Liga Americana
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA World Cup
Current champions Brazil (1st title)
Television broadcastersList of broadcasters
WebsiteOfficial website
2018–19 Liga Americana

CONMEBOL Liga Americana (English: CONMEBOL American League) is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of CONMEBOL, the sport's South American governing body.[1]

Established in 2016 to celebrate the 100th anniversay of the South American football confederation, it faces in a single-legged round robin format the 10 member associations of the continent, in order to select the league champions.

Since the contemporary expansion of Copa América to 16 teams,[a] in order to accomodate six additional North American national representatives, Liga Americana has remained the only official tournament exclusively reserved to CONMEBOL teams, thus effectively making the winners of the competition the unofficial South American champions.

History edit

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Format edit

 
Map of the participating countries

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Overview edit

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Schedule edit

Round Dates
Matchday 1 September (even)
Matchday 2 October (even)
Matchday 3
Matchday 4 November (even)
Matchday 5
Matchday 6 March (odd)
Matchday 7
Matchday 8 June (odd)
Matchday 9

Results edit

Performance by edition edit

# Season Champions Runners-up Third place
1 2016–17
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Brazil
 
Peru
 
Chile
2 2018–19
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3 2020–21
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Medals palmares edit

Team Winners Runners-up Third place
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil 1 (2016–17)
  Chile 1 (2016–17)
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
  Peru 1 (2016–17)
  Uruguay
  Venezuela

All-time ranking edit

Team 2016–17 2018–19 2020–21
Pos. Var. Pos. Var. Pos. Var.
  Argentina 4
  Bolivia 8
  Brazil 1
  Chile 3
  Colombia 7
  Ecuador 10
  Paraguay 6
  Peru 2
  Uruguay 5
  Venezuela 9

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Of the 16 total teams, 10 are from CONMEBOL and 6 are from CONCACAF. The 10 CONMEBOL teams have direct access to the final phase, while the 41 CONCACAF teams have to compete in a qualification path in order to gain access to the competition.

References edit

  1. ^ Official website CONMEBOL. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

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