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The Copa América Centenario, referred to in English as the 2016 Centennial Copa America,〔("2016 Centennial Copa America added to FIFA's international calendar, making top players available" ), MLS Soccer, September 26, 2014.〕 is a scheduled international men's association football tournament due to be held in the United States in 2016. The competition is a celebration of the centenary of CONMEBOL and Copa América, and is to be the first Copa América hosted outside of South America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=La Copa Centenario y su repercusión en la prensa internacional )〕 The tournament will be held as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL (the South American football confederation) and CONCACAF (the football confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean) as a special edition of Copa América (100th since its inception in 1916) between the usual four-year cycle, and will feature an expanded field of 16 teams (increase from the usual 12), with ten teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF. The winner will not receive a berth in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, as Chile have already qualified as winners of the 2015 edition. ==Planning== In February 2012, Alfredo Hawit, then Acting President of CONCACAF, announced that the competition would be expected to take place in 2016, as a celebration of CONMEBOL's centenary. CONMEBOL President Nicolás Leoz said "Hopefully we can organize a big event, because we have 100 years and we want to celebrate big." The tournament was announced by CONMEBOL on 24 October 2012 and confirmed by CONCACAF on 1 May 2014.〔 On 26 September 2014, FIFA announced that the tournament has been added to the FIFA International Match Calendar, meaning that clubs must release players called up to the competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Copa America Centenario Officially Added to 2016 FIFA Events Calendar )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Copa América Centenario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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