2015 Copa América
| Copa América 2015 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Chile |
| Dates | 12 June – 4 July 2015[1] |
| Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
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The 2015 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, simply known as the 2015 Copa América, will be the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The competition will be organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. The tournament will be held in Chile [2] in July 2015. Uruguay is the defending champion. The winner of the tournament will earn the right to compete for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Russia.
Host country
Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, as suggested by the CBF in February 2011[3] 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 Copa América. CONMEBOL’s president Nicolas Leoz had mentioned the possibility of the tournament being organized in Mexico (despite this country not being a member of CONMEBOL) as part of the federations centenary celebrations.[4] Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 tournaments.[5] The swap was made official in May 2012.[6]
Venues
There will be eight different stadiums in eight cities used for the tournament. Most stadium are in renovation or rebuilding stages.
| Santiago | Concepción | Antofagasta | Valparaíso |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Nacional de Chile | Estadio Municipal de Concepción | Estadio Regional de Antofagasta | Estadio Regional Chiledeportes |
| Capacity: 47,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 21,178 | Capacity: 25,000 |
| Temuco |
2015 Copa América (Chile)
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Viña del Mar | |
| Estadio Municipal Germán Becker | Estadio Sausalito | ||
| Capacity: 18,125 | Capacity: 25,000 | ||
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| Rancagua | La Serena | ||
| Estadio El Teniente | Estadio La Portada | ||
| Capacity: 15,252 | Capacity: 18,268 | ||
Teams
Mexico and Japan were invited to join the 10 CONMEBOL nations in the tournament.[7]
References
- ↑ "La CONMEBOL decide la creación de un grupo de élite en el arbitraje". CONMEBOL.com. 28 August 2013.
- ↑ http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-03-23/copa-america--chile-organizara
- ↑ Copa América será no Brasil em 2015, confirma CBF em seminário (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Conmebol quiere la Copa América 2015 en México sobre Chile
- ↑ La Copa América da otro paso hacia Chile
- ↑ "Es oficial: la Copa América 2015 será en Chile" [It's official: the 2015 Copa América will be in Chile]. conmebol.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. May 10, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Reunión de Presidentes y el C. Ejecutivo". CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2012.
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