1979 Copa América
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Key facts
- Dates
- 18 July – 12 December
- Teams
- 10 (from 1 confederation)
- Champions
- Paraguay (2nd title)
- Runners up
- Chile
- Goals scored
- 63 (2.52 per match)
- Attendance
- 1,144,000 (45,760 per match)
- Top scorer s
- Eugenio Morel , Jorge Peredo , (4 goals each)
- Best player
- Carlos Caszely
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports season
- Location
- La Paz
- Sport
- association football
- Organizer
- CONMEBOL
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- topic's main category
- Category:1979 Copa América
- point in time
- 1979-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 25
- sports season of league or competition
- Copa América
- end time
- 1979-12-12
- start time
- 1979-07-18
- edition number
- 31
- number of points/goals/set scored
- 63
- number of participants
- 10
- attendance
- 1144000
- statistical leader
- Jorge Peredo
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Encyclopedic overview
The 1979 edition of the Copa América association football tournament was played between 18 July and 12 December. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis. Defending champions Peru were given a bye into the semi-finals.
Squads
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