Copa América
South American association football tournament for men's national teams
Copa América (English: America Cup; previously called the South American Championship or South American Championship of Nations) is a tournament that has the teams from CONMEBOL (South America). It was founded in 1916, and it is the oldest tournament that only has teams from a certain continent.
The Copa America is one of the most watched sporting events in the world.[1] The winner of the tournament goes to the FIFA Confederations Cup.
The current format has 10 South American teams and two other teams from other FIFA federations in each tournament. The most successful teams have been Uruguay and Argentina, with 15 titles. Argentina won the last tournament.
ResultsEdit
- *=hosts
- ^=invitees
RecordsEdit
- As of 4 July 2015
All-time top scorersEdit
Rank | Player | Country | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Norberto Méndez | Argentina | 17 |
Zizinho | Brazil | ||
3 | Teodoro Fernández | Peru | 15 |
Severino Varela | Uruguay | ||
5 | Ademir | Brazil | 13 |
Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | ||
Jair da Rosa Pinto | Brazil | ||
Jose Manuel Moreno | Argentina | ||
Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | ||
10 | Roberto Porta | Uruguay | 11 |
Ángel Romano | Uruguay | ||
12 | Víctor Agustín Ugarte | Bolivia | 13 |
Herminio Masantonio | Argentina |
All-time tableEdit
Since the 2016 Copa América Centenario
The 1917 champions.
Team | Winners | Part. | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts/GP | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uruguay | 15 | 43 | 358 | 197 | 108 | 34 | 55 | 399 | 218 | +181 | 1,82 |
2 | Argentina | 14 | 41 | 397 | 188 | 120 | 37 | 31 | 455 | 173 | +282 | 2,11 |
3 | Brazil | 8 | 35 | 332 | 178 | 99 | 35 | 44 | 405 | 200 | +205 | 1,87 |
4 | Paraguay | 2 | 35 | 224 | 165 | 62 | 38 | 65 | 252 | 290 | -38 | 1,36 |
5 | Chile | 2 | 38 | 222 | 177 | 64 | 30 | 83 | 281 | 304 | -23 | 1,25 |
6 | Peru | 2 | 30 | 189 | 144 | 52 | 33 | 59 | 209 | 230 | -21 | 1,31 |
7 | Colombia | 1 | 20 | 140 | 107 | 39 | 23 | 45 | 124 | 178 | -54 | 1,31 |
8 | Bolivia | 1 | 25 | 86 | 109 | 20 | 26 | 63 | 102 | 272 | -170 | 0,78 |
9 | Ecuador | 0 | 26 | 65 | 114 | 15 | 20 | 79 | 120 | 307 | -187 | 0,57 |
10 | Mexico | 0 | 9 | 63 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 1,43 |
11 | Venezuela | 0 | 16 | 27 | 58 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 43 | 166 | -123 | 0,46 |
12 | Costa Rica | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 1,00 |
13 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 1,66 |
14 | United States | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 0,66 |
15 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0,33 |
16 | Aruba | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3,50 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "50 Reasons Why World Football Is the Best and Biggest Sport in the World". Bleacher Report. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2014.