After a gap of eight years, the competition resumed in 1975 with a new name – Copa America. The tournament was played throughout the year in all 10 participating nations, with defending champions Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-final. Peru won the first rebranded championship.
Copa America was held every four years with this format until 1987 when CONMEBOL decided to organise it every alternate year.
From 2001 to 2007, the tournament was held every three years and from 2007, Copa became a quadrennial event, with the exception of the 100th-anniversary edition in 2016.
Copa America was held in 2019 and again in 2020 to move it to even years and sync it with the European Championship.
Owing to the limited number of teams in South America, CONMEBOL invites nations from other continents to compete in the tournament. Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Qatar and the USA have been the non-South American nations to take part in the competition.
In the Copa America era, Brazil are the most successful team, winning the competition six times, followed by Uruguay claiming the top honours four times while Argentina have won the continental trophy four times, including the most recent edition in 2024.
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