Copa America Group Draw 2015: Date, Time, Seedings, TV and Live Stream Info
If the summer's World Cup in Brazil proved anything, it is that South American football is in rude health.
Despite the hosts' eventual embarrassing demise as they lost 7-1 to Germany in the semi-finals, the performances of finalists Argentina and the hugely impressive Chile and Colombia showed the immense quality amongst the 10 CONMEBOL countries.
Thus the 2015 Copa America in Chile is set to be a fantastic occasion as six of the dozen teams involved—invitees Mexico and Jamaica round out the lineup—made it to the knockout rounds at the World Cup.
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Monday will see the draw being made in Vina del Mar to decide the groups for the 2015 tournament and all the necessary information for the occasion can be found below.
Date: Monday, November 24
Time: 10 p.m. GMT, 5 p.m. ET
TV Info: beIN Sports (US only)
Live Stream: beIN Sports Connect
Chile, Argentina and Brazil Lead the Way
As hosts, Chile are the No. 1 seeds for the 2015 Copa America and have automatically been placed in Group A while fellow seeds Brazil and Argentina will be the first competitors to be drawn in the other two pools.
Copa America 2015 reports which teams make up the other pots ahead of the draw taking place:
"Find out how to follow the Copa América draw. Chile, Argentina and Brazil are the top seeds. http://t.co/WtCDEkqsXC pic.twitter.com/xCVDvwj9BL
— Copa América 2015 (@ca2015_en) November 12, 2014"
The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups, from which the top two will automatically qualify after a round-robin stage, with the two best third-placed teams also making it through to the first knockout round—the quarter-finals.
As far as the top three seeds are concerned, they will all likely be hoping to avoid Colombia in the group stage, with Ecuador and Venezuela the highest-ranked teams in pots three and four respectively.
Colombia showed at the World Cup that they are one of the best teams around—indeed they are currently ranked third in the world by FIFA.
A team which included the likes of James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado and Jackson Martinez were arguably the most entertaining of the whole Brazil tournament, per beIN Sports' Matteo Bonetti, and that was without Radamel Falcao:
Chile were similarly a joy to watch with Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal inspiring them through to the last 16—beating Spain on the way—before they were cruelly dumped out by Brazil on penalties.
Argentina made it all the way to the final before being beaten by Germany in extra-time while Mexico and Uruguay were also last-16 casualties.
The amount of quality set to be on show in June and July of 2015 at the Copa America is staggering. Along with Rodriguez and Sanchez, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar should all be involved to name only a few.
Uruguay are the reining Copa America champions from 2011 and will be serious contenders for the 2015 edition—the 44th staging of the competition.
Monday's draw will signal the start of widespread speculation as to which teams have the best chance in 2015 and who the major early casualties may be.
It will be the first major event since the World Cup for the big names and an opportunity for some of the smaller nations to make their mark.
An exhibition of South American football is most certainly something to be celebrated and it all kicks off with the draw.
