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The 1997 Copa América final was the final match of the 38th edition of the Copa America tournament. The match was held on 29 June 1997, in Estadio Hernando Siles Stadium at La Paz, Bolivia. Brazil won the match against hosts Bolivia by a 3–1 score. This was the fifth Copa América clinched by Brazil and their first Copa América trophy outside their home nation.^[2][3]

Route to the final

Brazil		Round	Bolivia
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Costa Rica	5–0	Match 1	Venezuela	1–0
Mexico	3–2	Match 2	Peru	2–0
Colombia	2–0	Match 3	Uruguay	1–0
Group C winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9  Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4  Colombia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1 Source: RSSSF		Final standings	Group B winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bolivia 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9  Peru 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0 Source: RSSSF
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Paraguay	2–0	Quarter-finals	Colombia	2–1
Peru	7–0	Semi-finals	Mexico	3–1

Match details

29 June 1997

17:10 (UTC-4)

Brazil	3–1	Bolivia
Denílson 40' Ronaldo 79' Zé Roberto 90'		E. Sánchez 45'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

Brazil

Bolivia

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel RB 2 Cafú CB 16 Marcelo Gonçalves CB 3 Aldair LB 6 Roberto Carlos RM 8 Dunga (c) CM 19 Flávio Conceição  62' CM 20 Denílson LM 10 Leonardo  79' CF 9 Ronaldo CF 21 Edmundo  67' Substitutions: MF 5 Mauro Silva  84'  79' MF 17 Zé Roberto  62' FW 22 Paulo Nunes  67' Manager: Mário Zagallo

GK 1 Carlos Trucco RB 7 Sergio Castillo CB 2 Juan Manuel Peña CB 5 Óscar Sánchez LB 3 Marco Sandy RM 16 Luis Cristaldo  28' CM 22 Julio César Baldivieso CM 6 Vladimir Soria (c) LM 21 Erwin Sánchez  90' CF 10 Marco Etcheverry CF 9 Jaime Moreno  74' Substitutions: FW 18 Milton Coimbra  74' Manager: Antonio López Habas

References