The Copa América is an international association football competition established in 1916.[1][2] It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), the sport's continental governing body. The most recent Copa América, was hosted by Brazil in 2021. Argentina became champions, having beaten Brazil 1–0 in the final,[3][4][5] and Colombia took third place after beating Peru 3–2.

The Copa América final matches are the last of the competition, and the results determine which country's team is declared South American champions. If after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw, a penalty shootout takes place. The winning penalty shoot-out team are then declared champions. Every edition from 1916 to 1967 involved a final round-robin group. Nevertheless, when the two best placed teams finished equaled on points, a final match had to be held to define a winner. Those circumstantial finals were played in the 1919, 1922, 1937, 1949, and 1953 editions.

In 1975 the competition format switched to a knockout stage with a final held every edition. Ever since the competition was rebranded to its present state, the tournament has been decided by a one-off match on every occasion except 1989 and 1991, when the winner was decided by a final group contested by four teams.

With 15 titles, Argentina and Uruguay are the most successful Copa América teams.[6] Brazil has nine. The other former champions are Paraguay, Peru and Chile, with two titles each, and Bolivia, and Colombia, who have each won one.[7]

Finals

Please note that up to 1993 most tournaments were decided by a group stage with a 'final' match only played where 2 teams ended level on points.

Keys
  • aet: after extra time
  • p: penalty shoot-out
  •   Playoff match after both teams finished the group stage equaled on points.
  •   Final played in two-legged format (with a playoff if necessary).
  •   Defined on penalties after 90 minutes.
  •   Defined on penalties after extra time
  • The "Year" column refers to the year the Copa América was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries. Teams in italic are invitees.
Ed. Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue City Country
3
1919 Uruguaydas LaranjeirasRio de JaneiroBrazil
6
1922 Paraguaydas LaranjeirasRio de JaneiroBrazil
14
1937 BrazilViejo GasómetroBuenos AiresArgentina
21
1949 ParaguaySão JanuárioRio de JaneiroBrazil
22
1953 BrazilEstadio NacionalLimaPerú
30
 1975  Colombia El Campín BogotáColombia
Estadio Nacional LimaPeru
Estadio Olímpico CaracasVenezuela
31
 1979 Paraguay   Chile Defensores del Chaco AsunciónParaguay
Estadio Nacional SantiagoChile
José Amalfitani Buenos AiresArgentina
32
 1983 Uruguay   Brazil Estadio Centenario MontevideoUruguay
Fonte Nova SalvadorBrazil
33
1987 Uruguay   Chile MonumentalBuenos AiresArgentina
36
1993Argentina   MexicoMonumentalGuayaquilEcuador
37
1995Uruguay 
1–1 (5–3 p)
  Brazil Estadio CentenarioMontevideoUruguay
38
1997 Brazil   Bolivia Hernando SilesLa PazBolivia
39
1999 Brazil   Uruguay Defensores del ChacoAsunciónParaguay
40
2001 Colombia   Mexico El CampínBogotáColombia
41
2004 Brazil 
2–2 (4–2 p)
  Argentina Estadio NacionalLimaPeru
42
2007 Brazil   Argentina José E. Romero MaracaiboVenezuela
43
2011 Uruguay   Paraguay MonumentalBuenos AiresArgentina
44
2015 Chile 
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)
  Argentina Estadio NacionalSantiagoChile
45
2016 Chile 
0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)
  Argentina MetlifeEast RutherfordUnited States
46
2019 Brazil   Peru Maracanã Rio de JaneiroBrazil
47
2021 Argentina   Brazil Maracanã Rio de JaneiroBrazil

Results by nation

Map of CONMEBOL members, by their Copa América title number (as of 2021)
Team Titles Runners-up Total finals
 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, 1967, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016) 29
 Uruguay 15 (1916, 1917*, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1935, 1942*, 1956*, 1959, 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1995*, 2011) 6 (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999) 21
 Brazil 9 (1919*, 1922*, 1949*, 1989*, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019*) 11 (1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2021*) 20
 Paraguay 2 (1953, 1979) 6 (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963. 2011) 8
 Chile 2 (2015*, 2016) 4 (1955*, 1956, 1979, 1987) 6
 Peru 2 (1939*, 1975) 1 (2019) 3
 Bolivia 1 (1963*) 1 (1997*) 2
 Colombia 1 (2001*) 1 (1975) 2
 Mexico — 2 (1993, 2001) 2
  1. ↑ Score after 150 minutes.
  2. ↑ Score after 120 minutes.
  3. ↑ After the two legs ends 2–2 on points (with no goal difference rule), a playoff match was held; Peru won 4–2 on points.
  4. ↑ After 120 minutes had expired in the playoff, both teams finished 3–3 on points: Paraguay were declared champions on goal difference (3–1).
  5. ↑ Uruguay won 3–1 on points.

* Indicates host country

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "X Campeonato Sud Americano de Football". biblioteca.afa.org.ar. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "The oldest main continental tournament in the world". CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Argentina Campeón de América: le ganó 1-0 a Brasil en el Maracaná, on Página/12 by Adrián De Benedictis, 11 Jul 2021
  4. ↑ Argentina es campeón de la Copa América después de 28 años on AA.com.tr, 11 Jul 2021
  5. ↑ ¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA AMÉRICA! on TyC Sports, 11 Jul 2021
  6. ↑ Argentina alcanzó a Uruguay y son los máximos ganadores de la Copa América on El Destape, 11 Jul 2021
  7. ↑ Más lejos de Brasil: cómo quedó Argentina en el ranking histórico de la Copa América on TN, 10 Jul 2021
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