Qatar will take on Peru in their first match of this year’s Copa America on June 14, as the Asian champions gear up take part in the prestigious South American tournament for the second consecutive time. 
Felix Sanchez’s men are in Group B, also featuring Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. Group A includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Australia. Last year, Japan were the other invited team alongside Qatar. This year Australia will join Qatar. 
The 12-team tournament will be co-hosted by Argentina and Colombia from June 12 to July 12. Last year, five-time FIFA World Cup champions Brazil won the final against Peru.
Qatar will play five matches starting with Peru (June 14), Ecuador (June 18), Brazil (June 23, Venezuela (June 28) and Columbia (July 1). According to the new system of the tournament, the top four teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. Qatar impressed fans with their performance at last year’s Copa America. Asian Cup champions Qatar lost to Argentina (2-0) but drew 2-2 against Paraguay.before being edged out by Colombia (1-0).