COPA AMERICA HISTORY RANKING : ARGENTINA BEFORE URUGUAY !

Picture : Argentina, winner 1991

IFFHS STATISTICS

Definition: It a cumulative ranking, it depends on progress in the stages of the tournament.

A table showing the winners of Copa America

WinnersNo. of wins
Uruguay15
Argentina14
Brazil9
Paraguay2
Chile2
Peru2
Colombia1
Bolivia1
uruguay 2011

Uruguay 2011

Who’s the best team in the tournament history ? (All editions)

The objectives:-

  1. Fairness toward the teams that progressing in the tournament and do not win.
  2. To maintain the prestige of the tournament.
  3. Determine the level of each team in competition history.

The reasons:-

  1. Passion for the Copa America and its statistics
  2. Increase the editions, the large number of participating teams and the large number of winners

The final result

No #National teamPoints accrued
1Argentina237.332
2Uruguay236.249
3Brazil221.248
4Paraguay165.4155
5Chile160.832
6Peru153.8316
7Colombia124.415
8Bolivia74.3322
9Mexico71
10Ecuador67.3326
11Venezuela51.4992
12USA20.5
13Costa Rica20.5
14Honduras9
15Japan4.5
16Panama4
17Jamaica3.5
18Haiti2
19Qatar1.5
#19161917191919201921192219231924192519261916-1926
1Uruguay44342344533
2Argentina332342333430
3Brazil2242351221
4Chile11111139
5Paraguay14221212
6Bolivia11
#19271929193519371939194119421945194619471916-19261927-19471916-1947
1Uruguay3244447436334174
2Argentina443556768304878
3Brazil6565212243
4Chile1223252592231
5Paraguay333447122436
6Bolivia1212167
7Peru2121523402020
8Ecuador11113077
9Colombia31044
#19491953195519561957195919591963196719751916-19471949-19751916-1975
1Uruguay353655266,6667441,666115,666
2Argentina64747553,3337841,333119,333
3Brazil86363646,6664342,66685,666
4Chile44552343,3333130,33361,333
5Paraguay772215633,3333636,33372,333
6Bolivia521711,6665717,666524,6665
7Peru634144310203555
8Ecuador2111221,6665710,666517,6665
9Colombia1318,333413,33317,333
10Venezuela21,666503,66653,6665
#19791983198719891991199319951997199920011916-19751979-20011916-2001
1Uruguay3,33310108,755612310,57,5115,66676,083191,749
2Chile8,3333,3338,33357,51,51,51,57,5661,33350,499111,832
3Colombia3,3333,3336,66656,2599661217,33366,58283,915
4Argentina1,66653,3334,99957,51012666119,33357,499176,832
5Brazil6,6668,3333,333108,75610,51212685,66683,582169,248
6Peru6,6666,6663,3333,33333,333361,57,5665550,3316105,3316
7Bolivia3,3331,66653,3331,66661,66661,5610,531,524,666534,165758,8322
8Paraguay106,6661,66656,25566661,572,33355,0825127,4155
9Ecuador1,66651,66651,66653,33333,33337,5361,5317,666532,666150,3326
10Venezuela1,66651,66651,66651,66661,666631,51,51,51,53,666517,332720,9992
11USA1,57,5099
12Mexico10,569910,504545
13Costa Rica1,5607,57,5
14Japan1,501,51,5
15Honduras9099
#2004200720112015201620191916-20012004-20191916-2019
1Argentina10,510,5610,5149176,83260,5237,332
2Uruguay97,512646191,74944,5236,249
3Brazil121266412169,24852221,248
4Paraguay6610,57,526127,415538165,4155
5Chile1,56612167,5111,83249160,832
6Peru6699810,5105,331648,5153,8316
7Colombia7,536612683,91540,5124,415
8Bolivia31,51,5621,558,832215,574,3322
9Mexico691,51,58452671
10Ecuador1,51,51,5381,550,33261767,3326
11Venezuela1,567,51,58620,999230,551,4992
12USA1,510911,520,5
13Costa Rica6347,51320,5
14Honduras909
15Japan31,534,5
16Panama4044
17Jamaica1,5203,53,5
18Haiti2022
19Qatar1,501,51,5
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Brazil 2019

Standards

  • The basic rule in the distribution of points:-
  1. (The size of the tournament) equal for (Numbers of teams participating)
  2. Mechanism the distribution of points as next :-
  • %The distance between stages = 100/Number of stages

(%The distance between stages ) = The value of the first stage

  • %The distance between the teams in a stages groups =%The distance between stages/Numbers of teams in group

%The distance between the teams in a stage groups=The value of the last team in the group

  • The value of fourth place = (Previous stage+Semi-Finals)/2
  • The value of Third place = Value Semi-Finals
  • The value of Runners-Up place = (Semi-Finals+ final)/2
  • The value of Winner place = value Final = Numbers of teams participating
  • The basic rule in the distribution of points for League:-
  1. (The size of the tournament) equal for (Numbers of teams participating)
  2. Mechanism the distribution of points as next :-

Points accrued = (Numbers of teams participating – number teams which best)

Overview about tournaments

EditionThe host countryWinnerNumbers of teams participating=SizeLeague or tournamentNumber of stagesstages%The distance between stages
1916ArgentinaUruguay4League1League%25
1917UruguayUruguay4League1League%25
1919BrazilBrazil4League1League%25
1920ChileUruguay4League1League%25
1921ArgentinaArgentina4League1League%25
1922BrazilBrazil5League1League%20
1923UruguayUruguay4League1League%25
1924UruguayUruguay4League1League%25
1925ArgentinaArgentina3League1League%33.333333
1926ChileUruguay5League1League%20
1927PeruArgentina4League1League%25
1929ArgentinaArgentina4League1League%25
1935PeruUruguay4League1League%25
1937ArgentinaArgentina6League1League%16.66667
1939PeruPeru5League1League%20
1941ChileArgentina5League1League%20
1942UruguayUruguay7League1League%14.28571
1945ChileArgentina7League1League%14.28571
1946ArgentinaArgentina6League1League%16.66667
1947EcuadorArgentina8League1League%12.5
1949BrazilBrazil8League1League%12.5
1953PeruParaguay7League1League%14.28571
1955ChileArgentina6League1League%16.66667
1956UruguayUruguay6League1League%16.66667
1957PeruArgentina7League1League%14.28571
1959EcuadorUruguay5League1League%20
1959ArgentinaArgentina7League1League%14.28571
1963BoliviaBolivia7League1League%14.28571
1967UruguayUruguay6League1League%16.66667
1975–Peru10tournament3Groups, Semi-Finals, Final%33.333333
1979–Paraguay10tournament3Groups, Semi-Finals, Final%33.333333
1983–Uruguay10tournament3Groups, Semi-Finals, Final%33.333333
1987–Uruguay10tournament3Groups, Semi-Finals, Final%33.333333
1989BrazilBrazil10tournament2Groups, Final group%50
1991ChileArgentina10tournament2Groups, Final group%50
1993EcuadorArgentina12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
1995UruguayUruguay12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
1997BoliviaBrazil12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
1999ParaguayBrazil12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2001ColombiaColombia12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2004PeruBrazil12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2007VenezuelaBrazil12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2011ArgentinaUruguay12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2015ChileChile12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2016USAChile16tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25
2019BrazilBrazil12tournament4Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, final%25

Apply Rule

                                                                                                               1925
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1303
2312
3321
                                          1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929 and 1935
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1404
2413
34                               22
4431
                                                                              1922, 1926, 1939, 1941 and 1959
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1505
2514
35                               23
4532
5541
                                                                              1937, 1946, 1955, 1956 and 1967
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1606
2615
36                               24
4633
5642
6651
                                                                       1942, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1959 and 1963
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1707
2716
37                               25
4734
5743
6752
7761
                                                                                                    1947 and 1949
positionNumbers of teams participatingnumber teams which bestPoints accrued
1808
2817
38                               26
4835
5844
6853
7862
8871
1975, 1979 and 1983
Size12Maximum%100 – (12)Minimum%12.5 – (3)
Placement in tournament%Points accrued
The first stage (groups)Sorted in the groups
Fourth16.6651.6665
Third33.333.333
Semi-Finals66.666.666
Runners-Up83.338.333
Winner10010
1987
Size12Maximum%100 – (12)Minimum%12.5 – (3)
Placement in tournament%Points accrued
The first stage (groups)Sorted in the groups
Fourth16.6651.6665
Third33.333.333
Fourth49.9954.9995
Third66.666.666
Runners-Up83.338.333
Winner10010
1989 and 1991
Size12Maximum%100 – (12)Minimum%12.5 – (3)
Placement in tournament%Points accrued
The first stage (groups)Sorted in the groups
Fifth16.666671.6666
Fourth33.333333.3333
Third505
Fourth62.56.25
Third757.5
Runners-Up87.58.75
Winner10010
1993 to 2019, without 2016
Size12Maximum%100 – (12)Minimum%12.5 – (3)
Placement in tournament%Points accrued
The first stage (groups)Sorted in the groups
Fourth12.51.5
Third253
Quarter-Finals506
Fourth62.57.5
Third759
Runners-Up87.510.5
Winner10012
2016
Size16Maximum%100 – (16)Minimum%12.5 – (4)
Placement in tournament%Points accrued
The first stage (groups)Sorted in the groups
Fourth12.52
Third254
Quarter-Finals608
Fourth7010
Third8012
Runners-Up9014
Winner10016