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Copa America is one of the most popular soccer tournaments in the world. It is also known as CONMEBOL Copa America or CONMEBOL America Cup. The tournament has an interesting and colorful history.

The Copa America officially started as the South American Football Championship in 1916. Initially, this tournament was started as a competition between South American countries but allowed the United States to participate in it more recently.

List of Copa America Winners

Copa America, one of the largest continental football tournaments in the world is trending all over the globe. The 2019 Copa America has been scheduled from 15^th June 2019 to the final match on the 8^th of July, 2019. Soccer fans from all over are excited to see the outcome clash between some of the world’s strongest soccer teams in Brazil this year.

Although we can only know the champion of the 2019 Copa America after the finals are played in July, meanwhile check out the list of all previous Copa America winners:

Sr. No	Year	Host	Winner	Score
1	1916	Argentina	Uruguay	(n/a)
2	1917	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
3	1919	Brazil	Brazil	1-0
4	1920	Chile	Uruguay	(n/a)
5	1921	Argentina	Argentina	(n/a)
6	1922	Brazil	Brazil	3-0
7	1923	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
8	1924	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
9	1925	Argentina	Argentina	(n/a)
10	1926	Chile	Uruguay	(n/a)
11	1927	Peru	Argentina	(n/a)
12	1929	Argentina	Argentina	(n/a)
13	1935	Peru	Uruguay	(n/a)
14	1937	Argentina	Argentina	2-0
15	1939	Peru	Peru	(n/a)
16	1941	Chile	Argentina	(n/a)
17	1942	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
18	1945	Chile	Argentina	(n/a)
19	1946	Argentina	Argentina	(n/a)
20	1947	Ecuador	Argentina	(n/a)
21	1949	Brazil	Brazil	7-0
22	1953	Peru	Paraguay	3-2
23	1955	Chile	Argentina	(n/a)
24	1956	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
25	1957	Peru	Argentina	(n/a)
26	1959	Argentina	Argentina	(n/a)
27	1959	Ecuador	Uruguay	(n/a)
28	1963	Bolivia	Bolivia	(n/a)
29	1967	Uruguay	Uruguay	(n/a)
30	1975	(various)	Peru	2-1
31	1979	(various)	Paraguay	3-0
32	1983	(various)	Uruguay	2-0
33	1987	Argentina	Uruguay	2-0
34	1989	Brazil	Brazil	(n/a)
35	1991	Chile	Argentina	(n/a)
36	1993	Ecuador	Argentina	2-1
37	1995	Uruguay	Uruguay	1-1
38	1997	Bolivia	Brazil	3-1
39	1999	Paraguay	Brazil	3-0
40	2001	Colombia	Colombia	1-0
41	2004	Peru	Brazil	2-2
42	2007	Venezuela	Brazil	3-0
43	2011	Argentina	Uruguay	3-0
44	2015	Chile	Chile	0-0
45	2016	United States	Chile	0-0
46	2019	Brazil	Brazil	3-1

Copa America Runners-Up List

Here’s a list of all the teams that managed to reach the finals along with the winners in the Copa America football tournament:

Sr. No.	Year	Host	1st Runners-Up	2nd Runners-Up	3rd Runners-Up
1	1916	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2	1917	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
3	1919	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Chile
4	1920	Chile	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
5	1921	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay
6	1922	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
7	1923	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil
8	1924	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Chile
9	1925	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	(n/a)
10	1926	Chile	Argentina	Chile	Paraguay
11	1927	Peru	Uruguay	Peru	Bolivia
12	1929	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay	Peru
13	1935	Peru	Argentina	Peru	Chile
14	1937	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay
15	1939	Peru	Uruguay	Paraguay	Chile
16	1941	Chile	Uruguay	Chile	Peru
17	1942	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay
18	1945	Chile	Brazil	Chile	Paraguay
19	1946	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
20	1947	Ecuador	Paraguay	Uruguay	Chile
21	1949	Brazil	Paraguay	Peru	Bolivia
22	1953	Peru	Brazil	Uruguay	Chile
23	1955	Chile	Chile	Peru	Uruguay
24	1956	Uruguay	Chile	Argentina	Brazil
25	1957	Peru	Brazil	Uruguay	Peru
26	1959	Ecuador	Argentina	Brazil	Ecuador
27	1959	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Peru
28	1963	Bolivia	Paraguay	Argentina	Brazil
29	1967	Uruguay	Argentina	Chile	Paraguay
30	1975	(various)	Colombia	Brazil	Uruguay
31	1979	(various)	Chile	Brazil	Peru
32	1983	(various)	Brazil	Paraguay	Peru
33	1987	Argentina	Chile	Colombia	Argentina
34	1989	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay
35	1991	Chile	Brazil	Chile	Colombia
36	1993	Ecuador	Mexico	Colombia	Ecuador
37	1995	Uruguay	Brazil	Colombia	United States
38	1997	Bolivia	Bolivia	Mexico	Peru
39	1999	Paraguay	Uruguay	Mexico	Chile
40	2001	Colombia	Mexico	Honduras	Uruguay
41	2004	Peru	Argentina	Uruguay	Colombia
42	2007	Venezuela	Argentina	Mexico	Uruguay
43	2011	Argentina	Paraguay	Peru	Venezuela
44	2015	Chile	Argentina	Peru	Paraguay
45	2016	United States	Argentina	Colombia	United States
46	2019	Brazil	Peru	Argentina	Chile

Copa America Team Wise Performance

The titans of soccer have clashed time and again to entertain millions of fans worldwide till date. Here’s a list of the various teams from Copa America and their championship wins:

Sr. No.	Team	Championship Wins
1	Argentina	14
2	Bolivia	1
3	Brazil	9
4	Chile	2
5	Colombia	1
6	Ecuador	0
7	Honduras	0
8	Mexico	0
9	Paraguay	2
10	Peru	2
11	United States	0
12	Uruguay	15
13	Venezuela	0

Argentinean star midfielder, Angel Di Maria, has voiced his wish to be a part of the Argentina national team in the upcoming Copa America 2020 football championship.

Di Maria has once again spoken about his desire to re-join the national side when they face off against other top South American soccer teams at the 2020 Copa America, after having faced a slew of injuries recently.

Previously, Di Maria proved to be vital for the Argentinean side to reach the Copa America finals thrice and has been a permanent player for the team in every tournament, ever since the 2010 FIFA World Cup. An extremely experienced and skilled player, Di Maria, the stellar PSG winger was recently decommissioned after suffering a leg injury on-field.

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Talking about this desire to return to play for Argentina in the 2020 Copa America, Di Maria stated that he is waiting expectantly to be called back to join his teammates. Mentioning his 11-year long stint as an on-roster player for Argentina, Di Maria says he is excited and has an immense desire to be at the Copa America 2020, expecting it to be the last for him as he turns 32 years old later this month.

Di Maria stressed that he is in top form and is performing at the highest level in a bid to show his readiness to play with his teammates once again. He reiterated that the efficiency and coordination between the players in the current Argentina squad was the main reason for the team to reach the finals of 2014, 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals and believes that he would complete the dream team that crushed its opponents so well.

Regretting the injury, Di Maria also stated that it was an unfortunate incident that could happen to anyone on a field but confirmed that he is in his best form to play for Argentina in the Copa America 2020 tournament.