The 2019 Copa d'Aeia was the 30th edition of the Copa d'Aeia, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of Football Federation of Aeia once every year. It took place in June and July from June 18th to July 24th 2019. It was the first Copa to be held in Qal'eh, and the first time that it had been held in Sifhar. At an estimated cost of over $8.9 billion, it was one of the most expensive football championships in the history of professional football. It was also the first Copa to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
In March 2017, FFA announced that the tournament would be held in Qal'eh for the first time in history. Qal'eh announced that it will ballot for host earlier than all others, and in the process had more time to prepare. It decisively won the first round, taking Vidoria, the first team to ballot from Renekka, out of the competition. In the second round, Qal'eh again won in the first place, defeating the bid from Hytekia. Qal'eh was officially elected as host nation unopposed on 30 October 2017.
In contrast with previous editions of the Copa d'Aeia it was announced that the 2019 tournament would utilise a different draw system for both the group stages and knockout rounds. Previously the host nation was automatically placed within group A, however the FFA designated that from 2019 onwards the host nation would also be placed into the random draw along with every other participant. Additionally, it was decided that upon the conclusion of the group stage a new random draw would take place to decide the matchups for the round-of-16. Controversially, no preference was given within the draw for teams which finished first or second within their group. Whilst this angered some as it was seen to not reward teams that performed well in the group stage; the FFA stated that the move was introduced in an attempt to add an extra level of "randomness and intrigue" to the knockout stages.