Copa América Centenario Group C

Group C of the Copa América Centenario will consist of Mexico, Uruguay, Jamaica and Venezuela. Play begins on 5 June and will end on 13 June 2016.

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings
December 2015[nb 1]
A1 (seed)  Mexico CONCACAF Automatic qualifier 10th 2015 Runners-up (1993 and 2001) 22
A2  Uruguay CONMEBOL Automatic qualifier 43rd 2015 Winners (Fifteen times) 11
A3  Jamaica CONCACAF 2014 Caribbean Cup champions 2nd 2015 Group stage (2015) 54
A4  Venezuela CONMEBOL Automatic qualifier 16th 2015 Fourth place (2011) 83
Notes
  1. ↑ The rankings of December 2015 were used for seeding for the final draw, except for certain cases.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 5 June 2016. Source: CA2016.com

Matches

Mexico vs Uruguay

The two teams had met in nineteen previous encounters, the latest being a 2011 Copa América group stage match won by Uruguay with a lone goal by Álvaro Pereira.

Jamaica vs Venezuela

The two teams had met in six previous occasions, all of them being friendlies. Their last encounter was on 27 March 2015 at the Montego Bay Sports Complex, which Jamaica won 2–1.

Mexico vs Jamaica

The two teams had met in eighteen previous occasions, the latest being the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final, won by Mexico 3–1.

This will mark the first time both teams face each other in a competitive match outside of CONCACAF official competitions.

9 June 2016
Mexico  v  Jamaica

Uruguay vs Venezuela

The two teams had met in twenty-eight previous occasions, the latest being a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier match held at the Polideportivo Cachamay in Puerto Guayana on 2013, won by Uruguay with a lone goal scored by Edinson Cavani.

Their last Copa América meeting was a scoreless draw in a 2007 group stage match.

Venezuela vs Mexico

The two teams had met in ten previous occasions, the latest being a friendly played on 2012, which Mexico won 3–1. The friendly was held at the NRG Stadium, the same venue of this Copa América Centenario encounter.

Their last Copa América meeting was a 1999 group stage match also won by Mexico 3–1.

13 June 2016
Venezuela  v  Mexico

Jamaica vs Uruguay

The two teams had met in four previous occasions, the last being Jamaica's debut in Copa América, which Uruguay won with a lone goal scored by Cristian Rodríguez.

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