The 48th Copa América will take place from June 21 to July 15. Where is the tournament taking place and where can the matches be seen? The most important questions and answers about the tournament.
When and where can the matches be seen?
All matches can be seen live on blue Sport via Sportdigital Football. The opening match between Argentina and Canada will kick off at 2.00 a.m. Swiss time on Friday night. The match between Peru and Chile on Saturday night will also take place at the same time. After that, the kick-off times are 0.00 am and 3.00 am Swiss time.
Where will the tournament take place?
The matches will be played in a total of 14 stadiums in the USA. The opening match between Argentina and Canada will take place in Atlanta, while the final will be held in Miami Gardens on July 14.
Which stars will be there?
World champions Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, are the top favorites for the title. Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez provide even more goal threat in attack. Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister pulls the strings in midfield.
As always, the Brazilians also have a star-studded team, led by Real Madrid strikers Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo. The big absentee for the Seleção is Neymar, who has been out since October 2023 with a torn cruciate ligament and has not been fit in time.
Argentina and Brazil will once again be the two teams to beat this year. But Uruguay (with Federico Valverde, Darwin Nunez and Luis Suarez, among others) also have a lot to play for. Colombia (Luis Diaz, James Rodriguez) and hosts USA have outsider chances.
What do the groups look like?
Group A: Argentina, Chile, Canada, Peru
Group B: Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Venezuela
Group C: USA, Bolivia, Panama, Uruguay
Group D: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Paraguay
The first and second-placed teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Brazil can only meet in the final.
What's the hot topic?
Shortly before the Copa América, Brazil's former star Ronaldinho strongly criticized the current national team. "This is perhaps one of the worst teams in recent years, it has no respectable leaders, just average players for the most part," said the 2002 world champion in an interview.
"It lacks love for the shirt, determination and the most important thing of all: football." The 44-year-old will therefore no longer watch a Seleção match or the Copa América in general "and will no longer celebrate a victory".
There was a huge outcry, but Ronaldinho later clarified that his statements were not a reckoning, but an awareness campaign against hate messages on the internet: "I would never give up on Brazilian football, never. But my words came from real Brazilian fans, they are real comments from social media. Imagine reading messages like that as a player before you go out on the pitch."
