CONMEBOL explained

CONMEBOL
Full Name:	South American Football Confederation
Map:	CONMEBOL.svg
Abbreviation:	CONMEBOL CSF
Founding Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type:	Sports organization
Membership:	10 member associations
Headquarters:	Luque, Paraguay
Region Served:	South America
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Alejandro Domínguez
Languages:	Portuguese Spanish
Leader Title2:	Vice Presidents
Leader Name2:	Laureano González (1st) Claudio Tapia (2nd) Ramón Jesurún (3rd) ^[1]
Leader Title3:	General Secretary
Leader Name3:	José Astigarraga^[2]
Leader Title4:	Treasurer
Leader Name4:	Rolando López
Parent Organization:	FIFA

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL,, or CSF; Spanish; Castilian: '''Con'''federación Suda'''me'''ricana de Fút'''bol'''; Portuguese: '''Con'''federação Sul-A'''me'''ricana de Fute'''bol''') is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.^[3]

CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each.

The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in the world" for their simple round-robin system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams, climate and geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters.^[4] ^[5]

Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) was the president of CONMEBOL until 3 December 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was interim president until 26 January 2016 when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The Vice presidents are Ramón Jesurún (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela) and Arturo Salah (Chile).

History

In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the "Copa América", was contested in Argentina to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The four participating associations of that tournament gathered in Buenos Aires in order to officially create a governing body to facilitate the organization of the tournament. Thus, CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, but approved by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The first Constitutional Congress on 15 December of that same year, which took place in Montevideo, ratified the decision.

Over the years, the other football associations in South America joined, with the last being Venezuela in 1952. Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana, while geographically in South America, are not part of CONMEBOL. Consisting of a former British territory, a former Dutch territory and a French territory, they are part of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), mainly due to historical, cultural, and sporting reasons as members of the "Caribbean" rimlands. With ten member nations, CONMEBOL is the smallest and the only fully continental land-based FIFA confederation (no insular countries or associates from different continents).

Leadership

Executive committee

Name	Nationality	Position
Alejandro Dominguez		President ^[6] ^[7]
Laureano González	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	1st. Vice President
Claudio Tapia	Argentina	2nd. Vice President
Ramón Jesurún	Colombia	3rd Vice President
José Astigarraga		General Secretary

Past presidents

width=100px	Period	width=100px	Nationality	Name
1916–1936		Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
1936–1939		Cornelius Johnson
1939–1955		Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
1955–1957		Carlos Dittborn
1957–1959		José Ramos de Freitas
1959–1961		Fermín Sorhueta
1961–1966		Raúl H. Colombo
1966–1986		Teófilo Salinas Fuller
1986–2013		Nicolás Léoz
2013–2014		Eugenio Figueredo
2014–2015		Juan Ángel Napout
2015–2016
2016–present		Alejandro Domínguez

Notes

Members

	Association	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CONMEBOL affiliation	IOC member	width=220	National teams	Top division
ARG		1893	1912	1916			Primera División
BOL		1925	1926	1926			División de Fútbol Profesional
BRA		1914	1923	1916			Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
CHI		1895	1913	1916			Primera División
COL		1924	1936	1936			Primera A
ECU		1925	1926	1927			Serie A
PAR		1906	1925	1921			División Profesional
PER		1922	1924	1925			Liga 1
URU		1900	1923	1916			Primera División
VEN		1925	1952	1953			Primera División

There are sovereign states or dependencies in South America which are not affiliated with CONMEBOL but are members of other confederations or do not have affiliation with any other confederations at all.

Competitions

CONMEBOL competitions

National teams:

Clubs:

Defunct

Inter Continental:

Defunct

(Note: Copa Interamericana will Return in 2024 in a "Final Four" Format.)

International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, which started in 1916. The Copa America is the only continental competition in which teams from a totally different continent and confederation can be invited to participate. CONMEBOL usually selects and invites a couple of teams from the AFC^[10] or CONCACAF^[11] to participate in the Copa America. Japan and Qatar were invited to participate in the 2019 edition of the Copa America.^[12] CONMEBOL also runs national competitions at Under-20, Under-17 and Under-15 levels. For women's national teams, CONMEBOL operates the Copa América Femenina for senior national sides, as well as Under-20 and Under-17 championships.

In futsal, there is the Copa América de Futsal and Campeonato Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-20. The Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino de Futsal is the women's equivalent to the men's tournament.

Club

CONMEBOL also runs the two main club competitions in South America: the Copa Libertadores was first held in 1960 and the Copa Sudamericana was launched by CONMEBOL in 2002 as an indirect successor to the Supercopa Libertadores (begun in 1988). A third competition, the Copa CONMEBOL, started in 1992 and was abolished in 1999. In women's football, CONMEBOL also conducts the Copa Libertadores Femenina for club teams. The competition was first held in 2009.

The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana (previously the winners of the Supercopa Libertadores) and came into being in 1989.

The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners.

Current title holders

Intercontinental (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Cup of Champions		2022		2nd		2025
UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge	2023	Sevilla	1st	Independiente del Valle	2024
Under-20 Intercontinental Cup	2023	Boca Juniors	1st	AZ	2024
Futsal Finalissima	2022		1st		2026
National teams
Copa América		2024 (final)		16th		2028 (final)
Pre-Olympic Tournament	2024	Paraguay	2nd	Argentina	2028
U-20 Championship	2023		12th		2025
U-17 Championship	2023		13th		2025
U-15 Championship	2019		5th		2023
Copa América de Futsal	2024		11th		2028
U-20 Futsal Championship	2022		8th		2024
U-17 Futsal Championship	2022		1st		2024
Copa América de Beach Soccer	2023		3rd		2025
Beach Soccer League	2023		2nd		2024
U-20 Beach Soccer Championship	2023		1st		2025
National teams (women)
Copa América Femenina		2022 (final)		8th		2025 (final)
U-20 Women's Championship	2022	Brazil	9th	Colombia	2024
U-17 Women's Championship	2024	Brazil	5th	Colombia	2026
Copa América Femenina de Futsal	2023		7th		2025
U-20 Women's Futsal Championship	2022		3rd		2024
Club teams
Recopa Sudamericana			Fluminense	1st	LDU Quito
Copa Libertadores	2023 (final)	Fluminense	1st	Boca Juniors	2024 (final)
Copa Sudamericana	2023 (final)	LDU Quito	2nd	Fortaleza	2024 (final)
U-20 Copa Libertadores	2024 (final)	Flamengo	1st	Boca Juniors	2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Futsal	2024 (final)	Magnus Futsal	2nd	Barracas Central	2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa	2023 (final)	San Antonio	1st	Presidente Hayes	2024 (final)
Club teams (women)
Copa Libertadores Femenina		2023 (final)	Corinthians	4th	Palmeiras	2024 (final)
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal	2023 (final)	Stein Cascavel	1st	Always Ready	2024 (final)

FIFA World Rankings

Historical leaders

Men's

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from:08/08/1993 till:23/09/1993 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:23/09/1993 till:21/11/2001 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:21/11/2001 till:17/04/2002 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:17/04/2002 till:14/03/2007 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:14/03/2007 till:16/05/2007 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:16/05/2007 till:19/09/2007 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:19/09/2007 till:02/07/2008 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:02/07/2008 till:09/03/2011 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:09/03/2011 till:13/04/2011 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:13/04/2011 till:24/08/2011 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:24/08/2011 till:03/09/2012 shift:(20,-6) text:"Uruguay" color:URU from:03/09/2012 till:04/07/2013 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:04/07/2013 till:12/09/2013 shift:(20,-5) text:"Colombia" color:COL from:12/09/2013 till:10/04/2014 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:10/04/2014 till:08/05/2014 shift:(20,-5) text:"Colombia" color:COL from:08/05/2014 till:17/07/2014 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:17/07/2014 till:09/03/2017 shift:(20,-5) text:"Argentina" color:ARG from:09/03/2017 till:30/04/2023 shift:(20,-3) text:"Brazil" color:BRA from:30/04/2023 till:end shift:(20,-3) text:"Argentina" color:ARG

Team of the year

Teams ranking in the top four –men's
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

Teams ranking in the top four -women's
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Other rankings

Clubs

Football Database rankings

Rank	Club	Points
19		1806
25		1768
28		1758
34		1744
49		1701
65		1668
78		1643
80		1636
87		1630
91		1625

Last updated: 9 January 2022^[13]

IFFHS

Zonal Ranking	IFFHS Ranking	Points
1	6	264
2	7	262
3	8	261
4	10	237
5	11	234
6	13	229
7	22	200
8	23	197
9	36	184
10	41	178

Last updated on: 12 March 2019 – https://iffhs.de/iffhs-awards-2018-club-world-ranking-2018-atletico-de-madrid-for-the-first-time/

Beach soccer national teams

Men's national teams BSWW Rankings (out of 101 nations)
Rank	Nation	Points
3		2523
9		1380
10		1322
22		503
25		482
33		307
34		295
35		273
40		227
51		166

Men's update: 31 January 2022.^[14]

Major tournament records

Legend

– Champion
– Runner-up
– Third place^[15]
– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 – Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Did not qualify
– Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
– Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

See main article: South American nations at the FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Years
CONMEBOL qualifier	/	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026
	2nd	R1				R1	R1	QF	•	R2	1st	R2	1st	2nd	R2	QF	R1	QF	QF	2nd	R2	1st		18
	R1			R1		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
	R1	R1	3rd	2nd	QF	1st	1st	R1	1st	4th	3rd	R2	QF	R2	1st	2nd	1st	QF	QF	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid red"	4th	QF	QF		22
	R1			R1	•	•	3rd	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	•		R2	•	•	R2	R2	•	•		9
						•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R1	•	•	•	QF	R2	•		6
							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	R1	•	R1		4
	R1			R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	R2	R1	QF	•	•	•		8
	R1					•	•	•	QF	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		5
	1st			1st	4th	•	R1	QF	4th	R1	•	•	R2	R2	•	•	R1	•	4th	R2	QF	R1		14
								•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
Total (10 teams)	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	TBD	89

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)	Years
		•	•	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1		4
		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
	R1	R1	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	R2	R2	R1	Q	10
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		1
			•	•	•	R1	R2	•	QF		3
		•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
			•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
			•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
			•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		0
Total (5 teams)	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3–5

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)	1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	7	10	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	2	–	1	1	–	11	10	7	10
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	6	9	13	13	4	–	2	2	–	3	7	–	3	2	1	1	–	14
	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	–	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	11	–	11	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	6	3
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	3
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Total (8 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2

Women's tournament

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
	–	–	–	=11	–	–	–	–	1
	4	4	2	2	6	4	6	2	8
	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	1
	–	–	–	–	11	11	–	8	3
Total (4 teams)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

Copa América

See main article: article and Copa América records and statistics.

Copa América Femenina

Copa América Femenina record
width=150	Team (Total 10 teams)	1991 (3)	1995 (5)	1998 (10)	2003 (10)	2006 (10)	2010 (10)	2014 (10)	2018 (10)	2022 (10)	Years
	—	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	1st	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	3rd	3rd	8
	—	5th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
	1st	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	9
	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	3rd	GS	2nd	5th	9
	—	—	GS	3rd	GS	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	2nd	7
	—	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	GS	GS	GS	3rd	GS	GS	8
	—	—	GS	GS	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	GS	GS	GS	bgcolor=#9acdff	4th	7
	—	—	3rd	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid red"	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	7
	—	—	GS	GS	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	7
	3rd	—	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6th	8

FIFA U-20 World Cup

See main article: FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
width=200	Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	R2	1st	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1	R2	QF	17
	3rd	•	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	QF	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	R2	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	QF	19
	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	6
	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•	QF	QF	11
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1	3rd	R2	5
	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	9
	4th	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2	4th	R2	bgcolor=gold	1st	16
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	2
Total (8 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (24)	Years
	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•		3
	4th	4th	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd		10
	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	Q	3
	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•		2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Total (6 teams)	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	24

FIFA U-17 World Cup

See main article: FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
	R1	•	QF	3rd	R1	3rd	QF	•	4th	3rd	•	QF	R2	R2	4th	R1	•	R2	4th	15
	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
	3rd	R1	QF	QF	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R2	R1	4th	QF	QF	3rd	1st	QF	18
	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R2	•	5
	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R2	4th	•	•	•	R2	•	•	6
	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	QF	•	R2	R2	6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	QF	•	5
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	•	•	•	•	6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	2
Total (10 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4

- Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.^[16]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	Years
	R1	QF	QF	•	GS	GS	QF	6
	•	R1	•	•	•	•	GS	2
	R1	•	R1	GS	•	GS	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5
	R1	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	3
	•	•	R1	•	•	GS	•	2
	•	R1	•	4th	4th	•	•	3
Total (6 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	21

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See main article: FIFA Futsal World Cup.

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
	R2	R2	R1	R2	4th	R2	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Q	10
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	R2	3rd	Q	10
							4th	R2			2
	R2	R1			R1	R2	R2	QF	R2	Q	8
			R2	R1		R1					3
									R2	Q	2
Total (6 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

See main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (12)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (16)	Years
	R1	R1	4th	R1	•	R1	3rd	R1	•	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1	•	•	•	R1		17/23
	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid red"	4th	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=#cc9966	3rd	QF	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	QF	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	22/23
	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/23
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1/23
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1/23
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	•		5/23
	•	•	•	4th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5/23
	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	R1	R1	3rd	R1	QF	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	QF	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•		17/23
	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		3/23
align=centre	Total (9 teams)	3	3	3	5	3	5	5	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

See main article: article and FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics.

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	•	•	×	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	•	•	3
	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
	•	×	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	GS	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	•	7
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	1
	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	1
	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	2
Total (6 teams)	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1

Corruption

See also: 2015 FIFA corruption case. On 27 May 2015, several CONMEBOL leaders were arrested in Zürich, Switzerland by Swiss police and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of corruption, money laundering, and racketeering.^[17] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz and several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, the CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was also arrested.^[18]

Notes and References

https://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo El Comité Ejecutivo
https://www.conmebol.com/es/conmebol-nombra-jose-manuel-astigarraga-como-nuevo-secretario-general CONMEBOL nombra a José Manuel Astigarraga como nuevo Secretario General
Web site: What is CONMEBOL (South America)? . 24 May 2024 . AnalyiSport . en-US.
Web site: La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo . ESPN Desportes . es . 11 October 2011.
News: South American WCQ toughest in world . ESPN . 18 October 2011 . Tim . Vickery.
Web site: CONMEBOL. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914213855/http://www.fifa.com/associations/conmebol/ . dead . 14 September 2016 . FIFA .
Web site: The Executive Committee . CONMEBOL.
Web site: Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020 CONMEBOL. www.conmebol.com. 14 August 2018 . 13 May 2020.
Web site: Las competiciones oficiales de la Conmebol Las competiciones. 19 August 2015 . 13 May 2020.
Web site: The AFC. the-AFC.
Web site: Concacaf. 17 November 2020. Concacaf.
Web site: Copa América Brasil 2019 | CONMEBOL. www.conmebol.com.
Web site: World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking . FootballDatabase.
https://beachsoccer.com/rankings#3398 Rankings – Men's National Teams
There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
Web site: Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019. 22 February 2019. 23 February 2019.
News: FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US . The New York Times . 27 May 2015 . Apuzzo . Matt . Clifford . Stephanie . Rashbaum . William K. .
Web site: Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL . Associated Press . 4 December 2015.