The details regarding the 2019 Copa America in Brazil have been announced and it will be a total of 12 countries in six different cities.
Copa America number 46 will take place in Brazil between June 14 and July 7 and it will include 10 South American countries as well as two others from Asia. The teams participating are the following:
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Japan (invited)
Qatar (invited)
Estadio Morumbi in Sao Paulo will host the opening match while the final will be played at the mystical Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. The other cities which will be hosting are Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Salvador.
During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Argentina played two matches in Rio de Janeiro (their opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the final against Germany), one in Belo Horizonte (a 1-0 win against Iran), one in Porto Alegre (where Lionel MESSI scored twice in a 3-2 win against Nigeria) and twice in Sao Paulo (an Angel DI MARIA winner gave them a 1-0 victor against Switzerland in the Round of 16 and the memorable win in the semi-finals against the Netherlands). Their other match was played in Brasilia against Belgium.
¡Estamos más cerca de una nueva edición del torneo de selecciones más antiguo del mundo y la oportunidad de vivir la pasión, la magia y la rica historia del fútbol sudamericano! #CopaAmerica
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— Copa América (@CopaAmerica) September 18, 2018
The last major international FIFA tournament to be held in the country was the 2014 World Cup where Argentina reached the final. They will be hoping to better that this time around and be crowned champions.
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