Copa América Centenario

Also known as 2016 Copa América, 2016 Centennial Copa America, Centennial Copa America, Intercontinental Americas Cup, Copa America Centenario, Copa América 2016

2016 edition of the Copa América association football competition

AI overview

Copa América Centenario was the 2016 edition of the Copa América, South America's premier international soccer tournament. It was a special centennial celebration of the competition, which had been running for 100 years.

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Key facts

Host country: United States
Dates: June 3 – 26
Teams: 16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue: 10 (in 10 host cities)
Champions: Chile (2nd title)
Runners up: Argentina
Third place: Colombia
Fourth place: United States
Goals scored: 91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance: 1,483,855 (46,370 per match)
Top scorer: Eduardo Vargas (6 goals)
Best player: Alexis Sánchez
Best goalkeeper: Claudio Bravo
Fair play award: Argentina

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: sports season
Country: United States
Location: Santa Clara
Sport: association football
Official website: www.ca2016.com
Image: Copa America 100 Trophy.jpg
Significant event: Copa América Centenario Final
Organizer: FIFA

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participating team: Panama men's national football team
edition number: 45
final event: Copa América Centenario Final
point in time: 2016-00-00
start time: 2016-06-03
end time: 2016-06-26
number of participants: 16
topic's main category: Category:Copa América Centenario
Commons category: Copa América Centenario
statistical leader: Alexis Sánchez
number of points/goals/set scored: 91
number of matches played/races/starts: 32
attendance: 1483855
winner: Chile men's national football team
sports season of league or competition: Copa América
native label: Copa América Centenario

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Encyclopedic overview

The Copa América Centenario (Portuguese: Copa América Centenário, French: Coupe Amérique Centennaire, English: Centennial Cup America; literally Centennial America Cup) was the commemorative 45th edition of the Copa América, the international men's association football championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The competition was a celebration of the centennial of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and was the first Copa América hosted outside South America.

It was held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF as a special edition between the usual four-year cycle, and featured an expanded field of sixteen teams (an increase from the usual twelve), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. Despite the tournament being an official iteration of the Copa América, the winner did not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup due to the commemorative nature of the tournament, although eventual winner Chile had already qualified through its 2015 victory.

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