By Andrew Warshaw
October 25 – A special edition of Copa América will be held by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in 2016 to celebrate its centenary, with a 16-team tournament in the United States.
The tournament, called the Centenary Copa América, will feature CONMEBOL’s 10 member nations plus the United States and Mexico and four other teams from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) selected according to ranking in that region’s Gold Cup.
It will be the first time the event is played outside South America and will go head-to-head with the 2016 UEFA European Championship in France, which is being expanded to 24 teams for the first time.
The Copa América is the world’s oldest active tournament following the demise of the so-called British Home International Championship involving England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Uruguay, who beat Argentina in the inaugural final in 1916, are the current holders.
They won a record 15th title last year.
Chile is due to host the next tournament in 2015.
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