Copa America 2024 will be held from June 20 to July 16 (French)
The draw for the Copa America 2024 soccer tournament, scheduled in the United States from June 20 to July 16, resulted in defending champion and world champion Argentina falling into the same group with its arch-rival Chile.
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The groups are:
Group A:
Argentina, Peru, Chile, and the winner of Canada and Trinidad and Tobago
Group Two:
Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Jamaica
Group Three:
The United States, Uruguay, Panama, and Bolivia
Group D:
Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and the winner between Costa Rica and Honduras
Argentina.. World and Copa America champion
The Argentine national team will defend its title in American territory in the expanded version, which will include 16 teams, as 6 members of CONCACAF have joined the usual ten competitors in South America, CONMEBOL.
Argentina will begin its tournament campaign on June 20 in Atlanta, facing Canada or Trinidad and Tobago, who will meet in a playoff to determine one of the two places qualifying for CONCACAF next year.
Then Argentina will face Chile in New Jersey on June 25 in a rematch of the 2016 Copa America final, which was held on the occasion of the centenary of the competition in the United States as well.
The Argentine national team lost the final matches of 2015 and 2016 on penalties to Chile, noting that in the last final Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick.
Messi then announced his retirement for a short period before reconsidering his decision to continue his international adventure, which culminated in winning the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 World Cup.
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Argentina will conclude its campaign in Group A by facing Peru in Miami on June 29.
On the other hand, five-time defending champion Brazil came in a cautious group alongside Colombia, Paraguay and the winner of the play-off between Costa Rica and Honduras.
Mexico fell into the second group, along with Ecuador, Venezuela, and Jamaica.
As for the host United States, it will play in Group C with Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia.
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Paraguayan Alejandro Domingues, president of the South American Confederation, said that the tournament will be a "global Copa America."
He added, "The world champion team (Argentina), the only team to win the World Cup title 5 times (Brazil), and the first world champion (Uruguay) will participate, along with the best players in the world, who are from Latin America."
Five-time world champion Brazil will open its campaign at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles against Costa Rica or Honduras on June 24, before facing Paraguay in Las Vegas on June 28, and conclude its campaign in the first round against Colombia at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. .
The tournament will be played in 14 stadiums, including stadiums that host NFL matches.
The semi-final matches will be held in East Rutherford on July 9, and in Charlotte on the 10th of the same month, with Miami hosting the final on July 14.
Source: Agencies