Copa América Centenario

2016 Copa América Centenario

Centennial Copa America
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	3–26 June
Teams	16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	55 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	809,763 (40,488 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi Philippe Coutinho (3 goals each)
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The Copa América Centenario is an international men's football tournament being held in the United States in 2016. The competition is a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and is the first Copa América hosted outside of South America.

The tournament is the 45th edition of Copa América since its inception in 1916. It is being held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL (the South American football confederation) and CONCACAF (the football confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean) as a special edition between the usual four-year cycle, and features an expanded field of 16 teams (an increase from the usual 12), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. The winner of this tournament will not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, as Chile has already qualified by winning the 2015 Copa América.

Planning

In February 2012, Alfredo Hawit, then Acting President of CONCACAF, announced that the competition would be expected to take place in 2016, as a celebration of CONMEBOL's centenary. CONMEBOL President Nicolás Leoz said "Hopefully we can organize a big event, because we're 100 years old and we want to celebrate big."

The tournament was announced by CONMEBOL on 24 October 2012 and confirmed by CONCACAF on 1 May 2014.

On 26 September 2014, FIFA announced that the tournament had been added to the FIFA International Match Calendar, meaning that clubs had to release players called up to the competition.

The tournament is scheduled for June 2016, along with UEFA Euro 2016.

Sports executive corruption

The tournament was placed in doubt after several high profile sports executive arrests were made including people involved with media rights holder Datisa (using the trading name of "Wematch"), a partnership between three media rights companies; Full Play, Torneos and Traffic Sports Marketing. In December 2014, Brazilian José Hawilla, the owner and founder of Traffic Sports pled guilty to "corruption charges including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering". In an indictment, the FBI stated that officials were to receive bribes totalling US$20million for the 2016 event. Datisa held agreements for the commercial rights with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF and had their bank account frozen placing the tournament in jeopardy. On 21 October 2015 CONCACAF announced that they had terminated their agreement with Datisa.

On 23 October 2015, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and the hosting association US Soccer Federation all confirmed that the tournament was going ahead as originally intended.

Trophy

A new trophy was supposed to be created for the tournament and was to be unveiled on 4 July 2015 at the 2015 Copa América final. No trophy was unveiled amidst the FIFA corruption scandal. However, CONMEBOL announced that, on 28 April 2016, a presentation for the trophy would take place in Bogotá, Colombia.

On 28 April 2016, it was explained on the Copa América website that the "new" trophy is in fact commemorative, and will only be given to the winning country to keep, while the original silver trophy will continue to be awarded to each winner of the tournament (including the 2016 winner). The Centenario trophy retains the silhouette of the original trophy's Grecian urn, but is plated in matte gold. The front of the trophy is adorned with a raised (and in the case of some parts of the logo, engraved) image of the Copa América Centenario wordmark and logo. On each side are raised and polished images of a connected North and South America, commemorating the first Copa América held outside of South America. Instead of the traditional wooden base holding the names off all past winners, the base of the Centenario commemorative trophy includes 16 zones, in which the names of all 16 nations are engraved. Other details include: The logos of both CONMEBOL and CONCACAF (the two confederations with representatives in the tournament), the years "1916-2016" (commemorating the 100 years of CONMEBOL and Copa América), and the phrases "La Copa del Siglo" ("The Cup of the Century") and "Uniting the Americas".

Host selection

Luis Chiriboga, the President of the Ecuadorian Football Federation stated the United States and Mexico were potential hosts of at least one stage of the competition. Hawit preferred the competition to be hosted in the United States for financial reasons, stating that "the market is in the United States, the stadiums are in the United States, the people are in the United States. The study that we have made [shows] that everything’s in the United States." In July 2012, CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb stated there was much organizing to be done.

On 1 May 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be held in the United States from 3–26 June 2016.

Venues

On 8 January 2015, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL announced the 24 U.S. metropolitan areas which had indicated interest in hosting matches.

The stadiums were chosen following a bidding process, with the minimum capacity to be 50,000. The final list of venues, anticipated to number between 8 and 13, was to be announced in May 2015. However, the list was not released and speculation regarding whether the tournament will be able to move forward arose because Interpol red notices were issued for the former presidents of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF confederations in relation to the 2015 FIFA corruption case, including allegations that they accepted significant bribes in relation to the $112.5 million broadcasting deal for the event. However, officials from CONMEBOL expressed a desire to move forward with the event despite the scandal.

On 19 November 2015, the ten venues selected for the tournament were announced by CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and US Soccer Federation.

Seattle, Washington	Chicago, Illinois	Foxborough, Massachusetts (Boston area)	East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York City area)
CenturyLink Field	Soldier Field	Gillette Stadium	MetLife Stadium
Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 63,500	Capacity: 68,756	Capacity: 82,566
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Levi's Stadium	Lincoln Financial Field
Capacity: 68,500	Capacity: 69,176
Pasadena, California (Los Angeles area)	Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix area)	Houston, Texas	Orlando, Florida
Rose Bowl	University of Phoenix Stadium	NRG Stadium	Camping World Stadium
Capacity: 92,542	Capacity: 63,400	Capacity: 71,795	Capacity: 60,219

Participating teams

At the official announcement of the tournament, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF confirmed that all ten CONMEBOL members will be joined by six CONCACAF teams in the tournament. United States and Mexico will automatically qualify. The other four spots will be given to Costa Rica, the champions of the Central American Football Union by virtue of winning the 2014 Copa Centroamericana, Jamaica, the champions of the Caribbean Football Union by virtue of winning the 2014 Caribbean Cup, and Haiti and Panama, the two play-off winners among the four highest finishers in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup not already qualified.

CONMEBOL (10 teams)	CONCACAF (6 teams)
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile (Copa América title holders) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela	United States (Hosts and automatic qualifier) Mexico (Automatic qualifier) Costa Rica (Winners of 2014 Copa Centroamericana) Jamaica (Winners of 2014 Caribbean Cup) Haiti (Winners of Copa América Centenario qualifying play-offs) Panama (Winners of Copa América Centenario qualifying play-offs)

Draw

The group seeds and match schedule were announced on 17 December 2015. The USA (Group A) were seeded as host, Argentina (Group D) were seeded as the highest FIFA-ranked team in the CONMEBOL region during December 2015. According to Soccer United Marketing, Brazil (Group B) and Mexico (Group C) were seeded as they were "the most decorated nations in the last 100 years in international competitions from their respective confederations". However, there has been criticism for not including Uruguay, which won two World Cups and is the Copa América all-time leader with 15 championships, or Chile, which is the defending Copa América winner.

The draw took place on 21 February 2016 at 19:30 EST, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Teams were seeded using the FIFA Ranking from December 2015.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Argentina (1) Brazil (6) Mexico (22) United States (32) (hosts)	Chile (5) Colombia (8) Uruguay (11) Ecuador (13)	Costa Rica (37) Jamaica (54) Panama (64) Haiti (77)	Paraguay (46) Peru (47) Bolivia (68) Venezuela (83)

The four group pots will contain four positions each, one from each group, as follows:

Pot 1	A1	B1	C1	D1
Pot 2	A2	B2	C2	D2
Pot 3	A3	B3	C3	D3
Pot 4	A4	B4	C4	D4

Squads

For more details on this topic, see Copa América Centenario squads.

Each team must submit a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Match officials

Country	Referee	Assistant referees	Matches refereed
Argentina	Patricio Loustau	Ezequiel Brailovsky Ariel Mariano Scime	Costa Rica-Paraguay (Group A) Uruguay-Venezuela (Group C)
Bolivia	Gery Vargas	Javier Bustillos Juan P. Montaño	Ecuador-Haiti (Group B)
Brazil	Héber Lopes	Kléber Gil Bruno Boschilia	Colombia-Paraguay (Group A)
Brazil	Wilton Sampaio	Gustavo Rossi Alexander Léon	Mexico-Jamaica (Group C)
Chile	Julio Bascuñán	Carlos Astroza Christian Schiemann	Brazil-Ecuador (Group B) United States-Paraguay (Group A)
Colombia	Wilmar Roldán	Alexander Guzmán Wilmar Navarro	Ecuador-Peru (Group B)
Costa Rica	Ricardo Montero	Octavio Jara Juan Mora	Panama-Bolivia (Group D)
Cuba	Yadel Martínez	Hiran Dopico Cristian Ramírez
Ecuador	Roddy Zambrano	Luis Vera Byron Romero	United States-Costa Rica (Group A)
El Salvador	Joel Aguilar	Juan Zumba William Torres	Argentina-Panama (Group D)
Mexico	Roberto García Orozco	José Luis Camargo Alberto Morín	United States-Colombia (Group A)
Panama	Jhon Pitti	Gabriel Victoria Cristian Ramírez	Haiti-Peru (Group B)
Paraguay	Enrique Cáceres	Eduardo Cardozo Milciades Saldívar	Mexico-Uruguay (Group C)
Peru	Víctor Carrillo	Jorge Luis Yupanqui Namuche Coty Carrera	Jamaica-Venezuela (Group C)
United States	Mark Geiger	Charles Morgante Joe Fletcher	Brazil-Haiti (Group B)
United States	Jair Marrufo	Peter Manikowski Corey Rockwell	Chile-Bolivia (Group D)
Uruguay	Daniel Fedorczuk Andrés Cunha	Nicolás Taran Richard Trinidad	Fedorczuk-Taran-Trinidad Argentina-Chile (Group D) Cunha-Taran-Trinidad Brazil-Peru (Group B)
Venezuela	José Argote	Luis Murillo Luis Alfonso Sánchez Pérez	Colombia-Costa Rica (Group A)

Country Fourth official Brazil Wilton Pereira Sampaio Colombia Wilson Lamouroux United States Armando Villarreal Uruguay Daniel Fedorczuk

Country Reserve assistant referee Argentina Gustavo Fabián Rossi Fagivoli Colombia John Alexander León Sánchez Paraguay Darío Antonio Gaona Rodríguez United States Corey Parker

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of Copa América Centenario took place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara 21:00 EDT (UTC−4) on 3 June 2016 ahead of the opening match and featured musical performances by the Colombian J Balvin, the American Jason Derulo and the Canadian band Magic!

Group stage

All times are EDT (UTC−4). The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

1. Greatest number of points obtained in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
4. If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
   1. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
   2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
   3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
   4. Drawing of lots

Group A

Main article:Copa América Centenario Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
Colombia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
Paraguay	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) 21:30	United States	0–2	Colombia	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 67,439 Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	C. Zapata  8' Rodríguez  42' (pen.)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04) 17:00	Costa Rica	0–0	Paraguay	Camping World Stadium, Orlando Attendance: 14,334 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

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7 June 2016 (2016-06-07) 20:00	United States	4–0	Costa Rica	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 39,642 Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
	Dempsey  9' (pen.) Jones  37' Wood  42' Zusi  87'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

7 June 2016 (2016-06-07) 22:30	Colombia	2–1	Paraguay	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 42,766 Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
	Bacca  12' Rodríguez  30'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Ayala  71'

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11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) 19:00	United States	1–0	Paraguay	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 51,041 Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
	Dempsey  27'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) 21:00	Colombia	2–3	Costa Rica	NRG Stadium, Houston Attendance: 45,808 Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
	Fabra  6' M. Moreno  73'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Venegas  2' Fabra  34' (o.g.) Borges  58'

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Group B

Main article:Copa América Centenario Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Peru	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout phase
Ecuador	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
Brazil	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
Haiti	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04) 19:30	Haiti	0–1	Peru	CenturyLink Field, Seattle Attendance: 20,190 Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Guerrero  61'

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04) 22:00	Brazil	0–0	Ecuador	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 53,158 Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

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8 June 2016 (2016-06-08) 19:30	Brazil	7–1	Haiti	Camping World Stadium, Orlando Attendance: 28,241 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Coutinho  14', 29', 90+2' Renato Augusto  35', 86' Gabriel  59' Lucas Lima  67'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Marcelin  70'

8 June 2016 (2016-06-08) 22:00	Ecuador	2–2	Peru	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Attendance: 11,937 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	E. Valencia  39' Bolaños  49'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Cueva  5' Flores  13'

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12 June 2016 (2016-06-12) 18:30	Ecuador	4–0	Haiti	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 50,976 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
	E. Valencia  11' J. Ayoví  20' Noboa  57' A. Valencia  78'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12) 20:30	Brazil	0–1	Peru	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 36,187 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Ruidíaz  75'

Group C

Main article:Copa América Centenario Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase
Venezuela	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

5 June 2016 (2016-06-05) 17:00	Jamaica	0–1	Venezuela	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 25,560 Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Martínez  15'

5 June 2016 (2016-06-05) 20:00	Mexico	3–1	Uruguay	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Attendance: 60,025 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
	Á. Pereira  4' (o.g.) Márquez  85' Herrera  90+2'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Godín  74'

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9 June 2016 (2016-06-09) 19:30	Uruguay	0–1	Venezuela	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 23,002 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Rondón  36'

9 June 2016 (2016-06-09) 22:00	Mexico	2–0	Jamaica	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 83,263 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
	Hernández  18' Peralta  81'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

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13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) 20:00	Mexico	1–1	Venezuela	NRG Stadium, Houston Attendance: 67,319 Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
	J. M. Corona  80'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Velázquez  10'

13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) 22:00	Uruguay	3–0	Jamaica	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 40,166 Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)
	Hernández  21' Watson  66' (o.g.) Corujo  88'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

Group D

Main article:Copa América Centenario Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout phase
Chile	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
Panama	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

6 June 2016 (2016-06-06) 19:00	Panama	2–1	Bolivia	Camping World Stadium, Orlando Attendance: 13,466 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
	Pérez  11', 87'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Arce  54'

6 June 2016 (2016-06-06) 22:00	Argentina	2–1	Chile	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 69,451 Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
	Di María  51' Banega  59'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Fuenzalida  90+3'

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10 June 2016 (2016-06-10) 19:00	Chile	2–1	Bolivia	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 19,392 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Vidal  46', 90+10' (pen.)	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Campos  61'

10 June 2016 (2016-06-10) 21:30	Argentina	5–0	Panama	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 53,885 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Otamendi  7' Messi  68', 78', 87' Agüero  90'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

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14 June 2016 (2016-06-14) 20:00	Chile	4–2	Panama	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 27,260 Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
	Vargas  15', 43' Sánchez  50', 89'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Camargo  5' Arroyo  75'

14 June 2016 (2016-06-14) 22:00	Argentina	3–0	Bolivia	CenturyLink Field, Seattle Attendance: 45,753 Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
	Lamela  13' Lavezzi  15' Cuesta  32'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)

Knockout stage

Main article:Copa América Centenario knockout stage

All times are EDT (UTC−4). In the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and third place match of the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if tied after 90 minutes. In the final, extra time and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. Should the final enter extra time, a fourth substitute would be allowed as part of FIFA's approval of rule changes based on IFAB's new regulations.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 June – Seattle
	United States	2
					21 June – Houston
	Ecuador	1
					United States	0
	18 June – Foxborough
					Argentina	4
	Argentina	4
									26 June – East Rutherford
	Venezuela	1
									Argentina	0 (2)
	17 June – East Rutherford
									Chile (p)	0 (4)
	Peru	0 (2)
					22 June – Chicago
	Colombia (p)	0 (4)
					Colombia	0			Third place
	18 June – Santa Clara
					Chile	2
	Mexico	0							United States	0
	Chile	7							Colombia	1
									25 June – Glendale

Quarter-finals

16 June 2016 (2016-06-16) 21:30	United States	2–1	Ecuador	CenturyLink Field, Seattle Attendance: 47,322 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Dempsey  22' Zardes  65'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Arroyo  74'

17 June 2016 (2016-06-17) 20:00	Peru	0–0	Colombia	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 79,194 Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)
		Penalties
	Ruidíaz Tapia Trauco Cueva	2–4	Rodríguez Cuadrado D. Moreno Pérez

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) 19:00	Argentina	4–1	Venezuela	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 59,183 Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
	Higuaín  8', 28' Messi  60' Lamela  71'	Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Rondón  70'

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) 22:00	Mexico	0–7	Chile	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 70,547 Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Puch  16', 88' Vargas  44', 52', 57', 74' Sánchez  49'

Semi-finals

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21) 21:00	United States	0–4	Argentina	NRG Stadium, Houston Attendance: 70,858 Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Lavezzi  3' Messi  32' Higuaín  50', 86'

22 June 2016 (2016-06-22) 20:00	Colombia	0–2	Chile	Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 55,423 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Aránguiz  7' Fuenzalida  11'

Third place play-off

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25) 20:00	United States	0–1	Colombia	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Attendance: 29,041 Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)	Bacca  31'

Final

Main article:Copa América Centenario Final

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26) 20:00 EDT	Argentina	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Chile	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford Attendance: 82,026 Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
		Report (CONMEBOL) Report (CONCACAF)
		Penalties
	Messi Mascherano Agüero Biglia	2–4	Vidal Castillo Aránguiz Beausejour Silva

Statistics

For more details on this topic, see Copa América Centenario statistics.

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Eduardo Vargas

5 goals

• Lionel Messi

4 goals

• Gonzalo Higuaín

3 goals

• Philippe Coutinho
• Alexis Sánchez
• Clint Dempsey

2 goals

• Ezequiel Lavezzi
• Érik Lamela
• Renato Augusto
• José Pedro Fuenzalida
• Edson Puch
• Arturo Vidal
• Carlos Bacca
• James Rodríguez
• Enner Valencia
• Blas Pérez
• Salomón Rondón

1 goal

• Sergio Agüero
• Éver Banega
• Víctor Cuesta
• Ángel Di María
• Nicolás Otamendi
• Juan Carlos Arce
• Jhasmani Campos
• Gabriel
• Lucas Lima
• Charles Aránguiz
• Frank Fabra
• Marlos Moreno
• Cristián Zapata
• Celso Borges
• Johan Venegas
• Michael Arroyo
• Jaime Ayoví
• Miller Bolaños
• Christian Noboa
• Antonio Valencia
• James Marcelin
• Jesús Manuel Corona
• Javier Hernández
• Héctor Herrera
• Rafael Márquez
• Oribe Peralta
• Abdiel Arroyo
• Miguel Camargo
• Víctor Ayala
• Christian Cueva
• Edison Flores
• Paolo Guerrero
• Raúl Ruidíaz
• Jermaine Jones
• Bobby Wood
• Gyasi Zardes
• Graham Zusi
• Mathías Corujo
• Diego Godín
• Abel Hernández
• Josef Martínez
• José Manuel Velázquez

1 own goal

• Frank Fabra (playing against Costa Rica)
• Je-Vaughn Watson (playing against Uruguay)
• Álvaro Pereira (playing against Mexico)

Awards

Winners

Copa América Centenario champions
Chile Second title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

• Golden Ball Award: Alexis Sánchez (3 goals)
• Golden Boot Award: Eduardo Vargas (6 goals)
• Golden Glove Award: Claudio Bravo
• Fair Play Award: Argentina

Team of the tournament

The Technical Study Group announced the tournament's Best XI squad.

Goalkeeper

• Claudio Bravo

Defenders

• Mauricio Isla
• Nicolás Otamendi
• Gary Medel
• Jean Beausejour

Midfielders

• Javier Mascherano
• Arturo Vidal
• Charles Aránguiz

Forwards

• Lionel Messi
• Eduardo Vargas
• Alexis Sánchez

Marketing

Sponsorship

Sponsors
Anheuser-Busch InBev (Brahma, Budweiser, Corona, Quilmes) Coca-Cola Delta Air Lines Ford Motor Company Makita MasterCard Nike, Inc. Procter & Gamble (Ariel, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, Oral-B, Pampers, Vicks) PPG Industries (Comex Group) Samsung Electronics Scotiabank State Farm Insurance Sprint Corporation TAG Heuer Total S.A.

Match ball

The Nike Ordem Ciento was announced as the official Copa América Centenario match ball on 21 February 2016. The mainly white ball has red brush stroke decoration. It shows the official Copa América Centenario logo.

Theme songs

• "Superstars" by American rapper Pitbull featuring Becky G is the official song of the tournament and both artists will perform the song during the Final.
• "Breaking All the Rules" by English-American rock musician Peter Frampton, who will perform the song during the Final.

Broadcasting rights

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL

Country	Broadcaster
Latin America	DirecTV Sports
Argentina	Televisión Pública Argentina (Argentina matches only), TyC Sports (all matches)
Bolivia	TV Boliviana (all matches)
Brazil	Rede Globo (Brazil matches only), SporTV (all matches)
Canada	Univision Canada (Spanish)
Chile	Canal 13
Colombia	RCN TV, Caracol TV
Costa Rica	Repretel, Teletica
Cuba	Cubavision International
Ecuador	Gama TV
Haiti	CONATEL, Tele Haiti
Jamaica	CVM TV
Mexico	Televisa, TV Azteca
Panama	Telemetro, TVMax, RPC-TV
Paraguay	Paraguay TV, Unicanal
Peru	América Televisión
United States	Fox Sports (English), Univision (Spanish)
Uruguay	Equital (Monte Cable, Nuevo Siglo, TCC)
Venezuela	Meridiano TV

Rest of the world

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	beIN Sports Australia, SBS
Azerbaijan	CBC Sport
Western Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia	Arena Sport
Baltics Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Viasat Sport Baltic
China	BTV, CCTV, SMG, LeEco
Equatorial Guinea	RTVGE, Asonga TV, Canal+
France	beIN Sports, Canal+
Germany	Sat.1, Kabel eins
Greece	Skai TV
Hong Kong	now TV, ViuTV
Iceland	Stöð 2 Sport
India	Sony ESPN, Sony ESPN HD
Indonesia	Kompas TV
Republic of Ireland	Setanta Ireland
Israel	Sport 1
Italy	Sky Italia
Japan	NHK, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, SKY PerfecTV!
Kenya	Startimes, Canal+
Malaysia
Myanmar	Sky Net
Netherlands	Fox Sports Netherlands, NOS
New Zealand	Sky Sport
Nigeria	Startimes, Canal+
Norway	Viaplay
Philippines	ABS-CBN Sports and Action, GMA Network, Sports5
Poland	TVP
Portugal	TVI
Russia	Match TV
Singapore	StarHub TV, Singtel TV
South Africa	Startimes, Supersport
South Korea	KBS
Spain	Movistar+
Sub-Saharan Africa	Startimes, Canal+
Sweden	Viasat Sport
Taiwan	CTV, TTV, CTi TV
Thailand	True Visions
Turkey	A Spor, A Haber
United Kingdom	Premier Sports
Vietnam	SCTV

Controversies

National anthems and Symbols

On 5 June 2016 during the pre-match ceremony between Mexico and Uruguay, the national anthem of Chile was played for Uruguay. Many Uruguayan players seemed confused. However, the correct anthem was never played. Copa América organizers released the following statement via Twitter:

"This evening during the pre-match ceremony, due to human error, we inadvertently played the incorrect national anthem. We sincerely apologize to the Uruguayan Federation, the Uruguay national team, the people of Uruguay and to the fans for this mistake. We will work with all parties involved to ensure a mistake like this does not occur again."

Diego Fagúndez, Uruguayan midfielder, said the incident caused "much disrespect".

The following day during the pre-match ceremony between Argentina and Chile, another accident about national anthem happened when the national anthem of Chile was interrupted by Pitbull's song Superstars, the official song of the tournament, and Pitbull's "Mr. Worldwide" could be heard in the stadium, leading to all sound being cut. Chilean players then sang without accompaniment till the end of their national anthem.

Just on the same day before the game between Panama and Bolivia, the video screens of the Citrus Bowl in Orlando displayed the flags of both countries: however, in the case of Bolivia, it was erroneously inverted.

Match officiating

On 4 June, during the game between Ecuador and Brazil, the assistant referee called the ball out prior to a cross that led to the ball going into the net for Ecuador. Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson dropped the ball, and it went over the line into his own goal. The replays seemed to show the ball was not completely out of bounds before being crossed, but the goal did not stand. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.

External links

• CONCACAF - Official website
• CONMEBOL - Official website

Copa América Centenario

Stages

Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Knockout stage · Final

Qualification

2014 Caribbean Cup · qualification · 2014 Copa Centroamericana · 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup · qualification playoff · Copa América Centenario qualifying play-offs

General information

Discipline · Squads · Statistics