1997 Copa América
The Copa America 1997 was the 38th playout of the South American continental championship in football and was held from June 11 to June 29 for the second time after 1963 in Bolivia instead. As with the previous two tournaments in 1993 and 1995 again took part in two non- South American visiting teams. These were Costa Rica and Mexico.
On discharge mode, nothing changed. It was played in a combination of group stage and subsequent knockout phase. The group stage was played in three groups of four teams each. The quarter-finals reached the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams. In case of equal goal difference decided. In the final round, there were at undecided after 90 minutes if no extension, but equal to a penalty shootout. Title defenders Uruguay had already had like competing in the group stage. In groups A and C, the Games were held first on one day in the same stadium as part of double events.
Brazil won all his six games and so for a fifth time, the Copa América. For the first time able to triumph the Seleção outside your own country. By winning the Copa America Brazil was qualified as a representative of South America for the FIFA Confederations Cup 1999. However, Brazil adopted by the renunciation of world champions France already as acting " Vice World Champion" in this tournament, so Finalist Bolivia nachrückte.
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Venues
Group stage
Group A
All games at the Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba.
Table
Group B
Table
Group C
All games at the Estadio Ramón Aguilera in Santa Cruz.