Copa América

South American association football tournament for men's national teams

Copa América (English: America Cup; previously called the South American Championship or South American Championship of Nations) is a football tournament that has the teams from CONMEBOL (South America). It was founded in 1916, and it is the oldest tournament that only has teams from a certain continent.

The Copa America trophy.

The Copa America is one of the most watched sporting events in the world.[1] Previously, the winner of the tournament qualified for the now-abolished FIFA Confederations Cup.

The current format has 10 South American teams and two other teams from other FIFA federations in each tournament. The most successful teams have been Uruguay and Argentina, with 15 titles. Argentina won the last tournament.

Results

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Uruguay 15 (1916, 1917*, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1935, 1942*, 1956*, 1959 , 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1995*, 2011) 6 (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999) 9 (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1975, 2004) 5 (1945, 1946, 1955, 2001, 2007)
  Argentina 15 (1921*, 1925*, 1927, 1929*, 1937*, 1941, 1945, 1946*, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959*, 1991, 1993, 2021) 14 (1916*, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016) 5 (1919, 1956, 1963, 1989, 2019) 2 (1922, 1987*)
  Brazil 9 (1919*, 1922*, 1949*, 1989*, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019*) 12 (1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2021*) 7 (1916, 1917, 1920, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1975, 1979) 3 (1923, 1956, 1963)
  Paraguay 2 (1953, 1979) 6 (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963, 2011) 7 (1923, 1924, 1925, 1939, 1946, 1959 (Argentina), 1983) 7 (1921, 1926, 1937, 1942, 1967, 1989, 2015)
  Chile 2 (2015*, 2016) 4 (1955*, 1956, 1979, 1987) 5 (1926*, 1941*, 1945*, 1967, 1991*) 11 (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920*, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1953, 1999, 2019)
  Peru 2 (1939*, 1975) 1 (2019) 8 (1927*, 1935*, 1949, 1955, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2015) 6 (1929, 1941, 1957*, 1959 (Argentina), 1997, 2021)
  Colombia 1 (2001*) 1 (1975) 5 (1987, 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021) 2 (1991, 2004)
  Bolivia 1 (1963*) 1 (1997*) 2 (1927, 1949)
  Mexico^ 2 (1993, 2001) 3 (1997, 1999, 2007)
  Honduras^ 1 (2001)
  Ecuador 2 (1959 (Ecuador)*, 1993*)
  United States^ 2 (1995, 2016)
  Venezuela 1 (2011)
*=hosts
^=invitees
 

Records

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Norberto Méndez (Argentina).
As of 4 July 2015

All-time top scorers

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Rank Player Country Goals
1 Norberto Méndez   Argentina 17
Zizinho   Brazil
3 Teodoro Fernández   Peru 15
Severino Varela   Uruguay
5 Ademir   Brazil 13
Gabriel Batistuta   Argentina
Jair da Rosa Pinto   Brazil
Jose Manuel Moreno   Argentina
Héctor Scarone   Uruguay
10 Roberto Porta   Uruguay 11
Ángel Romano   Uruguay
12 Víctor Agustín Ugarte   Bolivia 13
Herminio Masantonio   Argentina

All-time table

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Since the 2016 Copa América Centenario

 
The 1917 champions.
Team Winners Part. Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif Pts/GP
1   Uruguay 15 43 358 197 108 34 55 399 218 +181 1,82
2   Argentina 14 41 397 188 120 37 31 455 173 +282 2,11
3   Brazil 8 35 332 178 99 35 44 405 200 +205 1,87
4   Paraguay 2 35 224 165 62 38 65 252 290 -38 1,36
5   Chile 2 38 222 177 64 30 83 281 304 -23 1,25
6   Peru 2 30 189 144 52 33 59 209 230 -21 1,31
7   Colombia 1 20 140 107 39 23 45 124 178 -54 1,31
8   Bolivia 1 25 86 109 20 26 63 102 272 -170 0,78
9   Ecuador 0 26 65 114 15 20 79 120 307 -187 0,57
10   Mexico 0 9 63 44 17 12 15 60 53 +7 1,43
11   Venezuela 0 16 27 58 5 12 41 43 166 -123 0,46
12   Costa Rica 0 4 14 14 4 2 8 14 25 -11 1,00
13   Honduras 0 1 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 1,66
14   United States 0 3 8 12 2 2 8 11 21 -10 0,66
15   Japan 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 0,33
16   Aruba 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3,50

References

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  1. "50 Reasons Why World Football Is the Best and Biggest Sport in the World". Bleacher Report. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.