Continental Championships.


South America (Copa América)

The first match for the South American Championships was played on July 2, 1916 between Uruguay and Chile; result: 4-0.
The first Champion of South America was Uruguay (July 17, 1916) that finished on the first place in the Final Group.
Till now (August 2011) the South American Championship has been organised 43 times, of which 36 times under the official name of: Copa América.
The next final rounds will be played in 2015 in Brazil and in 2019 in Chile.
The acting Champion of South America is: Uruguay.

Three countries did win the Championship more than twice:

 

Selection of matches

For the computation of the Rating Scores for the All-time Ranking Table of South America all matches for this tournament (thus including all matches for the Copa América) are taken into account.
Nearly all of these matches are final round matches: only four out of 700 matches can be considered as qualification matches.
For some editions "guests" like Mexico, Costa Rica, USA, Honduras and even once Japan have been invited to participate in this Championship of South America. The results of their matches are taken into account as well for the computation of the All-time Ranking Table for South America.

 

Minimal number of matches for the computation of Rating Scores.

For the computation of reliable Rating Scores a specific minimum number of matches per country is requested.
For countries that played less than 10 matches for any All-time Ranking Table no Rating Score will be computed.
Results of those countries (number of matches, points etc.) will be presented at the bottom of the respective Ranking Table.
For more detailed information and explanation about the Ranking Tables please view: Ranking Tables Explained.

 

Presentation of former countries in the Ranking Tables.

The names of former countries like East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union etc. are skipped from the presentation in any Ranking Table as soon as 6 years are passed since they played their last game.
For a more detailed explanation and for a complete listing of former countries please view: Selection of Data.

 

The above presented information is partly retrieved from the website of the RSSSF: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (Author: Martín Tabeira).