Copa America will be broadcast to 198 countries

The 43rd Copa America will be broadcasted for the first time entirely in HD (High-Definition) and a record 198 countries will receive the signal of the competition matches. In 2004, the tournament was broadcast to over 140 countries. In the last edition, in Venezuela in 2007, more than 180 countries will watch the games of the Copa America.

Held since 1916, the Copa America is the oldest national teams’ football competition in the world. In 2011, the tournament will be held in Argentina and will be attended by 12 teams. Of these, six were in the knock-out stage of the World Cup 2010: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Mexico.

Copa America 2011 will have major stars of world football such as Robinho, Neymar and Julio Cesar (Brazil), Messi, Di Maria and Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Claudio Pizarro (Peru), Roque Santa Cruz and Cardozo (Paraguay) Cavani, Forlan and Suarez (Uruguay) and Alexis Sanchez (Chile).

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