From 1996 to 2005, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Colombia participated three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2005. They reached the tournament's final in 2000, but lost 2–0 to Canada. Thanks to their good results they rank 15th out of 27 nations in the tournaments all-time table in spite of only three participations.