Q24N — Canada and Uruguay play for third place today, July 13, at 6:00 pm (Costa Rica time), at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Canadians and Uruguyans enjoyed a memorable run to the Copa America 2024 Semifinals.
The Canucks have the chance to match Honduras’s third-place finish in 2001 as the second-best finish for an invitee team in their first appearance in the competition. After reaching the knockout stage by getting out of a tough Group A which included Peru, Chile and Argentina, Canada defeated Venezuela on penalties in the Quarterfinals to reach the Semifinals.
Uruguay, also earned their spot in the third place game following a very impressive tournament. La Celeste won every game in their Group Stage against Panama, Bolivia and the United States before defeating Brazil on penalties in the Quarterfinals. A hard-fought loss against Colombia in the Semifinal kept them out Finals.
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Uruguay holds the advantage. The Celeste is winless in its last three elimination matches against Mexico in the 2007 Copa America third-place match, 2-2 vs Honduras and loss in the penalty kicks in the 2001 Copa America third-place match and 1-2 vs Mexico in the 2001 semifinal.
Uruguay has participated in three matches for the third place: a win (2-1 vs Colombia in 2004), a tie (2-2 vs Honduras in 2001 with a loss in penalty kicks), and a loss (1-3 vs Mexico in 2007).
Canada could become the third Concacaf country to achieve a positive result in the third-place match, after a win against Mexico in 1997, 1999, and 2007 and Honduras winning on penalty kicks in 2001.
Uruguay has the highest shots per game average among the teams that reached the semifinals of the Copa America 2024. On the other hand, Canada has the lowest average among the four sides. Both teams registered similar shot accuracy during the tournament: 32.9% for the Uruguayans and 32.7% for the Canadians.
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