Copa América 2015
The winner of the tournament, or the best placed CONMEBOL team if Mexico or Jamaica win the tournament, will qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted in Russia.
Host country
Originally, it was to be hosted by Brazil, as suggested by the Brazilian Football
Confederation (CBF) in February 2011 due to CONMEBOL's rotation
policy of tournaments being held in alphabetical order. However, due to the
organization of the 2013 FIFA Confederations
Cup, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in that country, Brazil
decided against also hosting the Copa América. CONMEBOL’s president Nicolas Leoz had mentioned the
possibility of the tournament being organized in Mexico (despite this country not
being a member of CONMEBOL) as part of the federation's centenary celebrations. Brazil and Chile's Football
Federations discussed the idea of swapping around the order of being hosts of
the 2015 and 2019 tournaments. The swap was made official
in May 2012.
Venues
There will be nine different stadiums in eight cities used for
the tournament. Most stadiums are in renovation or rebuilding stages.
Teams
Mexico and Japan were initially invited to join the 10
CONMEBOL nations in the tournament. Japan
declined the invitation, and China was invited instead, but later withdrew due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) being held at the same time. In May 2014, it was announced that the Jamaica Football Federation had accepted an invitation to
participate.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was originally to be held on 27
October 2014 in Viña del Mar, but was postponed to 24 November. The 12 teams were drawn into three
groups of four.CONMEBOL announced the composition of the four pots on 10 November 2014. Pot 1 contained the hosts Chile (which has been automatically assigned to position A1), together with Argentina and Brazil. The remaining nine teams were allocated to the other three pots according to their FIFA World Rankings as of 23 October 2014 (shown in brackets). On 23 November 2014, it was revealed by CONMEBOL that Argentina and Brazil had been assigned to positions B1 and C1, respectively.
Pot 1
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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Pot 4
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Squads
2015 Copa América squads
Each country had a final squad of 23 players (three of whom had
to be goalkeepers) which had to be submitted before the deadline of 1 June 2015.The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final date of 6 June caused problems for South American players for FC Barcelona and Juventus. FIFA international rules require clubs to release players 14 days prior to the start of an international tournament, but the players featured in the final, leaving them at most five days to acclimate.
Uruguayan forward Luis Suárez was suspended for the whole tournament, as he served a nine-match ban in international football for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's final group stage match against Italy in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Match Ball
On 16 November 2014, the Official Match Ball [OMB] was unveiled
at the Estadio Nacional. The name of the ball is Nike Cachaña, which is a Chilean slang
term for a successful feint or dribble. During its launch, the Chilean
international Arturo Vidal was present. The ball is mainly
designed with white as main appearance featured with blue and red applications,
representing host nation Chile. The colors of Chilean flag make a statement in
the design of this ball: the red representing the people, the blue symbolizing
the Chilean sky, and the white for the Andes that so strongly define the geography of this country.
Mascot
Official songs
- "Al
Sur del Mundo" by Chilean group La Noche de Brujas will serve as the
official song of the tournament. It will be performed during the opening
ceremony of the competition on 11 June. It features the different cultures
of the twelve competing nations.
Al Sur del Mundo canción oficial de la Copa América Chile 2015 by Canal Mundo
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