On the morning of December 8, Beijing time, the 2024 Copa America group draw was held in Miami, USA, and 14 seats are currently determined for the top 16, with 2 places to be determined. Compared with the past, the new Copa America will no longer be limited to the South American continent, but will be united by South America and North America to achieve a true Copa America, so this draw has attracted special attention.
【Schedule Rules】
The 48th America's Cup will be held in 14 cities across the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024, with the opening match taking place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and the final on July 14 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
A total of 16 teams will participate in this tournament, including 10 South American teams and 6 teams from CONCACAF and the Caribbean (4 teams have been confirmed through the CONCACAF Nations League).
【Lottery Rules】
The 16 participating teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each, and each group will be composed of one team selected from each of the 4 brackets, of which Argentina, Mexico, the United States, and Brazil will be listed as Pot 1 teams in advance, falling into Group A, Group B, Group C, and Group D respectively, and the remaining 12 participating teams will be divided into Pot 2-4 according to their world rankings in October 2023.
The rules stipulate that no more than 3 South American national teams and no more than 2 North American national teams in each group will be drawn at the time of the draw. If this condition is not met during the draw process, the team will advance to the next group in alphabetical order.
【Binning】
Tier 1: Argentina, Mexico, United States, Brazil
Pot 2: Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Pot 3: Chile, Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay
Pot 4: Jamaica, Bolivia, CONCACAF 5th place, CONCACAF 6th place
【Lottery Group Results】
Group A: Argentina, Peru, Chile, play-off winner 1
Group B: Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Jamaica
Group C: United States, Uruguay, Panama, Bolivia
Group D: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, play-off winner 2
Play-off winner 1: Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago
Play-off winner 2: Costa Rica vs Honduras
Judging from the results of the above grouping, Argentina drew the group of death, with 2 South American opponents in the same group, and Peru and Chile are not easy to play, and the fourth pot is likely to be Canada. Brazil has a slightly better signing than Argentina, with two South American opponents in the same group, and Colombia in the same group, and the two teams met in the World Preliminary Tournament last month, and Brazil lost away to Colombia.
As the host, although the United States drew Uruguay, the strongest in the second pot, the other two opponents are not strong, and there is no problem in qualifying from the group, which can be called a draw.