Copa America Winners, Runners-up List [1916-2019]

Copa America is one of the popular football competition which was recently known as South American Championship”. In this Competition CONMEBOL Men’s national football team will be participate. Inaugural Edition of Copa america Tournament was played in 1916 at Argentina and its won by Uruguay. Since First Edition of Competition So far total 44 Editions of Copa America have been concluded and if we look at the results then Uruguay is the most successful nation as they Champions 15 Times.

Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Colombia have won Copa America trophy over the years that means Total 8 National Football team became the championship of Copa America atleast a one occasion. Look at below the complete list of Copa America Champions / runners up till date with host countries information.

Copa America trophy

Copa America Winners / Runners up

Year Winner Runner-up Final Result Host
1916 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1917 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1919 Brazil Uruguay Winner was decided via group stage only Brazil
1920 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Chile
1921 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1922 Brazil Paraguay Winner was decided via group stage only Brazil
1923 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1924 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1925 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1926 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Chile
1927 Argentina Uruguay Winner was decided via group stage only Peru
1929 Argentina Paraguay Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1935 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Peru
1937 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1939 Peru Uruguay Winner was decided via group stage only Peru
1941 Argentina Uruguay Winner was decided via group stage only Chile
1942 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1945 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Chile
1946 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1947 Argentina Paraguay Winner was decided via group stage only Ecuador
1949 Brazil Paraguay Winner was decided via group stage only Brazil
1953 Paraguay Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Peru
1955 Argentina Chile Winner was decided via group stage only Chile
1956 Uruguay Chile Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1957 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Peru
1959 Argentina Brazil Winner was decided via group stage only Argentina
1959 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Ecuador
1963 Bolivia Paraguay Winner was decided via group stage only Bolivia
1967 Uruguay Argentina Winner was decided via group stage only Uruguay
1975 Peru Colombia 1-0 (Final Playoff) Peru
1979 Paraguay Chile 3-1 (Won on aggregate goals) Paraguay
1983 Uruguay Brazil 3-1 (Won on aggregate goals) Uruguay
1987 Uruguay Chile 1-0 Argentina
1989 Brazil Uruguay Brazil won in round-robin contest Brazil
1991 Argentina Brazil Argentina won in round-robin contest Chile
1993 Argentina Mexico 2-1 Ecuador
1995 Uruguay Brazil 5-3 in penalties Uruguay
1997 Brazil Bolivia 3-1 Bolivia
1999 Brazil Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay
2001 Colombia Mexico 1-0 Colombia
2004 Brazil Argentina 4-2 in penalties Peru
2007 Brazil Argentina 3-0 Venezuela
2011 Uruguay Paraguay 3-0 Argentina
2015 Chile Argentina 4-1 in penalties Chile
2016 Chile Argentina 4-2 in penalties United States
2019 TBC TBC TBC Brazil

Countries with Number of Titles and Years

Country Number of Titles Year
Uruguay 15 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011
Argentina 14 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993
Brazil 8 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007
Paraguay 2 1953, 1979
Peru 2 1939, 1975
Chile 2 2015, 2016
Colombia 1 2001
Bolivia 1 1963

Chile is the two time defending champions for the upcoming 2019 Copa America Brasil as they won both previous 2015 & 2016 Copa America edition by beating the Argentina both occasion.

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