not even a single cent. FIFA has no involvement in regional tournaments. Even sponsors for the tournament may be diferent (or even direct competition between each other), to those whom have deals with FIFA (for instance, Copa America had Nike as official sportswear partner, while FIFA for that same area has Adidas)
2019 Copa America in Brazil will have 16 teams, increased from 12 in 2015. 10 from South America and 6 invited teams. https://t.co/3ayv6Xa4my— Roberto Rojas (@RobertoRojas97) April 25, 2017
So is the off year Gold Cup going to double as qualifying? Is there still going to be a Gold Cup in 2019?
A rumor I heard in the Argentine forum is that the majority of the invites will be European teams. I also heard a rumor that Asian teams will be invited.
That is just ridiculous... what happens when a team not even from the Americas wins the actual tournament? If you want 16 teams... just keep the 6 Concacaf teams that'll make it at least regional, consistent, and the teams will at least have to qualify rather than just be randomly selected....
You have to see it from a Brazilian perspective and they are thinking about the bottom line. Teams like Spain , Portugal and France will be able to sell more tickets to their large stadium venues while Honduras, Costa Rica and Jamaica won't. Even if those Euro teams bring "B" teams the demand will be higher.
Copa América Brasil 2019: invitados USA, Mexico, España, Portugal, Japón y China @futbol_jramos— Jorge Ramos y su Banda (@ESPN_JorgeRamos) May 10, 2017
It will be interesting to see if it is the "B" team.that goes to Brazil. Heck it will be interesting to see if all those invited teams will bring "B" teams.
In theory it's an awesome tournament, I'm just wondering how you make it work with The Gold Cup and if that's going to be the only Copa of the next cycle. Additionally will Spain and Portugal give a crap? Hell will China and Japan?
Edit* the Asian Cup is in January of 2019 so the Copa will be after the Asian Cup. Maybe they just want to have good competition in the summer that year too. I know China wants to be a world Power one day so the more competitive matches under their belt the better it is in their minds. Using Jamaica as an example maybe the CONMEBOL said hey, they brought basically their "A" team to a Copa and a Gold Cup in 2015. Why can't the USA and Mexico do the same thing? The Euro teams' only incentive is to get the bad taste out of their mouths the last time they were in Brazil in 2014.
I wonder how much of the China invite was FIFAs doing since they came out and said they wouldn't mind seeing them host the 2030 WC.
After reading various online legitimate newspapers on this matter (both in English and Spanish; from both South American and Europe), I'm 99% sure that this is how it's going to go down from now until the next 2 decades at least... Starting with this upcoming 2019 Copa America, which will be held in Brasil, all future tournaments will have 16 nations participating. The tournament in Brasil will be the last one that will be held in an odd year. In order to 'reset' the tournament right away and have it coincide with the Euro (apparently FIFA is in favor of this because European clubs will have to release their international players only summer instead of two consecutive summers), they will have a Copa America in 2020 in the USA (because, among others things, of their financial success with the Copa America Centenario 2016). As for those who are questioining what kind of teams will the European nations bring for 2019, I think that being how this Copa America will probably be the only and last tournament (at least for while) that will have European nations, I'm thinking that these nations would love to 'steal' one from South America; wouldn't that be a punch in the face, especially in Brasil of all place. Anyway, going forward, Conmebol will introduce a new scheduling format as to who will host the subsequent Copa Americas, which on a personal level, gives me hope... IMHO, Bolivia's 'rotational' spot was taken away unfairly and so I hope this 'reset' will give Bolivia an opportunity to get it back and get it back soon... hopefully as soon as 2024! If this is accurate, then I don't think there will be another 'Copa America Centenario' for a while (at least by name, host, and if it would ever return) but I think the 2020 Copa America will mirror the Centenario from 2016 and it will be just a great, if not better, since it will once again not 'compete' with the Gold Cup so USA, Mexico, and other North and/or Central American nations could bring their 'A' team if they chose to do so. In fact, since the Copa America would now fall in an even year, USA, Mexico, and company could continue to bring their 'A' team (again, if they chose to do so). From a level of play standpoint, I think this a great move as every continental tournament will potentially have the 'A' team for every participant. What's more, starting in 2020, when we don't have the summer of the World Cup, we can enjoy two tournaments of nations every summer and it would most likely be more competitive than before. This 'guaranteed' 2 tourneys every summer (with the highest level of play) would include the League of Nations that Europe will be introducing in 2018. It will be a promotion/relegation type of tournament that will have it's 'pool stage' from September to November and it's 'Final Four' competition in June. There are talks of Concacaf (and I'm sure Conmebol would soon follow afterwards) in creating their own League of Nations. If this happens (I'm sure it will), this will be eliminate 'friendlies' and their 'lack of importance. All those events plus the World Cup qualifying matches, it pretty much guarantees a higher level of competition/tournaments for us to enjoy every year. To get a visual idea of what I'm talking about, this is what it would look like... 2017 Gold Cup / Confederations Cup 2018 World Cup / League of Nations (UEFA Pool Stage) 2019 Copa America Brasil / Gold Cup / League of Nations (UEFA Final Four) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020 Copa America USA / Euro 2021 Gold Cup / Confederations Cup 2022 World Cup / League of Nations (UEFA Pool Stage) 2023 Gold Cup / League of Nations (UEFA Final Four) 2024 Copa America / Euro 2025 Gold Cup / Confederations Cup 2026 World Cup / League of Nations (UEFA Pool Stage)