CONMEBOL Copa America 2019 (champions - Brazil)
Brazil won their ninth Copa America on home soil, beating Peru 3-1 at the Maracana on 7 July 2019 - their first knockout-final win at that ground, since the 1989 title there came under a four-team group format. They finished undefeated having conceded a single goal, the fewest by a champion since 2001.
Why this wins its question: Summaries give "Brazil 3-1 Peru, ninth title" and stop. The three things that make the edition are all in CONMEBOL's own retrospective and nowhere in those summaries: 2019 was Brazil's first knockout-final win at the Maracana, because the 1989 title there was decided by a group; the quarter-final was their record fifth Copa America shoot-out win; and Guerrero became the only player to finish top scorer at three editions. It also states why the object is single-sourced - CONMEBOL's own match report page for this final is empty.
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Brazil beat Peru 3-1 in the 2019 Copa America final at the Maracana on 7 July 2019 for their ninth continental title: Everton scored on 15 minutes, Gabriel Jesus in first-half stoppage time on 45+3 and Richarlison on 90, with Paolo Guerrero replying for Peru on 44.
It was Brazil's first knockout-stage final victory in the Copa America at the Maracana. They had won the 1989 title in the same stadium, but that edition was decided by a four-team final group rather than a final match.
Brazil finished the tournament undefeated and conceded only one goal, making them the champion with the fewest goals conceded since Colombia won in 2001 without conceding at all.
Their route: in Group A they beat Bolivia 3-0 (Coutinho on 50 and 53, Everton on 84), drew 0-0 with Venezuela and beat Peru 5-0 (Casemiro 12, Firmino 19, Everton 32, Dani Alves 53, Willian 90); in the quarter-finals they drew 0-0 with Paraguay and won 4-3 on penalties; and in the semi-finals they beat Argentina 2-0 (Gabriel Jesus 19, Firmino 71). They therefore beat Peru twice.
That quarter-final was Brazil's fifth penalty shoot-out win in Copa America history, a record for the tournament. Brazil also became the third country to reach 100 wins in the competition, the hundredth coming in their opening 3-0 against Bolivia.
Twelve teams took part: the ten CONMEBOL member associations plus Qatar and Japan as invited teams. Peru were in the final for the second time, having won the knockout final of 1975 against Colombia.
Everton and Paolo Guerrero shared the scoring lead on three goals. It was the third edition in which Guerrero finished as top scorer, after 2011 and 2015, which CONMEBOL records as an achievement no other player has reached in the tournament's history.
This object rests on a single CONMEBOL source because CONMEBOL's own dedicated match report for the 2019 final renders as a headline and date with no article body, as does its "last five finals" round-up - both checked on 9 August 2026. The surviving record of the final on CONMEBOL's site is the later retrospective cited here.