Estadio José Encarnación "Pachencho" Romero is a sports stadium in Maracaibo , capital of the Zulia state, in Venezuela . The stadium holds 40,800 spectators. The pitch was originally surrounded by both a running track and a scorched concrete cycling track, the latter being replaced with new stands due to the celebration of Copa América 2007 .
22-665: The building is regarded as national cultural heritage of the Zulia state (code IFA 063,045). And their maintenance responsibility Case runs idem, Foundation attached to the Mayoralty Maracaibo. It was built because of the Bolivarian Sports Games of 1971 and remodeled on the occasion of the Games Central American and Caribbean Maracaibo 1998 in which the national team won a gold medal at the selection of Mexico. His name
44-534: Is in honor of a prominent athlete Zulia dedicated to athletics. It was one of 9 locations in the Copa América Venezuela 2007 being the headquarters of the Grand Final, where they conducted a classic South American football selections found Argentina and Brazil, where the latter was entitled to defend his champion title Perú 2004. On 2 July 2007 when he was still in development in the country's Copa América,
66-485: Is located about 188 meters above sea level. Barinas experiences a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen : Aw ) characterized by consistently hot temperatures throughout the year and a distinct wet and dry season pattern. Barinas experiences a wet season from April to November, with rainfall peaking in June, and a dry season from December to March. The total annual precipitation is 1,650 millimetres (65 in). March, before
88-546: The 2006 FIFA World Cup : Carlos Simon , Óscar Ruiz , Carlos Amarilla , Jorge Larrionda , and Armando Archundia . The draw for the competition took place on 14 February 2007 in the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas . Each association had to present a list of twenty-three players to compete in the competition. The first round, or group stage, saw the twelve teams divided into three groups of four teams. Each group
110-588: The 2007 Copa América or 2007 Copa América Venezuela , was the 42nd edition of the Copa América , the South-American championship for international association football teams. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL , South America's football governing body, and was held between 26 June and 15 July in Venezuela , which hosted the tournament for the first time. The competition was won by Brazil (they were also
132-635: The United States , the two highest ranking CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings . Just as in every tournament since 1993, Mexico accepted the invitation. The United States rejected the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the 2007 Major League Soccer season . CONMEBOL then proceeded to invite Costa Rica , the third highest CONCACAF team in FIFA's ranking. In the end, the United States accepted
154-459: The 2007 Copa América, where the stadium was used as one of 9 officers and headquarters as the venue that hosted the final. The Estadio José Pachencho Romero hosten five matches during 2007 Copa América , including the final. 10°40′26.81″N 71°38′42.04″W / 10.6741139°N 71.6450111°W / 10.6741139; -71.6450111 2007 Copa Am%C3%A9rica The 2007 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América , known simply as
176-687: The 2011 census, its population is 353,442. It is the capital of the Barinas Municipality and the State of Barinas . The city of Barinas is known as the capital of the Llanos . The original city was founded under the name Altamira de Caceres on June 30, 1577, by Captain Juan Andres Varela fulfilling orders of the governor of La Grita Francisco de Cáceres , who had founded this Andean city and established it governorate in 1576. In 1786 Barinas state
198-702: The President of CONMEBOL Dr. Nicolás Leoz, announced that the Pachencho Romero stadium would host the World Cup Under-15 category 2008. This stadium is one of many who belong to a conglomerate of several sports stadiums known as Polideportivo Luis Aparicio Jr. where others are also among the Luis Aparicio el Grande (baseball) and Peter Elías Belisario Aponte Gymnasium (basketball). Prior to the Copa América, in
220-483: The Western Plains "Ezequiel Zamora" and the more immediate market for everything produced in the state both in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry and oil exploitation. In recent years an important tourist industry has emerged in the city since it has served as a base or point of entry to all eco-tourism locations in the region of Western Plains. LAI - Línea Aérea IAACA , an airline, had its headquarters on
242-415: The defending champions), who beat Argentina 3–0 in the final. Mexico took third place by beating Uruguay 3–1 in the third-place match. Brazil thus won the right to represent CONMEBOL at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup . As with previous tournaments, all ten members of CONMEBOL participated in the competition. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited Mexico and
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#1733086267899264-925: 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. With six goals, Robinho was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match. 6 goals 5 goals 4 goals 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal 1 own goal [REDACTED] Doni [REDACTED] Javier Zanetti [REDACTED] Jonny Magallón [REDACTED] Juan [REDACTED] Jorge Fucile [REDACTED] Júlio Baptista [REDACTED] Javier Mascherano [REDACTED] Juan Román Riquelme [REDACTED] Robinho [REDACTED] Nery Castillo [REDACTED] Lionel Messi Global Platinum Sponsor Global Gold Sponsor Global Silver Sponsor Charitable Partner Local Supplier The official match ball for
286-486: The invitation. For this Copa América, the organizing committee decided to choose eight cities to hold the tournament. A total of 14 cities presented proposal before the committee, of which they rejected proposals from Barquisimeto , Maracay , Valencia , Valera , Portuguesa and Miranda for not meeting established requirements. The cities of Barinas , Caracas , Ciudad Guayana , Maracaibo , Maturín , Mérida , Puerto la Cruz and San Cristóbal were selected to host
308-479: The onset of the rainy season, is the hottest month, with an average high temperature above 35 °C (95 °F), while June through August in the wet season are the coolest months, with high temperatures close to 31 °C (88 °F). The city has become an important administrative centre being the headquarters of major educational institutions such as the National Experimental University of
330-517: The rainy season, from the valleys of Santo Domingo. The city is located in the northwest part of the state, along the river Santo Domingo in the Andean foothills about 165 km from the city of Mérida and 525 km from Caracas . The city has about 270,000 inhabitants and is the most populous in the state of Barinas and one of the largest Venezuelan llanos cities alongside Calabozo , Acarigua - Araure , Guanare and San Fernando de Apure . The city
352-440: The stadium renovation work was done to accommodate a total of 40,800 spectators with the addition of two new stands in the large space behind the arc and use the cycling track. In order to obtain the right to host the final, the local committee decided to increase the capacity, putting a platform in the velodrome which disappeared and was replaced by a VIP area with capacity for 8 thousand people. These renovations were made to mark of
374-550: The tournament was the Nike Mercurial Veloci . The ball was presented on 14 February 2007, prior to a friendly match played between Venezuela and New Zealand , by the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation , Rafael Esquivel, to the mayor of Maracaibo , Giancarlo Di Martino – head of the local organising committee. Guaky is a scarlet macaw , a bird representative of Venezuela. He wore
396-571: The tournament. Later on, the organizing committee reconsidered the candidacy of Barquisimeto, based on the proposal of a new stadium to be built for the city. With a final nine host cities, the 2007 edition broke the previous records for host cities set by the 2004 Copa América in Peru , which used seven. On 30 May 2007, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the competition. The list included one match official from every country (except Paraguay, which had two). From these thirteen, six officiated in
418-409: The traditional jersey Venezuela national football team burgundy and football shoes. Under their wings the characteristic tricolor national flag , with its eight stars on their wings. To choose the official mascot held a contest in which proposals received 4,500,000 of Venezuelan children and adolescents at a school. The winning draw corresponded to the 15-year-old Jhoyling Zabaleta. The final design
440-575: 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. Teams were ranked on the following criteria: All times are in Venezuela Standard Time ( UTC–4 ). At
462-406: Was commissioned to Fractal Studio, bring life and a "strong personality, cheerful and sport" that accompanied the event during its realization. The name of the pet, Guaky was subsequently elected by an online survey, where that option was a 54.17% of preferences. Barinas, Barinas Barinas ( Spanish pronunciation: [baˈɾinas] ) is a city in west central Venezuela . According to
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#1733086267899484-500: Was established in the territories of the existing states of Barinas and Apure . The city became the capital of the state and an important bastion of the patriots during the War of Independence . Cristóbal Mendoza , the first President of Venezuela , lived and practiced his profession in Barinas. The name of the city comes from an indigenous word which identifies a strong wind that occurs during
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