2024 Copa América

The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024, and was co-organized by CONCACAF.

This was the second time that the United States hosted the tournament, having hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016. Argentina was the defending champion, and won a record sixteenth title after defeating Colombia 1–0 after extra time in the final, which was played on July 14, 2024, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Host selection

The 2024 Copa América had been expected to be hosted by Ecuador because of CONMEBOL's host rotation order. However, it was run by America because CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez said Ecuador had been nominated but not yet chosen to organize the edition. In November 2022, the country declined to host the tournament. Peru and the United States had both expressed interest in organizing the tournament.

On January 27, 2023, it was announced that, as part of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL's new strategic partnership, the United States would host the tournament with six CONCACAF guest teams qualifying through the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League. The tournament also acted as a prelude to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, of which the United States is a joint host along with Canada and Mexico.

Venues

All of the stadiums were existing venues. The opening match was held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, while the final was held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Both venues were announced on November 20, 2023. All other stadiums were selected and announced on December 4, 2023.

Team base camps

Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needed to be in the United States.

Teams

Qualification

The tournament included sixteen teams: ten from CONMEBOL and six from CONCACAF. All ten CONMEBOL national teams were eligible to enter.

The six CONCACAF participants qualified through the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League. The teams were the four League A quarter-final winners, and two play-off round winners between the four losing quarter-finalists. Unlike the Copa América Centenario, the United States did not qualify automatically despite being the hosts, but still secured a berth as one of League A quarter-final winners, following a 4–2 aggregate win against Trinidad and Tobago.

Draw

The group stage draw was held on December 7, 2023, at 19:30 EST (UTC−5) in the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. The sixteen teams were drawn into four groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots.

For the draw, the four teams in Pot 1 were pre-seeded into their respective groups, determined as follows:

• The reigning Copa América champions, Argentina, were seeded into Group A
• The reigning CONCACAF Gold Cup champions, Mexico, were seeded into Group B
• The highest ranked CONCACAF team in the October 2023 FIFA World Rankings, the United States, was seeded into Group C
• The next-highest ranked CONMEBOL team in the October 2023 FIFA World Rankings, Brazil, was seeded into Group D

The remaining 12 teams were placed into Pots 2–4 according to their October 2023 World Rankings, with placeholders for the two CONCACAF participants yet to be determined at the time of the draw each being automatically placed into Pot 4.

For the draw, the competition rules stated that no group could have more than three CONMEBOL teams or more than two CONCACAF teams. If this condition was not met during the draw, the team moved to the next available group in alphabetical order.

Seeding

Notes

Draw

Notes

Squads

The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 by the deadline of June 15.

Match officials

On May 24, 2024, CONMEBOL announced 101 referees for the tournament. Referees were from CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, and UEFA because of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding. Italian official Maurizio Mariani, with his assistants Daniele Brindoni and Alberto Tegoni, along with Marco Di Bello and Aleandro Di Paolo (VAR), represented UEFA. This was the first edition of the Copa América to feature female referees. Four referees from the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final were incorporated, including Tori Penso and her assistants Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, as well as VAR official Tatiana Guzmán. Edina Alves and assistants Neuza Back, Mary Blanco, Migdalia Rodríguez also took part in the tournament.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows (Regulations Article 24):

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fewest red cards;
8. Fewest yellow cards;
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

In the pre-final knockout stage matches (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and third place play-off), no extra time was played and any draws were immediately resolved via penalties. In the final, if the score was level after 90 minutes, two extra time periods of 15 minutes each were to be played. If still level, the match was to be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Due to security incidents around and within Hard Rock Stadium, the match was initially delayed by 30 minutes, ultimately starting 82 minutes after its scheduled time.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Discipline

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

• Best Player Award: James Rodríguez
• Golden Boot Award: Lautaro Martínez
• Best Goalkeeper Award: Emiliano Martínez
• Fair Play Award:  Colombia

Team of the Tournament

The team of the tournament was announced on July 31, 2024.

Marketing

Sponsorships

• Absolut Sport
• Betano
• BYD Auto
• Coca-Cola
• Delta Air Lines (US) and LATAM Airlines (Latin America and Brazil)
• Decolar.com/Despegar.com
• Gran Centenario
• Inter Rapidísimo
• Lowe's
• Mastercard
• Mercado Livre/Mercado Libre
• Michelob ULTRA
• Puma
• TCL
• Unilever

Merchandise

Copa América content was added to EA Sports FC 24's Ultimate Team and EA Sports FC Mobile in June 2024, although a standalone tournament mode was not made available in the game.

The Panini Group produced thematic stickers and a sticker album for this edition of the Copa América. Stickers were produced for all the Copa América teams, as well as Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago, the teams that failed to qualify for the main draw through the play-offs.

Broadcasting rights

Symbols

Mascot

The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on December 7, 2023, during the group stage draw. It was an eagle named "Capitán", the Spanish word for captain. The inspiration for the choice of an eagle as the mascot for the 2024 Copa América, was "born from the symbolism that this majestic animal has in various cultures of the Americas, illustrating strength, boldness, and excellence."