1995 Copa América

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.

The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group. The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Squads
For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials
🇦🇷 Argentina
 * Javier Castrilli

🇧🇴 Bolivia
 * Pablo Peña

🇧🇷 Brazil
 * Márcio Rezende de Freitas

Chile
 * Salvador Imperatore

🇨🇴 Colombia
 * Óscar Ruiz

🇪🇨 Ecuador
 * Alfredo Rodas

🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Marco Antonio Rodríguez
 * Arturo Brizio Carter

Paraguay
 * Félix Benegas

🇵🇪 Peru
 * Alberto Tejada

Uruguay
 * Ernesto Filippi
 * Eduardo Dluzniewski

🇺🇸 United States
 * Raúl Domínguez

🇻🇪 Venezuela
 * Paolo Borgosano

Group stage
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero 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.

Ranking of third-placed teams
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

Goalscorers
With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers.