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Governing Body

CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)

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Also Known As CONMEBOL
Continental Sport Confederations

CONMEBOL was founded 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and is the oldest of FIFA's six continental confederations. It has ten member associations, the only fully continental confederation with no island or extra-continental members. Its national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups between them. Longtime president Nicolas Leoz, who led the confederation from 1986 to 2013, was indicted by United States prosecutors in the 2015 FIFA corruption case on charges of taking bribes tied to broadcast and sponsorship rights, including for the Copa Libertadores, and died in 2019 while still contesting extradition. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Body Type
Continental confederation 1
Founded
1916 1
Founded 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, making it the oldest of FIFA's six continental confederations.
Headquarters
Luque, Paraguay 1
Founders
Founded by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, who met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the first Copa America. 1
Body Type
Body Type (category)
Continental Confederation 1
FAQs

Was CONMEBOL official as soon as it was founded in 1916?

It was founded on 9 July 1916 and ratified on 15 December 1916 in Montevideo.

CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires, when the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay met to create a governing body. Its creation was ratified later the same year, on 15 December, at its first constitutional congress in Montevideo.
Connections

Administers

Copa America, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Copa America

Associated With

Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Governing Bodies
Source Asociacion del Futbol Argentino, Wikipedia (Spanish)
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), Governing Bodies
Source Wikipedia, CONMEBOL

Governs

Association Football, Sports
Source Wikipedia, CONMEBOL

Long-Form Articles

How a Centennial Football Tournament Created CONMEBOL, Articles
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Located In

Paraguay

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Source Wikipedia, CONMEBOLtier 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia, CONMEBOL
Wikimedia Foundation
  • History section
    The four participating football associations-Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay-met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the tournament. CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916.
  • Governs: Association Football
  • Associated With: FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), Lead, sentence 2
    It is the oldest of the six continental confederations of FIFA
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Wikipedia, Copa America
WikipediaAdministers: Copa AmericaView the Source
Asociacion del Futbol Argentino, Wikipedia (Spanish)
Associated With: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Introduction
Quote, Associated With: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Introduction
Está afiliada a la FIFA desde 1912 y a la Conmebol, de la que es miembro fundador, desde 1916.
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