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Copa América Winners List

The Copa América is the main men's football tournament contested among national teams from the South American Football Confederation. From 1916 until 1967, the tournament was called the South American Championship and it was played in a round-robin format. Since 1975, a final series is played, and for the first three years games were played on a home-and-away basis.

Here is the list of all winners of the tournament since the first in 1916. With their win in 2024 Argentina have the record of the most titles with 16. Next is Uruguay with 15 wins. Brazil is the only other country with a significant number of wins (9).

Winner's List

Event Year Winners Runners-up
48 2024 Argentina Colombia
47 2021 Argentina Brazil
46 2019 Brazil Peru
45 2016 Chile Argentina
44 2015 Chile Argentina
43 2011 Uruguay Paraguay
42 2007 Brazil Argentina
41 2004 Brazil Argentina
40 2001 Colombia Mexico
39 1999 Brazil Uruguay
38 1997 Brazil Bolivia
37 1995 Uruguay Brazil
36 1993 Argentina Mexico
35 1991 Argentina Brazil
34 1989 Brazil Uruguay
33 1987 Uruguay Chile
32 1983 Uruguay Brazil
31 1979 Paraguay Chile
30 1975 Peru Colombia
29 1967 Uruguay Argentina
28 1963 Bolivia Paraguay
27 1959 Uruguay Argentina
26 1959 Argentina Brazil
25 1957 Argentina Brazil
24 1956 Uruguay Chile
23 1955 Argentina Chile
22 1953 Paraguay Brazil
21 1949 Brazil Paraguay
20 1947 Argentina Paraguay
19 1946 Argentina Brazil
18 1945 Argentina Brazil
17 1942 Uruguay Argentina
16 1941 Argentina Uruguay
15 1939 Peru Uruguay
14 1937 Argentina Brazil
13 1935 Uruguay Argentina
12 1929 Argentina Paraguay
11 1927 Argentina Uruguay
10 1926 Uruguay Argentina
9 1925 Argentina Brazil
8 1924 Uruguay Argentina
7 1923 Uruguay Argentina
6 1922 Brazil Paraguay
5 1921 Argentina Brazil
4 1920 Uruguay Argentina
3 1919 Brazil Uruguay
2 1917 Uruguay Argentina
1 1916 Uruguay Argentina

Guest Nations

Copa América has invited guest nations from CONCACAF in recent editions. Mexico has been the most frequent participant, finishing as runners-up in 1993 and 2001.

The United States and Jamaica have also competed, while Canada made their tournament debut in 2024, reaching the semifinals. Fans following these CONCACAF teams can find Copa América odds at Canadian betting sites and other North American sportsbooks.

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