CONMEBOL
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| Formation | 9 July 1916 |
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| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Luque, Paraguay |
| Membership | 10 member associations |
| Secretary General | Eduardo de Luca |
| President | Nicolás Leoz |
| Website | http://www.conmebol.com/ |
The South American Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol), known by the acronym CONMEBOL or CSF, is the governing body of football (soccer) in most of South America and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations.
CONMEBOL was in founded in 1916 under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, but approved by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Over the years, the other football associations in South America joined, with the last being Venezuela in 1952. Guyana, Suriname, and the French overseas department of French Guiana, while geographically in South America, are not part of CONMEBOL. These three territories are part of CONCACAF, mainly due to historical, cultural, and sporting reasons. At ten member nations, CONMEBOL is the smallest FIFA confederation.
CONMEBOL is one of the two dominant confederations in FIFA, along with UEFA. CONMEBOL teams have won nine of the eighteen FIFA World Cup tournaments, while only having hosted the tournament four times. CONMEBOL is also the only confederation in FIFA to have won the World Cup outside its own continent and on every single continent that the tournament has been hosted (mainly due to Brazil), whereas a European team has never been able to win the tournament outside of the European continent. Two of the top seven teams in the FIFA World Rankings are CONMEBOL members (Brazil and Argentina). CONMEBOL is the only confederation in the world to have three teams that have won the FIFA World Cup at least two times each (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay), and has in its ranks the most successful national team in World Cups (Brazil, with a leading five World Cup Championships). The confederation has also fared well in club tournaments. CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and the first three FIFA Club World Cups.
Among the tournaments conducted by CONMEBOL are the Copa Libertadores (analogous to the UEFA Champions League) and the Copa Sudamericana (analogous to the UEFA Cup), both for club teams, and Copa América for men's national teams.
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[edit] Members
| Country | Association | Founded | Joined | National team | Top division |
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 Argentina |
AFA | 1893 | 1916 | ARG | Primera División |
 Bolivia |
FBF | 1925 | 1926 | BOL | Liga Profesional |
 Brazil |
CBF | 1914 | 1916 | BRA | Série A |
 Chile |
FFC | 1895 | 1916 | CHI | Primera División |
 Colombia |
FCF | 1924 | 1936 | COL | Primera A |
 Ecuador |
FEF | 1925 | 1927 | ECU | Serie A |
 Paraguay |
APF | 1906 | 1921 | PAR | Primera División |
 Peru |
FPF | 1922 | 1925 | PER | Torneo Descentralizado |
 Uruguay |
AUF | 1899 | 1916 | URU | Primera División |
 Venezuela |
FVF | 1926 | 1952 | VEN | Primera División |
[edit] Tournaments organized by CONMEBOL
[edit] Between nations
- Copa América (since 1916)
- Sudamericano Femenino (women's championship, since 1991)
- Copa América de Futsal
- South American Under 20 Football Championship
- South American Under 17 Football Championship
- South American Under 20 Women's Championship
- South American Under 17 Women's Championship
- South American Under 20 Futsal Championship
- South American Women's Futsal Championship
- CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament (defunct)
[edit] Between clubs
- Copa Libertadores
- Copa Sudamericana
- Recopa Sudamericana
- Suruga Bank Championship
- Copa CONMEBOL (defunct)
- Copa Mercosur (defunct)
- Copa Merconorte (defunct)
[edit] World Cup qualifiers
Although CONMEBOL countries represent only a small fraction of the world, their teams have won half of the World Cup tournaments. They have won tournaments in all 4 continents that the FIFA World Cup has so far been held in, this is mostly due to Brazil, although Argentina won Mexico '86. Brazil have won World Cups in all 4 continents where it's been held (Africa's first hosting will be South Africa 2010): Europe (1958), South America (1962), North America (1970, 1994) and Asia (2002).
[edit] Performance at World Cup finals
This is the list of the teams that participated of each World Cup. For further information on the qualification process and withdrawals, see the (Q) corresponding links (the first World Cup of 1930 didn't have any qualification process).
- Marked in bold are host countries
| Year | Q | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | — | Uruguay | Argentina | Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru | ||
| 1934 | Q | Argentina, Brazil | ||||
| 1938 | Q | Brazil | ||||
| 1950 | Q | Uruguay | Brazil | Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay | ||
| 1954 | Q | Uruguay | Brazil | |||
| 1958 | Q | Brazil | Argentina, Paraguay | |||
| 1962 | Q | Brazil | Chile | Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay | ||
| 1966 | Q | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay | ||||
| 1970 | Q | Brazil | Uruguay | Peru | ||
| 1974 | Q | Brazil | Argentina, Chile, Uruguay | |||
| 1978 | Q | Argentina | Brazil | Peru | ||
| 1982 | Q | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru | ||||
| 1986 | Q | Argentina | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | |||
| 1990 | Q | Argentina | Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay | |||
| 1994 | Q | Brazil | Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia | |||
| 1998 | Q | Brazil | Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay | |||
| 2002 | Q | Brazil | Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay | |||
| 2006 | Q | Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay | ||||
| 2010 | Q | |||||
[edit] Men's World Cup Finals
- Legend
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals (only in 1930, when no third-place match was held)[1]
- QF – Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and since 1986: knockout round of 8; 1974–1978, second group stage, final 8)
- R2 – Round 2 (1982: second group stage, final 12; since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- R1 – Round 1
| Team |  1930 |
 1934 |
 1938 |
 1950 |
 1954 |
 1958 |
 1962 |
 1966 |
 1970 |
 1974 |
 1978 |
 1982 |
1986 |
 1990 |
 1994 |
1998 |
  2002 |
2006 |
 2010 |
2014 |
Total |
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| Argentina |
2nd | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | 1st | R2 | 1st | 2nd | R2 | QF | R1 | QF | 14 | ||||||
 Bolivia |
R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil |
R1 | R1 | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 1st | 1st | R1 | 1st | 4th | 3rd | R2 | QF | R2 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | QF | 18 | ||
| Chile |
R1 | R1 | 3rd | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Colombia |
R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ecuador |
R1 | R2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Paraguay |
R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Peru |
R1 | QF | R2 | R1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay |
1st | 1st | 4th | R1 | QF | 4th | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | 10 | ||||||||||
 Venezuela |
0 |
[edit] Women's World Cup Finals
The following table shows the CONMEBOL representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by number of appearances.
| Team |  1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2011 |
Total |
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| Argentina |
R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||
| Brazil |
R1 | R1 | 3rd | QF | 2nd | 5 | |
| Bolivia |
0 | ||||||
| Chile |
0 | ||||||
| Colombia |
0 | ||||||
| Ecuador |
0 | ||||||
| Paraguay |
0 | ||||||
| Peru |
0 | ||||||
| Uruguay |
0 | ||||||
| Venezuela |
0 |
[edit] CONMEBOL presidents
- 1916-1936 Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
- 1936-1939 Luis O. Salesi
- 1939-1955 Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
- 1955-1957 Carlos Dittborn Pinto
- 1957-1959 José Ramos de Freitas
- 1959-1961 Fermín Sorhueta
- 1961-1966 Raúl H. Colombo
- 1966-1986 Teófilo Salinas Fuller
- 1986- Nicolás Léoz
[edit] Rankings
[edit] National teams
| Zonal Ranking | FIFA Ranking | Country | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Brazil |
1281 |
| 2 | 6 | Argentina |
1195 |
| 3 | 16 | Uruguay |
909 |
| 4 | 17 | Paraguay |
906 |
| 5 | 26 | Chile |
796 |
| 6 | 42 | Ecuador |
695 |
| 7 | 44 | Colombia |
660 |
| 8 | 56 | Venezuela |
565 |
| 9 | 58 | Bolivia |
554 |
| 10 | 87 | Peru |
397 |
[edit] Clubs
| Zonal Ranking | IFFHS Ranking | Club | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Boca Juniors |
253,0 |
| 2 | 9 | Club Olimpia |
223,0 |
| 3 | 11 | Estudiantes |
207,0 |
| 4 | 16 | Grêmio |
191,0 |
| 5 | 29 | Sport Recife |
169,0 |
| 6 | 32 | Internacional |
162,0 |
| 7 | 35 | Palmeiras |
161,0 |
| 8 | 41 | Sao Paulo |
158,0 |
| 9 | 45 | Cruzeiro |
155,0 |
| 10 | 53 | América de Cali |
147,5 |
| 11 | 54 | San Lorenzo |
147,0 |
| 12 | 62 | Universidad de Chile |
140,0 |
| 13 | 67 | Defensor Sporting |
136,5 |
| 14 | 68 | River Plate |
136,0 |
| 15 | 70 | Fluminense |
135,0 |
| Universidad San Martín |
135,0 |
[edit] References
- ^ There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Conmebol Official Website
- (English) Official English version
