Unofficial ranking Copa América-1979 ()
The 1979 Copa América with 10 teams. Paraguay won the tournament, beating Chile in the final 3:1. Chile finished second, Brazil third and Colombia fourth. Below you will find the final order of the teams, the group tables, the knockout bracket and the rating points every team received.
| # | Team | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paraguay ★★ 6 6 | CONMEBOL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 4 000 |
| 2 |  Chile ★★ 4 5 | CONMEBOL | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 950 |
| 3 |  Brazil 9 12 7 | CONMEBOL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 900 |
| 4 |  Colombia ★ 2 5 | CONMEBOL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 850 |
| 5 |  Uruguay 15 6 9 | CONMEBOL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 800 |
| 6 |  Bolivia ★ 1 | CONMEBOL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 | 3 780 |
| 7 |  Argentina 16 14 5 | CONMEBOL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 760 |
| 8 |  Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 2 | 3 740 |
| 9 |  Venezuela | CONMEBOL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 2 | 3 690 |
| 10 |  Peru ★★ 1 7 | CONMEBOL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 3 670 |