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{{short description|Association football tournament}}
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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = CONMEBOL Copa América
| image                = Logo de la Conmebol Copa Am%C3%A9rica.svg
| imagesize            = 260px
| organiser            = [[CONMEBOL]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1916}}
| region               = South America
| number of teams      = 16 ([[2024 Copa América|2024]])
| qualifier for        = [[Finalissima]]
| related comps        = [[Copa América Femenina]]
| current champions    = {{nowrap|{{fb|ARG}} (16th title)}}
| most successful team = {{fbaicon|ARG}} Argentina (16 titles)
| broadcasters         = 
| motto                = 
| website              = {{URL|https://copaamerica.com/en/|copaamerica.com}}
| current              = 
| American             = yes
}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Tournaments
| list  = 
* [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
* [[1917 South American Championship|1917]]
* [[1919 South American Championship|1919]]
* [[1920 South American Championship|1920]]
* [[1921 South American Championship|1921]]
* [[1922 South American Championship|1922]]
* [[1923 South American Championship|1923]]
* [[1924 South American Championship|1924]]
* [[1925 South American Championship|1925]]
* [[1926 South American Championship|1926]]
* [[1927 South American Championship|1927]]
* [[1929 South American Championship|1929]]
* [[1935 South American Championship|1935]]
* [[1937 South American Championship|1937]]
* [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
* [[1941 South American Championship|1941]]
* [[1942 South American Championship|1942]]
* [[1945 South American Championship|1945]]
* [[1946 South American Championship|1946]]
* [[1947 South American Championship|1947]]
* [[1949 South American Championship|1949]]
* [[1953 South American Championship|1953]]
* [[1955 South American Championship|1955]]
* [[1956 South American Championship|1956]]
* [[1957 South American Championship|1957]]
* [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959 {{resize|96%|(A)}}]]
* [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959 {{resize|96%|(E)}}]]
* [[1963 South American Championship|1963]]
* [[1967 South American Championship|1967]]
* [[1975 Copa América|1975]]
* [[1979 Copa América|1979]]
* [[1983 Copa América|1983]]
* [[1987 Copa América|1987]]
* [[1989 Copa América|1989]]
* [[1991 Copa América|1991]]
* [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
* [[1995 Copa América|1995]]
* [[1997 Copa América|1997]]
* [[1999 Copa América|1999]]
* [[2001 Copa América|2001]]
* [[2004 Copa América|2004]]
* [[2007 Copa América|2007]]
* [[2011 Copa América|2011]]
* [[2015 Copa América|2015]]
* [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
* [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
* [[2021 Copa América|2021]]
* [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
* ''[[2028 Copa América|2028]]''
}}

The '''CONMEBOL Copa América''' ({{langx|en|America's Cup}}; known until 1975 as the '''South American Football Championship'''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://biblioteca.afa.org.ar/libros/libro_84/ |title=X Campeonato Sud Americano de Football |publisher=Biblioteca de Fútbol Argentino |website=biblioteca.afa.org.ar |language=es| access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327063631/http://biblioteca.afa.org.ar/libros/libro_84/ |url-status=live}}</ref> often simply called the '''Copa America''', is the top men's quadrennial [[Association football|football]] tournament contested among [[List of men's national association football teams|national teams]] from [[South America]]. It is the oldest still-running continental football competition.<ref name="CopaAmericaOldestContTournament">{{cite web |url=http://www.conmebol.com/en/content/oldest-continental-tournament-world |title=The oldest main continental tournament in the world |publisher=CONMEBOL| access-date=3 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221011523/http://www.conmebol.com/en/content/oldest-continental-tournament-world|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> The competition determines the [[Continental football championships|champions]] of South America, minus [[Suriname national football team|Suriname]], [[Guyana national football team|Guyana]] and [[French Guiana national football team|French Guiana]].<ref name="CopaAmericaOldestContTournament" /><ref name="CopaAmericaToTheUS">{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-and-conmebol-announce-agreement-to-bring-copa-america-2016-to-the-united-states |title=CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Announce Agreement to Bring Copa America 2016 to the United States |publisher=CONCACAF |date=1 May 2014|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628021211/https://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-and-conmebol-announce-agreement-to-bring-copa-america-2016-to-the-united-states|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conmebol.com/en/copa-america-2015-en/history |title=Copa América: History |date=27 January 2015 |publisher=CONMEBOL |access-date=27 February 2015|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185844/http://www.conmebol.com/en/copa-america-2015-en/history|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1990s, teams from [[North America]] and [[Asia]] have also been invited to compete.

Eight of the ten [[CONMEBOL]] national teams have won the tournament at least once in its 48 stagings since the event's inauguration in 1916, with [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]] the only teams yet to win. [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] have the most championships in the tournament's history, with 16 cups. The country that hosted the tournament the most times (nine editions) is Argentina, including the inaugural edition in 1916. The [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] is the only non-CONMEBOL country that hosted the event, having done so in both [[Copa América Centenario|2016]] and [[2024 Copa América|2024]]. On three occasions (in [[1975 Copa América|1975]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]], and [[1983 Copa América|1983]]), the tournament was held in multiple South American countries.

Since 1993, the tournament has generally featured 12 teams — all 10 CONMEBOL teams and two additional teams from other confederations. [[Mexican national football team|Mexico]] participated in every tournament between 1993 and 2016, with one additional team drawn from [[CONCACAF]], except for [[1999 Copa América|1999]], when [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] team [[Japanese national football team|Japan]] filled out the 12-team roster, and [[2019 Copa América|2019]], which featured Japan and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]. The [[Copa América Centenario|2016]] and [[2024 Copa América|2024]] tournaments both featured 16 teams, with six teams from CONCACAF in addition to the 10 from CONMEBOL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ca2016.com/teams |title=Teams &#124; COPA America Centenario &#124; USA 2016 |website=ca2016.com |publisher=|access-date=22 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522133418/http://www.ca2016.com/teams |archive-date=22 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.concacaf.com/news/conmebol-and-concacaf-sign-strategic-collaboration-agreement/ | title=CONMEBOL and Concacaf sign strategic collaboration agreement | date=27 January 2023 |publisher=CONCACAF}}</ref>

== History ==
===South American Football Championship era (1916–1967)===
==== Beginnings (1916–1929)====
[[File:Uruguay 1916.jpg|thumb|left|The first edition was held in 1916 and won by Uruguay (pictured)]]
The first football team in South America, [[Lima Cricket and Football Club]], was established in [[Peru]] in 1859,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket Peru |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/associate/peru |website=ICC |publisher=ICC Cricket |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> and the [[Argentine Football Association]] was founded in 1893. By the early 20th century, football was growing in popularity, and the first international competition held among national teams of the continent occurred in [[1910 Copa América (unofficial)|1910]]<ref>{{cite news |title=A brief history of … the Copa América, the tournament with a special kind of beauty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/17/copa-america-brief-history-conmebol |work=The Guardian |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=18 June 2024 |last1=Murray |first1=Scott}}</ref> when [[Argentina]] organized an event to commemorate the centenary of the [[May Revolution]]. [[Chile national football team|Chile]] and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] participated, but this event is not considered official by [[CONMEBOL]]. Similarly, for the centennial celebration of its independence, Argentina held [[1916 South American Championship|a tournament]] between 2 and 17 July 1916 with Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] being the first participants of the tournament. This so-called ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Football'' would be the first edition of what is currently known as Copa América; Uruguay would triumph in this first edition after tying 0–0 with hosts Argentina in the deciding, last match held in [[Estadio Alsina y Colón|Estadio Racing Club]] in [[Avellaneda]].

Seeing the success of the tournament, a boardmember of the [[Uruguayan Football Association]], [[Héctor Rivadavia Gómez|Héctor Rivadavia]], proposed the establishment of a confederation of the associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Se cumplen 100 años de la visionaria idea de Héctor Rivadavia Gómez |url=https://www.conmebol.com/noticias/se-cumplen-100-anos-de-la-visionaria-idea-de-hector-rivadavia-gomez/ |website=CONMEBOL |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> On 9 July, [[Argentine Declaration of Independence|independence day]] in Argentina, CONMEBOL was founded. [[1917 South American Championship|The following year]], the competition was played again, this time in Uruguay. Uruguay would win the title again to win their ''bicampeonato'' after defeating Argentina 1–0 in the last match of the tournament. The success of the tournament on ''Charrúan'' soil would help consolidate the tournament.

[[File:Brazil-CopaAmerica-1919.jpg|thumb|Brazil achieved its first championship in 1919]]
After a [[Influenza|flu outbreak]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]] canceled the tournament in 1918,<ref>{{cite web |title=History provides hope that Copa America can come back stronger after coronavirus-forced postponement |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37582386/history-provides-hope-copa-america-come-back-stronger-coronavirus-forced-postponement |website=ESPN |date=17 March 2020 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> Brazil hosted the tournament in [[1919 South American Championship|1919]] and was crowned champion for the first time after defeating the defending champions 1–0 in a playoff match to decide the title, while the [[Chile]]an city of [[Viña del Mar]] would host the [[1920 South American Championship|1920]] event which was won by Uruguay.

For the [[1921 South American Championship|1921]] event, [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] participated for the first time after its [[Paraguayan Football Association|football association]] affiliated to CONMEBOL earlier that same year. Argentina won the competition for the first time thanks to the goals of [[Julio Libonatti]]. In subsequent years, Uruguay would dominate the tournament, which at that time was the largest football tournament in the world. Argentina, however, would not be far behind and disputed the supremacy with the ''Charruas''. After losing the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Gold medal match|1928 final]] at the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Amsterdam]], Argentina would gain revenge in the [[1929 South American Championship]] by defeating the Uruguayans in the last, decisive match. During this period, both [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]] and [[Peru national football team|Peru]] debuted in the tournament in [[1926 South American Championship|1926]] and [[1927 South American Championship|1927]], respectively.

==== Disorganization and intermittency (1930–1967) ====
After the first [[1930 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] held in Uruguay in 1930, the enmity between the football federations of Uruguay and Argentina prevented the competition from being played for a number of years. Only in 1935 was it possible to dispute a [[1935 South American Championship|special edition]] of the event to be officially reinstated in [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]. [[Peru]] became the host nation of the 1939 edition and won the competition for the first time. [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] made their debut at that tournament.

In 1941, Chile hosted that year's [[1941 South American Championship|edition]] in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] for which the capacity of the newly built [[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]] was expanded from 30,000 to 70,000 spectators. Despite the large investment and initial success of the team, the Chileans would be defeated in the last match by eventual champions Argentina. Uruguay hosted and won the [[1942 South American Championship|1942 edition]]. Chile would host again in [[1945 South American Championship|1945]], and came close to playing for the title against Argentina.  However, Brazil spoiled that possibility, and Argentina would win the tournament once again on Chilean soil.

[[File:Argentina Copa América 1957.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Carasucias'' ("dirty faces"), a name that was known for the Argentina squad that won the 1957 championship held in Peru]]
The event then entered a period of great disruption. The championship was not played on a regular basis and many editions would be deemed unofficial, only to be considered valid later on by CONMEBOL. For example, Argentina would be the first (and so far only) team to win three consecutive titles by winning the championships of 1945, [[1946 South American Championship|1946]] and [[1947 South American Championship|1947]]. After those three annual tournaments, the competition returned to being held every two years, then three and later four. There were even two tournaments held in 1959, one in [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|Argentina]] and a second in [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|Ecuador]]. During this period, some of the national teams were indifferent to the tournament. Some did not participate every year, others sent lesser teams; in the 1959 edition held in Ecuador, Brazil entered a team from the state of [[Pernambuco]]. Bolivia won for the first time when it hosted in [[1963 South American Championship|1963]], but was defeated in the first game of the [[1967 South American Championship|1967 tournament]] by debutant [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]]. The founding of the [[Copa Libertadores]] in [[History of the Copa Libertadores#The dawn to the Copa Libertadores|1959]] also affected the way the tournament was viewed by its participants.

=== Copa América era (1975–present) ===
==== Renewal, name and format change (1975–1987) ====
After eight years of absence, the event resumed in [[1975 Copa América|1975]] and officially acquired the name ''Copa América''. The tournament had no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. Nine teams participated in the group stages with the defending champions receiving a bye into the semifinals. The tournament was contested every four years using this system until 1987. It also no longer held the [[round-robin tournament]] format and instead incorporated a group stage, knockout round and a final.

==== Host rotation (1987–2015) ====
[[File:Valderrama maradona saludo.jpg|thumb|[[Carlos Valderrama]] and [[Diego Maradona]] greeting before the Argentina v Colombia match in 1987]]
In 1986, CONMEBOL decided to return to having one country host the tournament and to contest it every other year. From [[1987 Copa América|1987]] until [[2001 Copa América|2001]], the event was hosted every two years in rotation by the ten members of the confederation. The format would remain constant with a first round of groups, but the final round stage ranged from being a new, final [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin group]] or a [[Single-elimination tournament|single-elimination]] system to decide the winner. This renewal helped the tournament, which began to receive television coverage in Europe and North America. The [[1987 Copa América]] was held in Argentina; this was the first time the nation had hosted an edition in 28 years. Despite entering as heavy favorites for being the reigning [[FIFA World Cup|world champions]] (having won the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]), playing at home and having a team largely composed of its World Cup winners led by the legendary [[Diego Maradona]], Argentina would finish in a disappointing fourth place after being beaten by [[1983 Copa América|defending champions]] Uruguay 0–1 in the semifinals. Uruguay would defeat a surprisingly strong Chilean squad who made it to the final, disposing of the powerful Brazil 4–0 on the group stage.

Brazil lifted its first official international title since the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] upon winning the [[1989 Copa América]] held on home soil. Argentina, in turn, won the Copa América after 32 long years in [[1991 Copa América|1991]] in Chile, thanks to a refreshed squad led by the prolific goalscorer [[Gabriel Batistuta]]. The [[1993 Copa América]] tournament in Ecuador would take its current form. Along with the usual ten teams, CONMEBOL invited two countries from [[CONCACAF]] to participate, Mexico and the United States.

Uruguay managed to win the competition in [[1995 Copa América|1995]] as host, ending a period of decline for Uruguayan football. With the implementation of rotating hosts, [[Colombia]], Paraguay and [[Venezuela]] hosted the tournament for the first time. Brazil entered a series of victories, winning four of the five continental titles between 1997 and 2007. The first, in [[1997 Copa América|1997]], was won after defeating host nation Bolivia 1–3 with goals from [[Leonardo Araújo|Leonardo]], [[Denílson de Oliveira Araújo|Denílson]] and [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] becoming crucial in the ''Verde-Amarela'''s consecration on [[Bolivia]]'s altitude. Brazil would successfully defend the title in [[Copa América 1999|1999]] after thumping Uruguay 3–0 in [[Asunción]], Paraguay. However, the [[2001 Copa América]] saw one of the biggest surprises of the history of the sport as [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] eliminated Brazil in the quarterfinals. Colombia, the host nation, would go on to win the competition for the first time ever.

[[File:Brazil vs. Uruguay Semifinals Copa América 2007 - 2.jpg|thumb|Aftermath of a match in the [[2007 Copa América]], held for the first time in [[Venezuela]].]]
From 2001 to 2007, the tournament was contested every three years, and from 2007 forward every four years, with the exception of the tournament's centennial in 2016.

Running from an embarrassing performance in 2001, Brazil reestablished itself in the South American pantheon after defeating Argentina, on penalties, in order to win the [[2004 Copa América|2004 competition]] held in Peru. [[2007 Copa América|Three years later]], the two teams met again in the final, this time in Venezuela. Once again, Brazil came out victorious after crushing Argentina 3–0.

Argentina hosted the [[2011 Copa América|2011 competition]] and was ousted by Uruguay in the quarterfinals by penalty shootout. Uruguay would go on defeating Peru 2–0 in the semis to reach the finals and overpower Paraguay 3–0, thus winning the trophy on Argentinean soil for the third time and second in a row. This, the 43rd edition, was the first time that neither Argentina nor Brazil reached the semifinals of a tournament they both had entered.

The [[2015 Copa América|2015 competition]] was hosted in Chile, who swapped hosting positions with Brazil in light of the latter's hosting of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 March 2012 |title=Brazil passes hosting of 2015 Copa America to Chile |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/26/sport/football/football-copa-brazil-chile/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> Chile went on to win the tournament, their first title, on home soil.

==== Centenary and beyond (2016–present) ====
In 2016, the centenary of the tournament was celebrated with the [[Copa América Centenario]] tournament hosted in the United States; the tournament was the first to be hosted outside of [[South America]] and had an expanded field of 16 teams from CONMEBOL and CONCACAF. During the tournament, media outlets reported that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF were negotiating a merger of the Copa América with the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]], the latter's continental tournament held every two years, with the United States hosting regular tournaments; [[United States Soccer Federation]] president [[Sunil Gulati]] called the report inaccurate, saying that no such discussion had taken place and that a new tournament would have to be established.<ref>{{cite news |last=Butler |first=Alex |date=8 June 2016 |title=Copa America 2016: Contradicting reports surface on U.S. becoming permanent home |url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/Soccer/2016/06/08/Copa-America-2016-Contradicting-reports-surface-on-US-becoming-permanent-home/8661465403246/ |work=[[United Press International]] |access-date=10 June 2016 |archive-date=8 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608185648/http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/Soccer/2016/06/08/Copa-America-2016-Contradicting-reports-surface-on-US-becoming-permanent-home/8661465403246/ |url-status=live}}</ref> For the second time, Chile won the trophy in a penalty shoot-out.<ref>{{cite news |last=Timms |first=Aaron |date=26 June 2016 |title=Chile win Copa América once again as Argentina title drought continues |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/26/chile-win-copa-america-argentina-match-report-penalty-shoot-out |work=The Guardian |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> The 2016 edition broke tournament records for attendance, with 1.5&nbsp;million total spectators and an average of 46,000 per match through the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baxter |first=Kevin |date=23 June 2016 |title=Centenario edition is most successful Copa America in history |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-usa-copa-america-20160623-snap-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref>

Brazil hosted the 2019 edition, which was played in the normal four-year cycle, and won their ninth title by defeating Peru in the final at the renovated [[Maracanã Stadium]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=7 July 2019 |title=Brazil Shows Character, Quality in Winning Copa America, Restoring Faith |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/07/07/brazil-wins-copa-america-title-peru-tite-gabriel-jesus-neymar |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> CONMEBOL approved a permanent switch from odd to even years beginning with the [[2020 Copa América]] to move in line with the [[UEFA European Championship]], which would be jointly hosted by Argentina and Colombia and split into two groups.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vickery |first=Tim |date=5 December 2019 |title=Copa America reboot features five group games, lots of travel and move to even years |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37579492/copa-america-reboot-features-five-group-games-lots-travel-move-even-years |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> The tournament was postponed by a year due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and lost two invited teams from Asia—[[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]—due to fixture congestion.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 February 2021 |title=Football: Australia, Qatar pull out of 2021 Copa America |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-australia-qatar-pull-out-of-2021-copa-america |work=[[The Straits Times]] |agency=Reuters |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> Colombia requested that the tournament be moved to November 2021 due to [[2021 Colombian protests|widespread protests]] and increased COVID-19 cases, but withdrew after CONMEBOL rejected a second postponement.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 May 2021 |title=Copa America: Colombia will no longer co-host tournament after widespread protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57197426 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> 13 days prior to the opening match, the entire tournament was moved to Brazil due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in Argentina.<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |date=31 May 2021 |title=Copa America moves to Brazil after Argentina dropped as hosts just 13 days before tournament start |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/argentina-copa-america-hosts-brazil-b938071.html |work=[[Evening Standard]] |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref> The 2021 Copa América was played by 10 teams with [[behind closed doors (sport)|no spectators]] at most matches due to the pandemic; the [[2021 Copa América final|final]] at the Maracanã was limited to 10&nbsp;percent of capacity. Argentina won their first title in 28 years by defeating Brazil in the final.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Creditor |first=Avi |date=10 July 2021 |title=Messi and Argentina Finally Have Their Peace |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2021/07/11/messi-argentina-copa-america-title-final-brazil-neymar |magazine=Sports Illustrated |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref>

CONMEBOL and CONCACAF signed a collaborative partnership agreement in January 2023 that included the United States being selected as host for the [[2024 Copa América]], which would feature six CONCACAF teams. The tournament would share some venues with the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]], which is planned to be co-hosted by the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stejskal |first1=Sam |last2=Linehan |first2=Meg |date=27 January 2023 |title=The CONCACAF/CONMEBOL partnership: Everything we know so far — Copa America, W Gold Cup and beyond |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4132578/2023/01/27/concacaf-conmebol-copa-america-gold-cup/ |work=[[The Athletic]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Vertelney |first=Seth |date=27 January 2023 |title=The 2024 Copa America is coming to the United States |url=https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/2023/01/27/2024-copa-america-usa/ |work=[[USA Today]] |department=Pro Soccer Wire |accessdate=13 September 2023}}</ref>

== Hosts ==
[[File:Copa America hosts.svg|upright=0.97|thumb|right|Map of CONMEBOL members, by their times hosted as of 2024]]
In 1984, CONMEBOL adopted the policy of rotating the right to host the Copa América amongst the ten member confederations. The first rotation was completed following the [[2007 Copa América]] which took place in Venezuela. A second rotation commenced in 2011, with host countries rotating in alphabetical order, starting with Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61730&slangab=E |title=Copa América: a new cycle begins and the revolving calendar remains |date=21 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205191359/http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61730&slangab=E |archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref> Chile, Mexico and the United States expressed interest in hosting the next tournament, but the CONMEBOL Executive Committee decided to continue the execution of the rotation, giving priority of the organization to each of its member associations; each association confirms whether they will host an edition or not, having no obligation to do so. Argentina confirmed on 24 November 2008, via representatives of the Argentine Football Association, that it would host the [[2011 Copa América]].

The 2015 Copa América was due to be held in Brazil following the order of rotation. However, as Brazil was hosting both the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], the decision was reconsidered. Although CONMEBOL President Nicolas Leoz proposed hosting the continental tournament in Mexico (a member of the CONCACAF federation) and board members Brazil and Chile discussed the possibility of exchanging the 2015 and 2019 tournaments, it was decided and confirmed by the CBF in February 2011 that the 2015 Copa América would remain in Brazil. However, in March 2012, CBF president [[Ricardo Teixeira]] resigned from his position and the CBF agreed to swap the tournament's hosting with Chile. The swap was made official in May 2012. The centennial edition of the tournament, [[Copa América Centenario]], took place in June 2016, and was held in the United States.<ref name="US2016">{{cite web |title=Reunión de Presidentes y el C. Ejecutivo |url=http://wp1.conmebol.com/asociaciones/Reunion-de-Presidentes-y-Comite-Ejec.-20121024-0005.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102075444/http://wp1.conmebol.com/asociaciones/Reunion-de-Presidentes-y-Comite-Ejec.-20121024-0005.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |publisher=CONMEBOL.com |access-date=24 October 2012 |date=24 October 2012}}</ref> The Copa América Centenario marked the first time the tournament was hosted by a non-CONMEBOL nation.

Each Copa América since 2005 has had its own [[mascot]]. ''Gardelito'', the mascot for the 1987 competition, was the first [[Copa América mascot]].
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|{{flag|Argentina|size=23px}}
|9 ([[1916 South American Championship|1916]], [[1921 South American Championship|1921]], [[1925 South American Championship|1925]], [[1929 South American Championship|1929]], [[1937 South American Championship|1937]], [[1946 South American Championship|1946]], [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]], [[1987 Copa América|1987]], [[2011 Copa América|2011]])
|-
|{{flag|Uruguay|size=23px}}
|7 ([[1917 South American Championship|1917]], [[1923 South American Championship|1923]], [[1924 South American Championship|1924]], [[1942 South American Championship|1942]], [[1956 South American Championship|1956]], [[1967 South American Championship|1967]], [[1995 Copa América|1995]])
|-
|{{flag|Chile|size=23px}}
|7 ([[1920 South American Championship|1920]], [[1926 South American Championship|1926]], [[1941 South American Championship|1941]], [[1945 South American Championship|1945]], [[1955 South American Championship|1955]], [[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[2015 Copa América|2015]])
|-
|{{flag|Brazil|size=23px}}
|6 ([[1919 South American Championship|1919]], [[1922 South American Championship|1922]], [[1949 South American Championship|1949]], [[1989 Copa América|1989]], [[2019 Copa América|2019]], [[2021 Copa América|2021]])
|-
|{{flag|Peru|football|size=23px}}
|6 ([[1927 South American Championship|1927]], [[1935 South American Championship|1935]], [[1939 South American Championship|1939]], [[1953 South American Championship|1953]], [[1957 South American Championship|1957]], [[2004 Copa América|2004]])
|-
|{{flag|Ecuador|size=23px}}
|3 ([[1947 South American Championship|1947]], [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]])
|-
|{{flag|Bolivia|size=23px}}
|2 ([[1963 South American Championship|1963]], [[1997 Copa América|1997]])
|-
|{{flag|United States|size=23px}}<sup>C</sup>
|2 ([[2016 Copa América Centenario|2016]], [[2024 Copa América|2024]])
|-
|{{flag|Paraguay|size=23px}}
|1 ([[1999 Copa América|1999]])
|-
|{{flag|Colombia|size=23px}}
|1 ([[2001 Copa América|2001]])
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela|size=23px}}
|1 ([[2007 Copa América|2007]])
|-
|home-and-away basis
|3 ([[1975 Copa América|1975]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]], [[1983 Copa América|1983]])
|} {{clear}}
:<div id="1">''<sup>C</sup> = non-CONMEBOL host.''</div>

== Format and rules ==
In early tournaments all teams competed in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] stage, while later ones saw the teams were split into different groups followed by a [[Single-elimination tournament|single-elimination]] knockout stage.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan=2 width=60| Year
!rowspan=2| Teams
!colspan=2| Matches
!rowspan=2| Format
|-
! {{abbr|Min.|Minimum possible matches, if no play-offs had taken place}}
! {{abbr|Act.|Actual number of matches, including all play-offs}}
|-
! [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|rowspan=5| round-robin group of 4
|-
! [[1917 South American Championship|1917]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1919 South American Championship|1919]]
! 4
! 6
! 7
|-
! [[1920 South American Championship|1920]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1921 South American Championship|1921]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1922 South American Championship|1922]]
! 5
! 10
! 11
| round-robin group of 5
|-
! [[1923 South American Championship|1923]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 4
|-
! [[1924 South American Championship|1924]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1925 South American Championship|1925]]
! 3
!colspan=2| 6
| double round-robin group of 3
|-
! [[1926 South American Championship|1926]]
! 5
!colspan=2| 10
| round-robin group of 5
|-
! [[1927 South American Championship|1927]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|rowspan=3| round-robin group of 4
|-
! [[1929 South American Championship|1929]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1935 South American Championship|1935]]
! 4
!colspan=2| 6
|-
! [[1937 South American Championship|1937]]
! 6
! 15
! 16
| round-robin group of 6
|-
! [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
! 5
!colspan=2| 10
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 5
|-
! [[1941 South American Championship|1941]]
! 5
!colspan=2| 10
|-
! [[1942 South American Championship|1942]]
! 7
!colspan=2| 21
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 7
|-
! [[1945 South American Championship|1945]]
! 7
!colspan=2| 21
|-
! [[1946 South American Championship|1946]]
! 6
!colspan=2| 15
| round-robin group of 6
|-
! [[1947 South American Championship|1947]]
! 8
!colspan=2| 28
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 8
|-
! [[1949 South American Championship|1949]]
! 8
! 28
! 29
|-
! [[1953 South American Championship|1953]]
! 7
! 21
! 22
| round-robin group of 7
|-
! [[1955 South American Championship|1955]]
! 6
!colspan=2| 15
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 6
|-
! [[1956 South American Championship|1956]]
! 6
!colspan=2| 15
|-
! [[1957 South American Championship|1957]]
! 7
!colspan=2| 21
|rowspan=2| round-robin group of 7
|-
! {{nowrap|[[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959 (A)]]}}
! 7
!colspan=2| 21
|-
! {{nowrap|[[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959 (E)]]}}
! 5
!colspan=2| 10
| round-robin group of 5
|-
! [[1963 South American Championship|1963]]
! 7
!colspan=2| 21
| round-robin group of 7
|-
! [[1967 South American Championship|1967]]
! 6
!colspan=2| 15
| round-robin group of 6
|-
! [[1975 Copa América|1975]]
! 10
! 24
! 25
|rowspan=3| 3 groups of 3, semi-finals,{{efn-la|name=sf|Title holders joined from the semi-finals.}} final <br /> (two-legged matches throughout the tournament)
|-
! [[1979 Copa América|1979]]
! 10
! 24
! 25
|-
! [[1983 Copa América|1983]]
! 10
!colspan=2| 24
|-
! [[1987 Copa América|1987]]
! 10
!colspan=2| 13
| 3 groups of 3, semi-finals,{{efn-la|name=sf}} 3rd-place match, final
|-
! [[1989 Copa América|1989]]
! 10
!colspan=2| 26
|rowspan=2| 2 groups of 5, final round-robin group of 4
|-
! [[1991 Copa América|1991]]
! 10
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|rowspan=9| 3 groups of 4, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd-place match, final
|-
! [[1995 Copa América|1995]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[1997 Copa América|1997]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[1999 Copa América|1999]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[2001 Copa América|2001]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[2004 Copa América|2004]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[2007 Copa América|2007]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[2011 Copa América|2011]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[2015 Copa América|2015]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
|-
! [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
! 16
!colspan=2| 32
| 4 groups of 4, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd-place match, final
|-
! [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
! 12
!colspan=2| 26
| 3 groups of 4, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd-place match, final
|-
! [[2021 Copa América|2021]]
! 10
!colspan=2| 28
| 2 groups of 5, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd-place match, final
|-
! [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
! 16
!colspan=2| 32
| 4 groups of 4, quarter-finals, semi-finals, 3rd-place match, final
|}

;Notes
{{notelist}}

The tournament was previously known as ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Futbol'' (South American Championship of Football). ''South American Championship of Nations'' was the official English language name. The current name has been used since 1975. Up to 1967 if there was a tie of points at the top of the standings, a playoff match (or matches) would be held to determine the champion. Between 1975 and 1983 it had no fixed host nation, and was held in a home and away fashion. The current final tournament features 12 national teams competing over a month in the host nation. There are two phases: the group stage followed by the knockout stage. In the group stage, teams compete within three groups of four teams each. Three teams are seeded, including the hosts, with the other seeded teams selected using a formula based on the [[FIFA World Rankings]]. The other teams are assigned to different "pots", usually based also on the FIFA Rankings, and teams in each pot are drawn at random to the three groups.

Each group plays a [[round-robin tournament]], in which each team is scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. In earlier tournaments, the last round of matches of each group were not scheduled at the same time unlike many tournaments around the world for unknown reasons, although more recent tournaments have adopted this rule. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Points are used to rank the teams within a group. Beginning in [[1995 Copa América|1995]], [[Three points for a win|three points have been awarded for a win]], one for a draw and none for a loss (before, winners received two points).

The ranking of each team in each group is determined as follows:
:a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
:b) [[goal difference]] in all group matches;
:c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,
their rankings are determined as follows:
:d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
:e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
:f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
:g) drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organizing Committee (i.e. at random).

The knockout stage is a [[single-elimination tournament]] in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with [[penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootouts]] used to decide the winner if a match is still tied after 90 minutes in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and after [[extra time]] in the final. It begins with the quarter-finals, then semi-finals, the [[third place playoff|third-place match]] (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final.

== Participating teams ==
All registered national federations of CONMEBOL, of which there currently are ten, are eligible for automatic berths in the tournament. Since the competition's rebranding in 1975, there has been only one occasion when one of those teams missed out on a tournament: Argentina withdrew from the [[2001 Copa América|2001 edition]] due to scheduling and security disagreements.

Owing to this somewhat limited number of available participants, countries from other continents have usually been invited to make up the 12 teams necessary for the current tournament format since 1993. Most often those have been from [[CONCACAF]], whose members are geographically and culturally close. For the centennial edition in [[Copa América Centenario|2016]] and for the one in [[2024 Copa América|2024]], reflecting the number of teams being increased to 16, qualification stages were held for the CONCACAF teams.

In all, ten non-South American nations have participated in Copa América at least once: CONCACAF members [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]], [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], [[Haiti national football team|Haiti]], [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], [[Panama national football team|Panama]], and the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], as well as [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] members [[Japan national football team|Japan]] and [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]. Two other teams, [[China national football team|China]] and [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]], had accepted invitations respectively for 2015 and 2021, but both did not end up appearing because of clashes with other commitments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/china-accept-2015-copa-america-invitation-4010164#.UxQprfmSyB4 |title=China accept 2015 Copa America invitation |publisher=tribalfootball.com |date=3 March 2014|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003328/http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/china-accept-2015-copa-america-invitation-4010164#.UxQprfmSyB4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bbs.hupu.com/9330694.html |title=足协正式拒绝美洲杯：冲世界杯 紧 |language=zh |publisher=Hupu.com |date=19 April 2014|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420001852/http://bbs.hupu.com/9330694.html|archive-date=20 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/football-australia-confirms-socceroos-withdrawal-copa-america |title=Football Australia confirms Socceroos' withdrawal from Copa America |work=[[Football Australia]] |date=23 February 2021 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612000233/https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/football-australia-confirms-socceroos-withdrawal-copa-america |url-status=live}}</ref> Moreover, [[Spain national football team|Spain]] was invited to the 2011 edition but declined to participate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/431027/Deportes/Japon-Copa-America.html |title=Japón se Copa en América |date=14 April 2011 |access-date=3 April 2012 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318074326/http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/431027/Deportes/Japon-Copa-America.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Team records ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
;Regular participants
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Team
! Appearances <br /> as of 2024
!width=50| First
|-
|align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| 44
| [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|BOL}}
| 29
| [[1926 South American Championship|1926]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| 38
| [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|CHI}}
| 41
| [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|COL}}
| 24
| [[1945 South American Championship|1945]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|ECU}}
| 30
| [[1939 South American Championship|1939]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|PAR}}
| 39
| [[1921 South American Championship|1921]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|PER}}
| 34
| [[1927 South American Championship|1927]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|URU}}
| 46
| [[1916 South American Championship|1916]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|VEN}}
| 20
| [[1967 South American Championship|1967]]
|}
{{col-break}}
;Invitees
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|-
! Team
! Appearances
!width=50| First
!width=50| Latest
|-
| colspan="4"|'''CONCACAF'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|CAN}}
| 1
|colspan=2| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|CRC}}
| 6
| [[1997 Copa América|1997]]
| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|HAI}}
| 1
|colspan=2| [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|HON}}
| 1
|colspan=2| [[2001 Copa América|2001]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|JAM}}
| 3
| [[2015 Copa América|2015]]
| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]

|-
|align=left| {{fb|MEX}}
| 11
| [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|PAN}}
| 2
| [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]

|-
|align=left| {{fb|USA}}
| 5
| [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
| [[2024 Copa América|2024]]
|-
| colspan="4"|'''AFC'''
|-
|align=left| {{fb|JPN}}
| 2
| [[1999 Copa América|1999]]
| [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
|-
|align=left| {{fb|QAT}}
| 1
|colspan=2| [[2019 Copa América|2019]]
|}
{{col-end}}

== Trophies ==
{{Main|Copa América trophy}}
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The Copa América trophy, which is awarded to the winners of the tournament, was donated to the Association by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] of Argentina, Ernesto Bosch, in [[1910 Copa América (unofficial)|1910]], when Argentina organized an event to commemorate the centenary of the [[May Revolution]]. That competition (also attended by [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] and [[Chile national football team|Chile]]) was named "Copa del Centenario" (Centennial Cup).<ref name=barnade>"Una historia que cumple 100 años" by Oscar Barnade, ''Clarín'', 6 June 2016</ref>

The current Copa América trophy was purchased in 1916 from "Casa Escasany", a jewelry shop in [[Buenos Aires]], at the cost of 3,000 [[Swiss franc]]s.<ref>[http://www.sobrecesped.com/2015/07/el-origen-catalan-de-la-copa-america_2.html "El origen catalán de la Copa América"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727012111/http://www.sobrecesped.com/2015/07/el-origen-catalan-de-la-copa-america_2.html |date=27 July 2016 }}, Sobre Césped.com</ref>

The Copa América trophy is a {{cvt|9|kg|0}} weight and {{cvt|77|cm|0}} tall silver ornament, with a 3-level wooden base which contains several plaques. The plaques are engraved with every winner of the competition, as well as the edition won.<ref>[http://www.deperu.com/abc/torneos-internacionales/1946/trofeo-de-la-copa-america "Trofeo de la Copa América"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715020124/http://www.deperu.com/abc/torneos-internacionales/1946/trofeo-de-la-copa-america |date=15 July 2014 }} on DePeru.com</ref> The trophy previously had a one- and two-level base {{Citation needed|reason=Lacking reference for the one or two tier bases|date=June 2021}}, and prior to 1979 there was no base at all,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://copaamerica.com/en/history/ |title=History of Copa America |access-date=15 June 2021 |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616200735/https://copaamerica.com/en/history/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> like the one used in [[1975 Copa América|1975]].

In April 2016, a commemorative trophy – specifically designed for the [[Copa América Centenario]] – was introduced at the [[Colombian Football Federation]] headquarters of [[Bogotá]] to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the competition.<ref>[http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolinternacional/fue-presentado-bogota-el-trofeo-de-copa-america-centena-articulo-629719 "Fue presentado en Bogotá el trofeo de la Copa América Centenario"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506155756/http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolinternacional/fue-presentado-bogota-el-trofeo-de-copa-america-centena-articulo-629719 |date=6 May 2016 }}, ''El Espectador'', 28 April 2016</ref> The trophy was based on the original Copa América trophy's shape, added with the 2016 edition logo. The trophy was not to have a base. The CAC was {{cvt|61|cm|0}} tall with a weight of {{cvt|7.1|kg|lb}}, covered by 24-carat gold. The emblems of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF were also engraved on its body.<ref>[http://es.ca2016.com/article/copa-america-centenario-la-historia-de-los-dos-trofeos "Copa América Centenario: La historia de los dos trofeos"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624233851/http://es.ca2016.com/article/copa-america-centenario-la-historia-de-los-dos-trofeos |date=24 June 2016 }}, Copa América website</ref>

The commemorative Copa América Centenario trophy was designed by Epico Studios in the United States and manufactured by London Workshops of Thomas Lyte in England.<ref>[http://www.elcolombiano.com/copa-america-centenario-2016/el-trofeo-de-la-copa-america-centenario-YF4272562 "Este es el trofeo que se llevará el ganador de la Copa América"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610142342/http://www.elcolombiano.com/copa-america-centenario-2016/el-trofeo-de-la-copa-america-centenario-YF4272562 |date=10 June 2016 }}, El Colombiano, 2 June 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.infobae.com/2016/04/28/1807804-asi-es-el-trofeo-la-copa-america-centenario/ "Así es el trofeo de la Copa América Centenario"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505081257/http://www.infobae.com/2016/04/28/1807804-asi-es-el-trofeo-la-copa-america-centenario |date=5 May 2016 }}, Infobae, 28 April 2016</ref> The winning team will keep the trophy in perpetuity.

Apart from the main trophy, the "Copa Bolivia" (a small trophy made in silver) has been awarded to the runner-up of the competition since the [[1997 Copa América|1997]] edition.<ref>[http://correodelsur.com/deporte/20150704_bolivia-para-el-segundo.html "'Bolivia' para el segundo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727021415/http://correodelsur.com/deporte/20150704_bolivia-para-el-segundo.html |date=27 July 2016 }}, Correo del Sur, 4 July 2015</ref> The trophy is named after the country that hosted the 1997 Copa América, with a small [[Flag of Bolivia|Bolivian flag]] attached on one of its sides.<ref>[http://ovaciondeportes.com/uncategorized/enterate-por-que-el-trofeo-de-subcampeon-tiene-una-bandera-de-bolivia/ "Entérate por qué el trofeo de subcampeón tiene una bandera de Bolivia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606170539/http://ovaciondeportes.com/uncategorized/enterate-por-que-el-trofeo-de-subcampeon-tiene-una-bandera-de-bolivia/ |date=6 June 2016 }}, Ovación Deportes, 5 July 2016</ref>

== Results ==
{{See also|List of Copa América finals}}
{{Copa América Champions}}
==Teams reaching the top four==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=150px| Team
! width=400px| Title(s)
! width=400px| Runners-up
! width=400px| Third place
! width=400px| Fourth place
|-
|{{fb|ARG}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|'''16''' ([[1921 South American Championship|1921]][[#2|*]], [[1925 South American Championship|1925]][[#2|*]], [[1927 South American Championship|1927]], [[1929 South American Championship|1929]][[#2|*]], [[1937 South American Championship|1937]][[#2|*]], [[1941 South American Championship|1941]], [[1945 South American Championship|1945]], [[1946 South American Championship|1946]][[#2|*]], [[1947 South American Championship|1947]], [[1955 South American Championship|1955]], [[1957 South American Championship|1957]], [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]][[#2|*]], [[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]], [[2021 Copa América|2021]], [[2024 Copa América|2024]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|'''14''' ([[1916 South American Championship|1916]][[#2|*]], [[1917 South American Championship|1917]], [[1920 South American Championship|1920]], [[1923 South American Championship|1923]], [[1924 South American Championship|1924]], [[1926 South American Championship|1926]], [[1935 South American Championship|1935]], [[1942 South American Championship|1942]], [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]], [[1967 South American Championship|1967]], [[2004 Copa América|2004]], [[2007 Copa América|2007]], [[2015 Copa América|2015]], [[2016 Copa América|2016]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|5 ([[1919 South American Championship|1919]], [[1956 South American Championship|1956]], [[1963 South American Championship|1963]], [[1989 Copa América|1989]], [[2019 Copa América|2019]])
|2 ([[1922 South American Championship|1922]], [[1987 Copa América|1987]][[#2|*]])
|-
|{{fb|URU}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|15 ([[1916 South American Championship|1916]], [[1917 South American Championship|1917]][[#2|*]], [[1920 South American Championship|1920]], [[1923 South American Championship|1923]][[#2|*]], [[1924 South American Championship|1924]][[#2|*]], [[1926 South American Championship|1926]], [[1935 South American Championship|1935]], [[1942 South American Championship|1942]][[#2|*]], [[1956 South American Championship|1956]][[#2|*]], [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]], [[1967 South American Championship|1967]][[#2|*]], [[1983 Copa América|1983]], [[1987 Copa América|1987]], [[1995 Copa América|1995]][[#2|*]], [[2011 Copa América|2011]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|6 ([[1919 South American Championship|1919]], [[1927 South American Championship|1927]], [[1939 South American Championship|1939]], [[1941 South American Championship|1941]], [[1989 Copa América|1989]], [[1999 Copa América|1999]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''10''' ([[1921 South American Championship|1921]], [[1922 South American Championship|1922]], [[1929 South American Championship|1929]], [[1937 South American Championship|1937]], [[1947 South American Championship|1947]], [[1953 South American Championship|1953]], [[1957 South American Championship|1957]], [[1975 Copa América|1975]], [[2004 Copa América|2004]], [[2024 Copa América|2024]])
|5 ([[1945 South American Championship|1945]], [[1946 South American Championship|1946]], [[1955 South American Championship|1955]], [[2001 Copa América|2001]], [[2007 Copa América|2007]])
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|9 ([[1919 South American Championship|1919]][[#2|*]], [[1922 South American Championship|1922]][[#2|*]], [[1949 South American Championship|1949]][[#1|*]], [[1989 Copa América|1989]][[#2|*]], [[1997 Copa América|1997]], [[1999 Copa América|1999]], [[2004 Copa América|2004]], [[2007 Copa América|2007]], [[2019 Copa América|2019]][[#2|*]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|12 ([[1921 South American Championship|1921]], [[1925 South American Championship|1925]], [[1937 South American Championship|1937]], [[1945 South American Championship|1945]], [[1946 South American Championship|1946]], [[1953 South American Championship|1953]], [[1957 South American Championship|1957]], [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]], [[1983 Copa América|1983]], [[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[1995 Copa América|1995]], [[2021 Copa América|2021]][[#2|*]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|7 ([[1916 South American Championship|1916]], [[1917 South American Championship|1917]], [[1920 South American Championship|1920]], [[1942 South American Championship|1942]], [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]], [[1975 Copa América|1975]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]])
|3 ([[1923 South American Championship|1923]], [[1956 South American Championship|1956]], [[1963 South American Championship|1963]])
|-
|{{fb|PAR}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|2 ([[1953 South American Championship|1953]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|6 ([[1922 South American Championship|1922]], [[1929 South American Championship|1929]], [[1947 South American Championship|1947]], [[1949 South American Championship|1949]], [[1963 South American Championship|1963]], [[2011 Copa América|2011]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|7 ([[1923 South American Championship|1923]], [[1924 South American Championship|1924]], [[1925 South American Championship|1925]], [[1939 South American Championship|1939]], [[1946 South American Championship|1946]], [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]], [[1983 Copa América|1983]])
|7 ([[1921 South American Championship|1921]], [[1926 South American Championship|1926]], [[1937 South American Championship|1937]], [[1942 South American Championship|1942]], [[1967 South American Championship|1967]], [[1989 Copa América|1989]], [[2015 Copa América|2015]])
|-
|{{fb|CHI}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|2 ([[2015 Copa América|2015]][[#2|*]], [[Copa América Centenario|2016]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|4 ([[1955 South American Championship|1955]][[#2|*]], [[1956 South American Championship|1956]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]], [[1987 Copa América|1987]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|5 ([[1926 South American Championship|1926]][[#2|*]], [[1941 South American Championship|1941]][[#2|*]], [[1945 South American Championship|1945]][[#2|*]], [[1967 South American Championship|1967]][[#2|*]], [[1991 Copa América|1991]][[#2|*]])
|'''11''' ([[1916 South American Championship|1916]], [[1917 South American Championship|1917]], [[1919 South American Championship|1919]], [[1920 South American Championship|1920]], [[1924 South American Championship|1924]], [[1935 South American Championship|1935]], [[1939 South American Championship|1939]], [[1947 South American Championship|1947]], [[1953 South American Championship|1953]], [[1999 Copa América|1999]], [[2019 Copa América|2019]])
|-
|{{fb|PER}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|2 ([[1939 South American Championship|1939]][[#2|*]], [[1975 Copa América|1975]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|1 ([[2019 Copa América|2019]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|8 ([[1927 South American Championship|1927]][[#2|*]], [[1935 South American Championship|1935]][[#2|*]], [[1949 South American Championship|1949]], [[1955 South American Championship|1955]], [[1979 Copa América|1979]], [[1983 Copa América|1983]], [[2011 Copa América|2011]], [[2015 Copa América|2015]])
|6 ([[1929 South American Championship|1929]], [[1941 South American Championship|1941]], [[1957 South American Championship|1957]][[#2|*]], [[1959 South American Championship (Ecuador)|1959]], [[1997 Copa América|1997]], [[2021 Copa América|2021]])
|-
|{{fb|COL}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 ([[2001 Copa América|2001]][[#2|*]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|2 ([[1975 Copa América|1975]], [[2024 Copa América|2024]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|5 ([[1987 Copa América|1987]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]], [[1995 Copa América|1995]], [[2016 Copa América|2016]], [[2021 Copa América|2021]])
|2 ([[1991 Copa América|1991]], [[2004 Copa América|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|BOL}}
|bgcolor=#FFD700|1 ([[1963 South American Championship|1963]][[#2|*]])
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|1 ([[1997 Copa América|1997]][[#2|*]])
|0
|2 ([[1927 South American Championship|1927]], [[1949 South American Championship|1949]])
|-
|{{fb|MEX}}
|0
|bgcolor=#e0e0e0|2 ([[1993 Copa América|1993]], [[2001 Copa América|2001]])
|bgcolor=#cc9966|3 ([[1997 Copa América|1997]], [[1999 Copa América|1999]], [[2007 Copa América|2007]])
|0
|-
|{{fb|HON|1949}}
|0
|0
|bgcolor=#cc9966|1 ([[2001 Copa América|2001]])
|0
|-
|-
|{{fb|ECU}}
|0
|0
|0
|2 ([[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)|1959]][[#2|*]], [[1993 Copa América|1993]])
|-
|-
|{{fb|USA}}
|0
|0
|0
|2 ([[1995 Copa América|1995]], [[2016 Copa América|2016]][[#2|*]])
|-
|-
|{{fb|VEN}}
|0
|0
|0
|1 ([[2011 Copa América|2011]])
|-
|{{fb|CAN}}
|0
|0
|0
|1 ([[2024 Copa América|2024]])
|-
|}

:<div id="1">''<sup>[[#2|*]]</sup> Host nation''</div>

== Records and statistics ==
{{Main|Copa América records and statistics}}

=== Copa América champions' results in the Confederations Cup ===
{{further information|FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" text-align:left"|
|-
! Qualified via
! Team
! Edition
! Result
|-
| [[1991 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]]
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|1992 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[1993 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]
| bgcolor=silver | {{sort|2| {{colored link|#000000|1995 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Runners up}} }}
|-
| [[1995 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|URU}}
| [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]
| {{sort|5|(4th)}}
|-
| [[1997 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
| bgcolor=silver | {{sort|2| {{colored link|#000000|1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Runners up}} }}
|-
| [[1999 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]
| {{sort|6|(4th)}}
|-
| [[2001 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|COL}}
| [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
| {{sort|6|(4th)}}
|-
| [[2004 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|BRA}}
| [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[2007 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{flagdeco|BRA}} Brazil
| [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[2011 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|URU}}
| [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013]]
| {{sort|5|(4th)}}
|-
| [[2015 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|CHI}}
| [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup|2017]]
| bgcolor=silver | {{sort|2| {{colored link|#000000|2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Runners up}} }}
|}
{{notelist}}

=== Copa América champions' results in the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions ===
{{further information|CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" text-align:left"|
|-
! Qualified via
! Team
! Edition
! Result
|-
| [[1983 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|URU}}
| [[1985 Artemio Franchi Cup|1985]]
| bgcolor=silver | {{sort|2| {{colored link|#000000|1985 Artemio Franchi Cup|Runners up}} }}
|-
| [[1993 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| [[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993]]
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[2021 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| [[2022 Finalissima|2022]]
| bgcolor=gold | {{sort|1| '''{{colored link|#000000|2022 Finalissima|Champions}}''' }}
|-
| [[2024 Copa América]]
| align=left| {{fb|ARG}}
| [[2026 Finalissima|2026]]
| ''Qualified''
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

== Awards ==
{{Main|Copa América awards}}
There are currently five post-tournament awards
* the '''Best Player''' for [[most valuable player]], first awarded in [[1987 Copa América|1987]];
* the '''Top Goalscorer''' for most prolific goal scorer;
* the '''Best Goalkeeper ''' for most outstanding goalkeeper,  first awarded in [[2011 Copa América|2011]];
* the '''Team of the Tournament''' for best combined team of players at the tournament;
* the '''Fair Play Award''' for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in [[2011 Copa América|2011]].

== See also ==
* [[Copa América Femenina]]
* [[Copa América Centenario]]
* [[Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo]]
* [[Continental football championships]]
* [[Panamerican Championship]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/17/copa-america-brief-history-conmebol A brief history of the Copa América] on ''The Guardian''
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachampfulltrivia.html The Copa América Archive – Trivia]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sachampfull.html RSSSF archive] – includes extensive match reports.

{{Copa América winners}}
{{Copa América MVP}}
{{Copa América}}
{{Copa América symbols}}
{{Countries at the Copa América}}
{{South American Football}}
{{International football}}
{{South American Championships}}

{{Authority control}}

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