COPA AMERICA

JHON ANDRES CRISTANCHO VEGA

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 History
The Copa America is the oldest
competition of soccer teams in the
world. It was disputed for the first
time in a trial edition in 1910, but it
had its first official edition between
July 2 and 17, 1916, as part of the
commemorations of the centennial of
Argentina's independence. In addition
to the host country, Chile, Uruguay
and Brazil also participated.
 Guest Teams
Since 1993, CONMEBOL started to
invite national teams from outside
South America to participate in the
Copa América. The first were the
United States and Mexico. In 2016, the
Copa América Centenario had
exceptionally six invited teams: Costa
Rica, the United States (host), Haiti,
Jamaica, Mexico and Panama.
 Trophy

The trophy is made of silver and has

transient possession. That is, there is
no condition for it to remain
definitive with a champion selection.
Its wooden base with the plates of
the champion countries was added in
1979, in the edition won by Paraguay
 Curiosities

 Greatest win: Argentina 12 to 0

Ecuador - (Uruguay, 1942)
 Most goals in all editions:
Argentina with 455 goals
 Most goals in a single edition:
Brazil with 46 goals (Brazil,
1949).
 Curiosities

 Major goal scorer: Norberto

Méndez (Argentina, in 3 editions)
and Zizinho (Brazil, in 6 editions)
-17 goals
 Major goal scorer in a single
edition: Jair da Rosa Pinto
(Brazil,1949), Humberto Maschio
(Argentina,1957) and Javier
Ambrois (Uruguay,1957) - 9 goals
 Curiosities

 First champion: Uruguay

(Argentina, 1916).
 Country with the highest
number of titles: Uruguay
with 15 titles.
Participating countries
 BRASIL 2019

 The 2019 edition will be more than special with the

return of CONMEBOL Copa América to Brazil after 30
years

 In addition to the 10 South American countries

members of CONMEBOL: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and
Venezuela, there will be two members of the Asian
Football Confederation (AFC), who will participate as
guests.
 BRASIL 2019

 The 26 matches will be

distributed in 6 stadiums:
Estadio Mineirão (Belo
Horizonte), Arena do Grêmio
(Porto Alegre), Maracanã
Stadium (Rio de Janeiro),
Arena Fonte Nova
(Salvador), Corinthians
Arena and Morumbi Stadium
(São Paulo)