
Statistics