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1989 Copa América

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	1–16 July
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)
Attendance	968,976 (37,268 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bebeto (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Rubén Sosa
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The 1989 Copa América football tournament was hosted by Brazil, from 1 to 16 July. 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 Estádio do Maracanã. This achievement ended a 19-year streak without official titles for the Brazilians. The last one had been in the 1970 World Cup. The final match between Brazil and Uruguay on Maracanã Stadium also marks exactly 39 years, on another 16 July since the FIFA World Cup 1950 Final.

Moreover, Brazil was victorious in the Copa América after a 40-year hiatus, and this achievement ended Brazil's 19-year streak without an official championship since the 1970 World Cup.

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

Venues

Rio de Janeiro	Rio de JaneiroGoiâniaRecifeSalvador	Goiânia
Estádio do Maracanã		Estádio Serra Dourada
Capacity: 145,000		Capacity: 70,000
Recife		Salvador
Estádio do Arruda		Estádio Fonte Nova
Capacity: 80,000		Capacity: 60,000

Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads, see: 1989 Copa América 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Brazil	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Colombia	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	4
Peru	4	0	3	1	4	7	−3	3
Venezuela	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1

Paraguay	5–2	Peru
Cañete 38', 84' Neffa 41' Mendoza 51' Del Solar 75' (o.g.)		Hirano 30' Reynoso 80'

Brazil	3–1	Venezuela
Bebeto 2' Geovani 36' (pen.) Baltazar 57'	Report	Maldonado 63'

Colombia	4–2	Venezuela
Higuita 36' (pen.) Iguarán 46', 75' de Ávila 71'		Maldonado 73', 88'

Brazil	0–0	Peru
	Report

Peru	1–1	Venezuela
Navarro 30'		Maldonado 29'

Paraguay	1–0	Colombia
Mendoza 51'

Paraguay	3–0	Venezuela
Neffa 41' Ferreira 50', 73'

Brazil	0–0	Colombia
	Report

Colombia	1–1	Peru
Iguarán 32'		Hirano 43'

Brazil	2–0	Paraguay
Bebeto 47', 82'	Report

Group B

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

Ecuador	1–0	Uruguay
Benítez 88'

Argentina	1–0	Chile
Caniggia 55'

Uruguay	3–0	Bolivia
Ostolaza 30', 60' Sosa 33'

Argentina	0–0	Ecuador

Ecuador	0–0	Bolivia

Uruguay	3–0	Chile
Sosa 44' Alzamendi 73' Francescoli 78'

Chile	5–0	Bolivia
Olmos 9' Ramírez 10' Astengo 55' Pizarro 68' (pen.) Reyes 85'

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Caniggia 69'

Chile	2–1	Ecuador
Olmos 44' Letelier 88'		Avilés 89'

Argentina	0–0	Bolivia

Final round

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

Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay
Francescoli 28' Alzamendi 82' Paz 89'

Brazil	2–0	Argentina
Bebeto 48' Romário 55'	Report

Uruguay	2–0	Argentina
Sosa 38', 81'

Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Bebeto 16', 52' Romário 58'	Report

Argentina	0–0	Paraguay

Brazil	1–0	Uruguay
Romário 49'	Report

Result

1989 Copa América champions
Brazil Fourth title

Goalscorers

With six goals, Bebeto was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 55 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match.

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 goal

• Baltazar
• Geovani
• Fernando Astengo
• Juan Carlos Letelier
• Jaime Pizarro
• Jaime Ramírez
• Óscar Reyes
• Antony de Ávila
• René Higuita
• Ney Avilés
• Ermen Benítez
• Franco Navarro
• Juan Reynoso
• Rubén Paz

1 own goal

• José del Solar (against Paraguay)

External links

• Copa América 1989 at RSSSF

• 1989 Copa América
• Copa América tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Brazil
• 1989 in Brazilian football
• 1989 in South American football
• July 1989 sports events in South America
• Sport in Recife
• Sport in Goiânia
• Sport in Salvador, Bahia
• International sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city)
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