Copa America 2019: schedule and instructions

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Who will succeed Chile next July in Brazil? Answer next summer with the 2019 edition of the more than 100-year-old South American continental competition. Brazil and Argentina are logically favorites. Especially since these are two teams that must redeem themselves from a sad World Cup in Russia in the summer of 2018. An elimination against Belgium in the quarter-finals for the Seleçao. A heavy 4 – 2 defeat against France in the round of 16 for the Argentinians.

Schedule

The 46th edition of the South American Cup will take place in Brazil. It will begin on June 14, 2019 and will end three weeks later, on July 7.

Group A

• Brazil
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Venezuela

Group B

• Argentine
• Colombia
• Paraguay
• Qatar

Group C

• Uruguay
• Chili
• Japan
• Ecuador

Group A matches

• Brazil – Bolivia on June 15, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)
• Venezuela – Peru on June 15, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)
• Bolivia – Peru on June 18, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. (French time)
• Brazil – Venezuela on June 19, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)
• Bolivia – Venezuela on June 22, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)
• Peru – Brazil on June 22, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)

Group B matches

• Argentina – Colombia on June 16, 2019 at midnight (French time)
• Paraguay – Qatar on June 16, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)
• Colombia – Qatar on June 19, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. (French time)
• Argentina – Paraguay on June 20, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)
• Qatar – Argentina on June 23, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)
• Colombia – Paraguay on June 23, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)

Group C matches

• Uruguay – Ecuador on June 17, 2019 at midnight (French time)
• Japan – Chile on June 18, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)
• Uruguay – Japan on June 21, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)
• Ecuador – Chile on June 22, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)
• Chile – Uruguay on June 25, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)
• Ecuador – Japan on June 25, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)

The quarter-finals

• Quarter-final 1 – June 28, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)
• Quarter-final 2 – June 28, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)
• Quarter-final 3 – June 29, 2019 at 1 a.m. (French time)
• Quarter-final 4 – June 29, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)

The semi-finals

• Semi-final 1 – July 3, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)
• Semi-final 2 – July 4, 2019 at 2:30 a.m. (French time)

Match for 3rd place

• July 6, 2019 at 9 p.m. (French time)

Finale

• July 7, 2019 at 10 p.m. (French time)

Stades

For this edition, CONMEBOL has decided to retain six stadiums, located in five cities. The Estádio do Morumbi (67,420 seats) in São Paulo, for example, will host the opening match, opposing Brazil to X. As for the final, it will be played in the traditional and legendary Maracanã (74,730 seats) in Rio de Janeiro.

Other important meetings, the demi-finales were held at the Grêmio Arena in Porto Alegre and at the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte.

• Salvador : Arena Fonte Nova (51,900 places)
• Rio de Janeiro : Maracana (74,738 places)
• São Paulo : Morumbi Stadium (67,428 places) and Allianz Parque (47,713 places)
• Belo Horizonte : Mineirão Stadium (58 170 places)
• Porto Alegre : Arena do Gremio (55,662 places)

Participants

Twelve teams will compete for the title, divided into three pools of 4. In addition to ten South American nations (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela), two “foreign” countries will be guests of honor in 2019, Qatar and Japan.

How to qualify for the quarter-finals?

Given that CONMEBOL has decided to summon 12 teams, and that there will therefore be three pools of four teams, the situation is simple. The first two of each group (A, B, C) will automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. As for the last two qualifying places, they will go to the two “best” third places. Among the 3rd, there will therefore be an unfortunate, the one who will have the worst balance sheet.

The former winners

During the last edition (celebrating the 100th anniversary of the competition in the United States) in 2016, Chile won against Argentina on penalties. A narrow victory and the second consecutive success for the “Roja”, after a first acquired a year earlier against … the same Argentines.

However, in the history of the competition, two teams dominate, Uruguay (15) and Argentina (14), ahead of another historic selection, Brazil (8).

• Uruguay : 1016, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011
• Argentine : 1921, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1991, 1993
• Brazil: 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007
• Chili : 2015 – 2016
• Paraguay : 1953 – 1979
• Peru: 1939 – 1975
• Colombia: 2003
• Bolivia: 1963