1989 Copa América

1989 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	July 1 - July 16
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	55 (2.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bebeto (6)
Best player	Rubén Sosa
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The Copa América 1989 football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from July 1 to July 16, 1989. All ten CONMEBOL member nations participated.

Brazil won their fourth Copa América, and first since 1949, by beating Uruguay 1-0 in the final match at the Maracanã.

The top scorer was Brazilian Bebeto. He scored six times, including three in the final group stage.

Venues

City	Stadium name	Map	Capacity
Goiânia	Estádio Serra Dourada	16°41′59″S 49°14′03″W / 16.69969°S 49.234264°W / -16.69969; -49.234264	22,000
Recife	Estádio do Arruda	8°01′36″S 34°53′28″W / 8.026552°S 34.891205°W / -8.026552; -34.891205	60,000
Rio de Janeiro	Estádio do Maracanã	22°54′44″S 43°13′48″W / 22.91227°S 43.230128°W / -22.91227; -43.230128	145,000
Salvador	Estádio Fonte Nova	12°58′44″S 38°30′15″W / 12.978788°S 38.504194°W / -12.978788; -38.504194	30,000

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads see Copa América 1989 squads

First round

The tournament was set up in two groups of five teams each. Each team played one match against each of the other teams within the same group. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

• Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  1. greater goal difference in all group games;
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  3. winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  4. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Paraguay	6	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5
Brazil	6	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4
Colombia	4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Peru	3	4	0	3	1	4	7	−3
Venezuela	1	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7

July 1, 1989	Paraguay	5–2	Peru	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Cañete  38',  84' Neffa  41' Mendoza  51' Del Solar  75' (og)		Hirano  30' Reynoso  80'

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July 1, 1989	Brazil	3–1	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Bebeto  2' Geovani  36' (pk) Baltazar  57'		Maldonado  63'

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July 3, 1989	Colombia	4–2	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Martínez (Honduras)
	Higuita  36' (pk) Iguarán  46',  75' de Ávila  71'		Maldonado  73',  88'

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July 3, 1989	Brazil	0–0	Peru	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Silva (Chile)

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July 5, 1989	Peru	1–1	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mauro (United States)
	Navarro  30'		Maldonado  29'

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July 5, 1989	Paraguay	1–0	Colombia	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Mendoza  51'

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July 7, 1989	Paraguay	3–0	Venezuela	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Martínez (Honduras)
	Neffa  41' Ferreira  50',  73'

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July 7, 1989	Brazil	0–0	Colombia	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador Attendance: 9,100 Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)

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July 9, 1989	Colombia	1–1	Peru	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Iguarán  32'		Hirano  43'

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July 9, 1989	Brazil	2–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Arruda, Recife Attendance: 76,800 Referee: Mauro (United States)
	Bebeto  47',  82'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	6	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
Uruguay	4	4	2	0	2	6	2	+4
Chile	4	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2
Ecuador	4	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
Bolivia	2	4	0	2	2	0	8	−8

July 2, 1989	Ecuador	1–0	Uruguay	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Benítez  88'

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July 2, 1989	Argentina	1–0	Chile	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Caniggia  55'

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July 4, 1989	Uruguay	3–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Ostolaza  30',  60' Sosa  33'

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July 4, 1989	Argentina	0–0	Ecuador	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)

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July 6, 1989	Ecuador	0–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Díaz (Colombia)

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July 6, 1989	Uruguay	3–0	Chile	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ramírez (Peru)
	Sosa  44' Alzamendi  73' Francescoli  78'

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July 8, 1989	Chile	5–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Olmos  9' Ramírez  10' Astengo  55' Pizarro  68' (pk) Reyes  85'

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July 8, 1989	Argentina	1–0	Uruguay	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Díaz (Colombia)
	Caniggia  69'

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July 10, 1989	Chile	2–1	Ecuador	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Maciel (Paraguay)
	Olmos  44' Letelier  88'		Avilés  89'

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July 10, 1989	Argentina	0–0	Bolivia	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rodríguez (Venezuela)

Final round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
Uruguay	4	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
Argentina	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
Paraguay	1	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6

July 12, 1989	Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 100,135 Referee: Loustau (Argentina)
	Francescoli  28' Alzamendi  82' Paz  89'

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July 12, 1989	Brazil	2–0	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 100,135 Referee: Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Bebeto  48' Romário  55'

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July 14, 1989	Uruguay	2–0	Argentina	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 53,909 Referee: Coelho (Brazil)
	Sosa  38',  81'

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July 14, 1989	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 53,909 Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)
	Bebeto  16',  52' Romário  58'

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July 16, 1989	Argentina	0–0	Paraguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 148,068 Referee: Díaz (Colombia)

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July 16, 1989	Brazil	1–0	Uruguay	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 148,068 Referee: Silva (Chile)
	Romário  49'

Results

Copa América 1989 Winners
Brazil Fourth title

Individual scorers

6 goals Bebeto 4 goals Rubén Sosa Carlos Maldonado 3 goals Romário Arnoldo Iguarán 2 goals Claudio Caniggia Juvenal Olmos Buenaventura Ferreira Adolfino Cañete Alfredo Mendoza Gustavo Neffa Jorge Hirano Antonio Alzamendi Enzo Francescoli Santiago Ostolaza

1 goals Baltazar Geovani Fernando Astengo Juan Carlos Letelier Jaime Pizarro Jaime Ramírez Oscar Reyes Antony de Ávila René Higuita Ney Avilés Hermen Benítez Franco Navarro Juan Reynoso Ruben Paz Own goals José del Solar

Notes

See also

• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Copa América 1989