Marcelo Bielsa’s team generates excitement after two solid wins and a safe classification to the quarterfinals.
The America Cup It is the great sporting event of the moment —along with the Eurocup and before the beginning of the Olympic Games in a year full of international competitions—, and in Uruguay It causes special excitement: it is the opportunity to win the 16th tournament and return to a continental Olympic tour after 13 years. In that sense, 69% of Uruguayans think that the Sky blue will be the champion of this edition.
The consultant Option conducted a special survey at this time of year, which is full of electoral numbers: the optimism or hope that Uruguayans have of celebrating a new title on July 14. The survey was conducted between June 19 and 26, before the second match of the National Team, in which they beat Bolivia 5-0 and qualified for the quarter-finals.
In this regard, of the 467 telephone respondents, 69% considered that Uruguay will be champion. Likewise, 9% responded that Argentina will once again keep the trophy and 2% that will be Brazil the winner of the tournament. Only 1% said it will be another team, while 19% said they did not know or preferred not to answer.
Responses also varied depending on the age and gender of the respondents. Thus, the greatest hope is among men and among older adults: 81% of those over 60 think that the Celeste will obtain its sixteenth Copa America, thus overcoming the tie it has with Argentina since the neighboring team won last year. That figure drops to 66% among those consulted between 18 and 34 years old and to 64% among those between 35 and 59 years old.
73% of men believe that Uruguay will be the champion, while 66% of women share this opinion. As for the region of the country, there are no major differences: 66% of Montevideo residents believe that there will be a victory lap, and the figure rises to 71% among residents of the interior of the country.
How much money can the winning team of the Copa América receive?
To start, each participating team receives 2 million dollars just for playing the group stage of the America Cup. The Conmebol will distribute a record total of 72 million dollars in total, so the rest of the budget – 40 million dollars – will be distributed in prizes for results and classifications.
In this way, the teams that advance to quarter finals, they will receive another 2 million dollars. Between the semi-finals, The fourth-place team will receive $4 million and the third-place team will receive $5 million. Finally, the second-place team will receive $7 million, while the third-place team will receive $5 million. champion He will return home with the cup and an extra 8 million dollars.
Therefore, the team that wins the Copa America 2024 will receive a total of 16 million dollars.
Source: Ambito
