Copa America Draw: Know Who Brazil & Argentina Face!



Current Copa America champions Chile have been drawn with Uruguay in Group C of the Copa America group stage , while Brazil has been placed with Peru and Argentina is in with Colombia in the 2019 edition of CONMEBOL's regional tournament.
The 2019 tournament is back in South America after the 2016 edition, the centennial Copa America, took place in the United States.
Brazil, who did not advance out of the group stage in the Copa America Centenario, are this year's hosts for the 12-team event, which features all the nations of CONMEBOL along with two other guest participants – AFC nations Japan and Qatar.
The hosts will have a purely South American affair in Group A, as the Selecao have been matched up with Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela.
Meanwhile, Argentina, finalists in the last two Copa Americas only to lose on penalties to Chile each time, face Colombia in what will be one of the top matches of the group stage this Copa America
La Albiceleste, who can expect to welcome Lionel Messi back into the fold in March, will also meet Paraguay, under former Mexico head coach Juan Carlos Osorio, and guest nation Qatar, the hosts of the 2022 World Cup.
Group A: Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru
Group B: Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Qatar
Group C: Uruguay, Ecuador, Japan, Chile

SOURCE : FootballCliq

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