All about CONMEBOL – The South American Football Body

Like Europe, they have UEFA, for football crazy Latin America, there is a governing body for the game is CONMEBOL. In this article we will get all the important details about it. So let us check them out.

Basic Information about CONMEBOL

Full Name: Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol

Abbreviation: CONMEBOL

Founded on: 9^th July, 1916

Category: Federation of National Associations

Headquarters: Luque, Paraguay

Region: South America (Latin America)

Members: 10 National Football Associations

Official Languages: Spanish and Portuguese

Current Secretary General: Jose Astigarraga

Official Website: CONMEBOL.com

More about CONMEBOL

The first ever intra continental football championship in the Latin America happened in 1916, it was then called Campeonato Sudamericano de Futbol which is now known as Copa America. The competition was held in Argentina to celebrate toe Argentine Declaration of Independence century celebrations. After the tournament got grand success the four participating nations decided to have a governing body and organization which can represent the entire Latin American football region and then the CONMEBOL was founded on the 9^th of July 1916 which is also the Argentina’s Independence Day. The main force behind this was Uruguayan Hector Rivadavia and Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay were the four founder members of the CONMEBOL.

CONMEBOL is also the oldest continental governing body of football associations in the South America and it is affiliated with the world football body FIFA. Currently there are 10 national members in CONMEBOL. The entire CONMEBOL nations to gather have won nine FIFA World Cups till now which is commendable effort.

CONMEBOL Qualifiers

All the 10 nations play in a play against each other by playing nine times at home and away (a total of 18 matches). And the point format for it is the same where three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for every loss.

After the 18 matches, the top four teams in the standings qualifying directly to Qatar 2022, while the fifth-place team will advance to an intercontinental playoff with a ticket to Qatar on the line.

Member Nations of CONMEBOL

Ten national football associations belong to Conmebol, they represent all the independent states of South America, except the national federations or associations of Suriname , Guyana and French Guiana , which are affiliated to Concacaf (of these three, only the first two are affiliated to FIFA and are independent states, lie the latter is not affiliated with FIFA and is not an independent state).

Initially, four members founded Conmebol: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

Although the Falkland Islands could have their own national team like other British Overseas Territories ( British Virgin Islands , Gibraltar , Anguilla and many others), they have never been members of Conmebol because the countries of the region back Argentina in the conflict with the United Kingdom for the sovereignty of the archipelago.

CONMEBOL Score & 2022 Schedule

CONMEBOL Standings

Various Competitions Organized by CONMEBOL

The CONMEBOL organizes two kinds of competitions. One is the international competitions which has the 10 member nation’s participation. These competitions are.

• Copa America
• U20
• U17
• U15
• Copa America Femenina
• Under 20 (Female)
• Under 17 (Female
• Copa America de Futsal
• Compeonato Sudamericano de Futsal Sub 20
• Compeonato Sudamericano Femenino de Futsal

Club Competitions are also organized by CONMEBOL and they are

• Copa Libertadores de America
• Copa Sudamericana
• Supercopa Libertadores
• Copa CONMEBOL
• Copa Libertadores de Futbol Femenino
• Recopa Sudamericana
• Intercontinental Cup (Jointly with UEFA)