Copa America to return to US in 2024 after Conmebol and Concacaf signal new multi-competition pact

By Paul Nicholson

January 27 – Conmebol’s flagship Copa America can be performed within the US in 2024 for the second time with all 10 of the South American nations and the six greatest Concacaf groups competing.

The event can be co-organised by each confederations and is a part of a pact between the 2 areas that can even see the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup host 4 Conmebol friends along with the eight Concacaf nations.

The 2 confederations have additionally dedicated to the creation of a brand new membership competitors that can embody the very best males’s groups from each areas.

The Copa America 2024 will present essential preparation within the US for the main groups from each confederations prematurely of the 2026 World Cup. In 2016 the centennial version of the Copa America was performed within the US. Chile beat Argentina on penalties within the closing.

Copa America 2024 fills an enormous hole within the calendar for Concacaf’s high nations who in 2024 would have been in need of high stage worldwide competitors. The Concacaf nations now have a two-year schedule that features the conclusion of the 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League, the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup and the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League.

The six Concacaf groups that can be part of the ten Conmebol nations within the Copa America in 2024 will qualify by way of the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League.

Victor Montagliani, president of Concacaf, stated: “This can be a partnership to assist the continuing development of males’s and ladies’s soccer in Concacaf and CONMEBOL, and can actually be of mutual profit to each Confederations. Working hand in hand with CONMEBOL, we are going to ship elite competitions that can present extra alternatives for our federations, and that we all know passionate followers wish to see. We stay up for working collectively to make sure that soccer in each areas continues to thrive.”

The 12-team 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup can even be performed within the US and is a key a part of Concacaf’s new ladies’s nationwide staff ecosystem, stated the confederation.

The 2 Concacaf groups certified for the 2024 Summer season Olympics (US and Jamaica or Canada) will qualify straight for the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. The remaining six Concacaf groups can be decided by means of the 2023 Highway to Concacaf W Gold Cup.
The 4 visitor Conmebol groups have been decided based mostly by the outcomes of the 2022 Ladies’s Copa America: Brazil (champion) Colombia (runner-up), Argentina (third place) and Paraguay (fourth place).

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The brand new joint membership event will see a centralized ‘closing 4’ format with groups (two from every confederation) qualifying by means of present Conmebol and Concacaf membership competitions. The plan is to host the primary version of this event in 2024, although no dates or venue have been launched.

Alejandro Domínguez, president of CONMEBOL, stated: “CONMEBOL and Concacaf are united by historic and affective ties. However above all, we’re united by the fervour, attribute of all of the Americas, for soccer and sports activities. We’re decided to resume and develop our joint initiatives and initiatives. We would like this ardour to translate into extra and higher competitions and for soccer and its values to develop and strengthen all through the hemisphere. For sure, each confederations consider in large, and we are going to work with this orientation.”

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