2011 Copa América Facts for Kids

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2011 Copa América
Copa América Argentina 2011
Uruguay players with the trophy.
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	1 July – 24 July
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (15th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Peru
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	54 (2.08 per match)
Attendance	882,621 (33,947 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paolo Guerrero (5 goals)
Best player	Luis Suárez
Best young player	Sebastián Coates
Best goalkeeper	Justo Villar
Fair play award	Uruguay
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The 2011 Copa América (also known as the 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América or Copa América 2011 Argentina) was the 43rd Copa América. The tournament was organized by CONMEBOL, which is the main association football body in South America. The tournament went from 1 July to 24 July 2011.

Uruguay won the tournament over Paraguay. Paraguay was known for going to the final without winning a single game. Because Uruguay won the tournament, they were allowed to play in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Peru finished at 3rd place after defeating Venezuela.

Teams
Group stage
Knockout stage
Goal scorers
Images for kids
See also

Teams

Japan and Mexico were both invited to the tournament. After some controversy that was brought up by UEFA, Mexico were only allowed to bring their Under-23 Olympic Team to the tournament.

People thought that Japan wouldn't be in the tournament because of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. However, Japan said that they will still be in the tournament. They decided to leave the tournament on 4 April 2011, because the games would get in the way of some J. League Division 1 matches. Even though Japan then decided to play in the tournament, and send some European-based players instead, they still decided to leave on May 16 because some European clubs didn't want to send their players away. On the next day, CONMEBOL sent a request to the North American team of Costa Rica, and Costa Rica then accepted the invite.

The teams below were in the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Quarter-finals
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
4	Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1


1 July 2011
Argentina	1–1	Bolivia
2 July 2011
Colombia	1–0	Costa Rica
6 July 2011
Argentina	0–0	Colombia
7 July 2011
Bolivia	0–2	Costa Rica
10 July 2011
Colombia	2–0	Bolivia
11 July 2011
Argentina	3–0	Costa Rica

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Brazil	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Quarter-finals
2	Venezuela	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Paraguay	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	Ecuador	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1


3 July 2011
Brazil	0–0	Venezuela
Paraguay	0–0	Ecuador
9 July 2011
Brazil	2–2	Paraguay
Venezuela	1–0	Ecuador
13 July 2011
Paraguay	3–3	Venezuela
Brazil	4–2	Ecuador

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
1	Chile	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Quarter-finals
2	Uruguay	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	4	–3	0


4 July 2011
Uruguay	1–1	Peru
Chile	2–1	Mexico
8 July 2011
Uruguay	1–1	Chile
Peru	1–0	Mexico
12 July 2011
Chile	1–0	Peru
Uruguay	1–0	Mexico

Ranking of the third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Moves on to
3	Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Quarter-finals
3	Paraguay	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3	Quarter-finals
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 July - Córdoba

Colombia	0
		19 July - La Plata
Peru (aet)	2
		Peru	0
16 July - Santa Fe
		Uruguay	2
Argentina	1 (4)
				24 July - Buenos Aires
Uruguay (pen.)	1 (5)
				Uruguay	3
17 July - La Plata
				Paraguay	0
Brazil	0 (0)
		20 July - Mendoza
Paraguay (pen.)	0 (2)
		Paraguay (pen.)	0 (5)
17 July - San Juan
		Venezuela	0 (3)
Chile	1

Venezuela	2

Quarter-finals

16 July 2011 16:00	Colombia	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Peru	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
		Report	Lobatón 101' Vargas 111'

16 July 2011 19:15	Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay	Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Higuaín 17'	Report	Pérez 5'
		Penalties
	Messi Burdisso Tevez Pastore Higuaín	4–5	Forlán Suárez Scotti Gargano Cáceres

17 July 2011 16:00	Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
		Report
		Penalties
	Elano Thiago Silva André Santos Fred	0–2	Barreto Estigarribia Riveros

17 July 2011 19:15	Chile	1–2	Venezuela	Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
	Suazo 69'	Report	Vizcarrondo 34' Cichero 80'

Semi-finals

19 July 2011 21:45	Peru	0–2	Uruguay	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)
		Report	Suárez 52', 57'

20 July 2011 21:45	Paraguay	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Venezuela	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)
		Report
		Penalties
	Ortigoza Barrios Riveros Martínez Verón	5–3	Maldonado Rey Lucena Miku

Third place play-off

23 July 2011 16:00	Peru	4–1	Venezuela	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Chiroque 41' Guerrero 63', 89', 90+2'	Report	Arango 77'

Final

24 July 2011 16:00	Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 57,921 Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
	Suárez 11' Forlán 41', 89'	Report