From 1996 to 2005, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Brazil participated three times: in 1996, 1998 and 2003. They reached the tournament final twice, but lost to Mexico on both occasions. Thanks to their good results they rank 12th out of 27 nations in the tournaments all-time table in spite of only three participations - right ahead of Cuba, who participated ten times.