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Eighth Americas Musical Cup

Eighth AMC

Tournament details
Dates	June 29 2024
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	230 (14.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Canada (34 points)

Big four qualifier

From this edition onwards the four countries in the american big four – Brazil, Canada, Jamaica and United States. – Need to participate of a qualification group to earn a spot, the two best performing teams get a slot in the cup.

For this cup however, only one spot is available, as Brazil won the previous edition and was automatically qualified to the cup.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	0	20	17	3	6
Jamaica	2	1	0	1	15	16	-1	3
United States	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0

(Rush - "Limelight") Canada	10 – 8	Jamaica (Sean Kingston - "Fire Burning")
(Queens of the Stone Age - "I Sat By the Ocean") United States	9 – 10	Canada (Sum 41 - "Fatlip")
(Grace Jones - "Libertango") Jamaica	7 – 6	United States (Arms and Sleepers - "Twentynine Palms")

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
	Current	Consec.	Last
Barbados	2	2	#7	Group stage (#7)
Brazil	6	6	#7	Champion (#7)
Bolivia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Canada	6	6	#7	Runner-up (#3, #4, #5)
Chile	6	4	#7	Winners ranking (#7)
Colombia	6	2	#7	Group stage (#2, #3, #4, #5, #7)
Cuba	7	7	#7	Champion (#2)
Haiti	7	4	#7	Champion (#5)
Mexico	8	8	#7	Third place (#2, #6)
Panama	3	1	#5	Group stage (#4, #5)
Suriname	1	1	–	Newcomer
Venezuela	5	1	#6	Fourth place (#2)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the eighteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the African Cup ranking, and finally population.

Pot 1 Top 4 teams		Pot 2 Top 8 teams		Pot 3 Top 12 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
Cuba	1	Mexico	8	Panama	19
Canada	2	Chile	10	Barbados	21
Brazil	3	Venezuela	12	Bolivia	Debut
Haiti	4	Colombia	13	Suriname	Debut

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil	Cuba	Haiti	Canada
Colombia	Chile	Venezuela	Mexico
Panama	Suriname	Bolivia	Barbados

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	2	2	0	0	16	13	3	6
Colombia	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
Panama	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0

(Don L - "Depois das Três") Brazil	8 – 7	Colombia (Frente Cumbiero - "Cumbia del Monte Fuji")
(Hez - "No Quiero Trabajar") Panama	6 – 8	Brazil (Jorge Ben - "Oba Lá Vem Ela")
(Juanes - "Es Por Ti") Colombia	7 – 6	Panama (Nando Boom - "Noche Enferma")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chile	2	1	1	0	17	14	3	4
Cuba	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Suriname	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	0

(Dayme Arocena - "Para el Amor: Cantar!") Cuba	8 – 8	Chile (Inti Illimani - "Alturas")
(Def Rhymz - "Doekoe") Suriname	6 – 7	Cuba (Aniel Someillan - "Afra Legba Hundaxo")
(Congreso - "Hijo del Sol Luminoso") Chile	9 – 6	Suriname (Jeangu Macrooy - "Grow")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	2	1	1	0	14	13	1	4
Bolivia	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
Haiti	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1

(The Angstromers - "Vodou Ale") Haiti	7 – 7	Venezuela (Lil Supa - "Luz")
(Kjarkas - "Wayayay") Bolivia	8 – 7	Haiti (Lakou Mizik - "Kite Zo A")
(Devendra Banhart - "Baby") Venezuela	7 – 6	Bolivia (Luzmila Carpio - "Bartolina Sisaman")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	2	2	0	0	16	13	3	6
Mexico	2	1	0	1	14	13	1	3
Barbados	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0

(Ian Kamau - "The Village") Canada	8 – 7	Mexico (Rodrigo y Gabriela - "Stairway to Heaven")
(Rayvon - "Bashment Party") Barbados	6 – 8	Canada (Priestess - "Lay Down")
(Stervhïa - "Water Crystal") Mexico	7 – 5	Barbados (Lagoon Wavey - "Blame")

Final stage

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	6
	Venezuela	8
					Venezuela	8
					Canada	9
	Chile	7
	Canada	9
					Third place
					Brazil	8
					Chile	6

Semifinals

Brazil	6–8	Venezuela
"Intimacy of Your Soul" by Republica		"Sussurro en Mono" by Submarino

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Chile	7–9	Canada
"El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" by Victor Jara		"Heaven" by Bryan Adams

Third place match

Brazil	8–6	Chile
"Monologo ao Pé do Ouvido" by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi		"Un Dia Más" by Leche

Final

Venezuela	8–9	Canada
"Te Lo Adverti" by Los Mesoneros		"Edamame" by bbno$

Results

8th Americas Music Cup Champion
Canada (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Canada	D	4	4	0	0	34	28	6	12
2	Venezuela	C	4	2	1	1	30	28	2	7
Third-place play-off
3	Brazil	A	4	3	0	1	30	27	3	9
4	Chile	B	4	1	1	2	30	31	-1	4
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Cuba	B	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
6	Mexico	D	2	1	0	1	14	13	1	3
7	Bolivia	C	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
8	Colombia	A	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
9	Haiti	C	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
10	Panama	A	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0
11	Suriname	B	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	0
12	Barbados	D	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0