The 2024 Copa América will be the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL.[1] The tournament will be held in the United States and co-organized by CONCACAF.[2] The United States will host the tournament for the second time, having hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016. The tournament will be held from June 20 to July 14, 2024, and the winner will later compete in the 2025 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions against the UEFA Euro 2024 winner.[3]
 Vibra o Continente: (Vibra el Continente) English: Rocking the Continent French: “Vibre le Continent”[citation needed] | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | June 20 – July 14 |
| Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 14 (in 14 host cities) |
Argentina is the defending champion.[4] The final will be played on July 14, 2024, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.[5]
Host selection
The 2024 Copa América had been expected to be hosted by Ecuador due to CONMEBOL's host rotation order.[6] However, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez said Ecuador had been nominated but not yet chosen to organize the edition. In November 2022, the country declined to host the tournament.[7] Peru and the United States had both expressed interest in organizing the tournament.[1][8]
On January 27, 2023, it was announced that as part of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL's new strategic partnership, the United States would host the tournament with six CONCACAF guest teams qualifying through the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[2] The tournament also acts as a prelude to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, of which the United States is a joint host along with Canada and Mexico.[9][10]
Venues
The opening match will be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, while the final will be held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, both venues were announced on November 20, 2023.[11] All other venues were selected and announced on December 4, 2023, two weeks after the opening and final venues were confirmed.[12]
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Teams
The tournament will include sixteen teams – ten from CONMEBOL and six from CONCACAF.[2] All ten CONMEBOL national teams are eligible to enter.
The six CONCACAF participants will qualify through the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[2] The teams will be the four League A quarter-final winners, and two play-in round winners between the four losing quarter-finalists.[13] Unlike the Copa América Centenario, the United States did not qualify automatically despite being the hosts, but still secured a berth following a 4–2 aggregate win against Trinidad and Tobago.
| CONMEBOL (10 teams) | CONCACAF (6 teams) |
|---|---|
Squads
Draw
The group stage draw was held on December 7, 2023, at 19:30 EST (UTC−5) in the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida.[14] The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots.
For the draw, the four teams in Pot 1 were pre-seeded into their respective groups, determined as follows:
- The reigning Copa América champions, Argentina, were seeded into Group A
- The reigning CONCACAF Gold Cup champions, Mexico, were seeded into Group B
- The highest ranked CONCACAF team in the October 2023 FIFA World Rankings, the United States, was seeded into Group C
- The next-highest ranked CONMEBOL team in the October 2023 FIFA World Rankings, Brazil, was seeded into Group D
The remaining 12 teams were placed into Pots 2–4 according to their October 2023 World Rankings, with placeholders for the 2 CONCACAF participants yet to be determined at the time of the draw each being automatically placed into Pot 4.[15]
For the draw, the competition rules state that no group can have more than three CONMEBOL teams or more than two CONCACAF teams. If this condition is not met during the draw, the team will move to the next available group in alphabetical order.[16]
Seeding
| Team | Rank |
|---|---|
 Argentina | 1 |
 Mexico | 14 |
 United States (host) | 12 |
 Brazil | 5 |
| Team | Rank |
|---|---|
 Uruguay | 11 |
 Colombia | 15 |
 Ecuador | 32 |
 Peru | 35 |
| Team | Rank |
|---|---|
 Chile | 40 |
 Panama | 41 |
 Venezuela | 49 |
 Paraguay | 53 |
| Team | Rank |
|---|---|
 Jamaica | 55 |
 Bolivia | 85 |
 Canada[a] | 50 |
 Costa Rica[a] | 54 |
Notes
Match officials
On 24 May 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 101 referees for the tournament. Referees are from CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, and UEFA because of the continuation of UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding. Italian official Maurizio Mariani with his assistants Daniele Brindoni and Alberto Tegoni, and Marco Di Bello and Alejandro Di Paolo (VAR) will represent UEFA. This will be the first edition of the Copa America to feature female referees. Four referees from the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final will be incorporated including Tori Penso and her assistants Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt and VAR official Tatiana Guzman. Edina Alves and assistants Neuza Back, Mary Blanco, Migdalia Rodriguez will also take part in the tournament.[17]
| Association | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Dario Herrera Yael Falcón | Juan Belatti Cristian Navarro Facundo Rodriguez Maximiliano del Yesso | Mauro Vigliano Silvio Trucco Héctor Paletta |
| Bolivia | Ivo Méndez | Jose Antelo Edwar Saavedra | Gery Vargas |
| Brazil | Wilton Sampaio Raphael Claus Edina Alves | Danilo Manis Rodrigo Correa Bruno Boschilia Bruno Pires Neuza Back | Rodolpho Toski Daniel Nobre Pablo Goncalves |
| Chile | Piero Maza Cristián Garay | Claudio Urrutia Miguel Rocha Jose Retamal Juan Serrano | Juan Lara Rodrigo Carvajal Edson Cisternas |
| Colombia | Wilmar Roldan Jhon Ospina | Alexander Guzman Jhon Leon Jhon Gallego Miguel Roldan Mary Blanco | Nicolas Gallo Yadir Acuña David Rodriguez |
| Ecuador | Augusto Aragon | Cristhian Lescano Ricardo Baren | Carlos Obre Bryan Loayza |
 Guatemala | Mario Escobar | Luis Ventura Humberto Panjoj | |
 Italy | Maurizio Mariani | Daniele Bindoni Alberto Tegoni | Marco Di Bello Aleandro Di Paolo |
| Mexico | César Arturo Ramos | Alberto Morin Marco Bisguerra | Erik Miranda Guillermo Pacheco |
 Nicaragua | Tatiana Guzman | ||
| Paraguay | Juan Benitez | Eduardo Cardozo Milciades Saldivar | Derlis López Eduardo Britos José Cuevas |
| Peru | Kevin Ortega | Michael Orue Stephen Atoche | Joel Alarcón Jonny Bossio Augusto Menendez |
 El Salvador | Iván Barton | David Moran Henri Pupiro | |
| Uruguay | Andrés Matonte Gustavo Tejera | Nicolas Taran Martin Soppi Carlos Barreiro Pablo Llarena | Leodan Gonzalez Richard Trinidad Cristhian Ferreyra |
| United States | Ismail Elfath Tori Penso | Corey Parker Kyle Atkins Brooke Mayo Kathryn Nesbitt | Armando Villarreal |
| Venezuela | Jesus Valenzuela Alexis Herrera | Jorge Urrego Alberto Ponte Lubin Torrealba Migdalia Rodriguez | Juan Soto Carlos Lopez |
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States | Match 5 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | Match 13 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Match 21 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | Match 7 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | Match 16 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Match 24 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final, if the scores are level after 90 minutes, two extra time periods of 15 minutes each will be played. If still level, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. In the other knockout stage matches (quarter-finals, and third place play-off), no extra time will be played and any draws will be resolved via penalties.[15]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 4 – Houston, TX | ||||||||||
| Winner Group A | ||||||||||
| July 9 – East Rutherford, NJ | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 25 | ||||||||||
| July 5 – Arlington, TX | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 26 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group B | ||||||||||
| July 14 – Miami Gardens, FL | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 29 | ||||||||||
| July 6 – Las Vegas, NV | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 30 | ||||||||||
| Winner Group C | ||||||||||
| July 10 – Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 27 | ||||||||||
| July 6 – Glendale, AZ | ||||||||||
| Winner Match 28 | Third place play-off | |||||||||
| Winner Group D | ||||||||||
| July 13 – Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||
| Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||
| Loser Match 29 | ||||||||||
| Loser Match 30 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Winner Group A | Match 25 | Runner-up Group B |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group B | Match 26 | Runner-up Group A |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group C | Match 27 | Runner-up Group D |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Group D | Match 28 | Runner-up Group C |
|---|---|---|
Semi-finals
| Winner Match 25 | Match 29 | Winner Match 26 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner Match 27 | Match 30 | Winner Match 28 |
|---|---|---|
Third place play-off
| Loser Match 29 | Match 31 | Loser Match 30 |
|---|---|---|
Final
| Winner Match 29 | Match 32 | Winner Match 30 |
|---|---|---|
Marketing
The Panini Group produced thematic stickers and a sticker album for this edition of the Copa América. Stickers were produced for all the Copa América teams, including Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago, the teams that did not qualify for the play offs. These stickers can be sold, collected or traded.
Sponsorships
Broadcasting rights
| Territory | Broadcaster(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Telefe, TyC Sports, DSports | [24] |
| Australia | Optus Sport | [25] |
| Bolivia | Unitel Bolivia | [26] |
| Brazil | Grupo Globo | [27] |
| Canada | TSN (in English), RDS (in French) | [28] |
| Chile | Canal 13, Chilevisión | [29] |
| Colombia | Caracol, RCN, DSports | [30] |
| Costa Rica | Teletica | [31] |
| Denmark | Viaplay Group | [32] |
| Fiji | FBC | [33] |
| Honduras | Canal 11 | [34] |
| Indonesia | Emtek | [35] |
| Ireland | Premier Sports | [36] |
| Italy | Sportitalia | [37] |
| Latin America | Vrio Corp., Torneos | [citation needed] |
| Mexico | TelevisaUnivision, TV Azteca | [38][39] |
| New Zealand | TVNZ | [40] |
| Panama | RPC Televisión, TVMax | [41][42] |
| Paraguay | Unicanal, Telefuturo, SNT | [43] |
| Peru | América Televisión | [citation needed] |
| Romania | Digi Sport | [44] |
| Spain | Movistar Plus+ | [45] |
| United Kingdom | Premier Sports | [46] |
| United States | Fox Sports (English) TUDN (Spanish) | [47][48] |
| Venezuela | Televen | [49] |
| Vietnam | Q.net Television | [citation needed] |
Symbols
Mascot
The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on December 7, 2023, during the group stage draw. It's an eagle named "Capitán", which is a Spanish word meaning captain. The inspiration for the choice of an eagle as the mascot for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2024, was born from the symbolism that this majestic animal has in various cultures of the Americas, illustrating strength, boldness, and excellence.[50]
Match ball
The match balls of this tournament will be provided by Puma for the first time after 20 years of partnership with Nike ended in 2023. The "Puma Cumbre" was unveiled during the draw for the Group Stage of the competition on December 7, 2023.[51]
Music
Instead of one official song, multiple songs, in Spanish (the tournament's official language) and English (the main language of the host country), will be used for the tournament.
A customized version of "Puntería" by Colombian singer Shakira serves as the Spanish-language official song of the tournament, with it also being used for TUDN's coverage.[52]
See also
References
External links
