What is Copa América?
The CONMEBOL Copa América, more commonly known as just Copa América, is a soccer tournament played by the top national teams across South and North America. It’s the third most popular and most watched football tournament in the world, after the FIFA World Cup and the Euros.
CONMEBOL is the name of the South American Football Confederation, which acts as the governing body of this jurisdiction and is part of FIFA. The first Copa América was held to celebrate the Argentine Declaration of Independence and has since grown to be one of the largest football tournaments. Although there were a few national matches in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the first official game was in 1916 between Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil.
With some of the strongest teams participating in Copa América, the tournament has been known as one of the toughest in the world. Between some of the highest respected teams in the sport, along with the hot temperatures and the passion from the fans, it is not a competition for the weak.
When is Copa América?
The tournament is in the standard group stage format, where teams go through various brackets until one is remaining:
Throughout history, CONMEBOL has rotated which country will host the games each year. The Copa América 2007 held in Venezuela marked the first time every member confederation had hosted the tournament at least once, thus completing the first full rotation.
The second rotation began in 2011, where the tournament would go to each country in alphabetical order, however there were several issues in this cycle. First of all, various other countries, such as Chile and Mexico, expressed interest in hosting games but the CONMEBOL committee continued the schedule as planned; which caused issues when Brazil was meant to host it in 2015, but also had the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.
In 2023, CONMEBOL signed an agreement to let the United States be the host for 2024 and also allowed six CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) teams into the mix.
What are the Copa América odds and the team most likely to win the Copa América final?
Whether you’re looking to support your favorite country, player or if you’ll only bet on the Copa América team with the best odds; it pays to know them all the same. We have the odds for each time, sourced by Caesars Sportsbooks and were accurate on June 4th.
Argentina: To Win +180, To Reach Final -141, To Reach Semi-Finals -455Brazil: To Win +225, To Reach Final -105, To Reach Semi-Finals -303Uruguay: To Win +500, To Reach Final +275, To Reach Semi-Finals -110Colombia: To Win +1100, To Reach Final +550, To Reach Semi-Finals +180United States: To Win +1200, To Reach Final +500, To Reach Semi-Finals +180Mexico: To Win +1400, To Reach Final +450, To Reach Semi-Finals +160Ecuador: To Win +1800, To Reach Final +600, To Reach Semi-Finals +220Chile: To Win +2500, To Reach Final +800, To Reach Semi-Finals +250Peru: To Win +6500, To Reach Final +2200, To Reach Semi-Finals +650Paraguay: To Win +7500, To Reach Final +2500, To Reach Semi-Finals +750Venezuela: To Win +7500, To Reach Final +2200, To Reach Semi-Finals +750Canada: To Win +7500, To Reach Final +2500, To Reach Semi-Finals +650Jamaica: To Win +15000, To Reach Final +5000, To Reach Semi-Finals +1600Costa Rica: To Win +15000, To Reach Final +7500, To Reach Semi-Finals +1800Bolivia: To Win +25000, To Reach Final +12500, To Reach Semi-Finals +3000Panama: To Win +20000, To Reach Final +8000, To Reach Semi-Finals +2000
So while Argentina is the current favorite to win, it’s still anyone’s game. Plenty can happen between now and the Finals on July 14th.
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Terms to know if you’re betting on Copa América from the US
The Copa América football tournament is a game of soccer, which means that there’s going to be plenty of corners, offsides, penalties and overtime. If you’re not used to betting on European football though, you might not be sure what these mean.
Corners: An opposing player will kick the ball back into play from the corner of the field, usually towards the goal. This happens when a player from the defending team knocks the ball over the goal line without scoring (such as over the goal or beside it). It’s likely that a goal can be scored from a corner.
Offside: An offside occurs when a player kicks the ball to a teammate who is closer to the goal than two defending players. So, you can’t have a teammate camp the goal behind all defending members of the team and boot it over towards them! There need to be two defenders between them and the goal if you want to pass it to them.
Extra Time: If the game finishes in a tie, then it will go into extra time. This means there will be 30 minutes of extra play, split into two 15-minute halves.
Penalties: Rather than a punishment, penalties are a goal shoot-out at the end of a match if the game remains tied after extra time. It will usually start as a best of three, with each team taking a chance to score a kick from a point within the goal area. Each time will take turns until there’s a winner.
