The knockout stage of the 2015 Copa América began on 24 June and concluded with the final on 4 July 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.[1]
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the three groups, plus the two best-placed third teams, qualified for the knockout stage.
In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:[1]
In the quarter-finals, teams from the same group could not play each other.
In the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and third place playoff, if tied after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).
In the final, if tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
Assistant referees: José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Fourth official: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia) Fifth official: Juan P. Montaño (Bolivia)[5]
Assistant referees: Javier Bustillos (Bolivia) Juan P. Montaño (Bolivia) Fourth official: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Fifth official: Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)[19]
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^ abcd"Árbitros para los cuartos de final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 23 June 2015.
^"Guerrero hat-trick fires Peru into semi-final meeting with Chile". Copa América Chile 2015. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
^"Hat-trick hero Guerrero named MasterCard Man of the Match". Copa América Chile 2015. 25 June 2015.
^"Colombia pay the penalty as Argentina go through to semi-finals". Copa América Chile 2015. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.
^"Messi: Colombia win Argentina's best Copa America performance". Goal.com. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28.
^"Paraguay stun Brazil on penalties to set up Argentina semi-final". Copa América Chile 2015. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015.
^"Nelson Haedo Valdez named MasterCard Man of the Match". Copa América Chile 2015. 27 June 2015.
^"Vargas' double fires tournament hosts Chile into Copa América final". Copa América Chile 2015. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015.
^"Vargas claims MasterCard Man of the Match for Chile against Peru". Copa América Chile 2015. 29 June 2015.
^ ab"Árbitros para las semifinales" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 June 2015.
^"Argentina display title credentials to crush Paraguay in semi-final". Copa América Chile 2015. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015.
^"Messi awarded MasterCard Man of the Match for Argentina against Paraguay". Copa América Chile 2015. 30 June 2015.
^"Peru take third place again after comfortable win over Paraguay". Copa América Chile 2015. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015.
^"Guerrero named MasterCard Man of the Match as Peru come third". Copa América Chile 2015. 3 July 2015.
^"Árbitros designados para la gran final de la Copa América" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
^"Chile's long wait for Copa América glory over as Argentina pay the penalty". Copa America Chile 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^"Vidal named MasterCard Man of the Match in Copa América final win". Copa América Chile 2015. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^"Árbitros designados para la gran final de la Copa América" [Designated officials for the Copa América grand final] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
External links
Copa América Chile 2015 (Official website) (in English)