| South American Championship & Copa América 1916-2019 | |||||||||||||
| Host Nation | Year | # | Winner | Runner-Up | Third | Fourth | |||||||
| Argentina | 1916 | 1 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | CHILE | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1917 | 2 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | CHILE | |||||||
| Brazil | 1919 | 3 | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | CHILE | |||||||
| Chile | 1920 | 4 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | CHILE | |||||||
| Argentina | 1921 | 5 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| Brazil | 1922 | 6 | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1923 | 7 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | PARAGUAY | BRAZIL | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1924 | 8 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | PARAGUAY | CHILE | |||||||
| Argentina | 1925 | 9 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | Only 3 teams | |||||||
| Chile | 1926 | 10 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | CHILE | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| Peru | 1927 | 11 | ARGENTINA | URUGUAY | PERU | BOLIVIA | |||||||
| Argentina | 1929 | 12 | ARGENTINA | PARAGUAY | URUGUAY | PERU | |||||||
| Peru | 1935 | 13 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | PERU | CHILE | |||||||
| Argentina | 1937 | 14 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| Peru | 1939 | 15 | PERU | URUGUAY | PARAGUAY | CHILE | |||||||
| Chile | 1941 | 16 | ARGENTINA | URUGUAY | CHILE | PERU | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1942 | 17 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| Chile | 1945 | 18 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | CHILE | URUGUAY | |||||||
| Argentina | 1946 | 19 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | URUGUAY | |||||||
| Ecuador | 1947 | 20 | ARGENTINA | PARAGUAY | URUGUAY | CHILE | |||||||
| Brazil | 1949 | 21 | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | PERU | BOLIVIA | |||||||
| Peru | 1953 | 22 | PARAGUAY | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | CHILE | |||||||
| Chile | 1955 | 23 | ARGENTINA | CHILE | PERU | URUGUAY | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1956 | 24 | URUGUAY | CHILE | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | |||||||
| Peru | 1957 | 25 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | PERU | |||||||
| Argentina | 1959 | 26 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | PERU | |||||||
| Ecuador | 1959 | 27 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | ECUADOR | |||||||
| Bolivia | 1963 | 28 | BOLIVIA | PARAGUAY | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1967 | 29 | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | CHILE | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| No fixed venue | 1975 | 30 | PERU | COLOMBIA | BRAZIL | ||||||||
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| No fixed venue | 1979 | 31 | PARAGUAY | CHILE | BRAZIL | ||||||||
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| No fixed venue | 1983 | 32 | URUGUAY | BRAZIL | PARAGUAY | ||||||||
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| Argentina | 1987 | 33 | URUGUAY | CHILE | COLOMBIA | ARGENTINA | |||||||
| Brazil | 1989 | 34 | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | ARGENTINA | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| Chile | 1991 | 35 | ARGENTINA | BRAZIL | CHILE | COLOMBIA | |||||||
| Ecuador | 1993 | 36 | ARGENTINA | MEXICO | COLOMBIA | ECUADOR | |||||||
| Uruguay | 1995 | 37 | URUGUAY | BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | USA | |||||||
| Bolivia | 1997 | 38 | BRAZIL | BOLIVIA | MEXICO | PERU | |||||||
| Paraguay | 1999 | 39 | BRAZIL | URUGUAY | MEXICO | CHILE | |||||||
| Colombia | 2001 | 40 | COLOMBIA | MEXICO | HONDURAS | URUGUAY | |||||||
| Peru | 2004 | 41 | BRAZIL | ARGENTINA | URUGUAY | COLOMBIA | |||||||
| Venezuela | 2007 | 42 | BRAZIL | ARGENTINA | MEXICO | URUGUAY | |||||||
| Argentina | 2011 | 43 | URUGUAY | PARAGUAY | PERU | VENEZUELA | |||||||
| Chile | 2015 | 44 | CHILE | ARGENTINA | PERU | PARAGUAY | |||||||
| United States | 2016 | 45 | CHILE | ARGENTINA | COLOMBIA | USA | |||||||
| Brazil | 2019 | 46 | |||||||||||