Miami : Argentina continued their fairy tale run winning 3 consecutive major trophies.
In the final , Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 with Lautaro Martinez extra time goal. This ended Colombia’s 28 Match winning streak.
The goalscorer Lautaro Martinez won the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals in the tournament while Argentina goal-keeper Emiliano Martinez won the Golden Glove award for not conceding a goal in five out of six matches.
Columbia’s star player James Rodriguez won the player of the tournament award, known as Golden Ball in Copa America, as he finished with a staggering six assists in the competition. A whopping prize money was offered to the teams participating in the Copa America 2024.
Accordingly, Argentina took home $16 million (approximately Rs 133.66 crore) while the runners up Columbia won $7 million (approximately Rs 58.47 crore). Uruguay ended the tournament at the third place beating Canada and earned around Rs 35 crore as prize money.
List of award winners and prize money in Copa America 2024:
Winners : Argentina
Runners : Colombia
Golden Boot – Lautaro Martinez (Argentina) – 5 goals
Golden Glove – Emiliano Martinez (Argentina) – 5 clean sheets
Golden Ball – James Rodrigues (Columbia) – 6 assists
Player of The Match (Final) – Angel Di Maria
Argentina Prize Money – Rs 133.66 crore
Columbia Prize Money – Rs 58.47 crore
Lionel Messi peaked and conquered the World by the end of his career, winning hat trick of trophies for Argentina.
