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Copa América 2021

June 13 – July 10, 2021

Model accuracy of 57.1% beat the always-pick-favorite baseline (45%) by 12.1 points. Brier score of 0.522 beat the coin-flip baseline (0.667) by 0.145.

57.1%
Accuracy
16/28
0.522
Brier Score
vs 0.667 baseline
0.930
Log Loss
Lower is better
60%
Group Stage
12/20
50%
Knockout
4/8

Model Comparison

Head-to-head performance of different rating models on this tournament. “Elo (walk-forward)” updates ratings after each match; snapshot-based models use pre-tournament ratings for all matches.

ModelAccuracyBrierLog LossCorrect
Elo (walk-forward)Best57.1%0.52160.930016/28
Combined (Elo+Roster)50.0%0.58721.037912/24
Grid-Optimized50.0%0.58831.040012/24
Glicko-245.8%0.59931.027411/24
Bradley-Terry50.0%0.60491.066412/24

Biggest Surprises

99% confBrazil 1–1 Ecuadorpredicted Brazil
79% confColombia 0–0 Venezuelapredicted Colombia
67% confColombia 1–2 Perupredicted Colombia
65% confBrazil 0–1 Argentinapredicted Brazil
64% confChile 0–2 Paraguaypredicted Chile

Pre-Tournament Rankings

Ratings before the tournament began. Only participating teams shown.

#TeamOverallOffDefBT
3BrazilBRA1645164513551775
10ArgentinaARG1607160713931737
12ColombiaCOL1581158114191719
20UruguayURU1567156714331728
25ChileCHI1554155414461710
40PeruPER15281528

Match-by-Match Predictions

DateMatchScoreH%D%A%xGPred
Jun 13BRAvVEN3–097215.0–0.4BRA✓
Jun 13COLvECU1–0761772.5–0.7COL✓
Jun 14ARGvCHI1–16025161.9–0.9ARG✗
Jun 14PARvBOL3–1602415
1472
1697
68VenezuelaVEN1505150514951692
69EcuadorECU1505150514951695
77ParaguayPAR1498149815021676
1.9–0.9
PAR
✓
Jun 17COLvVEN0–0791562.7–0.6COL✗
Jun 17BRAvPER4–094514.2–0.5BRA✓
Jun 18CHIvBOL1–0861133.1–0.5CHI✓
Jun 18ARGvURU1–05427201.8–1.0ARG✓
Jun 20VENvECU2–23830321.4–1.2VEN✗
Jun 20COLvPER1–26722122.1–0.8COL✗
Jun 21URUvCHI1–13430361.3–1.3CHI✗
Jun 21ARGvPAR1–0831242.9–0.6ARG✓
Jun 23ECUvPER2–21926550.9–1.8PER✗
Jun 23BRAvCOL2–1811362.9–0.7BRA✓
Jun 24BOLvURU0–239890.5–3.4URU✓
Jun 24CHIvPAR0–26423132.1–0.8CHI✗
Jun 27BRAvECU1–199106.0–0.3BRA✗
Jun 27VENvPER0–12228511.0–1.7PER✓
Jun 28ARGvBOL4–199105.5–0.3ARG✓
Jun 28URUvPAR1–06224142.0–0.8URU✓
Jul 2PERvPAR3–35327201.6–0.9PER✗
Jul 2BRAvCHI1–090823.4–0.5BRA✓
Jul 3URUvCOL0–03330381.1–1.2COL✗
Jul 3ARGvECU3–088933.1–0.5ARG✓
Jul 5BRAvPER1–093513.8–0.4BRA✓
Jul 6ARGvCOL1–15726171.7–0.8ARG✗
Jul 9PERvCOL2–32027530.9–1.6COL✓
Jul 10BRAvARG0–16522142.0–0.8BRA✗