Brazil's and Chile's football federations agreed to swap their host nation order for the 2015 and 2019 championships,[5] and CONMEBOL approved this agreement in 2012.

[7][8] On 14 June 2018, CBF Vice President Fernando Sarney announced that five cities would host the tournament: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre.

[10] On 23 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the second São Paulo venue would be changed from the Allianz Parque to Arena Corinthians.

[15] Both teams managed to reach the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup held in the UAE, which was won by Qatar.

[16] The draw of the tournament took place on 24 January 2019, 20:30 BRST (UTC−2), at the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 23 November 2018, it was decided that FIFA Ranking would be the basis to determine the seeds and the distribution of the rest of teams in the pots of the draw.

[54] Alisson Dani Alves José Giménez Thiago Silva Miguel Trauco Arthur Leandro Paredes Arturo Vidal James Rodríguez Paolo Guerrero Everton As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

The mascot of the tournament was Zizito, a capybara whose name paid homage to Zizinho, the Brazilian footballer who shared the all-time goal-scoring record in the Copa América (17 goals) with Argentina's Norberto Doroteo Méndez.