La Conmebol has decided that the Copa América should not be played in Argentina due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the South American Football Confederation said in a tweet on Sunday.
Among the possible options is Chile.
Two weeks before the start of the Copa America, Conmebol decided that this regional tournament should not be played in Argentina due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the South American Football Confederation said in a tweet on Sunday.
"La Conmebol informs that in view of the current circumstances, it has decided to suspend the organization of the Copa Ameerica in Argentina," the statement said.
Most critical period of the pandemic
La Conmebol specifies analyzing "the offer of other countries which have expressed their interest in hosting the continental tournament".
Among the possible options is Chile, as recently mentioned by a Conmebol official, Argentina's Gonzalo Belloso.
The Copa America is the most important international competition organized by the Conmebol.
Argentina should have co-hosted the Copa America with Colombia, where social unrest that claimed dozens of lives made it impossible to organize.
As for Argentina, Argentina's Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, recently warned of the difficulties of such an organization as the country of 45 million inhabitants is going through the most critical period of the pandemic with more than 41,000 people. infected for Thursday alone.
It has exceeded 3.7 million positive cases and 77,000 deaths since the start of the health emergency.
For these reasons, according to a poll released on Friday, 70% of Argentines were opposed to their country hosting the Copa America.