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The national men’s team of Colombia, Los Tucanes have arrived in Brazil to prepare for this coming Saturday’s promotion / relegation match-up. The winning team will earn the right to compete in the 2016 South American A Championship while the loser will play in the South American B competition.
Colombia’s roster contains 20 players who are training during the week in Sao José Dos Campos but will travel to São Paulo for the test match on Saturday. The fixture will be played at the Estadio do Canindé, a 20,000 capacity venue.
Currently ranked higher than Brazil, Colombia enters the fixture after having gone undefeated in the 2015 South American B Championship. Wins over Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela resulted in Los Tucanes rising to 43rd in the World Rankings, two places above the current ranking of Brazil. Not withstanding of the 8 previous fixtures between the countries Brazil has won all of them.
The Tupis are also training in São José dos Campos. The 33-man roster will be reduced to 23 for the match.
| Colombia |
| Jaider Estebán Pemberthy Muñoz |
| Manuel Alejandro Correa Quintana |
| Emanuel Mendoza Mosquera |
| Andrés Felipe Quintero Espinosa |
| Jhoann Andrés Larrota Mantilla |
| Gerson Ortiz Cañas |
| Ferney Santiago Mejía Rodríguez |
| Sebastián Mejía Gil |
| Jeferson Borja Restrepo |
| Emmanuel Bedoya Pulgarín |
| Pablo David Lemoine Arbolead |
| Camilo Cadavid Cardona |
| Brayan Alexis Campiño Riascos |
| Dani Esteban Giraldo Mesa |
| Jhon Arley Urrutia |
| Eduardo Vásquez Montoya |
| Mauricio Espinal Vargas |
| Juan Gabriel Davila Metaute |
| Andrés Felipe Zafra Tarazona |
| André Felipe Alvarez Echeverri |
