What you need to know about the Copa América 2025

The great challenge of the year for the region’s teams will be the Copa América 2025, in Uruguayand the countdown is already a fact. The Carrasco Celeste Court will be the epicenter of hockey, on this side of the map, and we review the most relevant of what will happen from July 24 to August 3.
The intercontinental competition offers a direct place for the 2026 World Cup and the most popular teams in America are preparing to compete in Montevideo for the golden ticket that will catapult them directly to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Teresa “drink”Vianathe captain of the Cimarronas of Uruguay, spoke about hosting the international competition in her country: “For me the concession to host the Copa América has been something amazingI kind of want to enjoy it from now on, everything that is the process, what you are going to experience, playing it at home, with our people, with family and friends, It is an opportunity to show the sport to those people who may not know hockey that much.”.
The tournament that the Cancha Celeste de Carrasco will receive will be of both branches, both ladies and gentlemen will seek the championship to ensure their stay in the next World Cup and the participants will be: Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago, in men. Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Canada, United States, Mexico and Paraguay, in women.
Montevideo will be the third Copa América in a row that they share a venueAfter what happened in Lancaster 2017 and Santiago 2022, the capital of Uruguay will host both branches and that predicts favorably for the growth of the sport: “Giving the opportunity not only to women’s hockey, but also to men’s hockey, will be something spectacular.I think it is palpitating, it is being experienced from now on, obviously all the date changes were detrimental due to an organizational issue, but knowing that now it is going to be played in winter, and that warm atmosphere is going to be brought by the people of “Uruguay seems to me to be the most beautiful thing and we have to be united to enhance it,” he stated. drink.
And he added, “we have a beautiful illusionwhich is to get into the first four, go to a semifinal and there, obviously if we enter, there are games and anything can happen, we are preparing for that… It’s going to be a real party”.
Las Leonas and Los Leones arrive as the current champions of the tournamentthe last edition was held in Santiago de Chile in 2022, and they had won the 2017 and 2013 competitions in a row. In case of those who do not manage to get to the top of the podium, there is a way to access the World Cup 2026 and it is through a playoff. On February 1, the FIH would give greater certainty about what the World Cup would be like..
Uruguay has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, after several years of plateau, the Charrúa people got to work and raised the level of their schools as a result of the work carried out in all their areas: “For us, the Cimarronas, I feel that this is a great opportunityIf we do things well, if we prepare and train as we have to, we will achieve good results and That is not going to lead to a leap in quality and it will help us to continue growing, for the sport to continue evolving, for more players to want to play.that more sponsors continue to come and that the support spreads,” said Viana.
Teresa is a historical reference in Uruguayan hockeyhe played different tournaments around the world with the Celeste and also went to several countries to add things to his game and thus collaborate, from his experience, for the Cimarronas, but now that the end is closer, it is inevitable to try to enjoy it to the fullest. whatever is to come: “I don’t know if I’ll be able to experience another tournament like this.at home, playing for Uruguay, obviously the years go by and so does the career, and maybe I won’t have the opportunity to play a tournament of this quality at homeso I want to prepare myself in the best way to reach the best level and leave Uruguay as high as possible.“, he concluded drink.