- The publisher brings fans from across the continent a new collection with all the details of the main national team competition in America.
São Paulo, January 2024 – One of the most anticipated tournaments of the year, the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ now features a new and exclusive collectible sticker album developed by Panini. The tournament of the American continent, organized by CONMEBOL, takes place in its new edition in the United States between June 20 and July 14. The tournament, in addition to featuring South American teams, includes six CONCACAF qualifiers as guests, with teams from Central America, the Caribbean, and North America.
The sticker album created by Panini features the main stars of the CONMEBOL Copa América™, such as Argentine Lionel Messi, Brazilians Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo, Uruguayan Darwin Núñez, in addition to, for the first time, bringing all the details of the 16 participating teams, including those from North America, the Caribbean, and Central America, who, together with the South American teams, will make this edition of the tournament one of the largest in its history. This collection features 430 stickers, including 30 special ones.
The release also takes fans through all the stadiums that will host the oldest and one of the most exciting national team tournaments in the world, in addition to bringing the history of other editions of the tournament, curiosities of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™, and essential statistics for fans to follow this new edition with everything on the tip of their tongue. The album will be available in South America and the United States starting March 8 of the current year.
"Panini has as one of its main responsibilities and characteristics to tell the best stories of sports in a way that captivates collectors. We have no doubt that this edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ will be historic, and we want to help all fans record their emotions and memories forever with this great album," said Martina Limoni, marketing director of Panini in Latin America.
In addition, the collection offers other benefits, such as the MyPanini apps (with which collectors can create their own sticker), Panini Collectors (a service for the checklist and organization of the album), and Panini Digital Collections (official digital album of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™), available for both iOS and Android. The publisher also offers a service to request missing stickers on its website (BRAZIL).
The new collection developed by Panini also features special extra stickers, a trademark of the national team tournament sticker albums created by the publisher. The collection features the main stars of the national teams in the competition, including the Argentine and current champions Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás Otamendi, Brazilian Vinícius Jr., Uruguayan Darwin Núñez, Colombian Luis Díaz, Chilean Alexis Sánchez, Jamaican Leon Bailey, Ecuadorian Moisés Caicedo, Paraguayan Miguel Almirón, Bolivian Henry Vaca, Peruvian Gialuca Lapadula, Mexican Edson Álvarez, Panamanian Michael Murillo, American Folarin Balougun, Venezuelan Salomón Rondón and, of course, the brilliant Lionel Messi, in their color variations (base, bronze, silver, and gold) that will be distributed randomly in the packs, available for all fans to collect and also play with their friends.
With 16 teams in play (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela), the 48th edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América™, which is played in the United States for the second time, will divide the teams into four groups of four, and the top two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and final will be played in a knockout system. Panini also brings the official album The known representative teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean are the United States, Jamaica, Mexico, and Panama. The other two participants from CONCACAF will be confirmed after a Play-In between Canada vs. Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica vs. Honduras. This Play-In is scheduled for Saturday, March 23, 2024.
The CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ sticker album comes in a pocket version for USD 3.00, and also in a hardcover version for USD 11.00, and the packs, containing 5 stickers, are sold at the price of usd 1.00 each. The product is available at kiosks, in the best stores, and at the Panini Store (BRAZIL).
About Panini
The Panini Group was created almost 60 years ago in Modena, Italy. It has subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. It is the world leader in the collectibles and publishing sector and the leading multinational publisher of comics, children's magazines, and manga in Europe and Latin America. The company has distribution channels in more than 150 countries and has a team of more than 1,200 people. For more information, visit the official website.
CONMEBOL Copa América 2024
The CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 will be played in the United States and will include the 10 CONMEBOL teams and the top six Concacaf teams, as guests. This traditional CONMEBOL tournament will be co-organized by both confederations. This will be the 48th edition of the continent's most important competition, which will feature 16 participants for the second time in its history, the same number as in the 2016 edition, also held in the United States.
On the field, ten South American FIFA World Cup titles will be gathered and some of the biggest stars of world football to play the 32 matches of this edition, from June 20 to July 14.
Vibra el Continente
The CONMEBOL Copa América has incredible power, it can make everything move, it makes emotions vibrate and hearts exalt. It makes flags wave, nets, stands, stadiums tremble. Its history fills the entire continent with pride, our football throbs with a single force.
This competition has the power to bring out our best version to define what we are as South Americans: football, history, joy, and passion.
#VibraElContinente
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