The first Copa America took place way back in 1916, 14 years prior to the first FIFA World Cup and decades before UEFA got the European Championships up and running and as such, the South American Football Championship, as it was then known, has a great deal of history to its name.
The tournament ran as a four-team competition from 1916 to 1937, when it increased in size, and by 1947, eight teams were in the running to win it. By 1975, the tally of nations was up to ten, and since 1993, there have been 12 entrants, with two nations from CONCACAF (Central and North America) also taking part.
At the 2016 edition of Copa America Centenario, 16 teams took part, and there have been a number of invitees that have originated from other continents, including Japan (who took part in both 1999 and 2019) and Qatar (who also played in 2019).
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Venezuela vs Peru Copa America Tournament Record
To say that Venezuela struggled in their initial appearances in the Copa America would be very much an understatement. In the forty years between their debut in 1967 and 2007, they managed just one group stage win.
Their fortunes changed in a big way at the 2007 edition, where they reached the Quarter-Finals of the tournament, and four years later, at the 2011 Copa America, they came very close to their first appearance in the Copa America Final, only missing out on doing so when they lost to Paraguay in the Semi-Finals on penalties.
Their improvement has been ongoing, with La Vinotinto reaching the Quarter-Finals in both 2016 and 2019.
Peru first appeared in the Copa America in 1927, when they finished third, and they did so again in 1935 and then picked up their first title in 1939. They would not reach those dizzy heights again for some time, with their next title coming in 1975.
In more recent editions, they have impressed in patches. At the 2011 Copa America, La Blanquirroja beat Peru in the Quarter-Finals before losing 2-0 to Uruguay, with former Liverpool and Barcelona goal machine Luis Suarez scoring twice.
Four years later, Peru repeated the feat. National team legend Paolo Guerrero, two-time Bundesliga winner with Bayern Munich, scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over Bolivia in the Quarter-Finals before losing to Chile in the Semi-Finals.
In 2019, they beat Colombia and Chile in the knockout phase before facing Brazil in the final, with Guerrero netting in a 3-1 loss to the host nation.
Venezuela vs Peru Head-to-Head
Peru have a strong record against Venezuela in the Copa America. In 2015, Claudio Pizarro scored the only goal of the game in a group stage success.
In 2019, again in the group stage, the two sides drew 0-0, and in 2021, Andre Carrillo scored the winner for Peru in Brasilia.
