Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga 1996 zuwa 2005, ƙungiyoyi daga wasu ƙungiyoyi sun shiga gasar a kai a kai a matsayin gayyata. A wannan lokacin, Colombia ta halarci sau uku, a 2000
2003 da kuma 2005. Sun kai wasan karshe na gasar a shekarar 2000, amma sun yi rashin nasara a kan Kanada 2-0. Godiya ga kyakkyawan sakamakon da suka samu sun kasance na 15 daga cikin kasashe 27 a cikin jerin wasannin duk lokacin duk da halartar uku kawai.