1995 Copa América

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Copa América

| year = 1995

| other_titles =

| image = Copa_América_1995.svg

| size = 200px

| caption =

| country = Uruguay

| dates = 5–23 July

| num_teams = 12

| confederations = 2

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion = Uruguay

| count = 14

| second = Brazil

| third = Colombia

| fourth = USA

| matches = 26

| goals = 69

| attendance = 450600

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|ARG}} Gabriel Batistuta
{{fbicon|MEX}} Luis García
(4 goals each)

| player = {{fbicon|URU}} Enzo Francescoli{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachampfulltrivia.html|title=Copa América Best Players|website=RSSSF|access-date=1 February 2015}}

| updated =

| prevseason = 1993

| nextseason = 1997

}}

The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams.{{cite web|last=Straus |first=Brian |url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/06/20/usa-copa-america-semifinals-1995-argentina-uruguay |title=Copa America semifinals: Personal memories of USA's 1995 run |website=Si.com |date=25 May 2016 |access-date=21 June 2016}}

The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group.{{cite news|author=Kristan Heneage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/may/27/copa-america-usa-argentina-1995 |title=The day USA beat Argentina in Copa América: 'Simeone threatened to kill us' | Football |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 June 2016}} The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2011/07/16/2577085/revisiting-the-usas-fourth-placed-1995-copa-america-finish |title=Revisiting the USA's fourth-placed 1995 Copa America finish |publisher=Goal.com |date=26 July 2015 |access-date=1 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/06/25/copa-america-1995-usa-eric-wynalda-alexi-lalas |title=Podcast: USA's Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda recall 1995 Copa America – Planet Futbol |publisher=SI.com |date=26 June 2015 |access-date=1 August 2015}}

In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout.

Venues

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!Montevideo

!Rivera

Estadio Centenario

|Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera

Capacity: 65,235

|Capacity: 30,000

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Paysandú

!Maldonado

Estadio Parque Artigas

|Estadio Domingo Burgueño

Capacity: 25,000

|Capacity: 22,000

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Squads

For a complete list of all participating squads: 1995 Copa América squads

Match officials

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{{col-2}}

{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina

{{flagicon|BOL|civil}} Bolivia

  • Pablo Peña

{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

{{flagicon|CHI}} Chile

{{flagicon|COL}} Colombia

{{flagicon|ECU|1900}} Ecuador

{{col-2}}

{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico

{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Paraguay

{{flagicon|PER}} Peru

{{flagicon|URU}} Uruguay

{{flagicon|USA}} United States

{{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Venezuela

{{col-end}}

Group stage

The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each.

Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals.

The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals.

  • Tie-breaker
  • If teams finish leveled on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  • # greater goal difference in all group games;
  • # greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  • # winner of the head-to-head match between the teams in question;
  • # drawing of lots.

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colspan=2 | Key to colors in group tables
style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|

| align=left | Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

=Group A=

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

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| align=left | {{fb|URU}}

|3

21062+47
style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|PAR|1990}}

|3

20154+16
style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|MEX}}

|3

11154+14
align=left | {{fb|VEN|1930}}

|3

003410−60

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| score = 4–1

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| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}

| goals1 = Fonseca {{goal|14}}
Otero {{goal|25}}
Francescoli {{goal|75|pen.}}
Poyet {{goal|84}}

| goals2 = Dolgetta {{goal|53}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 32,000

| referee = Imperatore (Chile)

}}

----

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| date = 6 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

| goals1 = Cardozo {{goal|63}}
Samaniego {{goal|73}}

| goals2 = García {{goal|44}}

| stadium = Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

| attendance = 5,000

| referee = Rodas (Ecuador)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 9 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 1–0

| report = [http://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-america-1995-in-uruguay-gruppe-a-uruguay-paraguay/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}

| goals1 = Francescoli {{goal|13}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 45,000

| referee = Rezende (Brazil)

}}

----

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| date = 9 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}

| score = 3–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}

| goals1 = García {{goal|41|pen.|57|pen.}}
Espinoza {{goal|76}}

| goals2 = Campos {{goal|65|o.g.}}

| stadium = Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

| attendance = 700

| referee = Domínguez (United States)

}}

----

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| date = 12 July 1995

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| score = 3–2

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| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}

| goals1 = Cardozo {{goal|35}}
Villamayor {{goal|64}}
Gamarra {{goal|83}}

| goals2 = Miranda {{goal|13}}
Dolgetta {{goal|68}}

| stadium = Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

| attendance = 2,000

| referee = Ruiz (Colombia)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 13 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 1–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

| goals1 = Saralegui {{goal|79}}

| goals2 = García {{goal|67}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 15,000

| referee = Castrilli (Argentina)

}}

=Group B=

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|BRA}}

|3

30060+69
style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|COL}}

|3

11124−24
align=left | {{fb|ECU|1900}}

|3

10223−13
align=left | {{fb|PER}}

|3

01225−31

{{football box

| date = 7 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score = 1–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Asprilla {{goal|68}}

| goals2 = Palacios {{goal|80}}

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 8,000

| referee = Filippi (Uruguay)

}}

----

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| date = 7 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}

| goals1 = Ronaldão {{goal|73}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Castrilli (Argentina)

}}

----

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| date = 10 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}

| goals1 = Rincón {{goal|44}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 4,000

| referee = Peña (Bolivia)

}}

----

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| date = 10 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

| score = 2–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Zinho {{goal|77|pen.}}
Edmundo {{goal|82}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Benegas (Paraguay)

}}

----

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| date = 13 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PER}}

| goals1 = Díaz {{goal|61}}
Mora {{goal|75}}

| goals2 = I. Hurtado {{goal|82|o.g.}}

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 10,000

| referee = Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

}}

----

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| date = 13 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

| score = 3–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|COL}}

| goals1 = Leonardo {{goal|30}}
Túlio {{goal|76}}
Higuita {{goal|85|o.g.}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 15,000

| referee = Filippi (Uruguay)

}}

=Group C=

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|USA}}

|3

20152+36
style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|ARG}}

|3

20164+26
style="background:#cfc;"

| align=left | {{fb|BOL}}

|3

1114404
align=left | {{fb|CHI}}

|3

01238−51

{{football box

| date = 8 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}

| goals1 = Wynalda {{goal|14||20}}

| goals2 = Rozental {{goal|63}}

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 16,000

| referee = Tejada (Peru)

}}

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| date = 8 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|BOL}}

| goals1 = Batistuta {{goal|70}}
Balbo {{goal|81}}

| goals2 = Angola {{goal|75}}

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 20,000

| referee = Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 11 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|USA}}

| goals1 = Etcheverry {{goal|23}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 8,000

| referee = Borgosano (Venezuela)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 11 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

| score = 4–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}

| goals1 = Batistuta {{goal|1||51}}
Simeone {{goal|6}}
Balbo {{goal|54}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 17,000

| referee = Carter (Mexico)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 14 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}

| score = 2–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|CHI}}

| goals1 = Mercado {{goal|78}}
Ramos {{goal|87}}

| goals2 = Basay {{goal|55||61}}

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 11,000

| referee = Tejada (Peru)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 14 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}

| score = 3–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

| goals1 = Klopas {{goal|20}}
Lalas {{goal|31}}
Wynalda {{goal|58}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 12,000

| referee =Rezende (Brazil)

}}

=Ranking of third-placed teams=

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two third-placed teams with the best results advanced to the quarter-finals.

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! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

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| align=center | A

| align=left | {{fb|MEX}}

|3

11154+14
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| align=center | C

| align=left | {{fb|BOL}}

|3

1114404
align=center | B

| align=left | {{fb|ECU|1900}}

|3

10223−13

Knockout stage

{{Round8-with third

| 16 July – Montevideo | {{fb|COL}} | 1 (5) | {{fb|PAR|1990}} | 1 (4)

| 16 July – Montevideo | {{fb|URU}} | 2 | {{fb|BOL}} | 1

| 17 July – Paysandú | {{fb|USA}} | 0 (4) | {{fb|MEX}} | 0 (1)

| 17 July – Rivera | {{fb|BRA}} | 2 (4) | {{fb|ARG}} | 2 (2)

| 19 July – Montevideo | {{fb|COL}} | 0 | {{fb|URU}} | 2

| 20 July – Maldonado | {{fb|USA}} | 0 | {{fb|BRA}} | 1

| 23 July – Montevideo | {{fb|URU}} | 1 (5) | {{fb|BRA}} | 1 (3)

| 22 July – Maldonado | {{fb|COL}} | 4 | {{fb|USA}} | 1

}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{football box

| date = 16 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score = 1–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}

| goals1 = Rincón {{goal|53}}

| goals2 = Villamayor {{goal|26}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Imperatore (Chile)

| penalties1 = Rincón {{pengoal}}
Mendoza {{pengoal}}
Arboleda {{pengoal}}
Cabrera {{pengoal}}
Asprilla {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 5–4

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Jara
{{pengoal}} Acuña
{{pengoal}} Samaniego
{{pengoal}} Denis
{{penmiss}} Gamarra

}}

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{{football box

| date = 16 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 2–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|BOL}}

| goals1 = Otero {{goal|1}}
Fonseca {{goal|30}}

| goals2 = Sánchez {{goal|71}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 40,000

| referee = Rodas (Ecuador)

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 17 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}

| score = 0–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú

| attendance = 6,500

| referee = Ruiz (Colombia)

| penalties1 = Wynalda {{pengoal}}
Moore {{pengoal}}
Caligiuri {{pengoal}}
Klopas {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 4–1

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} García
{{penmiss}} Hermosillo
{{penmiss}} Coyote

}}

----

{{football box

| date = 17 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

| score = 2–2

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|ARG}}

| goals1 = Edmundo {{goal|9}}
Túlio {{goal|81}}

| goals2 = Balbo {{goal|2}}
Batistuta {{goal|29}}

| stadium = Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

| attendance = 18,000

| referee = Tejada (Peru)

| penalties1 = Roberto Carlos {{pengoal}}
Túlio {{pengoal}}
André Cruz {{penmiss}}
Dunga {{pengoal}}
Edmundo {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 4–2

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Pérez
{{pengoal}} Acosta
{{penmiss}} Simeone
{{penmiss}} Fabbri

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box

| date = 19 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 2–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|COL}}

| goals1 = Adinolfi {{goal|51}}
Otero {{goal|70}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 25,000

| referee = Benegas (Paraguay)

}}

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{{football box

| date = 20 July 1995

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

| score = 1–0

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|USA}}

| goals1 = Aldair {{goal|13}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

| attendance = 8,000

| referee = Rodas (Ecuador)

}}

=Third-place match=

{{football box

| date = 22 July 1995

| time = 21:10 (UTC-3)

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score = 4–1

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|USA}}

| goals1 = Quiñónez {{goal|30}}
Valderrama {{goal|38}}
Asprilla {{goal|50}}
Rincón {{goal|76}}

| goals2 = Moore {{goal|52|pen.}}

| stadium = Estadio Campus Municipal, Maldonado

| attendance = 2,500

| referee = Imperatore (Chile)

}}

=Final=

{{main|1995 Copa América Final}}

{{football box

| date = 23 July 1995

| time = 17:00 (UTC-3)

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

| score = 1–1

| report = [http://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-america-1995-in-uruguay-finale-uruguay-brasilien/ Report]

| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

| goals1 = Bengoechea {{goal|51}}

| goals2 = Túlio {{goal|30}}

| stadium = Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

| attendance = 64,900

| referee = Brizio Carter (Mexico)

| penalties1 = Francescoli {{pengoal}}
Bengoechea {{pengoal}}
Herrera {{pengoal}}
Gutiérrez {{pengoal}}
Martínez {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 5–3

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Roberto Carlos
{{pengoal}} Zinho
{{penmiss}} Túlio
{{pengoal}} Dunga

}}

Result

{{winners|fb|1995 Copa América champions|Uruguay|14th}}

Goalscorers

With four goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Luis García both ended the tournament as top scorers.

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{{Goalscorers

|goals=69 |matches=26

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

}}

Statistics

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!bgcolor=#efefef width=28%|Team

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Pts

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Pld

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|W

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|D

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|L

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GF

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GA

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|GD

!bgcolor=#efefef width=8%|Eff

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|align=left|{{fb|URU}}

|14

6420114+777.8%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|BRA}}

|14

6420103+777.8%
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align=left|{{fb|COL}}

|8

622278|
144.4%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|ARG}}

|7

421186+258.3%
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align=left|{{fb|PAR|1990}}

|7

421165+158.3%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|USA}}

|7

621367|
138.9%
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align=left|{{fb|MEX}}

|5

412154+141.7%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|BOL}}

|4

411256|
133.3%
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align=left|{{fb|ECU|1900}}

|3

310223|
133.3%
align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align=left|{{fb|PER}}

|1

301225|
325.0%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|CHI}}

|1

301238|
525.0%
align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF

|align=left|{{fb|VEN|1930}}

|0

3003410|
60.0%

References

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