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]
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]
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 was not met during the draw, the team moved to the next available group in alphabetical order.[16]
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abTeam was competing in the
qualifying play-offs and was not known at the time of the draw
Match officials
On May 24, 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 Guzmán.
Edina Alves and assistants Neuza Back, Mary Blanco, Migdalia Rodriguez will also take part in the tournament.[17]
In the final, if the score is 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, semi-finals, and third place play-off), no extra time will be played and any draws will be resolved via penalties.[15]
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.
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.[63]
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.[64]
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.[65]
^Mattos, Rodrigo (September 18, 2023).
"Brax leva direitos da Copa América nos EUA" [Brax takes Copa America rights]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese).
Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
^"[방송소식] 티빙, '2024 코파 아메리카' 전 경기 생중계" [TVING will broadcast all the matches of '2024 Copa America' at live.]. www.tving.com (in Korean). May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.