Whakakiia te kīanga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1916, ko te
Ko te putanga tuatahi o te "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), e mohiotia ana inaianei ko te "Copa América", i tautohetohehia i Argentina hei whakanui i te rau tau o te Whakapuakanga Independence o Argentina. Ko nga hononga e wha e whai wāhi ana ki taua whakataetae i huihui ki Buenos Aires hei hanga i tetahi roopu whakahaere hei awhina i te whakahaere o te whakataetae. Na, i whakatuhia a CONMEBOL i te 9 o Hurae 1916 i raro i te kaupapa a te Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, engari i whakaaetia e nga hononga whutupaoro o Argentina, Brazil, Chile, me Uruguay. Ko te Huihuinga Ture Tuatahi i te