Copa América

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
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
Norberto Méndez (Argentina).
As of 4 July 2015

All-time top scorers
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

Since the 2016 Copa América Centenario

The 1917 champions.
Team Winners Part. Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif Pts/GP
1  Uruguay15433581971083455399218+1811,82
2  Argentina14413971881203731455173+2822,11
3  Brazil835332178993544405200+2051,87
4  Paraguay235224165623865252290-381,36
5  Chile238222177643083281304-231,25
6  Peru230189144523359209230-211,31
7  Colombia120140107392345124178-541,31
8  Bolivia12586109202663102272-1700,78
9  Ecuador02665114152079120307-1870,57
10  Mexico0963441712156053+71,43
11  Venezuela01627585124143166-1230,46
12  Costa Rica0414144281425-111,00
13  Honduras0110631275+21,66
14  United States038122281121-100,66
15  Japan014301238-50,33
16  Aruba01333000303,50

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