Copa América
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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 Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela.
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History overview
The Copa América is the oldest surviving national 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) and received the name used nowadays on 1975. Between 1975 and 1983 it had no host, and was held in a home-away fashion.
Since 1993, two teams from other Federations 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), and the United States (1993, 1995). For the Copa América 2001, Canada was an invitee, but on July 6, 2001 withdrew because of security concerns.
Most wins
- Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina and Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay: 14 times
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil: 7 times
- Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay and Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru: 2 times
- Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia and Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia: 1 time
Copa América tournaments
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.
Overall Statistics
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Eff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 353 | 169 | 107 | 32 | 30 | 415 | 162 | +253 | 69.6% |
| Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | 334 | 180 | 102 | 28 | 50 | 378 | 203 | +175 | 61.9% |
| Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 302 | 161 | 91 | 29 | 41 | 372 | 186 | +186 | 62.5% |
| Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | 208 | 149 | 59 | 31 | 59 | 234 | 262 | -28 | 46.5% |
| Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 183 | 159 | 52 | 27 | 80 | 244 | 286 | -42 | 38.4% |
| Image:Flag of Peru.svg Perú | 163 | 128 | 44 | 31 | 53 | 188 | 212 | -24 | 42.4% |
| Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia | 125 | 96 | 35 | 20 | 41 | 118 | 165 | -47 | 43.4% |
| Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia | 80 | 99 | 19 | 23 | 57 | 93 | 252 | -159 | 26.9% |
| Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador | 61 | 105 | 14 | 19 | 72 | 110 | 291 | -181 | 19.4% |
| Image:Flag of Mexico.png Mexico | 48 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 50.0% |
| Image:Flag of Costa Rica state.svg Costa Rica | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 33.3% |
| Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 55.6% |
| Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | 10 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 149 | -120 | 7.4% |
| Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 55.6% |
| Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 11.1% |
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