2019 Copa América

2019 Copa América
Copa América 2019
Tournament details
Host country Brazil Brazil
Teams 12 (expected) (from 2 or 3 confederations)

The 2019 Copa América will be the 46th edition of the Copa América, a football competition organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL, and will be held in Brazil. The winner of the tournament will earn the right to compete for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Qatar.

Host country

Originally, the 2019 Copa América was to be hosted by Chile, while Brazil was due to host the 2015 Copa América,[1] 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 2015 Copa América. Brazil and Chile's Football Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of the 2015 and 2019 championships.[2] This agreement was approved by CONMEBOL in 2012.[3]

Teams

If the current format of 12 teams is maintained, two teams from outside CONMEBOL will also be invited.

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