Editorial
South America lives and breathes football, and the bars carry the noise. Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Medellin, and Santiago each turn a derby into a citywide event.
Our editors built this list from venue listings, Google Maps review patterns, and the local Reddit threads where supporters argue about which bar shows which league. Every venue below has a full profile on barsforKings and a verified place in our city guides.
We recommend booking ahead for the biggest fixtures. These rooms fill early and stay loud until the final whistle.
Buenos Aires runs the most intense club culture on the continent. The city's Buenos Aires sports bars fill for a Boca or River fixture and for every Argentina national team night.
Brazil's two great cities approach the game with theatre. Sao Paulo's Sao Paulo sports bars cover the Brasileirao and the Copa Libertadores across a packed week.
Colombia and Chile complete the list. The best Rio De Janeiro sports bars run every domestic and continental fixture for a crowd that knows the table by heart.
Each venue below links to its full barsforKings profile, with address, opening hours, and what to expect on a match day.
Every bar on this list is editorially curated and sourced. Our team reads venue sites and social feeds, pattern reads recent Google Maps reviews, and cross checks the local supporter threads on Reddit to confirm which screens show which leagues. We do not accept payment for placement.
We favour venues that show a wide fixture list, pour cold draught all evening, and fill with regulars rather than one off tourists. For the wider picture, see our guide to the best sports bars in Europe, our ranking of the best cities for sports bars, and the global sports bar index covering every city we track.
Priya Nair covers nightlife for barsforKings and rates a sports bar on the quality of its draught and the loyalty of its regulars.
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