page_title: Costa Rica at the Copa América
hierarchical_section_title: Costa Rica at the Copa América
caption_attribution_description: The USA and Costa Rica national men's association football teams lined up on the pitch prior to a match. Taken during a match of the Copa América Centenario at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
context_page_description: The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.
  Costa Rica are not members of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL. But because CONMEBOL only has ten member associations, guest nations have regularly been invited since 1993. Costa Rica have competed in the Copa América five times, and reached the quarter-finals twice.
  On four occasions, they have been directly invited. The Copa América Centenario in 2016 was a collaboration of the CONCACAF and the CONMEBOL and Costa Rica qualified by virtue of winning the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.
  In their home confederation, the North American CONCACAF, Costa Rica have won three titles.
context_section_description: The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.
  Costa Rica are not members of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL. But because CONMEBOL only has ten member associations, guest nations have regularly been invited since 1993. Costa Rica have competed in the Copa América five times, and reached the quarter-finals twice.
  On four occasions, they have been directly invited. The Copa América Centenario in 2016 was a collaboration of the CONCACAF and the CONMEBOL and Costa Rica qualified by virtue of winning the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.
  In their home confederation, the North American CONCACAF, Costa Rica have won three titles (1963, 1969 and 1989).
caption: Costa Rica and the USA lining up for the group match at the Copa América Centenario.
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