2019 Copa América

2019 Copa América
Copa América Brasil 2019
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates 14 June – 7 July
Teams 12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities)

The 2019 Copa América will be the 46th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's football championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. It will be held in Brazil. The winner of the tournament will earn the right to compete for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup. Chile are the two time defending champions having won the last two editions of the tournament.

Host country

Originally, the 2019 Copa América was to be hosted by Chile, while Brazil was due to host the 2015 Copa América,[1] due to CONMEBOL's rotation policy of tournaments being held in alphabetical order. However, due to the organization of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that country, Brazil decided against also hosting the 2015 Copa América. Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 championships.[2] This agreement was approved by CONMEBOL in 2012.[3]

The 2019 Copa America will be the final edition played on odd years. Starting in 2024, the tournament will be held in the same year as similar tournaments such as the UEFA European Championship.[4]

Venues

On 14 June 2018, CBF Vice President Fernando Sarney announced that five cities will host the tournament: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. The list of stadia was decided on 17 September 2018.[5] The opening match will be held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the semi-finals will be held at the Arena do Grêmio in Porto Alegre and Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, and the final will be held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.[6]

Rio de Janeiro São Paulo
Estádio do Maracanã Estádio do Morumbi Arena Palmeiras
Capacity: 74 738 Capacity: 67 428 Capacity: 43 713
Belo Horizonte Porto Alegre Salvador
Estádio Mineirão Arena do Grêmio Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity: 58 170 Capacity: 55 662 Capacity: 51 900

Teams

Apart from all ten CONMEBOL national teams which are eligible to enter. CONMEBOL initially planned to hold a 16-team tournament by inviting six teams from outside CONMEBOL. On 16 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced three teams from CONCACAF and three teams from Asian Football Confederation (AFC) would be invited to participate in the 2019 Copa América.[7][8] On 12 April 2018, it was announced that Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, accepted the invite to participate in the tournament.[9] On 4 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would instead be played with 12 teams, the same number as previous editions since 1993 (apart from the Copa América Centenario held in 2016), with the two guest teams being Qatar and Japan from the AFC.[10]

Qatar will be making their debut appearance in the Copa América becoming the first Arab nation to play in the tournament, while Japan will be making their second appearance, their first since 1999. This will also be the first Copa América to not feature any team from CONCACAF; in particular, Mexico, which have competed in all ten editions since 1993 as an invited team, will not participate in this tournament. United States have competed in four tournaments, including the 2016 event as host.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Iannaca, Márcio (22 February 2011). "Copa América será no Brasil em 2015, confirma CBF em seminário" [The Copa América will be in Brazil in 2015, the CBF confirms in a meeting]. O Globo (in Portuguese).
  2. ↑ "La Copa América da otro paso hacia Chile" [The Copa América takes another step towards Chile]. La Nación (in Spanish). 8 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Oficial: la Copa América 2015 en Chile Archived 13 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "USA, Mexico and two Euro giants could play in 2019 Copa America in Brazil". CBS Sports. 10 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Morumbi fará abertura da Copa América. Allianz recebe os outros jogos em SP" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Comité Organizador Local confirma estadios de apertura, final y semifinales de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 18 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sem europeus, Brasil busca alternativas para ter 16 times na Copa América de 2019" [Without european teams, Brazil is looking for alternatives to having 16 teams in 2019 Copa América] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Surprise Nation to Be Included in Copa America 2019 to Be Held in Brazil". Sports Illustrated. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Jaafar, Karim (12 April 2018). "Qatar say yes to playing in 2019 Copa America". AFP.com. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Copa América BRASIL 2019 se disputará con 12 selecciones". Conmebol (in Spanish). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Mexico, United States not included as CONMEBOL announces 12-team 2019 Copa America". Goal.com. 4 May 2018.
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