Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E guzobere otu egwuregwu bọọlụ mbụ na South America, Lima Cricket na Football Club, na Peru na 1859, ma hiwe Argentine Football Association na 1893. Ka ọ na-erule mmalite narị afọ nke 20, bọọlụ na-ewu ewu, asọmpi mba ụwa mbụ e mere n'etiti ndị otu mba nke kọntinent ahụ mere na 1910 mgbe Argentina haziri ihe omume iji cheta otu narị afọ nke mgbanwe May. Chile na Uruguay sonyere, mana CONMEBOL anaghị ewere ihe omume a dịka ọrụ. N'otu aka ahụ, maka ememe ncheta otu narị afọ nke nnwere onwe ya, Argentina mere asọmpi
n'agbata ụbọchị 2 na 17 Julaị 1916 ebe Argentina, Chile, Uruguay na Brazil bụ ndị mbụ sonyere n'asọmpi ahụ. Nke a a na-akpọ "Campeonato Sudamericano de Football" ga-abụ mbipụta mbụ nke ihe a maara ugbu a dị ka Copa América; Uruguay ga-enwe mmeri na mbipụta mbụ a mgbe ha jikọtara 0<unk>0 na ndị ọbịa Argentina na mkpebi, egwuregwu ikpeazụ emere na Estadio Racing Club na Avellaneda.