2019 Copa América Group B

Group B of the 2019 Copa América took place from 15 to 23 June 2019.^[1]^[2] The group consisted of Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and guests Qatar of the AFC.

Colombia and Argentina as the top two teams, along with Paraguay as one of the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
Draw position	Team	Pot	Appearance	Previous best performance	December 2018^{[nb 1]}	June 2019
B1	Argentina	1	42nd	Winners (1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (A), 1991, 1993)	11	11
B2	Colombia	2	22nd	Winners (2001)	12	13
B3	Paraguay	3	37th	Winners (1953, 1979)	32	36
B4	Qatar (invitee)	4	1st	Debut	93	55

Notes

^ The rankings of December 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:^[3]

The winners of Group B, Colombia, advanced to play the runners-up of Group C, Chile.
The runners-up of Group B, Argentina, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Venezuela.
The third-placed team of Group B, Paraguay, advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams to play the winners of Group A, Brazil.

Matches

Argentina vs Colombia

15 June 2019

19:00

Argentina	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Martínez 71' D. Zapata 86'

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 35,572^[4]

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Argentina

Colombia


GK	1	Franco Armani
RB	4	Renzo Saravia	52'
CB	6	Germán Pezzella
CB	17	Nicolás Otamendi
LB	3	Nicolás Tagliafico
RM	20	Giovani Lo Celso
CM	18	Guido Rodríguez	42'	67'
CM	5	Leandro Paredes	55'
LM	11	Ángel Di María		46'
CF	10	Lionel Messi (c)
CF	9	Sergio Agüero		79'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Rodrigo De Paul		46'
MF	15	Guido Pizarro		67'
FW	19	Matías Suárez		79'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni


GK	1	David Ospina
RB	3	Stefan Medina
CB	13	Yerry Mina
CB	23	Davinson Sánchez
LB	6	William Tesillo
CM	11	Juan Cuadrado	60'	64'
CM	5	Wílmar Barrios
CM	15	Mateus Uribe
RF	10	James Rodríguez
CF	9	Radamel Falcao (c)	19'	81'
LF	19	Luis Muriel		14'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Roger Martínez		14'
MF	16	Jefferson Lerma	90+4'	64'
FW	7	Duván Zapata	87'	81'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Roger Martínez (Colombia)^[5]

Assistant referees:^[6]
Christian Schiemann (Chile)
Claudio Ríos (Chile)
Fourth official:
Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Video assistant referee:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Piero Maza (Chile)
Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)

Paraguay vs Qatar

16 June 2019

16:00

Paraguay	2–2	Qatar
Cardozo 4' (pen.) González 56'	Report	Ali 68' R. Rojas 77' (o.g.)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 19,196^[7]

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Paraguay

Qatar


GK	12	Gatito Fernández
RB	5	Bruno Valdez
CB	13	Júnior Alonso (c)
CB	4	Fabián Balbuena	80'
LB	18	Santiago Arzamendia
RM	17	Hernán Pérez	40'	46'
CM	8	Rodrigo Rojas		79'
CM	16	Celso Ortiz
LM	23	Miguel Almirón
CF	7	Óscar Cardozo
CF	19	Cecilio Domínguez		83'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Derlis González		46'
MF	6	Richard Sánchez		79'
FW	11	Juan Iturbe		83'
Manager:
Eduardo Berizzo


GK	1	Saad Al Sheeb
RB	15	Bassam Al-Rawi
CB	2	Ró-Ró
CB	3	Abdelkarim Hassan	61'
LB	16	Boualem Khoukhi	71'
CM	5	Tarek Salman	26'
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem		88'
CM	10	Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
RF	23	Assim Madibo	11'
CF	19	Almoez Ali
LF	11	Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF	12	Karim Boudiaf		88'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)^[5]

Assistant referees:^[8]
Jonny Bossio (Peru)
Víctor Ráez (Peru)
Fourth official:
Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Qatar

19 June 2019

18:30

Colombia	1–0	Qatar
D. Zapata 86'	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 22,079^[9]

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Colombia

Qatar


GK	1	David Ospina
RB	3	Stefan Medina		46'
CB	13	Yerry Mina
CB	23	Davinson Sánchez
LB	6	William Tesillo
CM	11	Juan Cuadrado		64'
CM	5	Wílmar Barrios
CM	15	Mateus Uribe	73'
RF	20	Roger Martínez		75'
CF	7	Duván Zapata
LF	10	James Rodríguez (c)
Substitutions:
DF	4	Santiago Arias		46'
FW	9	Radamel Falcao		64'
FW	14	Luis Díaz		75'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz


GK	1	Saad Al Sheeb
CB	15	Bassam Al-Rawi
CB	16	Boualem Khoukhi
CB	5	Tarek Salman
DM	23	Assim Madibo	44'
CM	10	Hassan Al-Haydos (c)		84'
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem		66'
RW	2	Ró-Ró	73'
LW	3	Abdelkarim Hassan	57'
SS	11	Akram Afif	83'
CF	19	Almoez Ali
Substitutions:
MF	12	Karim Boudiaf		66'
MF	17	Ahmed Moein		84'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
James Rodríguez (Colombia)^[5]

Assistant referees:^[10]
Luis Murillo (Venezuela)
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Víctor Carrillo (Peru)
Video assistant referee:
Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)

Argentina vs Paraguay

19 June 2019

21:30

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Messi 57' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 37'

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 35,265^[11]

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina

Paraguay


GK	1	Franco Armani	45'
RB	14	Milton Casco
CB	6	Germán Pezzella
CB	17	Nicolás Otamendi	83'
LB	3	Nicolás Tagliafico	80'
RM	7	Roberto Pereyra		46'
CM	5	Leandro Paredes
CM	20	Giovani Lo Celso
LM	16	Rodrigo De Paul		87'
CF	10	Lionel Messi (c)
CF	22	Lautaro Martínez		67'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Sergio Agüero		46'
MF	11	Ángel Di María		67'
FW	19	Matías Suárez		87'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni


GK	12	Gatito Fernández
RB	2	Iván Piris	55'
CB	15	Gustavo Gómez (c)	32'
CB	13	Júnior Alonso
LB	18	Santiago Arzamendia
CM	8	Rodrigo Rojas	43'
CM	6	Richard Sánchez
RW	10	Derlis González		90'
AM	23	Miguel Almirón		87'
LW	20	Matías Rojas
CF	9	Federico Santander		72'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Óscar Romero		72'
MF	16	Celso Ortiz		87'
DF	3	Juan Escobar		90'
Manager:
Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match:
Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)^[5]

Assistant referees:^[10]
Marcelo van Gasse (Brazil)
Rodrigo Correa (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Kléber Lúcio Gil (Brazil)

Qatar vs Argentina

23 June 2019

16:00

Qatar	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Martínez 4' Agüero 82'

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 41,390^[12]

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Qatar

Argentina


GK	1	Saad Al Sheeb
SW	15	Bassam Al-Rawi
CB	16	Boualem Khoukhi
CB	14	Salem Al-Hajri		76'
RWB	2	Ró-Ró		84'
LWB	5	Tarek Salman
CM	10	Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
CM	12	Karim Boudiaf	74'
CM	6	Abdulaziz Hatem
SS	11	Akram Afif
CF	19	Almoez Ali	50'
Substitutions:
MF	9	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	88'	76'
DF	8	Hamid Ismail		84'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez


GK	1	Franco Armani
RB	4	Renzo Saravia
CB	2	Juan Foyth	44'	84'
CB	17	Nicolás Otamendi
LB	3	Nicolás Tagliafico
CM	16	Rodrigo De Paul
CM	5	Leandro Paredes
CM	20	Giovani Lo Celso	41'	54'
AM	10	Lionel Messi (c)
CF	22	Lautaro Martínez		75'
CF	9	Sergio Agüero
Substitutions:
MF	8	Marcos Acuña		54'
FW	21	Paulo Dybala		75'
DF	6	Germán Pezzella		84'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni			65'^[13]

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Argentina)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Christian Schiemann (Chile)
Claudio Ríos (Chile)
Fourth official:
Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Video assistant referee:
Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)

Colombia vs Paraguay

23 June 2019

16:00

Colombia	1–0	Paraguay
Cuéllar 31'	Report

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 13,903^[14]

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Colombia

Paraguay


GK	22	Álvaro Montero
RB	4	Santiago Arias
CB	2	Cristián Zapata
CB	21	Jhon Lucumí	41'
LB	17	Cristan Borja	29'
CM	18	Gustavo Cuéllar
CM	16	Jefferson Lerma
RW	11	Juan Cuadrado		57'
AM	8	Edwin Cardona		84'
LW	14	Luis Díaz
CF	9	Radamel Falcao (c)		65'
Substitutions:
MF	10	James Rodríguez		57'
FW	7	Duván Zapata		65'
MF	5	Wílmar Barrios		84'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz


GK	12	Gatito Fernández
RB	2	Iván Piris
CB	15	Gustavo Gómez
CB	13	Júnior Alonso
LB	18	Santiago Arzamendia	48'
CM	8	Juan Rodrigo Rojas		62'
CM	6	Richard Sánchez
RW	10	Derlis González		81'
AM	23	Miguel Almirón
LW	20	Matías Rojas		46'
CF	7	Óscar Cardozo (c)
Substitutions:
FW	19	Cecilio Domínguez		46'
FW	11	Juan Iturbe		62'
FW	21	Óscar Romero		81'
Manager:
Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match:
Gatito Fernández (Paraguay)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Jonny Bossio (Peru)
Víctor Ráez (Peru)
Fourth official:
Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Video assistant referee:
Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Diego Haro (Peru)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[3]

first yellow card: minus 1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
direct red card: minus 4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Points
Team				Points
Paraguay	2	3	1	−6
Colombia	4	1	2	−7
Argentina	3	3	2	−8
Qatar	4	4	3	−11

References

^ "CONMEBOL y Comité Organizador Local definen calendario de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019" [CONMEBOL and Local Organizing Committee define the calendar of the CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ "Match Schedule" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019: Reglamento" [CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019: Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Argentina vs. Colombia". ESPN. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Man of the Match". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Paraguay vs. Qatar". ESPN. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Colombia vs. Qatar". ESPN. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
^ "Argentina vs. Paraguay". ESPN. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Qatar vs. Argentina". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "La amarilla a Scaloni, una amonestación histórica". 24 June 2019.
^ "Colombia vs. Paraguay". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

External links

Official website
Copa América Brasil 2019, CONMEBOL.com

[3] The rankings of December 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[calendar-1] "CONMEBOL y Comité Organizador Local definen calendario de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019" [CONMEBOL and Local Organizing Committee define the calendar of the CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[2] "Match Schedule" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[regulations-4] "CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019: Reglamento" [CONMEBOL Copa América Brazil 2019: Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[5] "Argentina vs. Colombia". ESPN. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[MOTM-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Man of the Match". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[appointments_1-7] "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[8] "Paraguay vs. Qatar". ESPN. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[appointments_2-9] "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[10] "Colombia vs. Qatar". ESPN. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[appointments_3-11] "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[12] "Argentina vs. Paraguay". ESPN. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[13] "Qatar vs. Argentina". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[14] "La amarilla a Scaloni, una amonestación histórica". 24 June 2019.

[15] "Colombia vs. Paraguay". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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