Copa América
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.
Results
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Records
- As of 4 July 2015
All-time top scorers
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 table
Since the 2016 Copa América Centenario
Team | Winners | Part. | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts/GP | |
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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 |
Copa América Media
- Francescoli vs brazil final copa america.jpg
Uruguay v Brazil final in 1995
Aftermath of a match in the 2007 Copa América, held for the first time in Venezuela.
References
- ↑ 50 Reasons Why World Football Is the Best and Biggest Sport in the World. Bleacher Report. 16 December 2010. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/544688-50-reasons-why-world-football-is-the-best-and-biggest-sport-in-the-world/page/11. Retrieved 29 June 2014.