If you’re a soccer fan, it doesn’t get much better than this news that Qatar is going to take part for the first time ever in the world’s oldest continental tournament – Copa America! The Copa American 2019 will be held in Brazil this year and will feature two teams from outside of South America. Qatar and Japan are all set to make up the numbers and compete in the long-waited tournament organised by CONMEBOL. Earlier in 2018, Qatari representative, QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani accepted the invitation to play as a guest side during a CONMEBOL Congress meeting held in Argentina.
Copa America started it's journey in 1910 as the one-off Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo, later turned into the Campeonato Sudamericano de Football (the South American Championship) in 1916, then finally in 1975 became the tournament – Copa America!
Soccer fans around the globe are waiting eagerly to see some of the world’s best players competing in Copa America 2019 that matter deeply to the countries involved. And for Qatar, it’s a superb opportunity to play in a top-flight event in an effort to build a strong team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar was previously invited to play in the Copa America 2011, but could not take part because of prior commitments.
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Qatari team is currently busy with 2019 AFC Asian Cup which is being held in the United Arab Emirates. With the hosting of the World Cup only three years away, the Qatari team was desperate for a brilliant showing in 2019 AFC Asian Cup and it was wonderful to see the team to win three matches against Lebanon, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia which indicate they are on the right path for 2022.
The Copa America draw will be made on January 24. Qatar as well as other participating countries will know more about the 2019 Copa America playing schedule and their rival teams at the event’s draw ceremony to be held in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil will host the 2019 edition of the tournament and it will be the fifth times for them to host the Copa America, with the country previously hosting in 1919, 1922 and 1949 and 1989.
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The 2019 Copa America – the 46th edition of the event will be played in six stadiums across five cities in Brazil. The stadiums are Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Sao Paulo. The opening is marked for the Morumbi Stadium (Sao Paulo) while the final will be held at the Maracaná Stadium (Rio de Janeiro).
Twelve teams will participate in 2019 Copa America which combine of 10 CONMEBOL representatives and two extra teams from the AFC – Qatar and Japan. The 10 South American member countries of CONMEBOL include Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Ecuador.
The opening match of Copa America 2019 is scheduled to play on June 14 in Sao Paulo and the final will take place on 7th July in Rio De Janerio.
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VIDEOS QTIPS YOUR STORY TRENDING IN QATAR DINE OUT DOHA QATAR EVENTS QATAR GUIDE MADE IN QATAR LIVE GREEN 2 MINUTES WITH Q-RIOUS GENERAL ILQ TEST DRIVE WEEKEND ROUNDUP TOP 5The 2019 Copa América was the 46th edition of the Copa América, the international m's association football championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. It was held in Brazil and took place betwe 14 June and 7 July 2019 at 6 vues across the country.
Heading into the tournamt, Chile were the two-time defding champions, having won the 2015 and 2016 editions of the tournamt, but were eliminated by Peru in the semi-finals leading to the third place match against Argtina, which they also lost.
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Because CONMEBOL normally rotates tournamt host nations in alphabetical order. However, because Brazil hosted the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil decided against also hosting the 2015 Copa América. Brazil's and Chile's football federations agreed to swap their host nation order for the 2015 and 2019 championships,
On 14 June 2018, CBF Vice Presidt Fernando Sarney announced that five cities would host the tournamt: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. The list of stadia was decided on 17 September 2018.
The oping match was held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, the semi-finals were held at the Ara do Grêmio in Porto Alegre and Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, and the final was held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.
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On 23 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the second São Paulo vue would be changed from the Allianz Parque to Ara Corinthians.
Apart from all t CONMEBOL national teams which were eligible to ter, CONMEBOL initially planned to hold a 16-team tournamt by inviting six teams from outside CONMEBOL, similar to the Copa América Ctario three years earlier. On 16 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced three teams from CONCACAF and three teams from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) would be invited to participate in the 2019 Copa América.
On 4 May 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournamt would instead be played with 12 teams, the same number as previous editions since 1993 (apart from the Copa América Ctario held in 2016), with the two guest teams being Qatar and Japan from the AFC.
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Both teams managed to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup held in the UAE, which was won by Qatar.
Qatar made their debut appearance in the Copa América, becoming the first Arab nation to play in the tournamt, while Japan made their second appearance, their first since 1999. This was also the first Copa América to not feature any team from CONCACAF since teams had be invited; in particular, Mexico, which competed in all t editions since 1993 as an invited team, did not participate in this tournamt. United States competed in four tournamts, including the 2016 evt as host.
The draw of the tournamt took place on 24 January 2019, 20:30 BRST (UTC−2), at the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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At the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 23 November 2018, it was decided that FIFA Ranking would be the basis to determine the seeds and the distribution of the rest of teams in the pots of the draw. This decision will also be valid for future editions of the Copa America.
For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Ranking of December 2018 (shown in brackets).
Pot 1 contained the hosts Brazil (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the best two teams, pot 2 contained the next best three teams, and so on for pots 3 and 4. The teams from Pot 1 would be assigned to position 1 in their group, while the teams from Pots 2, 3 and 4 would be drawn to one of the positions 2, 3 or 4 in their group. The two guest teams, Japan and Qatar, which were seeded in differt pots, could not be drawn in the same group.
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As per statistical convtion in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by palty shoot-out were counted as draws.
The mascot of the tournamt was Zizito, a capybara whose name paid homage to Zizinho, the Brazilian footballer who shared the all-time goal-scoring record in the Copa América (17 goals) with Argtina's Norberto Doroteo Méndez.
Vibra Continte by Brazilian recording artist Léo Santana and Colombian recording artist Karol G served as an official song for the tournamt.
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