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The Copa América is the main national football competition of the CONMEBOL nations. It is normally held every two years, but the intervals may change.

The participating nations are Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Two invited teams from other confederations complete the 12-team field. As CONMEBOL only has the 10 members mentioned above, there is no qualification tournament. Neither is there a qualification tournament for invitees; they are invited on their own merits, such as winning matches on World Cup finals or qualification stages in their confederations. Since 1993, only Mexico has warranted invitations to every tournament.

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[edit] History overview

The Copa América is the oldest surviving international football competition in the world, as it was held for the first time between July 2 and July 17, 1916 as part of the commemorations of Argentina's independence centenary. The CONMEBOL was then founded during this event, on July 9 (Argentina's independence day). It is normally held every two years, but the intervals may change.

The tournament was previously known as Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones (South American Championship of National Teams) being South American Championship of Nations its official English language name. The competition received the name used nowadays on 1975. Between 1975 and 1983 it had no host nation, and was held in a home-away fashion. In 1984, the CONMEBOL adopted the policy of rotating the right to host the Copa América amongst the ten member confederations. The first rotation will be completed in 2007, when the competiton will take place in Venezuela.

Since 1993, two teams from other confederations (often preferably CONCACAF, as a lot of its members are geographically and culturally close to CONMEBOL's members) are also invited. So far, the invited teams have been Costa Rica (1997, 2001, 2004), Honduras (2001), Japan (1999), Mexico (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007), and the United States (1993, 1995, 2007). The USA has also been invited every year since 1997, but turned down the invitation due to scheduling conflicts with the USA's top professional league (MLS). However, on October 30, 2006, the US Soccer Federation accepted the invitation for participation in the 2007 tournament, ending a 12 year absence. For the Copa América 2001, Canada was an invitee, but on July 6, 2001 withdrew because of security concerns.

[edit] Copa América tournaments

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1916(1)
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1917
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1919
Details
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1 - 0
playoff
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1920
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1921
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1922
Details
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3 - 0
playoff
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
1923
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1924
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1925
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
(only three teams participated)
1926
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1927
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
----- Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg
Bolivia
1929
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
1935(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1937
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
2 - 0
playoff aet
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1939
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1941(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
----- Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
1942
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1945(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1946(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1947
Details
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1949
Details
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
7 - 0
playoff
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
----- Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg
Bolivia
1953
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
3 - 2
playoff
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
1955
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1956(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1957
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
1959
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
----- Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
1959(*)
Details
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg
Ecuador
1963
Details
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg
Bolivia
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1967
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
----- Image:Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1975
Details
----- Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
0 - 1
2 - 0
1 - 0
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
There were no 3rd and 4th place. Brazil and Uruguay share the 3rd place.
1979
Details
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
3 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 0
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
There were no 3rd and 4th place. Perú and Brazil share the 3rd place.
1983
Details
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
2 - 0
1 - 1
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
There were no 3rd and 4th place. Paraguay and Perú share the 3rd place.
1987
Details
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1 - 0 Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
2 - 1 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
1989
Details
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
----- Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay
1991
Details
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
----- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
----- Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
1993
Details
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
2 - 1 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
1 - 0 Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg
Ecuador
1995
Details
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
1 - 1 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
4 - 1 Image:Flag of the United States.svg
USA
5 - 3 on penalty shootout
1997
Details
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3 - 1 Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg
Bolivia
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
1 - 0 Image:Flag of Peru.svg
Perú
1999
Details
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
3 - 0 Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
2 - 1 Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile
2001
Details
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
1 - 0 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg
Honduras
2 - 2 Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
5 - 4 on penalty shootout
2004
Details
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2 - 2 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay
2 - 1 Image:Flag of Colombia.svg
Colombia
4 - 2 on penalty shootout
2007
Details
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela

1 There was no trophy being disputed on the 1916 tournament. It was disputed for the first time on the 1917 tournament.
* Although the trophy wasn't disputed nor handed to the winners, these competitions were organized -and considered official- by the CONMEBOL.

[edit] Overall Statistics

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Eff
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3531691073230415162+25369.6%
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3341801022850378203+17561.9%
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 302161912941372186+18662.5%
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 208149593159234262-2846.5%
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 183159522780244286-4238.4%
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú 163128443153188212-2442.4%
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 12596352041118165-4743.4%
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 809919235793252-15926.9%
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 61105141972110291-18119.4%
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 4832139104239+350.0%
Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica 11113261221-933.3%
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 10631275+255.6%
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1045173729149-1207.4%
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8622575+233.3%
Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan 1301238-511.1%

[edit] Most Copa América Champions

ChampionsNationYear(s)
14 times Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993
14 times Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995
7 times Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004
2 times Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1953, 1979
2 times Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1939, 1975
1 time Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia1963
1 time Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia2001

[edit] Most Copa América Hosts

HostsNationYear(s)
8 times Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1987
7 times Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1917, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1956, 1967, 1995
6 times Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile1920, 1926, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1991
6 times Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1927, 1935, 1939, 1953, 1957, 2004
4 times Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1919, 1922, 1949, 1989
3 times Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador1947, 1959, 1993
2 times Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia1963, 1997
1 time Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia2001
1 time Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1999
1 time Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 2007
3 times No Host 1975, 1979, 1983

[edit] See also

South American Youth Championship

[edit] External links

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