Copa América

The Copa América trophy
The Copa América is the World's oldest tournament for international teams. It is organised by CONMEBOL and was first played in 1916 and has been played on a regular basis since then. The next Copa América is due to be played in Argentina in 2011 and will be the 43rd edition of the tournament.

The competition has traditionally been dominated by Uruguay and Argentina, with 14 titles each they are tied as the most successful teams in the history of the tournament. In recent years Brazil have begun to dominate winning 4 of the last 5 editions. Brazil now have 8 championships but still have a long time to go before they could catch up with Argentina and Uruguay now that the tournament is held only once every four years.

The only other teams to have won the championship are Peru and Paraguay with two each and Bolivia and Colombia with one win apiece. Chile can be considered the unluckiest nation in the history of Copa América having lost all four of their appearances in the final.

Since 1993 CONMEBOL have allowed guest participants from other confederations, Mexico are the most successful having reached the final on two occasions. Honduras were invited to take Argentina's place at the last minute when they withdrew from the 2001 edition because of the economic crisis. Considering the lack of preparation they can be proud of reaching the semi-final and also of the fact that they remain the only team to have eliminated Brazil from the competition since 1995.


Number of championships


Uruguay15
Argentina 14
Brazil 8
Paraguay 2
Peru 2
Bolivia 1
Colombia 1

Historical record


#YearVenueChampionSecondThird
1 1916
ArgentinaUruguayArgentinaBrazil
21917UruguayUruguayArgentinaBrazil
31919BrazilBrazilUruguayArgentina
41920ChileUruguayArgentinaBrazil
51921ArgentinaArgentinaBrazilUruguay
61922BrazilBrazilParaguayUruguay
71923UruguayUruguayArgentinaParaguay
81924UruguayUruguayArgentinaParaguay
91925ArgentinaArgentinaBrazilParaguay
101926ChileUruguayArgentinaChile
111927PeruArgentinaUruguayPeru
121929ArgentinaArgentinaParaguayUruguay
13 1935PeruUruguayArgentinaPeru
141937ArgentinaArgentinaBrazilParaguay
151939PeruPeruUruguayPataguay
16 1941ChileArgentinaUruguayChile
171942UruguayUruguayArgentinaBrazil
18 1945ChileArgentinaBrazilChile
19 1946ArgentinaArgentinaBrazilParaguay
201947EcuadorArgentinaParaguayUruguay
211949BrazilBrazilParaguayPeru
221953PeruParaguayBrazilUruguay
231955ChileArgentinaChilePeru
24 1956UruguayUruguayChileArgentina
251957PeruArgentinaBrazilUruguay
261959ArgentinaArgentinaBrazilParaguay
27 1959EcuadorUruguayArgentinaBrazil
281963BoliviaBoliviaParaguayArgentina
291967UruguayUruguayArgentinaChile
30 1975no specific hostPeruColombiaBrazil
31 1979no specific hostParaguayChileBrazil
32 1983no specific hostUruguayBrazilParaguay
331987ArgentinaUruguayChileColombia
341989BrazilBrazilUruguayArgentina
351991ChileArgentinaBrazilChile
361993EcuadorArgentinaMexicoColombia
371995UruguayUruguayBrazilColombia
381997BoliviaBrazilBoliviaMexico
391999ParaguayBrazilUruguayMexico
402001ColombiaColombiaMexicoHonduras
412004PeruBrazilArgentinaUruguay
422007VenezuelaBrazilArgentinaMexico
432011ArgentinaUruguayParaguayPeru



See also

Copa América database of statistics at rsssf

Copa América overview at Wikipedia

Copa América at CONMEBOL

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