The tournament of which Argentina is the most recent monarch will be played in the boreal summer of 2024.
According to the joint statement, the six Concacaf invited countries will qualify for this competition through the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League.
The United States already organized the special edition of the 2016 Copa América Centenario, in which other Concacaf teams also participated. Chile won the tournament.
The 2024 Copa América was scheduled to be held in Ecuador but the South American country resigned from the organization last year.
Within the framework of the agreement between the two confederations, a “final four” format club competition will also be organized in which the best squads on the continent will participate.
Part of the “strategic agreement” also considers the invitation of women’s teams to the Concacaf event, although with an outstanding fact is that “There will be a new club tournament”.
For the female branch of the competition, the innovation will be that the The best four countries of Conmebol will be in the Concacaf Gold Cup W 2024 which will also be held in the United States. Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay they will be the representatives of the south of the continent in that edition regarding the results achieved in the 2022 women’s Copa América that ended with the Brazilians as champions.
“We are determined to renew and expand our joint initiatives and projects. We want this passion to translate into more and better competitions and for soccer and its values to grow and strengthen throughout the hemisphere,” said Alejandro Domínguez, president of Conmebol.
“It will really be mutually beneficial for both confederations. Working hand in hand with Conmebol, we will offer elite competitions that will provide more opportunities for our federations and that we know that the fans want”, added Víctor Montagliani, director of Concacaf.
Has Mexico won the Copa América?
With this agreement, it would represent the return of the Mexican National Team to the continental tournament, after its absence since 2016. Mexico is the national squad that has been invited to this tournament the most times with 10 participations (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004 , 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016). However, only twice (1993 and 2001) have they reached the final, losing against Argentina and Colombia respectively.