2024 Copa América
The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024, and was co-organized by CONCACAF.
This was the second time that the United States hosted the tournament, having hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016. Argentina was the defending champion, and won a record sixteenth title after defeating Colombia 1–0 after extra time in the final, which was played on July 14, 2024, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Host selection
The 2024 Copa América had been expected to be hosted by Ecuador because of CONMEBOL's host rotation order. However, it was run by America because 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. Peru and the United States had both expressed interest in organizing the tournament.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. The tournament also acted as a prelude to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, of which the United States is a joint host along with Canada and Mexico.
Venues
All of the stadiums were existing venues. The opening match was held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, while the final was held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Both venues were announced on November 20, 2023. All other stadiums were selected and announced on December 4, 2023.Team base camps
Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needed to be in the United States.| Team | Base camp | Training ground |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Chase Stadium | |
| Bay Lake, Florida | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex | |
| Santa Clara, California | Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park | |
| Bethesda, Maryland | Landon School | |
| Palm Beach Gardens, Florida | Gardens North County District Park | |
| San Jose, California | San Jose State University |
Teams
Qualification
The tournament included sixteen teams: ten from CONMEBOL and six from CONCACAF. All ten CONMEBOL national teams were eligible to enter.The six CONCACAF participants qualified through the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League. The teams were the four League A quarter-final winners, and two play-off round winners between the four losing quarter-finalists. Unlike the Copa América Centenario, the United States did not qualify automatically despite being the hosts, but still secured a berth as one of League A quarter-final winners, following a 4–2 aggregate win against Trinidad and Tobago.
| CONMEBOL | CONCACAF |
Draw
The group stage draw was held on December 7, 2023, at 19:30 EST in the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. 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
For the draw, the competition rules stated that no group could 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.
Seeding
| Team | |
| 11 | |
| 15 | |
| 32 | |
| 35 |
| Team | |
| 55 | |
| 85 | |
| 50 | |
| 54 |
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Draw
| Team | |
| B1 | |
| B2 | |
| B3 | |
| B4 |
| Team | |
| D1 | |
| D2 | |
| D3 | |
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Squads
The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 by the deadline of June 15.Match officials
On May 24, 2024, CONMEBOL announced 101 referees for the tournament. Referees were from CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, and UEFA because of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding. Italian official Maurizio Mariani, with his assistants Daniele Brindoni and Alberto Tegoni, along with Marco Di Bello and Aleandro Di Paolo, represented UEFA. This was the first edition of the Copa América to feature female referees. Four referees from the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final were incorporated, including Tori Penso and her assistants Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, as well as VAR official Tatiana Guzmán. Edina Alves and assistants Neuza Back, Mary Blanco, Migdalia Rodríguez also took part in the tournament.| Association | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
| Darío Herrera Yael Falcón | Juan Belatti Cristian Navarro Facundo Rodríguez Maximiliano del Yesso | Mauro Vigliano Silvio Trucco Héctor Paletta | |
| Ivo Méndez | José Antelo Edwar Saavedra | Gery Vargas | |
| Wilton Sampaio Raphael Claus Edina Alves | Danilo Manis Rodrigo Correa Bruno Boschilia Bruno Pires Neuza Back | Rodolpho Toski Daniel Nobre Pablo Gonçalves | |
| Piero Maza Cristian Garay | Claudio Urrutia Miguel Rocha José Retamal Juan Serrano | Juan Lara Rodrigo Carvajal Edson Cisternas | |
| Wilmar Roldán Jhon Ospina | Alexander Guzmán Jhon León Jhon Gallego Miguel Roldán Mary Blanco | Nicolás Gallo Yadir Acuña David Rodríguez | |
| Augusto Aragón | Cristhian Lescano Ricardo Baren | Carlos Orbe Bryan Loayza | |
| Mario Escobar | Luis Ventura Humberto Panjoj | ||
| Maurizio Mariani | Daniele Bindoni Alberto Tegoni | Marco Di Bello Aleandro Di Paolo | |
| César Ramos | Alberto Morín Marco Bisguerra | Erik Miranda Guillermo Pacheco | |
| Tatiana Guzmán | |||
| Juan Benítez | Eduardo Cardozo Milcíades Saldívar | Derlis López Eduardo Britos José Cuevas | |
| Kevin Ortega | Michael Orué Stephen Atoche | Joel Alarcón Jonny Bossio Augusto Menéndez | |
| Iván Barton | David Morán Henri Pupiro | ||
| Andrés Matonte Gustavo Tejera | Nicolás Tarán Martín Soppi Carlos Barreiro Pablo Llarena | Leodán González Richard Trinidad Cristhian Ferreyra | |
| Ismail Elfath Tori Penso | Corey Parker Kyle Atkins Brooke Mayo Kathryn Nesbitt | Armando Villarreal | |
| Jesús Valenzuela Alexis Herrera | Jorge Urrego Alberto Ponte Lubin Torrealba Migdalia Rodríguez | Juan Soto Carlos López |
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.;Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows :
- Points obtained in all group matches ;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fewest red cards;
- Fewest yellow cards;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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