Copa America

This article describes the South American men's soccer championship. For information on the competition in women's soccer, see South American Women 's Soccer Championship .

Copa America
Full name	Copa America
Association	CONMEBOL
First edition	1916
Teams	12
Game mode	Round-robin tournament  (3 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from quarterfinals)
Title holder	Brazil (9th title)
Record winner	Uruguay (15 titles)
Record player	Sergio Livingstone (34 games)
Record scorer	Norberto Méndez Zizinho (17 goals each)
Website	conmebol.com

The Copa América - until 1972 Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol - is a continental tournament for national soccer teams to determine the South American champions in soccer , which has been organized by CONMEBOL since 1916 . The competition mode has been changed several times. Participants are traditionally the members of the association, namely the South American countries Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Ecuador , Colombia , Paraguay , Peru , Uruguay and Venezuela .

Football teams from North and Central America have also been invited since 1993 . Usually these are the winner and the runner-up of the CONCACAF Gold Cup , the continental championship of the North and Central American Association CONCACAF . A team from Asia is also invited far less often . In 1999 and 2019, this was the Japanese national soccer team . In 2019, the Qatari national soccer team also took part, as the participation of countries in the CONCACAF was not possible due to the concurrent CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019 .

The Copa América winner qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup .

history

The Copa América trophy with an earlier version of the base introduced in 1980

After the Olympic football tournament, the Copa America is the second oldest football tournament still taking place for national teams. It was first held in 1916 in honor of the independence of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata , which primarily represent the predecessor state and still an official name for Argentina , but also include today's Uruguay . As early as 1910, a Campeonato Sudamericano with three participants was held, which Argentina had won and is sometimes referred to as the first Copa América. Until 1967 the tournament was called Campeonato Sudamericano like the predecessor of 1910 , since 1975 Copa América . As early as 1910, an earlier trophy called the "Copa América" ​​was played. As a result of the organizational success of 1916, the Argentine Foreign Ministry founded CONMEBOL's current Copa América in 1917. This was introduced for the first officially scheduled new edition in 1917 , while in 1916 they had to do without a trophy. The CONMEBOL association was only founded during the tournament of 1916 on the Argentine Independence Day after the Uruguayan representative Héctor Rivadavia had seized the opportunity. Since 1997 there has also been a cup, the "Copa Bolivia", which goes to the defeated finalists and which Bolivia was the first to receive in 1997 in its own country.

In contrast to other continental tournaments such as the European Football Championship, there are no qualifying matches at the Copa America, with one exception in 1967 , which is due to the low number of CONMEBOL members. Four teams took part in the first tournament in 1916; for the first time in 1975 all ten current member associations took part. No association took part in all championships. While the tournament was a large round-robin tournament for all participants for a long time , it has now been adapted to the familiar mode of other international tournaments and includes a group stage with three groups and a knockout round that begins with the quarter-finals. This always makes it necessary to invite two visiting teams, as twelve participants are required for the group stage. Mexico is a regular guest.

The Copa América Centenario 2016 was a special edition of the Copa América. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the South American football association CONMEBOL , the tournament took place for the first time outside of South America, in the United States . In addition to the ten participants in CONMEBOL, six members of CONCACAF also took part in the tournament.

The Copa América will take place in two countries for the first time in 2021. This was announced by the CONMEBOL association at a meeting in April 2019. The tournament was awarded to Argentina and Colombia. The preliminary round is held in two groups. The northern group is based in Colombia. Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru play there. The southern group in Argentina consists of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. In addition, a visiting team from outside South America will participate in both groups. The tournament will end with the final in Argentina. The tournament was originally supposed to take place in 2020, but was postponed by CONMEBOL on March 17, 2020 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (corona virus) virus.

First participations

year	First time participant
1916	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Uruguay
1917 to 1921	not a first-time participant
1922	Paraguay
1922 to 1925	not a first-time participant
1926	Bolivia
1927	Peru
1929 to 1937	not a first-time participant
1939	Ecuador
1941 to 1942	not a first-time participant
1945	Colombia
1946 to 1967	not a first-time participant
1967	Venezuela
1975 to 1991	not a first-time participant
1993	Mexico	United States
1995	not a first-time participant
1997	Costa Rica
1999	Japan
2001	Honduras
2004 to 2011	not a first-time participant
2015	Jamaica
2016	Panama	Haiti
2019	Qatar

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Game for third place
		winner	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1916	Argentina	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Brazil	League system	Chile
1917	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Brazil	League system	Chile
1919	Brazil	Brazil	League system	Uruguay	Argentina	League system	Chile
1920	Chile	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Brazil	League system	Chile
1921	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Uruguay	League system	Paraguay
1922	Brazil	Brazil	League system	Paraguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina
1923	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Paraguay	League system	Brazil
1924	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Paraguay	League system	Chile
1925	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Paraguay	League system	only three participants
1926	Chile	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Chile	League system	Paraguay
1927	Peru	Argentina	League system	Uruguay	Peru	League system	Bolivia
1929	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Paraguay	Uruguay	League system	Peru
1935	Peru	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Peru	League system	Chile
1937	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Uruguay	League system	Paraguay
1939	Peru	Peru	League system	Uruguay	Paraguay	League system	Chile
1941	Chile	Argentina	League system	Uruguay	Chile	League system	Peru
1942	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Brazil	League system	Paraguay
1945	Chile	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Chile	League system	Uruguay
1946	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Paraguay	League system	Uruguay
1947	Ecuador	Argentina	League system	Paraguay	Uruguay	League system	Chile
1949	Brazil	Brazil	League system	Paraguay	Peru	League system	Bolivia
1953	Peru	Paraguay	League system	Brazil	Uruguay	League system	Chile
1955	Chile	Argentina	League system	Chile	Peru	League system	Uruguay
1956	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Chile	Argentina	League system	Brazil
1957	Peru	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Uruguay	League system	Peru
1959	Argentina	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Paraguay	League system	Peru
1959	Ecuador	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Brazil	League system	Ecuador
1963	Bolivia	Bolivia	League system	Paraguay	Argentina	League system	Brazil
1967	Uruguay	Uruguay	League system	Argentina	Chile	League system	Paraguay
1975	-	Peru	2: 0/0: 1/1: 0	Colombia	not played out
1979	-	Paraguay	3: 0/0: 1/0: 0 by default	Chile	not played out
1983	-	Uruguay	2: 0/1: 1	Brazil	not played out
1987	Argentina	Uruguay	1-0	Chile	Colombia	2: 1	Argentina
1989	Brazil	Brazil	League system	Uruguay	Argentina	League system	Paraguay
1991	Chile	Argentina	League system	Brazil	Chile	League system	Colombia
1993	Ecuador	Argentina	2: 1	Mexico	Colombia	1-0	Ecuador
1995	Uruguay	Uruguay	1: 1, 5: 3 i. E.	Brazil	Colombia	4: 1	United States
1997	Bolivia	Brazil	3: 1	Bolivia	Mexico	1-0	Peru
1999	Paraguay	Brazil	3-0	Uruguay	Mexico	2: 1	Chile
2001	Colombia	Colombia	1-0	Mexico	Honduras	2: 2, 5: 4 i. E.	Uruguay
2004	Peru	Brazil	2: 2, 4: 2 i. E.	Argentina	Uruguay	2: 1	Colombia
2007	Venezuela	Brazil	3-0	Argentina	Mexico	3: 1	Uruguay
2011	Argentina	Uruguay	3-0	Paraguay	Peru	4: 1	Venezuela
2015	Chile	Chile	0: 0 n.V., 4: 1 i. E.	Argentina	Peru	2-0	Paraguay
2016 *	United States	Chile	0: 0 n.v., 4: 2 i. E.	Argentina	Colombia	1-0	United States
2019	Brazil	Brazil	3: 1	Peru	Argentina	2: 1	Chile
2021	Argentina  /  Colombia
2024	Ecuador

* Copa America Centenario - special draw of the competition.

Leaderboards

winner

Map of America by number of victories

rank	country	title	Year (s)	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
01	Uruguay	15th	1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011	06th	08th	05
02	Argentina	14th	1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993	14th	05	02
03	Brazil	09	1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2019	11	05	03
04th	Paraguay	02	1953, 1979	06th	06th	07th
05	Chile	02	2015, 2016	04th	05	11
06th	Peru	02	1939, 1975	01	06th	05
07th	Colombia	01	2001	01	04th	02
08th	Bolivia	01	1963	01	0/	02
09	Mexico			02	03	0/
10	Honduras			0/	01	0/
11	Ecuador			0/	0/	02
	United States			0/	0/	02
13	Venezuela			0/	0/	01

In 1925 only three teams took part. In 1975, 1979 and 1983 there was no match for third place.

Participation

Map of America by number of participations

rank	country	Participation	First participation
01	Uruguay	44	1916
02	Argentina	42	1916
03	Chile	39	1916
04th	Paraguay	37	1921
05	Brazil	36	1916
06th	Peru	32	1927
07th	Ecuador	29 (27)	1939
08th	Bolivia	27	1926
09	Colombia	23 (22)	1945
10	Venezuela	18th	1967
11	Mexico	10	1993
12	Costa Rica	05	1997
13	United States	04th	1993
14th	Japan	02	1999
	Jamaica	02	2015
16	Haiti	01	2016
	Honduras	01	2001
	Panama	01	2016
	Qatar	01	2019

Status: 2019

italics: invited teams

1. ↑ ^{a b} 1967 was the only time a qualification was held so far. Ecuador and Colombia were eliminated.

Host

Host of the Copa América

rank	country	Tournaments	Year (s)
1	Argentina	9	1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1987, 2011
2	Chile	7th	1920, 1926, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1991, 2015
	Uruguay	7th	1917, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1956, 1967, 1995
4th	Peru	6th	1927, 1935, 1939, 1953, 1957, 2004
5	Brazil	5	1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 2019
6th	Ecuador	3	1947, 1959, 1993
7th	Bolivia	2	1963, 1997
8th	Colombia	1	2001
	Paraguay	1	1999
	Venezuela	1	2007
	United States	1	2016
	no organizer	3	1975, 1979, 1983

Records

Record player

rank	player	Games	Tournaments
1	Sergio Livingstone	34	1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953
2	Zizinho	33	1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957
3	Leonel Álvarez	27	1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
	Lionel Messi	27	2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019
	Carlos Valderrama	27	1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
6th	Álex Aguinaga	25th	1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004
	Paolo Guerrero	25th	2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019
	Cláudio Taffarel	25th	1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
9	Teodoro Fernández	24	1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942
10	Ángel Romano	23	1916, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1926

Record goalscorer with 17 goals Norberto Méndez (Argentina)

Record goal scorers

rank	player	Gates	Tournaments
1	Norberto Méndez	17th	1945, 1946, 1947
	Zizinho		1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1957
3	Teodoro Fernández	15th	1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1947
	Severino Varela		1937, 1939, 1942
5	Paolo Guerrero	14th	2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019
6th	Ademir	13	1945, 1946, 1949, 1953
	Gabriel Batistuta		1991, 1993, 1995
	José Manuel Moreno		1941, 1942, 1947
	Jair		1945, 1946, 1949
	Héctor Scarone		1917, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929
11	Roberto Porta	12	1939, 1941, 1942, 1945
	Ángel Romano		1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926
	Eduardo Vargas		2015, 2016, 2019

Record coach

rank	Trainer	Victories	Tournaments
1	Guillermo Stábile	6th	1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957
2	Alfio Basile	2	1991, 1993
	Juan Carlos Corazzo	2	1959, 1967
	Ernesto Fígoli	2	1920, 1926

→ Main article : List of Copa America's top scorer

As of July 7, 2019

Participation and final round placement

nation	1916	1917	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1929	1935	1937	1939	1941	1942	1945	1946	1947	1949	1953	1955
Argentina	2	2	3	2	1	4th	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1		1	2	1	1	1			1
Bolivia										5	4th							6th	6th	7th	4th	6th
Brazil	3	3	1	3	2	1	4th		2					2			3	2	2		1	2
Chile	4th	4th	4th	4th		5		4th		3			4th	5	4th	3	6th	3	5	4th	5	4th	2
Ecuador															5	5	7th	7th		6th	7th	7th	6th
Colombia																		5		8th	8th
Paraguay					4th	2	3	3	3	4th		2		4th	3		4th		3	2	2	1	5
Peru											3	4th	3	6th	1	4th	5			5	3	5	3
Uruguay	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	1		1	2	3	1	3	2	2	1	4th	4th	3	6th	3	4th
Attendees	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	4th	4th	3	5	4th	4th	4th	6th	5	5	7th	7th	6th	8th	8th	7th	6th
nation	1956	1957	1959a	1959b	1963	1967	1975	1979	1983	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2004	2007	2011	2015	2016	2019
Argentina	2	1	1	2	3	2	VR	VR	VR	4th	3	1	1	VF	VF	VF		2	2	VF	2	2	3
Bolivia			7th		1	6th	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VF	2	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VF	VR	VR
Brazil	4th	2	2	3	4th		HF	HF	2	VR	1	2	VF	2	1	1	VF	1	1	VF	VF	VR	1
Chile	3	6th	5			3	VR	2	VR	2	VR	3	VR	VR	VR	4th	VF	VR	VF	VF	1	1	4th
Costa Rica															VR		VF	VF		VR		VR
Ecuador		7th		4th	6th	Q	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	4th	VR	VF	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VF	VR
Haiti																						VR
Honduras																	3
Japan																VR							VR
Jamaica																					VR	VR
Qatar																							VR
Colombia		5			7th	Q	2	VR	VR	3	VR	4th	3	3	VF	VF	1	4th	VR	VF	VF	3	VF
Mexico													2	VF	3	3	2	VF	3	VR	VR	VF
Panama																						VR
Paraguay	5		3	5	2	4th	VR	1	HF	VR	4th	VR	VF	VF	VF	VF	VR	VF	VF	2	4th	VR	VF
Peru	6th	3	4th		5		1	HF	HF	VR	VR	VR	VF	VR	4th	VF	VF	VF	VF	3	3	VF	2
Uruguay	1	4th	6th	1		1	HF	VR	1	1	2	VR	VF	1	VR	2	4th	3	4th	1	VF	VR	VF
United States													VR	4th					VR			4th
Venezuela						5	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR	VF	4th	VR	VF	VF
Attendees	6th	7th	7th	5	7th	8 (6)	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	12

Explanation:

VR = out in the preliminary round, VF = out in the quarter finals, HF = out in the semifinals (no game for 3rd place), Q (qualification, only 1967)

Eternal finals table

rank	country	Participate	Games	Victories	draw	Niedl.	Gates	Points	Per	Point mark
1	Argentina	41	189	120	38	31	455: 173	398	0.735
2	Uruguay	43	197	108	34	55	399: 218	358	0.634
3	Brazil	35	178	99	35	44	405: 200	332	0.654
4th	Paraguay	36	168	62	40	66	253: 293	225	0.485	−1
5	Chile	38	177	63	31	83	281: 304	221	0.446	1
6th	Peru	31	148	53	36	59	213: 232	196	0.483	1
7th	Colombia	21st	113	42	24	47	132: 183	150	0.478
8th	Bolivia	26th	112	20th	27	65	104: 279	86	0.294	−1
9	Ecuador	27	118	16	22nd	80	126: 312	70	0.229
10	Mexico	10	48	19th	13	16	66:62	70	0.531
11	Venezuela	17th	62	07th	13	42	47: 171	34	0.217
12	Costa Rica	05	17th	05	03	09	17:31	18th	0.382
13	United States	04th	18th	05	02	11	18:29	17th	0.333
14th	Honduras	01	06th	03	01	02	7: 5	10	0.583
15th	Panama	01	03	01	00	02	4:10	3	0.333
16	Japan	01	03	00	01	02	3: 8	1	0.167
17th	Haiti	01	03	00	00	03	1:12	0	0.000
18th	Jamaica	02	06th	00	00	06th	00: 9	0	0.00

As of June 27, 2016 (after the 2016 Copa America final)

The ranking is calculated according to the three-point rule . Games that have been decided on penalties will be counted as a tie.

Varia

competition	places	Stages	Teams	Games		/Game	spectator	Z / game		O		O		O
1916	1	1	4th	6th	18th	3.00	84,200	14,033					0
1917	1	1	4th	6th	21st	3.50	125,000	20,833					0
1919	1	1	4th	7th	27	3.86	121,000	17,286					0
1920	1	1	4th	6th	16	2.67	74,500	12,417					0
1921	1	1	4th	6th	14th	2.33	127,000	21,167					0
1922	1	1	5	11	22nd	2.00	170,500	15,500					0
1923	1	1	4th	6th	18th	3.00	112,000	18,667					0
1924	1	1	4th	6th	15th	2.50	77,000	12,833					0
1925	1	2	3	6th	26th	4.33	112,000	18,667					0
1926	1	1	5	10	55	5.50	87,000	8,700					0
1927	1	1	4th	6th	37	6.17	98,000	16,333					0
1929	2	3	4th	6th	23	3.83	170,000	28,333					0
1935	1	1	4th	6th	18th	3.00	126,000	21,000					0
1937	1	3	6th	16	69	4.31	518,000	32,375					2	0.13
1939	1	1	5	10	47	4.70	141,000	14,100					0
1941	1	1	5	10	32	3.20	551,000	55,100					0
1942	1	1	7th	21st	81	3.86	674,000	32,095					1	0.05
1945	1	1	7th	21st	92	4.38	1,195,000	56,905					5	0.24
1946	2	3	6th	15th	61	4.07	777.990	51,866					5	0.33
1947	1	1	8th	28	102	3.64	490,000	17,500					3	0.11
1949	4th	5	8th	29	135	4.66	712,000	24,552					5	0.17
1953	1	1	7th	22nd	67	3.05	930,000	42,273					0
1955	1	1	6th	15th	73	4.87	641,000	42,733					2	0.13
1956	1	1	6th	15th	38	2.53	568,000	37,867					1	0.07
1957	1	1	7th	21st	101	4.81	1,019,000	48,524					2	0.10
1959	1	1	7th	21st	86	4.10	1,020,000	48,571					5	0.24
1959 (II)	1	1	5	10	40	4.00	462,000	46,200					1	0.10
1963	2	2	7th	21st	91	4.33	348,000	16,571					0
1967 *	5 (1)	5 (1)	8 (6)	19 (15)	64 (49)	3.37 (3.27)	369,500 (200,500)	19,447 (13,367)					0
1975 **	11	12	10	25th	81	3.24	1,028,000	41,120	?				4th	0.16
1979 **	11	12	10	25th	63	3.24	1,144,000	45,760	?				13	0.52
1983 **	13	13	10	24	55	2.29	1,127,000	46,958	?				12	0.50
1987	3	3	10	13	33	2.54	236,000	18,154	?				14th	1.08
1989	4th	4th	10	26th	55	2.12	856,600	32,946	?				8th	0.31
1991	4th	4th	10	26th	73	2.81	1,025,000	39,423	?				14th	0.54
1993	6th	6th	12	26th	64	2.46	704,000	27,077	?		?		9	0.35
1995	4th	4th	12	26th	69	2.65	415,700	15,988	85	3.27	1	0.04	6th	0.23
1997	5	5	12	26th	68	2.62	550,500	21,173	106	4.08	4th	0.15	9	0.35
1999	4th	5	12	26th	74	2.85	560,500	21,558	97	3.73	2	0.08	10	0.38
2001	7th	7th	12	26th	60	2.31	917,000	35,269	122	4.69	10	0.38	16	0.62
2004	7th	7th	12	26th	78	3.00	678,000	26,077	121	4.65	5	0.19	3	0.12
2007	9	9	12	26th	86	3.31	931,000	38,808	109	4.19	4th	0.15	3	0.12
2011	8th	8th	12	26th	54	2.08	826.141	31,775	118	4.54	5	0.19	9	0.35
2015	8th	9	12	26th	59	2.27	655.902	25,227	119	4.58	3	0.12	4th	0.15
2016 ***	10	10	16	32	91	2.84	1,483,855	46,370	138	4.31	10	0.31	5	0.16
2019	5	6th	12	26th	60	2.31	797.277	30,665	116	4.45	2	0.08	5	0.19
Respective record

* Values ​​including the four qualifying games; in brackets without this.
** No final tournament in a host country.
*** Copa America Centenario - Contest special play.

Web links

• rsssf.com: The Copa América Archive (English)
• iffhs.de: Copa America - Statistics and Records (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Copa América 1916-2016 - Historical Records on RSSSF.com, July 6, 2016, accessed July 23, 2016
2. ↑ EL ORIGEN CATALÁN DE LA COPA AMÉRICA on sobrecesped.com, accessed on July 27, 2016
3. ↑ Eugenio Figueredo will attend the tribute to Héctor Rivadavia Gómez on conmebol.com, May 11, 2013, accessed on July 27, 2016
4. ↑ “Bolivia” para el segundo on correodelsur.com, July 4, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2016
5. ↑ Copa America 2020 for the first time in two countries. In: stadionwelt.de. April 11, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Japan was invited as a visiting team, but canceled because of the consequences of the Tōhoku earthquake on March 11 and the Fukushima nuclear disaster .