Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta farko a Kudancin Amurka, Lima Cricket da Football Club, a Peru a 1859, kuma an kafa Associationungiyar Kwallon kafa ta Argentina a 1893. A farkon karni na 20, wasan kwallon kafa ya karu da shahararsa, kuma gasar kasa da kasa ta farko da aka gudanar tsakanin kungiyoyin kasa da kasa na nahiyar ta faru ne a 1910 lokacin da Argentina ta shirya wani taron don tunawa da shekaru 100 na May Revolution. Chile da Uruguay sun halarci, amma CONMEBOL ba ta ɗauki wannan taron a matsayin hukuma ba. Hakazalika, don bikin cika shekaru 100 da samun 'yancin kai, Argentina ta gudanar da gasar
tsakanin 2 zuwa 17 ga Yuli 1916 tare da Argentina, Chile, Uruguay da Brazil sune mahalarta farko na gasar. Wannan da ake kira "Campeonato Sudamericano de Football" zai zama bugu na farko na abin da aka sani a halin yanzu da Copa América; Uruguay za ta yi nasara a wannan bugu na farko bayan ta daidaita 0<unk>0 tare da masu masaukin baki Argentina a cikin yanke shawara, wasan karshe da aka yi a Estadio Racing Club a Avellaneda.