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2024 Copa América Group A

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Group A is one of four groups in the first stage of the 2024 edition of Copa América, the premier soccer tournament for men's national teams representing countries in South America organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament also includes invited teams from the CONCACAF region, which comprises North, Central America and the Caribbean, that qualified via the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[1]

The group is made up of defending champions and current world champions Argentina, Peru and Chile, all three from CONMEBOL, and Canada from CONCACAF.[2] The draw for the groups was conduced on December 7, 2023, with Argentina being previously seeded into the group as head.[3] Group A's matches, which include the opening match of the tournament between Argentina and Canada, will take place from June 20–29 at six venues in six U.S. cities.[4]

The top two teams, following a round-robin of three matches per team, will advance to the quarter-finals.[5]

Teams[edit]

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Appearances Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings
Total Last November 2023[nb 1] June 2024
A1 (seed)  Argentina 1 CONMEBOL Automatic qualifier 44th 2021 Winners (Fifteen times, last in 2021) 1 1
A2  Peru 2 CONMEBOL Automatic qualifier 34th 2021 Winners (1939 and 1975) 35 31
A3  Chile 3 CONMEBOL Automatic qualifier 41st 2021 Winners (2015 and 2016) 40 40
A4  Canada 4[nb 2] CONCACAF CONCACAF play-in round winners 1st None Debut 48[nb 2] 48
Notes
  1. ^ The rankings of November 2023 were used for seeding for the final draw, except for certain cases.
  2. ^ a b As the identity of the CONCACAF 5 team was not known at the time of the groups draw, positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4.[6][7]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Canada 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on June 20, 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:

  • The winner of Group A will advance to play the runner-up of Group B.
  • The runner-up of Group A will advance to play the winner of Group B.

Matches[edit]

All kick-off times are local times, as listed by CONMEBOL.[8][4]

Argentina vs Canada[edit]

The match marked Canada's debut in the Copa América, becoming the 20th team (10th outside of CONMEBOL teams) to compete in the tournament.[9]

The two teams had met only once before, a friendly match in May 2010 won 5–0 by Argentina.[10][11]

Argentina 2–0 Canada
 CONMEBOL
CONCACAF
Attendance: 70,564[12]
Argentina
Canada
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 26 Nahuel Molina downward-facing red arrow 89'
CB 13 Cristian Romero
CB 25 Lisandro Martínez
LB 8 Marcos Acuña downward-facing red arrow 89'
RM 7 Rodrigo De Paul Yellow card 61'
CM 5 Leandro Paredes downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 20 Alexis Mac Allister
LM 11 Ángel Di María downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)
CF 9 Julián Álvarez downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Giovani Lo Celso Yellow card 90+1' upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 22 Lautaro Martínez upward-facing green arrow 76'
DF 19 Nicolás Otamendi upward-facing green arrow 77'
DF 3 Nicolás Tagliafico upward-facing green arrow 89'
DF 4 Gonzalo Montiel upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni
GK 16 Maxime Crépeau
RB 2 Alistair Johnston
CB 15 Moïse Bombito
CB 13 Derek Cornelius Yellow card 90+5'
LB 19 Alphonso Davies (c)
RM 17 Tajon Buchanan downward-facing red arrow 59'
CM 8 Ismaël Koné Yellow card 81' downward-facing red arrow 85'
CM 7 Stephen Eustáquio
LM 23 Liam Millar downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 10 Jonathan David downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 9 Cyle Larin
Substitutions:
FW 14 Jacob Shaffelburg upward-facing green arrow 59'
DF 22 Richie Laryea upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 21 Jonathan Osorio upward-facing green arrow 85'
FW 12 Jacen Russell-Rowe upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
United States Jesse Marsch

Man of the Match:
Julián Álvarez (Argentina)[13]

Assistant referees:[14]
Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Lubin Torrealba (Venezuela)
Fourth official:
Iván Barton (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
David Morán (El Salvador)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)

Peru vs Chile[edit]

See also: Peru–Chile football rivalry

The two teams have faced each other in 84 previous matches, including 21 times in the Copa América with eight wins for Chile, seven wins for Peru along with six draws.[15] Their most recent encounter was a 2–0 home win for Chile in October 2023 valid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Peru Match 2 Chile
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

Assistant referees:[14]
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Edina Alves (Brazil)
Fifth official:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Daniel Nobre (Brazil)

Peru vs Canada[edit]

Peru Match 10 Canada
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

Chile vs Argentina[edit]

Chile Match 9 Argentina
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

Argentina vs Peru[edit]

Argentina Match 17 Peru
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

Canada vs Chile[edit]

Canada Match 18 Chile
CONMEBOL
CONCACAF

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grez, Matias (December 5, 2023). "CONMEBOL announces 14 host cities for 2024 Copa América as tournament returns to the US". CNN. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 Group Stage Draw Results". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Dominski, Michael (December 7, 2023). "Copa America 2024 draw live updates: Group stage results as bracket fixed, USA to face Uruguay". The Athletic. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2024 Copa América Match Schedule" (PDF). CONMEBOL. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Regulations" (PDF). CONMEBOL. November 29, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Pautas de sorteo para la CONMEBOL Copa América 2024" [Draw procedures for the CONMEBOL Copa América 2024]. CONMEBOL. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "PAUTAS DEL SORTEO OFICIAL CONMEBOL Copa América 2024" (PDF). CONMEBOL. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  8. ^ "All set! The CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 schedule is here". CONMEBOL. December 7, 2023.
  9. ^ "Canada will play the CONMEBOL Copa America™ for the first time in its history". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Canada meets Argentina in Copa America 2024 opening match". Miami: CONCACAF. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  11. ^ Fernández, Ariel (June 18, 2024). "Argentina-Canadá: un dato incómodo y aquel partido con Maradona" [Argentina-Canada: an uncomfortable fact and that match with Maradona] (in Spanish). Mendoza Post. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Argentina vs. Canada". ESPN. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Superior Player of the Match | CONMEBOL Copa América". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Designación de Árbitros" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. June 17, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  15. ^ "Peru and Chile Make Their Debuts in 2024 CONMEBOL Copa América™". copaamerica.com. CONMEBOL. June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

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