There will be no CONCACAF team at the 2019 Copa America which will be staged in Brazil.

The federation has declined an invitation for the United States and Mexico to participate since the tournament will be overlapping with the 2019 Gold Cup.

The competition, the world’s oldest international tournament, has invited guest sides every time since 1993 but most of them have come from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Jamaica was among the participants at the centenary of the event in 2016 in the United States.

In the meantime Japan and Qatar have asked to make up a 12-nation tournament this year because of close links between CONMEBOL and the Asian Football Confederation. Japan played in the 1999 Copa America while Qatar will make its debut.

CONMEBOL initially considered a 16-team competition that could include Spain and Portugal but announced it will instead be a 12-team tournament although details of the venues are yet to be confirmed.

Chile have won the last two editions of the Copa America, beating Argentina on penalties in both the 2015 and 2016 finals.