Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year's Copa America, have pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday.
The two teams were set to join 10 others from South America in the tournament, which will be hosted by Argentina and Colombia in June and July.
"Qatar and Australia will not come to play in the Copa America," Gonzalo Belloso told Argentine radio station Radio Red.
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