| 1997 Copa América final | |
| Event: | 1997 Copa América |
| Team1: | Brazil |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 3 |
| Team2: | Bolivia |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team2score: | 1 |
| Date: | 29 June 1997 |
| Stadium: | Estadio Hernando Siles |
| City: | La Paz |
| Referee: | Jorge Nieves (Uruguay) |
| Weather: | Scattered clouds 6°C[1] |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1999 |
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]
| Brazil | Round | Bolivia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | |
| 5–0 | Match 1 | 1–0 | |||
| 3–2 | Match 2 | 2–0 | |||
| 2–0 | Match 3 | 1–0 | |||
| Group C winner | Final standings | Group B winner | |||
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | |
| 2–0 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | |||
| 7–0 | Semi-finals | 3–1 | |||
| GK | 1 | |||
| RB | 2 | Cafú | ||
| CB | 16 | |||
| CB | 3 | |||
| LB | 6 | |||
| RM | 8 | Dunga (c) | ||
| CM | 19 | |||
| CM | 20 | |||
| LM | 10 | |||
| CF | 9 | Ronaldo | ||
| CF | 21 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 5 | |||
| MF | 17 | |||
| FW | 22 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Mário Zagallo | ||||
| GK | 1 | Carlos Trucco | ||
| RB | 7 | Sergio Castillo | ||
| CB | 2 | Juan Manuel Peña | ||
| CB | 5 | Óscar Sánchez | ||
| LB | 3 | |||
| RM | 16 | |||
| CM | 22 | |||
| CM | 6 | Vladimir Soria (c) | ||
| LM | 21 | |||
| CF | 10 | Marco Etcheverry | ||
| CF | 9 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 18 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Antonio López Habas | ||||