Copa América is the main football competition which was followed by the CONMEBOL countries namely Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela.

The competition is generally held every two years, although the interval can be fickle and had occurred in 1959 in the implementation of the Copa America are held twice a year. Start the 2007 Copa America championship held every four years and will again be held in 2011.

Since 1993 to enliven the implementation of the Copa América, the state of the confederation CONMEBOL invite others to be able to compete in the Copa América, but during the operation with state law no one has been able to win the Copa América, the best performance that can be achieved is a rank two. Copa América soccer championship is among the oldest countries in the world beyond the FIFA World Cup, the championship was originally organized to enliven the anniversary of Argentine independence in 1916.


CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL or CSF (Confederación Sudamericana de Futbol, ​​South American Football Confederation) is the umbrella organization soccer countries in South America. The organization was established on July 9, 1916, as a result of the project Héctor Rivadavia Gómez (from Uruguay) to unify the continent's football. CONMEBOL is part of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association and is headquartered in Luque, Paraguay (near Asunción). CONMEBOL president until 2006 was Dr. Nicolás Leoz.

Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile are the countries after the successful implementation of the founders of a South American soccer tournament in 1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Paraguay (1921), Peru (1925), Bolivia (1926), Ecuador (1927), Colombia (1936) and Venezuela (1952) later also joined this confederation. Although located in South America, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are not affiliated with CONMEBOL, but with CONCACAF.

Championship organized by CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores, among others, the Copa Sudamericana, and Copa América.

Copa America 2011

Starting July 1 until July 24, Argentina will host the Copa America in 2011. A total of 12 countries that are divided into three groups will compete to be able to embrace the title last held by Brazil in 2007 ago.

Copa America a long history starting from 1916. At that time, Argentine football tournament held to celebrate the independence of their longevity to-100. The tournament which is the forerunner of the Copa America was named Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones with the participation of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. Uruguay came out a champion after defeating hosts in the ultimate party.

Seeing the success of the tournament, one member of the Uruguayan Football Federation named Hector Rivadavia then submitted a proposal to merge the four countries into a confederation had been in the same year. Thus was born the CONMEBOL (Confederacion Sul-Americana de Futbol) or South American Football Federation.

Operation of this tournament was halted long enough since the convening of World Cup for the first time in 1930. New in 1939, the tournament rolling back to Peru to host.

Copa America itself the new name officially used starting in 1975. At that time there were only nine teams that competed with the defending champion who profited directly qualify to the semifinals. Pause between tournament is every four years with the system of a country designated as the host. The format of this competition lasted until 1987.

Copa America since 1987 held every two years to host the tenth rotated from CONMEBOL member countries. This year's live broadcast of the Copa America began to enter the television station in North America to Europe. This format lasted until now.

For business champions, Argentina and Uruguay are in the forefront. Both have collected the trophy with the same amount, with 14 championship trophy. Brazil followed in second place with 8 titles, Paraguay and Peru, each new two-time champions and Bolivia and Colombia once the new champion.

Copa America Winner List:

• Argentina: 14 times

(1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993)

• Uruguay: 14 times

(1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995)

• Brazil: 8 times (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007)

• Paraguay: 2 times (1953, 1979)

• Peru: 2 times (1939, 1975)

• Colombia: 1 time (2001)

• Bolivia: 1 time (1963)


Schedule Copa América 2011: Schedule And Group.

Argentina Copa América Copa América 2011 or 2011, or also known as Campeonato Sudamericano 2011 Copa América is an international football tournament followed by countries in South America. In this year's Copa America event is the 43rd time and will be held in Argentina from July 1 until July 24, 2011, followed by the 10 countries of South America and supplemented by the two countries the invitation of the Mexican and Costa Rica (in place of the Japanese who resigned ).

Copa America 2011 tournament will be divided into two phases, including the group stage and knockout round (quarterfinals, semifinals and finals). Following the division of the group iniadalah Argentina Copa America 2011.

Group A: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Bolivia
Group B: Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador, Venezuela
Group C: Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Peru


SCHEDULE COPA AMERICA 2011 ARGENTINA

Group stage: 1-13 July 2011
Quarterfinal: 16 & July 17, 2011
Semifinal Round: 19-20 July 2011
Final: July 24, 2011

MATCH SCHEDULE COPA AMERICA 2011: SCHEDULE - GROUP

Group A
02/07/2011
01:45 Argentina - Bolivia -: -
19:30 Colombia - Costa Rica -: -

07/07/2011
01:45 Argentina - Colombia -: -
23:15 Bolivia - Costa Rica -: -

10/07/2011
20:00 Colombia - Bolivia -: -

12/07/2011
01:45 Argentina - Costa Rica -: -
Group B
03/07/2011
20:00 Brazil - Venezuela -: -
22:30 Paraguay - Ecuador -: -

09/07/2011
20:00 Brazil - Paraguay -: -
22:30 Venezuela - Ecuador -: -

13/07/2011
23:15 Paraguay - Venezuela -: -

14/07/2011
01:45 Brazil - Ecuador -: -

Group C
04/07/2011
23:15 Uruguay - Peru -: -

05/07/2011
01:45 Chile - Mexico -: -

08/07/2011
23:15 Peru - Mexico -: -

09/07/2011
01:45 Uruguay - Chile -: -

13/07/2011
01:45 Chile - Peru -: -
01:45 Uruguay - Mexico -: -

Quarter-finals
16/07/2011

A1 - Bester Dritter -: -

A2 - C2 -: -
17/07/2011

B1 - Zweiter Dritter -: -

C1 - B2 -: -
Semi-finals
19/07/2011
VF 1 Sieger - Sieger VF 2 -: -

20/07/2011
VF 3 Sieger - Sieger VF 4 -: -

Third place
23/07/2011
Verlierer HF 1 - Verlierer HF 2 -: -

Final
24/07/2011
HF 1 Sieger - Sieger HF 2

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