Group A of the 2024 Copa América was one of four groups in the first stage of the tournament. The tournament involved national teams from CONMEBOL (South America) but also includes invited teams from the CONCACAF region (North, Central America and the Caribbean), that qualified via the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League.[1]
The group was made up of defending champions and current world champions Argentina, Peru and Chile, all three from CONMEBOL, and Canada from CONCACAF.[2] The draw for the groups was conducted on December 7, 2023, with Argentina being previously seeded into the group.[3] The group's matches, which include the opening match of the tournament between Argentina and Canada, took place from June 20–29 at six venues in six U.S. cities.[4]
The top two teams, following a round-robin of three matches per team, advanced to the quarterfinals.[5]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification | Appearances | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | ||
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| Total | Last | November 2023[nb 1] | June 2024 | ||||||
| A1 (seed) |  Argentina | 1 | CONMEBOL | Automatic qualifier | 44th | 2021 | Winners (Fifteen times, last in 2021) | 1 | 1 |
| A2 |  Peru | 2 | CONMEBOL | Automatic qualifier | 34th | 2021 | Winners (1939 and 1975) | 35 | 31 |
| A3 |  Chile | 3 | CONMEBOL | Automatic qualifier | 41st | 2021 | Winners (2015 and 2016) | 40 | 40 |
| A4 |  Canada | 4[nb 2] | CONCACAF | CONCACAF play-in round winners | 1st | None | Debut | 48[nb 2] | 48 |
- Notes
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
In the quarterfinals:
Matches
All kick-off times are local times, as listed by CONMEBOL.[8][4]
Argentina vs Canada
The match marked Canada's debut in the Copa América, becoming the 20th team (10th outside of CONMEBOL teams) to compete in the tournament.[9] The two teams had met only once before, a friendly match in May 2010 won 5–0 by Argentina.[10][11]
| Argentina | 2–0 | Canada |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[15] |
Peru vs Chile
The two teams had faced each other in 84 previous matches,[16] including 21 times in the Copa América with eight wins for Chile, seven wins for Peru along with six draws.[17] Their most recent encounter was a 2–0 home win for Chile in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in October 2023.[16]
    Peru[19] |     Chile[19] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[15] |
Peru vs Canada
The two teams had met once before, a friendly match won 2–0 by Peru in September 2010.[20] Another precedent between both sides is a friendly match won 3–1 by Canada in 1988; however, this encounter was not considered an international "A" match by FIFA as Peru had fielded their U19 team.[21][22]
Shortly before the end of the first half, assistant referee Humberto Panjoj suffered a decompensation apparently due to the high temperatures in the stadium 32 degrees (91 °F) with a feels-like temperature of 38 (101 °F) with 51% humidity, so he had to leave for medical attention and was replaced by fifth official Ricardo Baren.[23][24] With the 1–0 win, Canada achieved their third ever victory over a CONMEBOL opponent, the last time being a 2–0 over Colombia in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.[25]
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[28] |
Chile vs Argentina
The two teams had faced each other in 90 previous matches,[29] including 29 times in the Copa América with a wide advantage for Argentina who won 21 of those matches with 8 draws and no Chilean victories, although Chile won on penalties in the two finals they played in 2015 and 2016.[30][31] Their most recent meeting was a 2–1 home win for Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in January 2022.[29]
| Chile | 0–1 | Argentina |
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| Report | La. Martínez  88' |
| Chile[33] | Argentina[33] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[28] |
Argentina vs Peru
The two teams had faced each other in 54 previous matches,[34] including 17 times in the Copa América with 12 wins for Argentina, three wins for Peru along with two draws.[35][36] Their most recent meeting was a 2–0 away win for Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in October 2023.[37]
| Argentina | 2–0 | Peru |
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| La. Martínez 47', 86' | Report |
| Argentina[39] |     Peru[39] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[40] |
Canada vs Chile
The two teams had met in four previous matches,[41] all of them friendlies, with two wins for Chile, one victory for Canada and one draw. The two most recent were the 2–1 and 2–0 Chilean victories in May and October 1995, respectively.[42][43][44]
     Canada[46] | Chile[46] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[40] |
References
External links
- Official website
- 2024 CONMEBOL Copa América at CONMEBOL.com