22 February 2016

Groups determined in Copa America Centenario

This summer the American continent will face one of the oldest international tournament in the world. Playing in 10 cities across USA, 16 teams will play 32 games from 2 confederations and for the first time in its 100 year old history Copa America will be played outside South American continent. Tonight in Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City in a televised draw we learned who will play who in this exciting tournament. We are confident that every team will give its maximum, who with their magical moves and skills will give everything to entertain us, playing thrilling football. The group schedule look like this:

Group A: USA, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay.
Round 1, 03 June: USA - Colombia. 04 June: Costa Rica - Paraguay.
Round 2, 07 June: USA - Costa Rica and Colombia - Paraguay.
Round 3, 11 June: USA - Paraguay and Colombia - Costa Rica.

Group B: Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti, Peru.
Round 1, 04 June: Brazil - Ecuador and Haiti- Peru.
Round 2, 08 June: Brazil - Haiti and Ecuador - Peru.
Round 3, 12 June: Brazil - Peru and Ecuador - Haiti.

Group C: Mexico, Uruguay, Jamaica, Venezuela.
Round 1, 05 June: Mexico - Uruguay and Jamaica - Venezuela.
Round 2, 09 June: Mexico - Jamaica and Uruguay - Venezuela.
Round 3, 13 June: Mexico - Venezuela and Uruguay - Jamaica.

Group D: Argentina, Chile, Panama, Bolivia.
Round 1, 06 June: Argentina - Chile and Panama - Bolivia.
Round 2, 10 June: Argentina - Panama and Chile - Bolivia.
Round 3, 14 June: Argentina - Bolivia and Chile - Panama.

Certainly the toughest group, the group of death, has to be the last one where Argentina, current 2015 Copa America champion Chile and Panama will be playing each other. While the hosts also awaits some tough games with Colombia and Costa Rica standing in their way.
All in all, we are expecting to see some good quality games with one of the best footballers in the world gathered in one place. After playing all games in the groups, the top two teams will qualify for the quarter-finals which start from 16 June where knock-out round begins up until the final game on 26 June, where each of these 16 teams are dreaming to lift the oldest trophy in the world.

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