The 2024 Copa America will be held between June 20 and July 14, 2024 in the United States of America. The tournament will be held across stadiums in 14 cities in the United States, who are hosting it for the first time since 2016. This is the second time the Copa America is being held outside South America since the tournament’s inception in 1916.
The final, scheduled for July 14, will be held in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The two semi-final games are scheduled for July 9 at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and July 10 at the Charlotte Bank of America stadium.
All 10 member nations of the CONMEBOL and the six member nations of the CONCACAF will be participating in the Copa America.
The CONMEBOL nations include the South American countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. The CONCACAF nations include the United States, Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Canada and Panama.
The sixteen teams have been divided into four groups with four teams each, namely Groups A to D. Each team will play every other team in their group once in the group stage, and the top two teams from each group will move on to the quarter-final round.
All match timings have been fixed in accordance with the local time of the host nations. Both the semi-final games and the final are scheduled at 5:30 AM IST.
Who will host Copa America?
The Copa America 2024 will be hosted by the United States of America. The US is set to host the tournament for the second time after 2016, which was the birth centenary year of the Copa America. It will also be the second time the competition will be held outside South America since its beginning in 1916.
The tournament will take place in various stadiums located in 14 cities across the continent. The following stadiums will host the Copa matches:
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)
Q2 Stadium (Austin, TX)
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, NC)
MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA)
Levi’s Stadium (Santa Clara, CA)
State Farm Stadium, (Glendale, AZ)
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS)
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL)
Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando, FL)
Is Copa America every 2 years or 4 years?
The Copa America is held every four years as per its latest format. It is also held in the same year as the Euros for every edition.
The tournament has been inconsistent with its schedule since its inception. It was first held in 1916 and subsequently conducted annually. In some cases, they were conducted every two or three years. Until the 2000s, there was no clear schedule for the tournament to be held after a certain number of years.
In 2007, the Copa America was adapted to the quadrennial format, with it being held every four years. The competition took place in 2007, 2011 and in 2015 as per the format. However, an exception was made and it was held again in 2016 to celebrate the Copa America’s centenary year. The next edition was held in 2019 as per schedule (four years after the 2015 edition).
In 2019, there was another change made to the Copa America’s schedule. It was decided that the competition will be held in 2019 and 2020 in order to align it with the Euros, which are also held every four years. Both the Euros and the Copas were eventually postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As of now, the Copa America is supposed to be held every four years. The current edition is set to begin in 2024 along with the Euros and the next edition will be held in 2028.
