CONMEBOL confirmed that the defending champions will be responsible for opening the competition in which CONCACAF teams will participate.
The Copa America 2024 to be held in the United States is the absolute priority of the Argentina national teamwhich will face continental competition after almost three decades defending champion, thanks to the title achieved in the 2021 edition against Brazil in the Maracaná. For this reason the team was led by Lionel Scaloni, in which It could be his last game as the team’s coachwill be the one to play the first game.
THE 14 VENUES OF THE 2024 AMERICAN CUP UNITED STATES
WHEN AND WHERE THE OPENING MATCH WILL BE PLAYED
The competition, featuring ten CONMEBOL teams and six CONCACAF qualifiers, gets underway on June 20, 2024 at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
WHY ARGENTINA IS PLAYING IT AND WHO WILL BE THEIR RIVAL
A few days before the draw, scheduled for December 4, CONMEBOL confirmed this As current champions, Argentina is the seed in Group A. And according to the calendar published by the entity, its first rival will be A4, that is, the selection resulting from the Bolillo 4which contains the four worst-placed teams in the FIFA rankings, a criterion used to rank the teams that are not seeded: Jamaica, Bolivia and the winners of the CONCACAF Play-In, who will compete Canada Seen Trinidad and Tobago And Costa Rica Seen Honduras.
Source: Goal