A special “informal” American
Cup that aims to marks the 100th anniversary of Copa America is to
be held by the USA in 2016, and the “formal” Copa America that will be held by
Brazil in 2019 goes on as planned.
The soccer atmosphere in the USA is
stronger and stronger and there have been 24 cities in 18 states declaring their
interest in holding the 2016 century American Cup. The year 2016 represents the
100th anniversary of Copa America and the centenary of CONfederación
sudaMEricana de FútBOL, so CONMEBOL decided to expand the Cup to North America
to celebrate the anniversary more widely. The Copa America is going to be held outside
of South America, for the first time.
There are 16 national teams
participating in the tournament, with 10 teams from CONMEBOL and 6 teams from
CONCACAF. The tournament is purely ceremonial, and the winner of the tournament
won’t qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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