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2016 Copa América Centenario
Centennial Copa America[1]
File:Copa América Centenario (2016).png
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates3–26 June 2016
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
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The Copa América Centenario, referred to in English as the 2016 Centennial Copa America,[2] is a scheduled international men's association football tournament due to be held in the United States in 2016. The competition is a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and the Copa América, and is to be the first Copa América hosted outside of South America.[3]

The tournament, 100 years in the making, which will be the 45th edition of Copa América since its inception in 1916, will be held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL (the South American football confederation) and CONCACAF (the football confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean) as a special edition between the usual four-year cycle, and will feature an expanded field of 16 teams (an increase from the usual 12), with all ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF.

The tournament is purely ceremonial; the winner of this tournament will not receive an invitation to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, as Chile have already qualified by winning the 2015 Copa América.

Planning

In February 2012, Alfredo Hawit, then Acting President of CONCACAF, announced that the competition would be expected to take place in 2016, as a celebration of CONMEBOL's centenary.[4] CONMEBOL President Nicolás Leoz said "Hopefully we can organize a big event, because we have 100 years and we want to celebrate big."[5]

The tournament was announced by CONMEBOL on 24 October 2012[6] and confirmed by CONCACAF on 1 May 2014.[1]

On 26 September 2014, FIFA announced that the tournament has been added to the FIFA International Match Calendar, meaning that clubs must release players called up to the competition.[7]

Sports executive corruption

Further information: 2015 FIFA corruption case

The tournament was placed in doubt after several high profile sports executive arrests were made including people involved with media rights holder Datisa (using the trading name of "Wematch"), a partnership between three media rights companies; Full Play, Torneos and Traffic Sports Marketing. In December 2014, Brazilian José Hawilla, the owner and founder of Traffic Sports plead guilty "corruption charges including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering". In an indictment, the FBI stated that officials were to receive bribes totalling US$20million for the 2016 event.[8][9] Datisa held agreements for the commercial rights with CONMEBOL and CONCACAF and had their bank account frozen placing the tournament in jeopardy.[10] On 21 October 2015 CONCACAF announced that they had terminated their agreement with Datisa.[11]

On 23 October 2015, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and the hosting association US Soccer Federation all confirmed that the tournament was going ahead as originally intended.[12][13][14]

Trophy

A new trophy was supposed to be created for the tournament and was to be unveiled on 4 July 2015 at the 2015 Copa América final.[15] No trophy was unveiled amidst the FIFA corruption scandal.[citation needed] However, CONMEBOL announced that in 28 April 2016, that a presentation for the trophy will take place in Bogota, Colombia.[16]

Host selection

Luis Chiriboga, the President of the Ecuadorian Football Federation stated the United States and Mexico were potential hosts of at least one stage of the competition.[17] Hawit preferred the competition to be hosted in the United States for financial reasons, stating that "the market is in the United States, the stadiums are in the United States, the people are in the United States. The study that we have made [shows] that everything’s in the United States."[18] In July 2012, CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb stated there was much organizing to be done.[19]

On 1 May 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be held in the United States from 3–26 June 2016.[1][20][21]

Venues

On 8 January 2015, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL announced the 24 U.S. metropolitan areas which had indicated interest in hosting matches.[22][23]

The stadiums were chosen following a bidding process, with the minimum capacity to be 50,000. The final list of venues, anticipated to number between 8 and 13, was to be announced in May 2015. However, the list was not released and speculation regarding whether the tournament will be able to move forward arose because Interpol red notices were issued for the former presidents of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF confederations in relation to the 2015 FIFA corruption case, including allegations that they accepted significant bribes in relation to the $112.5 million broadcasting deal for the event.[24] However, officials from CONMEBOL expressed a desire to move forward with the event despite the scandal.[25]

On 19 November 2015, the ten venues selected for the tournament were announced by CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and US Soccer.[26][27][28]

Seattle, WA Chicago, IL Foxborough, MA
(Boston area) 		East Rutherford, NJ
(New York City area)
CenturyLink Field Soldier Field Gillette Stadium MetLife Stadium
Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 63,500 Capacity: 68,756 Capacity: 82,566
Santa Clara, CA
(San Francisco Bay area)
Philadelphia, PA
Levi's Stadium Lincoln Financial Field
Capacity: 68,500 Capacity: 69,176
Pasadena, CA
(Los Angeles area) 		Glendale, AZ
(Phoenix area) 		Houston, TX Orlando, FL
Rose Bowl University of Phoenix Stadium NRG Stadium Camping World Stadium
Capacity: 92,542 Capacity: 63,400 Capacity: 71,795 Capacity: 60,219

Participating teams

At the official announcement of the tournament, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF confirmed that all ten CONMEBOL members will be joined by six CONCACAF teams in the tournament. United States and Mexico will automatically qualify. The other four spots will be given to Costa Rica, the champions of the Central American Football Union by virtue of winning the 2014 Copa Centroamericana, Jamaica, the champions of the Caribbean Football Union by virtue of winning the 2014 Caribbean Cup, and Haiti and Panama, the two play-off winners among the four highest finishers in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup not already qualified.[20]

CONMEBOL (10 teams) CONCACAF (6 teams)

Draw

The group seeds and match schedule were announced on 17 December 2015.[29] The USA (Group A) were seeded as host, Argentina (Group D) were seeded as the highest FIFA-ranked team in the CONMEBOL region during December 2015. According to Soccer United Marketing, Brazil (Group B) and Mexico (Group C) were seeded as they were "the most decorated nations in the last 100 years in international competitions from their respective confederations".[30] However, there has been criticism for not including Uruguay, which won two World Cups and is the Copa América all-time leader with 15 championships, or Chile, which is the defending Copa América winner.[31][32]

The 2016 Copa America Centenario Draw took place on Sunday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Teams were seeded using the FIFA Ranking from December 2015.[33]

The four group pots will contain four positions each,[34] one from each group, as follows:

Pot 5 A1 B1 C1 D1
Pot 6 A2 B2 C2 D2
Pot 7 A3 B3 C3 D3
Pot 8 A4 B4 C4 D4

Squads

Further information: Copa América Centenario squads

Group stage

Group A

Main article: Copa América Centenario Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 3 June 2016. Source: CA2016.com
(H) Hosts
United States Match 1 Colombia
Costa Rica Match 2 Paraguay
United States Match 9 Costa Rica
Colombia Match 10 Paraguay
Paraguay Match 17 United States
Costa Rica Match 18 Colombia

Group B

Main article: Copa América Centenario Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 June 2016. Source: CA2016.com
Haiti Match 3 Peru
Brazil Match 4 Ecuador
Brazil Match 11 Haiti
Ecuador Match 12 Peru
Haiti Match 19 Ecuador
Peru Match 20 Brazil

Group C

Main article: Copa América Centenario Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 June 2016. Source: CA2016.com
Jamaica Match 5 Venezuela
Mexico Match 6 Uruguay
Uruguay Match 13 Venezuela
Mexico Match 14 Jamaica
Venezuela Match 21 Mexico
Jamaica Match 22 Uruguay

Group D

Main article: Copa América Centenario Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 June 2016. Source: CA2016.com
Panama Match 7 Bolivia
Argentina Match 8 Chile
Chile Match 15 Bolivia
Argentina Match 16 Panama
Panama Match 23 Chile
Bolivia Match 24 Argentina

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
June 16 – Seattle
 
 
Winner Group A
 
June 21 – Houston
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Match 25
 
June 18 – Foxborough
 
Winner Match 27
 
Winner Group D
 
June 26 – East Rutherford
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Winner Match 29
 
June 17 – East Rutherford
 
Winner Match 30
 
Winner Group B
 
June 22 – Chicago
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Match 26
 
June 18 – Santa Clara
 
Winner Match 28Third place
 
Winner Group C
 
June 25 – Glendale
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Loser Match 29
 
 
Loser Match 30
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group AMatch 25Runner-up Group B
Winner Group BMatch 26Runner-up Group A
Winner Group DMatch 27Runner-up Group C
Winner Group CMatch 28Runner-up Group D

Semi-finals

Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 27
Winner Match 26Match 30Winner Match 28

Third place match

Loser Match 29Match 31Loser Match 30

Final

Winner Match 29Match 32Winner Match 30

Marketing

Sponsorship

Theme songs

"Somos Uno" by Puerto Rican singer Yandel is the official song of the tournament. Yandel performed the song during the tournament draw.

"Lighthouse" by Croatian Singer Nina Kraljić will serve as an official anthem of the tournament

"If Love Was a Crime" by Bulgarian singer Poli Genova will also serve as an official anthem of the tournament.

"In My City" by Hindu-American actress and singer Priyanka Chopra will also serve as the Official Song.

Broadcasting rights

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL

Country Broadcaster Ref.
 Argentina Televisión Pública Argentina, Telefe, El Trece, TyC Sports
 Bolivia Gigavision
 Brazil Rede Globo (Brazil matches only), SporTV (all matches) [15]
 Canada Univision Canada (Spanish), Ici Radio-Canada Télé (French)
 Chile Canal 13, Fox Sports Chile
 Colombia RCN TV, Caracol TV
 Costa Rica Repretel
 Cuba Cubavision International
 Ecuador Ecuavisa
 Haiti Tele-Haiti
 Jamaica CVM TV
 Mexico Televisa, TV Azteca [15]
 Panama Telemetro, RPC-TV
 Paraguay Paravisión, LaTele, Telefuturo, SNT
 Peru América Televisión
 United States Fox Sports (English), Univision (Spanish) [35][36]
 Uruguay Teledoce
 Venezuela Venevisión, IVC Network

Rest of the world

Country Broadcaster Ref.
 Australia Fox Sports Australia, SBS [37]
 Azerbaijan İTV
 China BTV, CCTV, SMG
 Equatorial Guinea RTVGE, Asonga TV
 France France Televisions, beIN Sports, Canal+
 Germany ARD, ProSiebenSat.1, ZDF
 India Sony Pictures Networks
 Indonesia Kompas TV
 Italy Sky Italia [38]
 Israel Sport 1
 Japan NHK, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo, SKY PerfecTV!
 Kenya Startimes
 Malaysia Astro, RTM
 Myanmar Sky Net
 Netherlands Fox Sports (Netherlands), NOS [39]
 Nigeria Startimes
 Portugal TVI [40]
 Philippines ABS-CBN Sports and Action, GMA Network, Sports5
 Russia Channel One Russia, VGTRK, Match TV
 Singapore Mediacorp, Singtel TV
 Spain RTVE, Telecinco, Movistar+
 South Africa Startimes
Sub-Saharan Africa Startimes
 South Korea KBS, SBS, MBC
 Sweden Viasat Sport [41]
 Taiwan CTV, TTV, CTi TV
 Thailand GMM Grammy, MCOT
 Turkey A Spor, A Haber
 United Kingdom BBC, ITV, S4C, Sky plc
 Vietnam VTV, VTC

See also

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  1. ^ Copa America 2016 TV Channels and Broadcast Rights List
  2. ^ Copa America 2016 Broadcasting TV Rights Worldwide
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