Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1986, CONMEBOL ta yanke shawarar komawa ga samun ƙasa ɗaya mai karɓar bakuncin gasar kuma don fafatawa a kowace shekara. Daga shekara ta 1987
har zuwa 2001, taron ya kasance a kowace shekara biyu a cikin juyawa ta mambobi goma na ƙungiyar. Tsarin zai kasance daidai da zagaye na farko na rukuni, amma matakin zagaye na ƙarshe ya bambanta daga kasancewa sabon rukuni na zagaye na ƙarshe ko tsarin kawarwa guda ɗaya don yanke hukunci ga mai nasara. Wannan sabuntawa ya taimaka wa gasar, wanda ya fara karɓar watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a Turai da Arewacin Amurka. An gudanar da gasar Copa América ta 1987 a Argentina; wannan shi ne karo na farko da kasar ta karbi bakuncin wani bugu a cikin shekaru 28. Duk da shiga a matsayin manyan 'yan wasa don kasancewa zakaran duniya (sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1986), suna wasa a gida kuma suna da ƙungiyar da ta fi yawanci ta lashe gasar cin kofin duniya wanda Diego Maradona ya jagoranci, Argentina za ta gama a matsayi na huɗu bayan an doke ta da kare zakarun Uruguay 0<unk>1 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Uruguay za ta ci nasara da tawagar Chile mai karfi wanda ya kai wasan karshe, inda ya kawar da Brazil mai karfi 4<unk>0 a matakin rukuni.