{"id":68374,"date":"2014-11-25T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=68374"},"modified":"2014-11-25T09:44:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:44:44","slug":"brazil-meet-colombia-argentina-face-uruguay-2015-copa-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=68374","title":{"rendered":"Brazil meet Colombia, Argentina face Uruguay in 2015 Copa America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Brazil will face World Cup quarter-final opponents Colombia at the 2015 Copa America after the pair were drawn together in the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will compete in Group C alongside Peru and Venezuela, while Argentina, holders Uruguay, Paraguay and Jamaica make up Group B.<\/p>\n<p>Group A consists of hosts Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve teams will be competing in the South American showpiece which begins in Santiago on Thursday, 11 June.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil reached the World Cup semi-final with a gripping 2-1 win against Colombia last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The match was notable for the injury sustained by tournament poster boy Neymar, which ruled him out of the last-four tie against Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s \u00a375m signing Luis Suarez will miss the Copa America after being suspended for nine competitive Uruguay matches for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>World Cup finalists Argentina&#8217;s group features a rematch of the 2011 final between Uruguay and Paraguay, while Jamaica are one of two invited nations alongside Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>After the round-robin group phase, the top two teams from each section will qualify for the quarter-finals along with the two best third-placed teams, at which point the tournament takes on a standard knockout format before the final on 4 July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"data-table-outer\">\n<table class=\"data-table\" style=\"height: 289px;\" width=\"779\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"heading\">\n<th class=\"left first\" colspan=\"3\">Copa America 2015<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>Group A<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>Group B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>Group C<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\">Chile<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Argentina<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">Mexico<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Uruguay<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Colombia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\">Ecuador<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Paraguay<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Peru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\">Bolivia<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Jamaica<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \">Venezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>You will be able to follow online coverage of Copa America next June on the BBC Sport website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79241000\/jpg\/_79241631_copa_america.jpg\" alt=\"Copa America\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Copa America director Rene Rozas meets the tournament mascot &#8211; a yet-to-be-named culpeo fox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-feature image full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/79241000\/jpg\/_79241775_copa.jpg\" alt=\"Copa America\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks during the opening of the Copa America 2015 draw in Chile<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil will face World Cup quarter-final opponents Colombia at the 2015 Copa America after the pair were drawn together in the group stage. 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