2021 Copa América knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2021 Copa América began on 2 July 2021 with the quarter-finals and ended on 10 July 2021 with the final at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Originally, the knockout stage was scheduled to be played from 4 to 12 July 2020.^[2][3] However, on 17 March 2020 the tournament was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.^[4]

All match times listed are in BRT (UTC−3).^[5]

Format

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes:^[6]

• In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and third place play-off, extra time would not be played, and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 9.3).
• In the final, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 9.4).

Qualified teams

The top four placed teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Argentina	Uruguay	Paraguay	Chile
B	Brazil	Peru	Colombia	Ecuador

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 July – Goiânia
	Argentina	3
					6 July – Brasília
	Ecuador	0
					Argentina (p)	1 (3)
	3 July – Brasília
					Colombia	1 (2)
	Uruguay	0 (2)
									10 July – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
	Colombia (p)	0 (4)
									Argentina	1
	2 July – Rio de Janeiro (O. Nilton Santos)
									Brazil	0
	Brazil	1
					5 July – Rio de Janeiro (O. Nilton Santos)
	Chile	0
					Brazil	1
	2 July – Goiânia
					Peru	0			Third place play-off
	Peru (p)	3 (4)
									9 July – Brasília
	Paraguay	3 (3)
									Colombia	3
									Peru	2

Quarter-finals

Peru vs Paraguay

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

18:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Peru	3–3	Paraguay
Gómez 21' (o.g.) Lapadula 40' Yotún 80'	Report	Gómez 11' Alonso 54' Ávalos 90'
Penalties
Lapadula Yotún Ormeño Tapia Cueva Trauco	4–3	Á. Romero Alonso Martínez Samudio Piris Da Motta Espínola

Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Peru

Paraguay

GK 1 Pedro Gallese (c) RB 3 Aldo Corzo  90+2' CB 15 Christian Ramos CB 4 Anderson Santamaría  15' LB 6 Miguel Trauco DM 13 Renato Tapia RM 18 André Carrillo  75'  85' CM 8 Sergio Peña  60' CM 19 Yoshimar Yotún LM 10 Christian Cueva  60' CF 9 Gianluca Lapadula Substitutions: FW 20 Santiago Ormeño  60' DF 26 Jhilmar Lora  90+2' Manager: Ricardo Gareca

GK 1 Antony Silva RB 13 Alberto Espínola  87' CB 15 Gustavo Gómez (c)  42'  45+3' CB 6 Júnior Alonso LB 24 David Martínez RM 11 Ángel Romero CM 23 Mathías Villasanti  49'  79' CM 16 Ángel Cardozo Lucena  46' LM 19 Santiago Arzamendia  83' CF 7 Carlos González  68' CF 8 Richard Sánchez  83' Substitutions: DF 2 Robert Rojas  46' FW 18 Braian Samudio  68' MF 26 Robert Piris Da Motta  79' FW 28 Julio César Enciso  83' FW 9 Gabriel Ávalos  83' Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Gianluca Lapadula (Peru)[7] Assistant referees:[8] Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay) Martín Soppi (Uruguay) Fourth official: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Video assistant referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referees: Facundo Tello (Argentina) Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)

Brazil vs Chile

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)

21:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Brazil	1–0	Chile
Paquetá 46'	Report

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Brazil

Chile

GK 23 Ederson  81' RB 2 Danilo CB 4 Marquinhos CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 16 Renan Lodi  90+1' CM 5 Casemiro CM 8 Fred RW 9 Gabriel Jesus  48' AM 20 Roberto Firmino  46' LW 7 Richarlison  90+1' CF 10 Neymar Substitutions: MF 17 Lucas Paquetá  46' DF 14 Éder Militão  90+1' FW 19 Everton  90+1' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c) CB 6 Francisco Sierralta  58' CB 17 Gary Medel CB 18 Sebastián Vegas  64' RWB 4 Mauricio Isla LWB 2 Eugenio Mena CM 8 Arturo Vidal  88' CM 13 Erick Pulgar  76' CM 20 Charles Aránguiz  88' CF 11 Eduardo Vargas CF 10 Alexis Sánchez  46' Substitutions: FW 22 Ben Brereton  46' FW 21 Carlos Palacios  76'  64' FW 9 Jean Meneses  76' FW 3 Diego Valencia  88' Manager: Martín Lasarte

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)[9] Assistant referees:[8] Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina) Gabriel Chade (Argentina) Fourth official: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)

Uruguay vs Colombia

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)

19:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Uruguay	0–0	Colombia
	Report
Penalties
Cavani Giménez Suárez Viña	2–4	Zapata Sánchez Mina Borja

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Uruguay

Colombia

GK 1 Fernando Muslera RB 8 Nahitan Nández CB 2 José María Giménez CB 3 Diego Godín (c)  35' LB 17 Matías Viña DM 5 Matías Vecino RM 15 Federico Valverde  80' LM 6 Rodrigo Bentancur AM 10 Giorgian De Arrascaeta  68' CF 9 Luis Suárez CF 21 Edinson Cavani Substitutions: FW 25 Facundo Torres  68' DF 22 Martín Cáceres  80' Manager: Óscar Tabárez

GK 1 David Ospina (c) RB 16 Daniel Muñoz CB 13 Yerry Mina CB 23 Davinson Sánchez LB 6 William Tesillo RM 18 Rafael Santos Borré  87' CM 5 Wílmar Barrios CM 8 Gustavo Cuéllar LM 14 Luis Díaz CF 9 Luis Muriel  67' CF 7 Duván Zapata Substitutions: FW 28 Yimmi Chará  67' FW 19 Miguel Borja  87' Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match: David Ospina (Colombia)[10] Assistant referees:[8] Diego Barbero Sevilla (Spain) Ángel Nevado Rodríguez (Spain) Fourth official: Eber Aquino (Paraguay) Video assistant referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) Assistant video assistant referees: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain) Milciades Saldívar (Paraguay)

Argentina vs Ecuador

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)

22:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Argentina	3–0	Ecuador
De Paul 40' La. Martínez 84' Messi 90+3'	Report

Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, Goiânia

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina

Ecuador

GK 23 Emiliano Martínez RB 26 Nahuel Molina CB 6 Germán Pezzella CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi  45+4' LB 8 Marcos Acuña CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul CM 5 Leandro Paredes  71' CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso  71' RF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Lautaro Martínez  90+4' LF 15 Nicolás González  66'  83' Substitutions: MF 11 Ángel Di María  71' MF 18 Guido Rodríguez  71' DF 3 Nicolás Tagliafico  83' FW 9 Sergio Agüero  90+4' Manager: Lionel Scaloni

GK 1 Hernán Galíndez RB 17 Ángelo Preciado  20'  83' CB 4 Robert Arboleda CB 3 Piero Hincapié  90+2' LB 7 Pervis Estupiñán  44' CM 21 Alan Franco  31'  70' CM 10 Carlos Gruezo  46' CM 20 Sebas Méndez RW 15 Ángel Mena LW 27 Diego Palacios  46' CF 13 Enner Valencia (c) Substitutions: FW 11 Michael Estrada  46' MF 19 Gonzalo Plata  46' MF 23 Moisés Caicedo  70' FW 9 Leonardo Campana  83' Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Argentina)[11] Assistant referees:[8] Danilo Manis (Brazil) Bruno Pires (Brazil) Fourth official: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) Video assistant referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Rafael Traci (Brazil) Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)

Semi-finals

Brazil vs Peru

5 July 2021 (2021-07-05)

20:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Brazil	1–0	Peru
Paquetá 35'	Report

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Brazil

Peru

GK 23 Ederson RB 2 Danilo CB 4 Marquinhos CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 16 Renan Lodi  85' CM 5 Casemiro CM 8 Fred  85' RW 19 Everton  70' AM 17 Lucas Paquetá  90+2' LW 10 Neymar CF 7 Richarlison  85' Substitutions: MF 11 Éverton Ribeiro  70' DF 14 Éder Militão  85' MF 15 Fabinho  85' FW 18 Vinícius Júnior  89'  85' MF 25 Douglas Luiz  90+2' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Pedro Gallese (c) CB 4 Anderson Santamaría CB 15 Christian Ramos  46' CB 22 Alexander Callens RWB 3 Aldo Corzo  75' LWB 6 Miguel Trauco  46' RM 8 Sergio Peña CM 13 Renato Tapia  89' CM 19 Yoshimar Yotún  56' LM 10 Christian Cueva  81' CF 9 Gianluca Lapadula Substitutions: DF 16 Marcos López  90'  46' MF 24 Raziel García  46' DF 26 Jhilmar Lora  75' FW 20 Santiago Ormeño  81' MF 7 Gerald Távara  89' Manager: Ricardo Gareca

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)[12] Assistant referees:[13] Christian Schiemann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) Fifth official: Edwar Saavedra (Bolivia) Video assistant referee: Derlis López (Paraguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Eber Aquino (Paraguay) Milciades Saldívar (Paraguay)

Argentina vs Colombia

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)

22:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Argentina	1–1	Colombia
La. Martínez 7'	Report	Díaz 61'
Penalties
Messi De Paul Paredes La. Martínez	3–2	Cuadrado Sánchez Mina Borja Cardona

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Argentina

Colombia

GK 23 Emiliano Martínez RB 26 Nahuel Molina  46' CB 6 Germán Pezzella  90+1' CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul CM 18 Guido Rodríguez  87' CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso  21'  56' RF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Lautaro Martínez LF 15 Nicolás González  67' Substitutions: DF 4 Gonzalo Montiel  72'  46' MF 5 Leandro Paredes  56' MF 11 Ángel Di María  67' Manager: Lionel Scaloni

GK 1 David Ospina (c) RB 16 Daniel Muñoz  75' CB 13 Yerry Mina CB 23 Davinson Sánchez LB 6 William Tesillo  46' RM 11 Juan Cuadrado  45+4' CM 5 Wílmar Barrios  88' CM 8 Gustavo Cuéllar  46' LM 14 Luis Díaz CF 18 Rafael Santos Borré  46' CF 7 Duván Zapata  60' Substitutions: DF 26 Frank Fabra  55'  46' MF 10 Edwin Cardona  86'  46' FW 28 Yimmi Chará  46' FW 19 Miguel Borja  63'  60' Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match: Emiliano Martínez (Argentina)[14] Assistant referees:[13] Carlos López (Venezuela) Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Fourth official: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Fifth official: Byron Romero (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees: Cristián Garay (Chile) Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)

Third place play-off

9 July 2021 (2021-07-09)

21:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Colombia	3–2	Peru
Cuadrado 49' Díaz 66', 90+4'	Report	Yotún 45' Lapadula 82'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Colombia

Peru

GK 12 Camilo Vargas RB 2 Stefan Medina CB 13 Yerry Mina  55' CB 3 Óscar Murillo  87' LB 6 William Tesillo RM 11 Juan Cuadrado (c) CM 5 Wílmar Barrios  62'  90+3' CM 8 Gustavo Cuéllar  83' LM 14 Luis Díaz SS 10 Edwin Cardona  45+5'  46' CF 7 Duván Zapata  55' Substitutions: FW 28 Yimmi Chará  46' DF 23 Davinson Sánchez  55' FW 19 Miguel Borja  55' FW 18 Rafael Santos Borré  83' FW 9 Luis Muriel  90+3' Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

GK 1 Pedro Gallese (c) RB 3 Aldo Corzo  78' CB 4 Anderson Santamaría CB 22 Alexander Callens LB 16 Marcos López CM 13 Renato Tapia  24' CM 19 Yoshimar Yotún RW 18 André Carrillo  63' AM 8 Sergio Peña  78' LW 10 Christian Cueva  50'  69' CF 9 Gianluca Lapadula Substitutions: MF 14 Wilder Cartagena  24' MF 24 Raziel García  69' DF 26 Jhilmar Lora  78' FW 20 Santiago Ormeño  78' Manager: Ricardo Gareca

Man of the Match: Luis Díaz (Colombia)[15] Assistant referees:[16] Bruno Pires (Brazil) Danilo Manis (Brazil) Fourth official: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Video assistant referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Rafael Traci (Brazil) Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Leodán González (Uruguay)

Final

Main article: 2021 Copa América final

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)

21:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Argentina	1–0	Brazil
Di María 22'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 7,800^{[note 2]}

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Argentina

Brazil

GK 23 Emiliano Martínez RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel  89' CB 13 Cristian Romero  79' CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi  81' LB 8 Marcos Acuña CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul  68' CM 5 Leandro Paredes  33'  54' CM 20 Giovani Lo Celso  51'  63' RF 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 22 Lautaro Martínez  79' LF 11 Ángel Di María  79' Substitutions: MF 18 Guido Rodríguez  54' DF 3 Nicolás Tagliafico  63' DF 6 Germán Pezzella  79' FW 15 Nicolás González  79' MF 14 Exequiel Palacios  79' Manager: Lionel Scaloni

GK 23 Ederson RB 2 Danilo CB 4 Marquinhos  82' CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) LB 16 Renan Lodi  70'  76' CM 5 Casemiro CM 8 Fred  3'  46' RW 7 Richarlison AM 17 Lucas Paquetá  72'  76' LW 19 Everton  63' CF 10 Neymar Substitutions: FW 20 Roberto Firmino  46' FW 18 Vinícius Júnior  63' DF 13 Emerson Royal  76' FW 21 Gabriel Barbosa  76' Manager: Tite

Man of the Match: Ángel Di María (Argentina)[18] Assistant referees:[19] Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay) Martín Soppi (Uruguay) Fourth official: Diego Haro (Peru) Fifth official: José Antelo (Bolivia) Video assistant referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America, the match was played behind closed doors.
2. The total capacity of the stadium to allow fans to attend the final was established at 10% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.^[17]

References

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2. "Programa de Partidos CONMEBOL Copa América 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. CONMEBOL. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. "CONMEBOL Copa América 2020 schedule" (PDF). Colombian Football Federation. 4 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
4. "Comunicado Oficial". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 March 2020.
5. "¡El fixture de La CONMEBOL Copa América 2021!". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 June 2021.
6. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Copa América 2021" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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8. "Designación de Árbitros" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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10. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (3 July 2021). "@D_Ospina1 fue el Mejor Jugador del Partido" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2021 – via Twitter.
11. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (3 July 2021). "Messi es el Jugador del Partido" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2021 – via Twitter.
12. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (5 July 2021). "Neymar foi o melhor Jogador da Partida" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via Twitter.
13. "Designación de Árbitros" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
14. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (6 July 2021). "¡DIBU, FIGURA! Tres penales atajados y a la final Emiliano Martínez es el Jugador del Partido" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via Twitter.
15. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (9 July 2021). "¡DOBLETE Y FIGURA! Dos goles que valieron el tercer lugar y por eso es el Jugador del Partido" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Twitter.
16. "Designación de Árbitros" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
17. "Final da Copa América opõe Brasil e Argentina em jogo com público no Maracanã" [Copa América Final between Brazil and Argentina at Maracanã will be open to the public]. CNN Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
18. CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (10 July 2021). "Ángel Di María fue el Jugador del Partido" [Ángel Di María is the Man of the Match] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via Twitter.
19. "Designación de Árbitros" [Referee Assignments] (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Copa América 2021, CONMEBOL.com