Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1916,
An yi gasar farko ta "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Kudancin Amurka), yanzu ana kiranta da "Copa América", a Argentina don tunawa da cika shekaru dari da sanarwar samun 'yancin kai ta Argentina. Kungiyoyi huɗu masu halartar wannan gasa sun haɗu a Buenos Aires don ƙirƙirar hukuma ta hukuma don sauƙaƙe ƙungiyar gasar. Don haka, CONMEBOL an kafa shi ne a ranar 9 ga Yuli 1916 a karkashin shirin Héctor Rivadavia Gómez na Uruguay, amma ƙungiyoyin kwallon kafa na Argentina, Brazil, Chile, da Uruguay sun amince da su. Na farko majalisa na Tsarin Mulki