Copa America 2015

Copa America 2015
Soccer South American Championship 2015
Number of nations	12 (10 + 2 visiting teams)
South American champions	Chile (1st title)
venue	Chile
Opening game	June 11, 2015
Endgame	4th July 2015
Games	26th
Gates	59  (⌀: 2.27 per game)
spectator	655,902  (⌀: 25,227 per game)
Top scorer	Paolo Guerrero Eduardo Vargas (4 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Claudio Bravo
yellow cards	119  (⌀: 4.58 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.12 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.15 per game)

The 2015 Copa América was the 44th game of the South American continental football championship and took place in Chile for the seventh time after 1920 , 1926 , 1941 , 1945 , 1955 and 1991 . As with all Copas since 1993 , Mexico, which took part for the ninth time, and Jamaica with its first participation, took part in addition to the ten members of CONMEBOL, two visiting teams. Host Chile won the tournament for the first time in the final in Santiago against Argentina on penalties. Defending champions Uruguay failed in the quarterfinals. The top scorer together were Peruvian Paolo Guerrero and Chilean Eduardo Vargas , each with four goals. According to media reports, Lionel Messi was earmarked for the Best Player Award, but the award was not given to any player. No official reason was given for this.

Chile is eligible to compete in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. If one of the two visiting teams - Mexico or Jamaica - had won the tournament, the most successful South American national team would have qualified for the Confederations Cup 2017 instead of the tournament winner.

Choice of venue

At a meeting on April 28, 2011, the South American football association CONMEBOL chose Brazil as the venue. Due to a new rotation regulation, Brazil was planned as the 2015 venue. Due to hosting the Confederations Cup in 2013 , the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics , Brazil did not want to host the tournament. Nicolás Leoz , President of CONMEBOL, brought up Mexico , although not a member of CONMEBOL, as the venue. Meanwhile, Brazil and Chile were discussing a swap, Chile should host 2015, Brazil 2019. Bolivia was also discussed as a venue by its President Evo Morales . After Brazil had been confirmed as the organizer for the time being, the presidents of the national football associations of Brazil and Chile announced on March 24, 2012 that they would exchange their event rights for 2015 and 2019 respectively. The Copa América 2015 should now take place in Chile, the 2019 tournament in Brazil.

mode

The game was played in a combination of a group phase and a subsequent knockout round . The group stage was played in three groups of four teams each. The two best teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams reached the quarter-finals. In the event of a tie, the goal difference decided. In the final round there was a direct penalty shoot-out after 90 minutes , except in the final, where extra time followed.

Participants / groups

Argentina	Ecuador	Paraguay
Bolivia	Jamaica (visiting team)	Peru
Brazil	Colombia	Uruguay (defending champion)
Chile (hosts)	Mexico (visiting team)	Venezuela

Four pots were created for the draw, which were put together on October 23, 2014 based on their placement in the FIFA world rankings . An exception is the first pot, in which the host Chile was placed regardless of this criterion:

• Pot 1: Chile (13), Argentina (2), Brazil (6)
• Pot 2: Colombia (3), Uruguay (8), Mexico (17)
• Pot 3: Ecuador (27), Peru (54), Paraguay (76)
• Pot 4: Venezuela (85), Bolivia (103), Jamaica (113)

Chile was designated as the head of Group A, Argentina and Brazil as the head of Groups B and C. Jamaica took part in the Copa América for the first time, while Mexico has been invited regularly since 1993.

Venues

Nine stadiums from eight cities were selected for the tournament.

Santiago de Chile	Santiago de Chile	Santiago de Chile Concepción Valparaíso Viña del Mar Antofagasta La Serena Temuco Rancagua Location of the venues	Concepción
Estadio Nacional de Chile	Estadio Monumental David Arellano		Estadio Municipal de Concepción
Capacity: 48,745	Capacity: 47,347		Capacity: 35,000
Valparaíso	Viña del Mar		Antofagasta
Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander	Estadio Sausalito		Estadio Regional de Antofagasta
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 22,340		Capacity: 21,178
Temuco	La Serena		Rancagua
Estadio Germán Becker	Estadio La Portada		Estadio El Teniente
Capacity: 18,936	Capacity: 18,500		Capacity: 15,600

Squad

→ Main article : Copa América 2015 / Kader

Each national association had to nominate a final squad of 23 players by June 1, 2015.

The FIFA regulations require clubs to present their players to the national teams 15 days before the start of a tournament. However, the final of the UEFA Champions League , which took place on June 6, 2015, posed a problem for the South American players from Juventus Turin and FC Barcelona . Due to a special regulation between UEFA and CONMEBOL, the players Arturo Vidal , Roberto Pereyra and Carlos Tévez (Juventus Turin) as well as Lionel Messi , Javier Mascherano , Dani Alves , Neymar and Claudio Bravo (FC Barcelona) join their national team just a few days before the start of the tournament.

The Uruguayan player Luis Suárez was suspended for the entire tournament. In the last group match of the 2014 World Cup against Italy, he bit his opponent Giorgio Chiellini in the shoulder in a duel and had been banned from FIFA for nine competitive matches as a repeat offender - he had previously received two bans for biting.

Mexico, which also took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 in July , registered different players for the Copa than for the Gold Cup. National coach Miguel Herrera emphasized that Mexico was the only country that could take part in two continental championships and win.

Group stage

All games at local time UTC − 3 (+5 hours = Central European Summer Time ).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chile	3	2	1	0	010: 300	+7	07th
2.	Bolivia	3	1	1	1	003: 700	−4	04th
3.	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Mexico	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02

June 11th at 8:30 p.m. in (Estadio Nacional de Chile) Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Ecuador	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 12 at 8:30 p.m. in Viña del Mar (Estadio Sausalito)
Mexico	-	Bolivia	0-0
June 15 at 6:00 p.m. in (Estadio Elías Figueroa) Valparaíso
Ecuador	-	Bolivia	2: 3 (0: 3)
June 15th at 8:30 p.m. in (Estadio Nacional de Chile) Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Mexico	3: 3 (2: 2)
June 19th at 6:00 p.m. in Rancagua (Estadio El Teniente)
Mexico	-	Ecuador	1: 2 (0: 1)
June 19th at 8:30 p.m. in (Estadio Nacional de Chile) Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Bolivia	5: 0 (2: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	000: 300	−3	00

June 13 at 4 p.m. in Antofagasta (Estadio Regional de Antofagasta)
Uruguay	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 13 at 6:30 p.m. in La Serena (Estadio La Portada)
Argentina	-	Paraguay	2: 2 (2: 0)
June 16 at 6:00 p.m. in Antofagasta (Estadio Regional de Antofagasta)
Paraguay	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 16 at 8:30 p.m. in La Serena (Estadio La Portada)
Argentina	-	Uruguay	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 20th at 4:00 p.m. in La Serena (Estadio La Portada)
Uruguay	-	Paraguay	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 20th at 6:30 p.m. in Viña del Mar (Estadio Sausalito)
Argentina	-	Jamaica	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
2.	Peru	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	Venezuela	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03

June 14 at 4:00 p.m. in Rancagua (Estadio El Teniente)
Colombia	-	Venezuela	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 14th at 6:30 p.m. in Temuco (Estadio Municipal Germán Becker)
Brazil	-	Peru	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 17th at 8:30 p.m. in Santiago (Estadio Monumental David Arellano)
Brazil	-	Colombia	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 18th at 8:30 p.m. in Valparaíso (Estadio Elías Figueroa)
Peru	-	Venezuela	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 21 at 4:00 p.m. in Temuco (Estadio Municipal Germán Becker)
Colombia	-	Peru	0-0
June 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Santiago (Estadio Monumental David Arellano)
Brazil	-	Venezuela	2: 1 (1: 0)

Third place

In addition to the respective group winners and runners-up, the two best third-placed winners reached the quarter-finals.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay (B)	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
2.	Colombia (C)	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
3.	Ecuador (A)	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03

Final round

All games at local time UTC − 3 (+5 hours = Central European Summer Time ).

Geographical overview of the participants and their placement.

Tournament winner

Runner-up

third place

fourth place

Quarter finals

Group stage

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	June 24, 2015, 8:30 p.m.
	Chile	1
					June 29, 2015, 8:30 p.m.
	Uruguay	0
					Chile	2
	June 25, 2015, 8:30 p.m.
					Peru	1
	Bolivia	1
									July 4, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
	Peru	3
									Chile	10 (4) 1
	June 26, 2015, 8:30 p.m.
									Argentina	0 (1)
	Argentina	10 (5) 1
					June 30, 2015, 8:30 p.m.
	Colombia	0 (4)
					Argentina	6th			Game for third place
	June 27, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
					Paraguay	1
	Brazil	1 (3)							Peru	2
	Paraguay	11 (4) 1							Paraguay	0
									July 3, 2015, 8:30 p.m.

¹ win on penalties

Quarter finals

June 24, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Santiago (Estadio Nacional de Chile)
Chile	-	Uruguay	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 25, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Temuco (Estadio Municipal Germán Becker)
Bolivia	-	Peru	1: 3 (0: 2)
June 26, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Viña del Mar (Estadio Sausalito)
Argentina	-	Colombia	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.
June 27, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in Concepción (Estadio Municipal de Concepción)
Brazil	-	Paraguay	1: 1 (1: 0), 3: 4 i. E.

Semifinals

June 29, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Santiago (Estadio Nacional de Chile)
Chile	-	Peru	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 30, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Concepción (Estadio Municipal de Concepción)
Argentina	-	Paraguay	6: 1 (2: 1)

3rd place match

July 3, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. in Concepción (Estadio Municipal de Concepción)
Peru	-	Paraguay	2: 0 (0: 0)

final

4th July 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Santiago (Estadio Nacional de Chile)
Chile	-	Argentina	0: 0 n.V., 4: 1 i. E.

Awards

Best player

This award was not given in 2015. According to media reports, Lionel Messi was intended for the award, but there was no official justification for omitting the award.

Top scorer

•  Paolo Guerrero was the tournament's top scorer with four goals. He managed a hat trick in the fourth-final game against Bolivia and a goal in the game for third place against Paraguay, with which he secured third place for his team.
•  Eduardo Vargas was also the top scorer with four goals. He scored one goal each in the group stage against Ecuador and Mexico, as well as two goals in the semifinals against Peru, in which he was also elected Man of the Match .

Best goalkeeper

•  Claudio Bravo was named the tournament's best goalkeeper. In six games he did not score four times and thus had a large share in winning the title.

Best young player

•  Jeison Murillo was named the tournament's best junior player.

Fair play award

•  Peru received the award as the fairest team in the tournament.

Team of the tournament

In addition, the technical commission of CONMEBOL put together the team of the tournament:

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker	Trainer
Claudio Bravo	Nicolás Otamendi Gary Medel Jeison Murillo	Arturo Vidal Javier Mascherano Marcelo Díaz Christian Cueva	Lionel Messi Paolo Guerrero Eduardo Vargas	Jorge Sampaoli

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	player	Gates
1	Paolo Guerrero	4th
	Eduardo Vargas	4th
3	Sergio Aguero	3
	Lucas Barrios	3
	Arturo Vidal	3
6th	Charles Aránguiz	2
	Miller Bolaños	2
	Gonzalo Higuaín	2
	Raúl Jiménez	2
	Ángel Di María	2
	Marcelo Moreno	2
	Enner Valencia	2
	Matias Vuoso	2
14th	24 players	1

In addition, the Bolivian player Ronald Raldes scored an own goal in the game against Chile and the Chilean player Gary Medel in the semifinals against Peru.

marketing

Logo, mascot and cue ball

The agency Brandia Central created the logo of the Copa América 2015. The logo shows a soccer ball with a five-pointed and an eight-pointed star. The five-pointed star is a symbol of the Chilean national flag , the eight-pointed star is an old national symbol and also represents the eight Chilean host cities. Furthermore, it shows four stylized people who are supposed to reflect the values ​​of Chilean culture: The fan stands for “celebrating”, the heart stands for “passion”, the two opposing players symbolize “devotion” and the overhead kick - the one in the Spanish "chilena" means - represents the "triumph".

The official mascot of the Copa América 2015 is called "Zincha" and represents an Andean jackal ( Lycalopex culpaeus ) with accents of the Chilean national colors red, white and blue. The Andes jackal has its habitat in the Andes u. a. in Chile. The name "Zincha", which is a fusion of "zorro" (fox) and "hincha" (fan), was chosen in a public internet vote from three suggestions: 47.1 percent of the participants decided on this name, "Andi" (27.2 percent) and “Kul” (25.7 percent) came in second and third.

"Cachaña" is the official name of the 2015 Copa América match ball distributed by Nike and was presented on November 16, 2014 in the Estadio Nacional de Chile by Arturo Vidal . The name "Cachaña" is a Chilean term used when soccer players show feinting, faking and dribbling on the field.

The properties and structure of the game ball was based on the Ordem II of Nike, which also for the Copa Libertadores , Premier League , La Liga and Serie A is used. The design and colors of the game ball are heavily influenced by Chilean culture. The national colors of Chile white, blue and red - as well as the color yellow as a symbol for the raw material copper , the most important economic sector in Chile - have been incorporated into the design.

Television broadcast

The Copa América 2015 was not seen on television in German-speaking countries. The broadcaster Sport1 , traded as a potential candidate , did not secure any rights for the South American championship. All Copa America games were originally intended to be broadcast live on YouTube and Xbox Live, but this plan was not implemented.

Others

In April 2015, CONMEBOL, the Argentine Football Association, the broadcaster Tele Red Imagen and the educational program Scholas Occurrentes founded by the Catholic Church agreed that US $ 10,000 should be donated to the latter for every goal scored during the tournament. Immediately before the start of the tournament, the Vatican suspended this agreement until the corruption allegations against several football officials were cleared up.

Web links

• Official website of the tournament (English, Spanish, Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chile is happy: Brazil gives up the Copa. Kicker.de, March 24, 2012, accessed January 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mystery of Messi. FAZ.net, July 6, 2015, accessed on July 7, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Reglamento de la Copa América - Chile 2015. (PDF; 775 KB) Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), November 24, 2014, p. 5 , accessed on February 13, 2015 (Spanish): "Chapter 1, Article 1, No. 4: El equipo representativo que resulte campeón de la CA2015 o en su defecto, el equipo sudamericano que alcance la mejor posición, será la selección nacional representante de la CONMEBOL en la Copa Confederaciones de la FIFA a llevarse a cabo en Rusia in 2017 . " 
4. ↑ Márcio Iannacca: Copa América será no Brasil em 2015, confirma CBF em seminário. GloboEsporte, February 22, 2011, accessed January 22, 2015 (Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Chile busca que México juegue la Copa América 2015 con sus mejores figuras. La Tercera, April 29, 2012, accessed January 22, 2015 (Spanish). México asistirá como invitado a la Copa América 2015. March 29, 2012, accessed on January 22, 2015 (Spanish). 
    
6. ↑ La Copa America da otro paso hacia Chile. (No longer available online.) La Nacion, August 8, 2009, archived from the original on March 9, 2012 ; Retrieved January 22, 2015 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Bolivia to hold 2015 Copa America, says president Evo Morales. Reuters, April 27, 2010, accessed January 22, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Chile será finalmente el organizador de la Copa America el 2015. CDF, March 24, 2010, accessed on January 22, 2015 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ Information on the official website of the Alfonso Zúniga tournament
   : Los estadios de la Copa América 2015. Ferplei, November 24, 2014, accessed on January 22, 2015 (Spanish). 
10. ↑ Reglamento de la Copa América - Chile 2015. (PDF; 775 KB) Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), November 24, 2014, accessed on June 17, 2015 (Spanish). 
11. ^ REGULATIONS on the Status and Transfer. (PDF; 375 KB) FIFA, July 11, 2014, accessed June 17, 2015 (English). 
12. ↑ Copa América - Short break for Messi and Neymar. FAZ.net, May 13, 2015, accessed June 17, 2015 . 
13. ^ FIFA statement on the CAS decision regarding Luis Suárez. FIFA, August 14, 2014, accessed June 17, 2015 . 
14. ↑ goal.com: "Mexico did not bring a B team to Copa America, warns Miguel Herrera"
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Copa América 2015 awards - check out the winners! (No longer available online.) Ca2015.com, July 4, 2015, archived from the original on July 6, 2015 ; Retrieved July 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Copa América 2015 - Team of the tournament. (No longer available online.) Ca2015.com, July 5, 2015, archived from the original on July 7, 2015 ; Retrieved July 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ List of goalscorers on conmebol.com . Retrieved July 4, 2015.
18. ^ Copa America Chile 2015. (No longer available online.) Brandia Central, archived from the original on February 13, 2015 ; accessed on February 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ 2015 Copa America: a cheerful fox is the tournament mascot. CONMEBOL, November 19, 2014, accessed February 10, 2015 . 
20. ↑ 2015 Copa América: Zincha is the name of the mascot. CONMEBOL, November 29, 2014, accessed February 10, 2015 . Zincha será el nombre de la mascota de la Copa América 2015. La Tercera, November 28, 2014, accessed on February 10, 2015 . 
     
21. ↑ “Cachaña”, the official ball of the 2015 Copa América. CONMEBOL, November 17, 2014, accessed February 10, 2015 . “La Cachaña” the Balón de la Copa America. (No longer available online.) Deporvito.com, November 17, 2014, archived from the original on February 11, 2015 ; accessed on February 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
      
22. ^ Copa America 2015 on TV . wm-em-wetten.de, accessed on June 25, 2015.
23. ↑ Corruption scandal: Vatican refrains from donations from Fifa association . Zeit Online, June 12, 2015, accessed on the same day