Copa

The 2015 Copa América is the 44th edition of the Copa America, the premier international tournament CONMEBOL. The tournament was to be held in Brazil (which had hosted more since 1989). However, Brazil is also hosting the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics in 2016, which led to reconsider the decision of CONMEBOL.
The President of CONMEBOL, Nicolas Leoz proposed the realization of the continental tournament in Mexico (though it belongs to another confederation CONCACAF) 2. Bolivia also expressed interest in taking the place of Brazil in organizing the Coupe3.
The governments of Brazil and Chile discussed the possibility of exchanging the tournament in 2015 and 20194. In March 2012, Chile was chosen and will host the Copa America in 2015, while Brazil will organize the 2019.


 The 2015 Copa América will be the 44th edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America. The competition will be organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. The tournament will be held in Chile from 11 June to 4 July 2015. Uruguay is the defending champion. Twelve teams will compete, the ten members of CONMEBOL and two guests from CONCACAF – Mexico and Jamaica, the latter of which will compete in Copa América for the first time.

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.

 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.

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