Copa America 2016: United States officially named host

It has been officially announced that the United States will host the 2016 Copa America Centenario tournament — the Centennial Cup America. The FIFA Executive Committee officially passed the vote today. 

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Copa America will take place from June 3-26 in 2016. 

“With its addition to the FIFA Calendar, the historic Centennial Cup America in 2016 is now set to be the most important full national team tournament hosted in the Americas since this year’s FIFA World Cup,” said CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb said in a statement on the CONCACAF website.

“We want to thank FIFA, all Confederations and all others involved for their unconditional support in this process, making sure that this once in a lifetime celebration was treated with the respect that the players, football fans around the world and participating countries deserve.”

The tournament includes teams from the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

“Knowing that Copa America is the oldest national team tournament in the history of football, it is an honor for us to have the event officially included in the international calendar and be able to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this event and the foundation of CONMEBOL,” expressed CONMEBOL President Juan Angel Napout.

The full list of participating countries can be seen below:

CONMEBOL

1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. Paraguay
8. Peru
9. Uruguay
10. Venezuela

CONCACAF

1. United States (host)
2. Mexico (seeded)
3. Costa Rica (2014 Central American Cup champion)
4. TBD (2014 CFU Caribbean Cup champion)
5. TBD (winner of 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup – if not one of the already qualified teams, or 2015 Gold Cup Playoff 1 winner)
6. TBD (2015 Gold Cup Playoff winner)