Carlos Torres Víctor Rivera Jorge Larrionda Baldomero Toledo Manuel Andarcia Draw The draw for the competition took place on 14 February 2007 in the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas. Squads Each association had to present a list of twenty-three players to compete in the competition. Group stage The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualified for the Quarter-finals. Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria: 1. Greater number of points in all group matches 2. Goal difference in all group matches 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches 4. Head-to-head results 5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee All times are in Venezuela Standard Time (UTC–4). Group A Group B Group C Ranking of third-placed teams At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third-place match Final Result Awards Top Goalscorer : Robinho Most Valuable Player : Robinho Robinho disputará a Messi y Riquelme la Copa América y el MVP del torneo Best Goal : Lionel Messi Goalscorers With six goals, Robinho was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 86 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal. 6 goals Robinho 5 goals Román Riquelme 4 goals Nery Castillo 3 goals Hernán Crespo Júlio Baptista Humberto Suazo Omar Bravo Salvador Cabañas Roque Santa Cruz Diego Forlán 2 goals Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Jaime Moreno Jaime Castrillón Cuauhtémoc Blanco Claudio Pizarro Sebastián Abreu 1 goal Pablo Aimar Gabriel Heinze Diego Milito Carlos Tevez Juan Carlos Arce Jhasmani Campos Dani Alves Josué Juan Vágner Love Maicon Carlos Villanueva Edixon Perea Christian Benítez Édison Méndez Antonio Valencia Fernando Arce Andrés Guardado Ramón Morales Gerardo Torrado Édgar Barreto Óscar Cardozo Paolo Guerrero Juan Carlos Mariño Miguel Villalta Ricardo Clark Eddie Johnson Pablo García Cristian Rodríguez Vicente Sánchez Juan Arango Daniel Arismendi Alejandro Cichero Giancarlo Maldonado Ricardo Páez Own