Copa América 2015 | |
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 11 June–4 July 2015 |
Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 59 (2.27 per match) |
Attendance | 655,902 (25,227 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (4 goals each) |
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The 2015 Copa América was the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America, and took place in Chile between 11 June and 4 July 2015. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body.
Twelve teams competed, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which competed in the Copa América for the first time. Uruguay were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the hosts in the quarter-finals. Chile won their first title by defeating Argentina in the final on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw. As winners, they qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
Host country[]
Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, as suggested by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in February 2011 due to CONMEBOL's rotation policy of tournaments being held in alphabetical order. However, due to the organization of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that country, Brazil decided against also hosting the Copa América. CONMEBOL’s president Nicolas Leoz had mentioned the possibility of the tournament being organized in Mexico (despite this country not being a member of CONMEBOL) as part of the federation's centenary celebrations. Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 tournaments. The swap was made official in May 2012.
Venues[]
There were nine different stadiums in eight cities used for the tournament. Most stadiums were renovated or rebuilt for the contest.
Antofagasta | La Serena | ||
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Estadio Regional de Antofagasta | Estadio La Portada | ||
Capacity: 21,170 | Capacity: 18,243 | ||
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Viña del Mar | Valparaíso | ||
Estadio Sausalito | Estadio Elías Figueroa | ||
Capacity: 22,360 | Capacity: 21,113 | ||
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Santiago | Rancagua | ||
Estadio Nacional | Estadio Monumental David Arellano | Estadio El Teniente | |
Capacity: 48,745 | Capacity: 47,347 | Capacity: 13,849 | |
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Concepción | Temuco | ||
Estadio Municipal de Concepción | Estadio Municipal Germán Becker | ||
Capacity: 30,448 | Capacity: 18,413 | ||
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Teams[]
Mexico and Japan were initially invited to join the 10 CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. Japan declined the invitation, and China was invited instead, but later withdrew due to the Asian sector of qualification for the 2018 World Cup being held at the same time. In May 2014, it was announced that the Jamaica Football Federation had accepted an invitation to participate.
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Draw[]
The draw of the tournament was originally to be held on 27 October 2014 in Viña del Mar, but was postponed to 24 November. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four.
CONMEBOL announced the composition of the four pots on 10 November 2014. Pot 1 contained the hosts Chile (which has been automatically assigned to position A1), together with Argentina and Brazil. The remaining nine teams were allocated to the other three pots according to their FIFA World Rankings as of 23 October 2014 (shown in brackets). On 23 November 2014, it was revealed by CONMEBOL that Argentina and Brazil had been assigned to positions B1 and C1, respectively.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América squads
Each country had a final squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) which had to be submitted before the deadline of 1 June 2015.
The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final date of 6 June caused problems for South American players for Barcelona and Juventus. FIFA international rules require clubs to release players 14 days prior to the start of an international tournament, but the players featured in the final, leaving them at most five days to acclimate.
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera decided to prioritize the upcoming 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, saying "We have to win at all costs in order to face the United States in the playoffs that guarantee a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup". The Mexican squad was a team composed mostly from the local league with little international experience.
Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez was suspended for the whole tournament, as he served a nine-match ban in international football for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's final group stage match against Italy in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Match officials[]
Source:
Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Matches refereed |
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Néstor Pitana | Hernan Maidana Juan Pablo Belatti |
Chile-Ecuador (Group A) Colombia-Peru (Group C) |
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Raúl Orosco | Javier Bustillos Juan P. Montaño |
Peru-Venezuela (Group C) Peru-Paraguay (Third place playoff) |
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Sandro Ricci | Emerson de Carvalho Fábio Pereira |
Argentina-Uruguay (Group B) Chile-Uruguay (Quarter-finals) Argentina-Paraguay (Semi-finals) |
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Enrique Osses Jorge Osorio Julio Bascuñán |
Carlos Astroza Marcelo Barraza Raúl Orellana |
Osses-Astroza-Barraza: Brazil-Colombia (Group C) Bascuñán-Astroza-Barraza: Argentina-Jamaica (Group B) |
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Wilmar Roldán | Alexander Guzmán Cristian De La Cruz |
Argentina-Paraguay (Group B) Bolivia-Peru (Quarter-finals) Chile-Argentina (Final) |
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Carlos Vera | Christian Lescano Byron Romero |
Paraguay-Jamaica (Group B) |
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Enrique Cáceres | Rodney Aquino Carlos Cáceres |
Chile-Mexico (Group A) Brazil-Venezuela (Group C) |
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Víctor Hugo Carrillo | César Escano Johnny Bossio |
Mexico-Bolivia (Group A) |
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Andrés Cunha | Mauricio Espinosa Carlos Pastorino |
Colombia-Venezuela (Group C) Chile-Bolivia (Group A) Brazil-Paraguay (Quarter-finals) |
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José Argote | Jorge Urrego Jairo Romero |
Uruguay-Jamaica (Group B) Mexico-Ecuador (Group A) Chile-Peru (Semi-finals) |
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Joel Aguilar | ![]() ![]() |
Ecuador-Bolivia (Group A) |
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Roberto García Orozco | José Luis Camargo Marvin Torrentera |
Brazil-Peru (Group C) Uruguay-Paraguay (Group B) Argentina-Colombia (Quarter-finals) |
Group stage[]
The fixture schedule was announced on 11 November 2014.
The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals.
- Tie-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Head-to-head result (between two teams only)
- Penalty shoot-out (if both teams are playing the last match of the group stage)
- Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee
All times local, CLT (UTC−3).
Group A[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América Group A
2015 Copa América Group A
11 June 2015 | |||
Chile ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago |
12 June 2015 | |||
Mexico ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar |
15 June 2015 | |||
Ecuador ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso |
Chile ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago |
19 June 2015 | |||
Mexico ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua |
Chile ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago |
Group B[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América Group B
2015 Copa América Group B
13 June 2015 | |||
Uruguay ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta |
Argentina ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
Estadio La Portada, La Serena |
16 June 2015 | |||
Paraguay ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta |
Argentina ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio La Portada, La Serena |
20 June 2015 | |||
Uruguay ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Estadio La Portada, La Serena |
Argentina ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar |
Group C[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América Group C
2015 Copa América Group C
14 June 2015 | |||
Colombia ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua |
Brazil ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco |
17 June 2015 | |||
Brazil ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago |
18 June 2015 | |||
Peru ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso |
21 June 2015 | |||
Colombia ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco |
Brazil ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago |
Ranking of third placed teams[]
Knockout stage[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América knockout stage
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
Chile | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uruguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 2 | ||||||||||||
Peru | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bolivia | 1 | ||||||||||||
Peru | 3 | ||||||||||||
Chile (pen.) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
Argentina | 0 (1) | ||||||||||||
Argentina (pen.) | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||
Colombia | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||
Argentina | 6 | ||||||||||||
Paraguay | 1 | ||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
Paraguay (pen.) | 1 (4) |
Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and penalty shoot-out are indicated by (pen.).
All times local, CLT (UTC−3).
Quarter-finals[]
24 June 2015 20:30 |
Chile ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 45,304 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) |
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Isla ![]() |
Report |
25 June 2015 20:30 |
Bolivia ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco Attendance: 16,872 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) |
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Martins Moreno ![]() |
Report | Guerrero ![]() |
26 June 2015 20:30 |
Argentina ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 21,508 Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico) |
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Report | ||||
Penalties | ||||
Messi ![]() Garay ![]() Banega ![]() Lavezzi ![]() Biglia ![]() Rojo ![]() Tevez ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
27 June 2015 18:30 |
Brazil ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción Attendance: 29,276 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) |
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Robinho ![]() |
Report | González ![]() | ||
Penalties | ||||
Fernandinho ![]() Everton Ribeiro ![]() Miranda ![]() Douglas Costa ![]() Coutinho ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals[]
29 June 2015 20:30 |
Chile ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 45,651 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela) |
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Vargas ![]() |
Report | Medel ![]() |
30 June 2015 20:30 |
Argentina ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción Attendance: 29,205 Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) |
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Rojo ![]() Pastore ![]() Di María ![]() Agüero ![]() Higuaín ![]() |
Report | Barrios ![]() |
Third place playoff[]
3 July 2015 20:30 |
Peru ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción Attendance: 29,143 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) |
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Carrillo ![]() Guerrero ![]() |
Report |
Final[]
- Main article:2015 Copa América Final
4 July 2015 17:00 |
Chile ![]() |
0–0 (a.e.t.) |
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Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 45,693 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) |
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Penalties | ||||
Fernández ![]() Vidal ![]() Aránguiz ![]() Sánchez ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2015 Copa América Champions |
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Goalscorers[]
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Sergio Agüero
Arturo Vidal
Lucas Barrios
- 2 goals
Ángel Di María
Gonzalo Higuaín
Marcelo Martins Moreno
Charles Aránguiz
Miller Bolaños
Enner Valencia
Raúl Jiménez
Matías Vuoso
- 1 goal
Lionel Messi
Javier Pastore
Marcos Rojo
Ronald Raldes
Martin Smedberg-Dalence
Douglas Costa
Neymar
Roberto Firmino
Robinho
Thiago Silva
Mauricio Isla
Gary Medel
Alexis Sánchez
Jeison Murillo
Édgar Benítez
Derlis González
Nelson Haedo Valdez
André Carrillo
Christian Cueva
Claudio Pizarro
José Giménez
Cristian Rodríguez
Miku
Salomón Rondón
- Own goals
Ronald Raldes (playing against Chile)
Gary Medel (playing against Peru)
Source: CONMEBOL.com
Statistics[]
Awards[]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
- Most Valuable Player: No award given
- Top Goalscorer:
Paolo Guerrero,
Eduardo Vargas
- Best Young Player:
Jeison Murillo
- Best Goalkeeper:
Claudio Bravo
- Fair Play Trophy:
Peru
Team of the tournament[]
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Tournament ranking[]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Broadcasting rights[]
Country | Broadcaster | Notes |
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Worldwide | Xbox Live, YouTube | Live streaming all matches of Copa América. Blocked in certain territories including the UK. Xbox Live stream available via various third party apps (e.g. Sling TV app in the United States). |
Arab world | beIN Sports Arabia | |
Latin America | DirecTV Sports, ESPN | DirecTV broadcast live all matches of Copa America. ESPN broadcast highlights. |
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TyC Sports, TV Pública | All matches live on TyC Sports. Some matches Live on TV Pública. |
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Bolivia TV , Cotas Cable TV, Tigo Star | Bolivia TV will only broadcast Bolivia matches. Cotas Cable TV, Tigo Star and others with license from Sport Tv Rights will broadcast all matches. |
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Arena Sport | |
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Rede Globo, SporTV | Rede Globo will only broadcast Brazil matches. SporTV will broadcast all matches. |
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beIN Sports Canada, Radio-Canada | Radio Broadcast on Radio One. |
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Canal 13 and TVN | Broadcast live on Canal 13 and TVN with all matches. |
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LeTV, Youku | All matches live. |
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Caracol Televisión | Broadcast live on Caracol Television with all matches. |
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Repretel, Teletica | All matches live. |
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Arenasport | All matches live. |
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Sport 1/2 | |
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Gama TV and TC Televisión | All matches live on Gama TV and TC Televisión. |
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VeikkausTV | Live streaming all matches. |
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beIN Sports | All matches live. |
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Skai TV | All matches live. |
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R-Media, Canal 11 (Honduras) | |
Sony SIX, Sony KIX, SONY SIX HD | All matches live on Sony SIX, Sony KIX and SONY SIX HD | |
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Kompas TV | |
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IRIB 3 – IRIB Varzesh – IRIB HD | |
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Setanta Sports | All matches live. |
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Sport 5 | |
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Gazzetta TV | All matches live |
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CVM TV, [Sportsmax | CVM TV(free-to-air) will broadcast Jamaica's matches only. Sportsmax(cable channel) will broadcast all matches except those involving Jamaica. |
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NHK | |
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RTK | All matches live on RTK. |
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Arena Sport | |
TV9, Astro | ||
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Televisa, TV Azteca | |
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Arena Sport | |
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Sport 1 | All matches live. |
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Tigo Sports and Telefuturo | All matches live on Tigo Sports. Some matches live on Telefuturo. |
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América Televisión | All the matches live.
Radio broadcast on Du Pont's Radio and RPP (All the matches live). |
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ABS-CBN Corporation and CNN Philippines | |
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TVP | All matches Live on TVP Sport and sport.tvp.pl(region blocked), some matches on TVP 1. |
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TVI | Eight matches live on TVI (including the final). The remaining on TVI24. |
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Digi Sport | |
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Sport-1 | All matches live on Sport-1. |
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Arena Sport | |
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Mio TV, StarHub TV | |
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Sport 1/2 | |
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Šport TV (Slovenia) | |
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SBS Sports | |
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Canal+ Liga | |
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China Television | All matches live on CTV. |
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TrueVisions | All matches live on TrueVisions. |
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Tivibuspor | |
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beIN Sports | Radio broadcast on Futbol de Primera. |
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Premier Sports, Bet365 (online streaming) | Exclusive coverage of all 26 matches via SKY, Virgin, TalkTalk and the Premier Player. |
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Channel 10, Teledoce | Broadcast live on Equital's Pay TV with all matches. Some matches Live on Teledoce and C10. |
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Venevisión, DirecTV Sports | |
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SCTV | Broadcast live on SCTV's cable network with all matches. |
Marketing[]
Sponsorship[]
- Mastercard
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Banco Santander
- America Móvil (Claro Americas and Telcel are the brands Adversited)
- LAN-TAM
- Doggis
Match ball[]
On 16 November 2014, the official match ball (OMB) was unveiled at the Estadio Nacional. The name of the ball is Nike Cachaña, which is a Chilean slang term for a successful feint or dribble. During its launch, the Chilean international Arturo Vidal was present. The ball is mainly designed with white as main appearance featured with blue and red applications, representing host nation Chile. The colors of Chilean flag make a statement in the design of this ball: the red representing the people, the blue symbolizing the Chilean sky, and the white for the Andes that so strongly define the geography of this country.
Mascot[]
The official mascot of the tournament, a young culpeo fox, was unveiled on 17 November 2014. The name of the mascot, "Zincha" (from Zorro (fox) and hINCHA (fan)), was chosen by the public over two other options, "Andi" and "Kul".
Official song[]
"Al Sur del Mundo" by Chilean group Noche de Brujas served as the official song of the tournament. It was performed during the opening ceremony of the competition on 11 June. It features the different cultures of the twelve competing nations.
Incidents and controversies[]
An on-pitch brawl broke out following Colombia's 1–0 win over Brazil in their second group match; Brazilian captain Neymar deliberately kicked the ball at opponent Pablo Armero and attempted to headbutt Colombian matchwinner Jeison Murillo, earning a red card. As a result, Colombian forward Carlos Bacca retaliated by pushing Neymar over, and was himself sent off. CONMEBOL fined Neymar $10,000 and suspended him for four-matches, ruling him out for the remainder of the tournament, while Bacca was suspended for two games.
In Chile's quarter-final victory over Uruguay, full-back Gonzalo Jara poked Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani in the anus, and then fell when Cavani slapped him in retaliation. Both Cavani and Jara received a yellow card for the incident, which resulted in Cavani being sent off because he had previously received another yellow card for insulting one of the referees asistants. Jara was later suspended for two games, which made him miss the rest of the tournament. His club, 1. FSV Mainz 05 of Germany, criticised Jara for the incident and stated that he would be sold.
External links[]
- Copa América Chile 2015 (Official website) (Spanish)
- Copa América, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)
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