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The 44th edition of Copa America or the South American championship begins its three-and-a-half week run on Thursday in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandal that forced President Sepp Blatter to announce his resignation.
This year the tournament will be hosted by Chile. Twelve teams have been divided into three groups of four each.
Ten teams the South American Football Federation and two from the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football - Jamaica and Mexico - take part in the tournament. The winners will automatically qualify for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017.
Each team will play three games in the group stage and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinal stages. Two best third-placed teams will qualify for the quarterfinals as well.
The quarter-final stages will see four matches that will be followed by two semifinal matches and a match for the third place and then the final.
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay are the favorites to win it all but you cannot rule out upstarts Colombia and host nation Chile.
Group A: Chile, Mexico, Equador, Bolivia
Group B: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Jamaica
Group C: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venenzuela
Complete list of the fixtures, date and time (IST):
Grp A Chile vs Ecuador 12 June 05:00
Grp A Mexico vs Bolivia 13 June 05:00
Grp B Uruguay vs Jamaica 14 June 00:30
Grp B Argentina vs Paraguay 14 June 03:00
Grp C Colombia vs Venezuela 15 June 00:30
Grp C Brazil vs Peru 15 June 03:00
Grp A Ecuador vs Bolivia 16 June 02:30
Grp A Chile vs Mexico 16 June 05:00
Grp B Paraguay vs Jamaica 17 June 02:30
Grp B Argentina vs Uruguay 17 June 05:00
Grp C Brazil vs Colombia 18 June 05:30
Grp C Peru vs Venezuela 19 June 05:00
Grp A Mexico vs Ecuador 20 June 02:30
Grp A Chile vs Bolivia 20 June 05:00
Grp B Uruguay vs Paraguay 21 June 00:30
Grp B Argentina vs Jamaica 21 June 03:00
Grp C Colombia vs Peru 22 June 00:30
Grp C Brazil vs Venezuela 22 June 03:00
Quarter-final A1 v B3/C3 25 June
Quarter-final A2 v C2 26 June
Quarter-final B1 v A3/C3 27 June
Quarter-final C1 v B2 28 June
Semi-final Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 30 June
Semi-final Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 1 July
Third-place play-off 4 July
Final 5 July
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