The pride that a team represents in being able to be crowned the best on the continent is not the only motivation that federations and players have to reach the competition at the best level. The monetary prizes left are also very important to recognize the participating teams of the America Cup.
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In this edition there are 16 teams among members of Conmebol and Concacaf that will seek to become the best in America. This time, the Cup will be played in the United States from June 20 to July 14.
Currently, Argentina is the team that arrives as defending champions of the title after winning in 2021 against Brazil on that occasion in which the tournament was postponed due to the pandemic.
How much will the Copa América champion get?
The new champion of America will take home a large sum of money in millions of dollars. Total, Conmebol has a prize pool of 72 million dollars which will be distributed according to the phase each team reaches.
The Argentine star will play his last Copa América in his career
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In the first instance, for participation alone, each of the 16 teams will win 2 million dollars in the group stage and those who advance in the different rounds will expand their monetary recognition.
To advance to the quarterfinals, each of the 8 teams will add 2 million dollars, which will increase if they qualify for the semifinals. In the penultimate instance, those who lose their respective matches will compete for third and fourth place. The winner totals 5 million dollars and the loser, on the other hand, will take home 4 million dollars.
Argentina won the last edition of the Copa América.
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The semi-final winners will go to the grand final on July 14 and, apart from the prestige and the oldest national team Cup in the world, the champion will add 16 million dollars while the runner-up will win 7 million in addition to the previous prizes.
These prizes are distributed among the players, the leaders, the coaching staff and the federation to which they belong.
Important dates of the Copa América
The 48th edition of this tournament will begin, as previously mentioned, on July 20 with the confrontation between the debutant Canada and the defending team of the title, Argentina. The opening show will be performed by the Colombian singer Feid.
Feid and J Balvin with players from the Colombian National Team
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The Colombian National Team has its first game in group D against Paraguay on June 24 at the NRG Stadium in Houston. This can be seen on the open signal of Caracol, RCN and on DirecTV Sports at 5 pm Colombian time.
Luis Díaz scored the first goal in the Colombia-Bolivia match.
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Colombia’s second and third matches will be against Costa Rica and Brazil on June 28 and July 2, respectively.. The group stage will close this same day with the last two matches of group D at 8 pm Colombian time.
James Rodríguez receives the shirt with number 100 from Ramón Jesurún.
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The quarterfinals will be played from July 4 to 6; the semifinals, from July 9 to 10 and, finally, the third place and the final will be played on July 13 and 14 respectively.
Jhon Arias of Colombia celebrates a goal against Bolivia this Saturday, in an international friendly match between the Colombian and Bolivian national teams at the Rentschler Field stadium in East Heatford (USA).
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