Copa América Finals

The Copa América is an international association football competition established in 1916. It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), the sport's continental governing body. The most recent Copa América, hosted by Argentina in 2011, was won by Uruguay, who beat Paraguay 3–0 to obtain the title.

The Copa América final matches are the last of the competition, and the results determine which country's team is declared South American champions. If after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw, a penalty shootout takes place. The winning penalty shoot-out team are then declared champions. Every edition from 1916 to 1967 involved a final round-robin group, without the need of a decisive, final match. Ever since the competition was rebranded to its present state, the tournament has been decided by a one-off match on every occasion except 1989 and 1991, when the winner was decided by a final group contested by four teams.

With 15 titles Uruguay is the most successful Copa América team and it is the current champion. Argentina has 14 titles and Brazil, eight. The other former champions are Paraguay and Peru, with two titles each, and Bolivia and Colombia, who have each won one.

Key

•  ‡  Match was won on a penalty shootout
• The "Year" column refers to the year the Copa América was held, and wikilinks to the article about that tournament. The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game. Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries. Teams in italic are invitees.

Finals

Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Location	Refs
1975	Colombia	1–0	Peru	Estadio El Campín	Bogotá, Colombia
	Peru	2–0	Colombia	Estadio Nacional	Lima, Peru
	2–2 on points; Peru won playoff 2–1 at Estadio Olímpico
1979	Paraguay	3–0	Chile	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Asunción, Paraguay
	Chile	1–0	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional	Santiago, Chile
	2–2 on points and 0-0 on playoff; Paraguay won 3-1 on goal aggregate
1983	Uruguay	2–0	Brazil	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Brazil	1–1	Uruguay	Estádio Fonte Nova	Salvador, Brazil
	Uruguay won 3–1 on points
Year	Winners	Final score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Refs
1987	Uruguay	1–0	Chile	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989	Brazil	[A]	Uruguay	Estádio do Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1991	Argentina	[B]	Brazil	Estadio Nacional	Santiago, Chile
1993	Argentina	2–1	Mexico	Estadio Monumental	Guayaquil, Ecuador
1995	Uruguay	1–1‡ [n 1]	Brazil	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
1997	Brazil	3–1	Bolivia	Estadio Hernando Siles	La Paz, Bolivia
1999	Brazil	3–0	Uruguay	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Asunción, Paraguay
2001	Colombia	1–0	Mexico	Estadio El Campín	Bogotá, Colombia
2004	Brazil	2–2‡ [n 2]	Argentina	Estadio Nacional	Lima, Peru
2007	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	Estadio José E. Romero	Maracaibo, Venezuela
2011	Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Monumental	Buenos Aires, Argentina

Results by nation

Map of winning countries

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Uruguay	15 (1916, 1917*, 1920, 1923*, 1924*, 1926, 1935, 1942*, 1956*, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967*, 1983, 1987, 1995*, 2011)	6 (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999)
Argentina	14 (1921*, 1925*, 1927, 1929*, 1937*, 1941, 1945, 1946*, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959 (Argentina)*, 1991, 1993)	12 (1916*, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1959 (Ecuador), 1967, 2004, 2007)
Brazil	8 (1919*, 1922*, 1949*, 1989*, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007)	11 (1921, 1925, 1937, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1959 (Argentina), 1983, 1991, 1995)
Paraguay	2 (1953, 1979)	6 (1922, 1929, 1947, 1949, 1963. 2011)
Peru	2 (1939*, 1975)	—
Colombia	1 (2001*)	1 (1975)
Bolivia	1 (1963*)	1 (1997*)

References

Notes

1. ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. Uruguay won 5–3 on penalties.
2. ^ Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes. Brazil won 4–2 on penalties.

Footnotes

A. ^ No final match took place. The tournament was decided by a final group round consisting of four teams. Every match of the final round took place at the Estádio do Maracanã.

A. ^ No final match took place. The tournament was decided by a final group round consisting of four teams. Every match of the final round took place at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.

External links

• The Copa América Archive