A beginner’s guide to Copa America 2024: Groups, format, location and dates
New York TimesGrab your burgers, hot dogs and root beers because, for the second time in its history, Copa America is being held in the United States. Nation Hosted First Most recent Argentina 9 1916 2011 Uruguay 7 1917 1995 Chile 7 1920 2015 Brazil 6 1919 2021 Peru 6 1927 2004 Ecuador 3 1947 1993 No host 3 1975 1983 Bolivia 2 1963 1997 United States 2 2016 2024 Paraguay 1 1999 - Colombia 1 2001 - Venezuela 1 2007 - Copa America format This summer, the 16-team tournament will begin with four groups of four teams. Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli is in the Brazil squad The teams taking part Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Jamaica Mexico Panama United States Canada Costa Rica Groups Group A: Argentina, Peru, Chile, Canada Group B: Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Jamaica Group C: USMNT, Uruguay, Panama, Bolivia Group D: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Costa Rica Most successful, least successful Uruguay are international football’s perennial overachievers, consistently performing well in tournaments despite a population of only around 3.5 million. What Maradona and Pele didn’t win Almost every South American superstar has won Copa America, except for two of the greatest ever: Maradona and Pele. Despite being without Neymar, Brazil are Argentina’s most obvious competitor, and there will be little surprise if they add to their nine Copa America trophies this year.