2015 Copa América facts for kids

The 2015 Copa América was a football sporting event that was organized by Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol. It was held in Chile in 2015. 12 teams took part from many countries. Chile won their first title after beating Argentina in the final on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw.

Participants

Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay
Bolivia	Ecuador	Peru
Brazil	Aruba (invited)	Uruguay
Chile (host nation)	Mexico (invited)	Venezuela

Venues

The tournament was in 9 stadiums in 8 cities.

Antofagasta			La Serena
Estadio Regional de Antofagasta			Estadio La Portada
Capacity: 21,170			Capacity: 18,243
Viña del Mar			Valparaíso
Estadio Sausalito			Estadio Elías Figueroa
Capacity: 22,360			Capacity: 21,113
(Old stadium)
Santiago			Rancagua
Estadio Nacional	Estadio Monumental David Arellano		Estadio El Teniente
Capacity: 48,745	Capacity: 47,347		Capacity: 13,849
Concepción			Temuco
Estadio Municipal de Concepción			Estadio Municipal Germán Becker
Capacity: 30,448			Capacity: 18,413

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chile (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Bolivia	3	1	1	1	3	7	-4	4
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3
Mexico	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2

11 June 2015 20:30	Chile	2-0	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Vidal  66' (pen.) Vargas  83'

12 June 2015 20:30	Mexico	0-0	Bolivia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

15 June 2015 18:00	Ecuador	2-3	Bolivia	Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
	Valencia  47' Bolaños  80'		Raldes  4' Smedberg  17' Moreno  42' (pen.)

15 June 2015 20:30	Chile	3-3	Mexico	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Vidal  21', 54' (pen.) Vargas  41'		Vuoso  20', 65' Jiménez  28'

19 June 2015 18:00	Mexico	1-2	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
	Jiménez  63' (pen.)		Bolaños  25' Valencia  57'

19 June 2015 20:30	Chile	5-0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Aránguiz  2', 65' Sánchez  36' Medel  78' Raldes  85' (o.g.)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Aruba	3	0	3	0	0	3	-1	3

13 June 2015 16:00	Uruguay	1-0	Jamaica	Estadio Calvo y Bascuñán, Antofagasta
	Rodríguez  51'

13 June 2015 18:30	Argentina	2-2	Paraguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
	Agüero  28' Messi  35' (pen.)		Valdez  59' Barrios  89'

16 June 2015 18:00	Paraguay	1-0	Jamaica	Estadio Calvo y Bascuñán, Antofagasta
	Benítez  35'

16 June 2015 20:30	Argentina	1-0	Uruguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
	Agüero  55'

20 June 2015 16:00	Uruguay	1-1	Paraguay	Estadio La Portada, La Serena
	Giménez  28'		Barrios  44'

20 June 2015 18:30	Argentina	1-0	Jamaica	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
	Higuaín  10'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Peru	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Colombia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Venezuela	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3

14 June 2015 16:00	Colombia	0-1	Venezuela	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
			Rondón  59'

14 June 2015 18:30	Brazil	2-1	Peru	Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco
	Neymar  4' Douglas Costa  90+1'		Cueva  2'

17 June 2015 21:00	Brazil	0-1	Colombia	Estadio Monumental, Santiago
			Murillo  35'

18 June 2015 20:30	Peru	1-0	Venezuela	Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
	Pizarro  71'

21 June 2015 16:00	Colombia	0-0	Peru	Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco

21 June 2015 18:30	Brazil	2-1	Venezuela	Estadio Monumental, Santiago
	Thiago Silva  8' Roberto Firmino  51'		Miku  84'

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 June - Santiago
	Chile	1
					29 June - Santiago
	Uruguay	0
					Chile	2
	25 June - Temuco
					Peru	1
	Bolivia	1
									4 July - Santiago
	Peru	3
									Chile (pen.)	0 (4)
	26 June - Viña del Mar
									Argentina	0 (1)
	Argentina (pen.)	0 (5)
					30 June - Concepción
	Colombia	0 (4)
					Argentina	6
	27 June - Concepción
					Paraguay	1
	Brazil	1 (3)
	Paraguay (pen.)	1 (4)

Quarter finals

24 June 2015 20:30	Chile	1-0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Isla  80'

25 June 2015 20:30	Bolivia	1-3	Peru	Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco
	Moreno  83' (pen.)		Guerrero  19', 22', 73'

26 June 2015 20:30	Argentina	0-0	Colombia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
		Penalties
	Messi Garay Banega Lavezzi Biglia Rojo Tévez	5-4	Rodríguez Falcao Cuadrado Muriel Cardona Zúñiga Murillo

27 June 2015 18:30	Brazil	1-1	Paraguay	Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo, Concépcion
	Robinho  14'		González  71' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Fernandinho Éverton Ribeiro Miranda Douglas Costa Philippe Coutinho	3-4	Martínez V. Cáceres Bobadilla Santa Cruz González

Semifinals

29 June 2015 20:30	Chile	2-1	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Vargas  40', 63'		Medel  60' (o.g.)

30 June 2015 20:30	Argentina	6-1	Paraguay	Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo, Concépcion
	Rojo  14' Pastore  26' Di María  46', 52' Agüero  79' Higuaín  82'		Barrios  42'

Third place

3 July 2015 20:30	Peru	2-0	Paraguay	Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo, Concépcion
	Carrillo  47' Guerrero  89'

Final

4 July 2015 17:00	Chile	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
		Penalties
	Fernández Vidal Aránguiz Sánchez	4-1	Messi Higuaín Banega

2015 Copa América Winner
Chile 1st title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Eduardo Vargas
• Paolo Guerrero

3 goals

• Arturo Vidal
• Lucas Barrios
• Sergio Agüero

2 goals

• Charles Aránguiz
• Matías Vuoso
• Raúl Jiménez
• Ángel Di María
• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Miller Bolaños
• Enner Valencia
• Marcelo Moreno

1 goal

• Cristian Rodríguez
• José Giménez
• Lionel Messi
• Marcos Rojo
• Javier Pastore
• Nelson Haedo Valdez
• Édgar Benítez
• Derlis González
• Salomón Rondón
• Miku
• Christian Cueva
• Claudio Pizarro
• André Carrillo
• Neymar
• Douglas Costa
• Thiago Silva
• Roberto Firmino
• Robinho
• Ronald Raldes
• Martin Smedberg-Dalence
• Jeison Murillo
• Alexis Sánchez
• Gary Medel
• Mauricio Isla

Own goals

• Ronald Raldes (playing against Chile)
• Gary Medel (playing against Peru)

Images for kids

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  Map of the participating national football teams of the CONMEBOL's 2015 Copa América.

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  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet with Zincha, the 2015 Copa América mascot.

See also

In Spanish: Copa América 2015 para niños