Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chiitiko chacho ipapo chakapinda munhambo yokukanganiswa kukuru. Makwikwi aya akanga asingaitwi nguva dzose uye makwikwi akawanda aionekwa seasingashandiswi, achizotorwa seanoshanda gare gare neCONMEBOL. Somuenzaniso, Argentina yaizova yokutanga (uye kusvikira zvino chete) chikwata kukunda zvitatu anotevedzana okuremekedza nokukunda Championships 1945,
Muna 1946 na1947. Pashure pemakwikwi matatu iwayo egore negore, makwikwi acho akadzokera pakuitwa makore maviri oga oga, ipapo matatu uye gare gare mana. Kwakanga kune kunyange makwikwi maviri akaitwa muna 1959, rimwe muArgentina uye rechipiri muEcuador. Mukati menguva iyi, mamwe emapoka emarudzi akanga asingafariri mutambo wacho. Vamwe havana kupinda gore rimwe nerimwe, vamwe vakatumira zvikwata zviduku; muchinyorwa cha1959 chakaitirwa muEcuador, Brazil yakapinda chikwata chakabva mudunhu rePernambuco. Bolivia yakakunda kokutanga payakatambira muna 1963, asi yakakundwa mumutambo wokutanga wemutambo wa1967 neVenezuela. Kuvambwa kweCopa Libertadores muna 1959 kwakatapurawo nzira iyo mutambo wacho wairangarirwa nayo navapindi vawo.