Shoutbox

quote:

---

Originally posted by dylan!
what is it?

---

a soccer tournament .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_America

"The Copa América is the main national football competition in South America, and is run by the CONMEBOL confederation. It is important to note that usually two or three CONCACAF teams get an invitation to participate. Mexico has been a regular since they were invited for the first time in 1993.

The participating nations are Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Two invited teams from other confederations complete the 12-team field. As CONMEBOL only has the 10 members mentioned above, there is no qualification tournament. Neither is there a qualification tournament for invitees; they are invited on their own merits, such as winning matches on World Cup finals or qualification stages in their confederations. Since 1993, only Mexico has accepted invitations to every tournament."

"The Copa América is the oldest surviving international football competition in the world, as it was held for the first time between July 2 and July 17, 1916"