It is also the first country to host South American competition for two consecutive editions
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Sunday, October 6
Historic: Brazil has never lost a Copa América at home
After the cancellation of Colombia Y Argentina as headquarters of the America Cup 2021 , Conmebol announced that Brazil will host the competition that is scheduled to start the next 13 of June.
It is the sixth time that the South American country has hosted , and in all these editions has ended up being champion of the Cup , what with pours into a rather uncomfortable host for the rest of the competitors.
Brazil will host the Copa América and Conmebol shows his thanks to Bolsonaro https://t.co/xOYS1LWTHT pic.twitter.com/ Qp9bcpRo8H
– Diario de Los Andes (@diariodlosandes) May 31, 2021
Another data to highlight is that Brazil is the first nation to repeat as host of the Cup America for two consecutive editions , in the 97 years of the competition.
In 1919 the selection verdeamarela se crowned champion by beating Uruguay 1-0, in what would be the first Copa América held in Brazil.
CONFIRMED! CONMEBOL informed that the Copa América will be played in Brazil🇧🇷, remember that the edition 2020 was also played in the Rio de Janeiro country where they became champions. pic.twitter.com/XLZpmDstxS
– El Rincón Del Hincha (@erdh 19) May 31, 2021
On 1949 did it again. In this case, by beating Paraguay 3-0, in a league that was played to resolve the triple tie that was generated in the standings. After a controversial referee, Uruguay resigned from the competition and Canrinha faced the Paraguayan team, becoming champion.
20 years later, in 1949 Brazil returned to host the Copa América, and this time he was declared champion by points.
Over time the mechanism of the competition changed and in 1989 , after a group stage, the first two places went to a group round that defined the champions, and in this case Brazil finished as the leader.
In the last Copa América of 2019 , also disputed in Brazil, the team came out champion by beating the Peruvian team with a result of 3-1.
