Honduras at the Copa América

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.

Attacking midfielder Amado Guevara was honoured as the best player of the 2001 tournament, the only Copa América that Honduras has competed in. It was the only time this award was given to a player from an invited nation.

Honduras 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.

In 2001, there were several problems with the planned Copa América and was even officially cancelled at one point.[1] When plans of postponement to 2002 did not work out either, the tournament was held as scheduled. However, two teams withdrew: Invitees Canada had already disbanded the squad after the initial cancellation, and Argentina withdrew on the grounds that they were receiving death threats.

Costa Rica was quickly found as a substitute for Canada - and eventually Honduras agreed to substitute for Argentina. The announcement came on July 10th, one day before the inaugural match, and three days before the first match of Hunduras. In spite of star players missing, they did well in that tournament, placing Third, and with Amado Guevara awarded as the tournament's MVP.

Honduras had won a continental title in the past: The CONCACAF Championship in 1981, a home tournament for them.

In 2016, the Copa América Centenario was a tournament co-hosted by CONCACAF and CONMEBOL and would have been Honduras' chance to play in a second Copa América, but they failed to qualify.