The Copa America has been postponed until next year due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced the news on Tuesday afternoon.
The 12-team tournament, which had originally been scheduled to take place from June 12 to July 12 in Colombia and Argentina, follows the Euro 2020 championship in being pushed back by a year with global sport being brought to a virtual standstill by the coronavirus outbreak.
"This is an extraordinary measure for an unexpected situation and responds to the fundamental need to avoid the exponential evolution of the virus," said CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez.
Dominguez said the rescheduled tournament would be played between June 11 and July 11, 2021.
"It wasn't easy to take this decision but we must safeguard at all times the health of our players and all those who form part of the big South American football family," he added.
"Have no doubts that the oldest international tournament in the world will be back stronger than ever in 2021."
Mykill_Yeboah
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Next Official News: Friday is postponed to Saturday 😂😂😂
sufyrumu
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This is going to be the cover of FIFA 21:⏬😂
Salahudheen Kp
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finally a year without Copa America
AngelBhusalBarçafan
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This summer is going to be the most boring summer ever.
JohnWick7
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Expectation: Corona Virus (health problem)
BiplabCr7RMD
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what others thought "2020 Will be a great year" 2020 - almost WWIII,Kobe&Daughter death,CoronaVirus pandemic and all sport and major events getting postponed one after another.... and the sad part is that, we are only in the month of March of 2020😑😑😑
THEBLAUGRANA
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official :- FIFA 20 is renamed to COPA 20 😂
elmervik
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at least let there be an interval between copa America events.... they've been playing every year
Winerpool
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this is not good news for Messi who's expecting international trophy like Liverpool desperated for premier league
RoshanBhandari
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official:-playstation to be hosting all official football events. All players to play multiplayer online.
DaMhztourage
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FIFA 20 will now be booming beyond its capacity 24hrs , 7 days a week
madarista
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THIS YEAR CORONAVIRUS IS DESTROYING OUR FOOTBALL 😢😢
DarkKing2010
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In 2020,no International Games for Messi, Ronaldo, Kane, Lautaro, Neymar, Aguero, Icardi, and every European and South American Player. What a Bad Year For Football and Humanity!