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CONMEBOL
South American Football Confederation
AbbreviationCONMEBOL
CSF
Formation9 July 1916; 110 years ago (1916-07-09)
Founded atBuenos Aires, Argentina
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersLuque, Paraguay
Coordinates25°15′38″S 57°30′58″W / 25.26056°S 57.51611°W / -25.26056; -57.51611
Region served
South America
Members10 member associations
Official languages
Portuguese
Spanish
Alejandro Domínguez
Vice President
Francisco Egas
General Secretary
José Astigarraga
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitewww.conmebol.com Edit this at Wikidata

CONMEBOL[a] or CSF[b] (lit.'South American Football Confederation') is the governing body of football in South America, and is responsible for organizing the continent's major international tournaments. It is the oldest of the six continental confederations of FIFA, and with 10 member associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations.[1] It is the only fully continental, land-based confederation, with no island members or members from other continents.[c] CONMEBOL's headquarters are in Luque, Paraguay.

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.

History

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In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the "Copa América", was held in Argentina to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence.[2] The four participating football associations—Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay—met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the tournament. CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916. Its creation was ratified on 15 December of the same year, at the first Constitutional Congress in Montevideo. Over the years, six additional South American football associations joined CONMEBOL, the last of which was Venezuela in 1952.[citation needed]

Leadership

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Executive committee

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Alejandro Domínguez of Paraguay has been the president of CONMEBOL since January 2016.[3][4] The vice president is Francisco Egas of Ecuador, and the general secretary is José Astigarraga of Paraguay.[5]

Past presidents

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Period Nationality Name
1916–1936Image UruguayHéctor Rivadavia Gómez
1936–1939Image ArgentinaCornelius Johnson
1939–1955Image ChileLuis Valenzuela Hermosilla
1955–1957Image ChileCarlos Dittborn
1957–1959Image BrazilJosé Ramos de Freitas
1959–1961Image UruguayFermín Sorhueta
1961–1966Image ArgentinaRaúl H. Colombo
1966–1986Image PeruTeófilo Salinas Fuller
1986–2013Image ParaguayNicolás Léoz
2013–2014Image UruguayEugenio Figueredo
2014–2015Image ParaguayJuan Ángel Napout
2015–2016Image UruguayWilmar Valdez [note 1]
2016–presentImage ParaguayAlejandro Domínguez
Notes
  1. Interim – two months.

Members

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Image
Countries that are members of CONMEBOL
Code Association Founded FIFA
affiliation
CONMEBOL
affiliation
IOC member National teams
ARG Image Argentina 1893 1912 1916 Yes
BOL Image Bolivia 1925 1926 1926 Yes
BRA Image Brazil 1914 1923 1916 Yes
CHI Image Chile 1895 1913 1916 Yes
COL Image Colombia 1924 1936 1936 Yes
ECU Image Ecuador 1925 1926 1927 Yes
PAR Image Paraguay 1906 1925 1921 Yes
PER Image Peru 1922 1924 1925 Yes
URU Image Uruguay 1900 1923 1916 Yes
VEN Image Venezuela 1925 1952 1953 Yes

Regional non-members

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The following sovereign states and dependent territories in South America are not members of CONMEBOL. They are members of other confederations or are not affiliated with any confederation.

List of CONMEBOL competitions

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The most prestigious CONMEBOL competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, which was first held in 1916.[citation needed] It is the only continental tournament which can include teams from other continents and confederations. CONMEBOL usually invites several teams from the AFC[6] or CONCACAF[7] to participate.

CONMEBOL organises the two top competitions for men's club teams in South America: the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa Sudamericana was launched in 2002 as a successor to the Supercopa Libertadores. A third competition, the Copa CONMEBOL, was founded in 1992 and was abolished in 1999. CONMEBOL runs the Copa Libertadores Femenina for women's club teams.

The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana. The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners, and was discontinued in 2004.

Competitions contested by national teams
Competitions contested by clubs
Intercontinental competitions
Defunct competitions

Current title holders

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Intercontinental (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
Finalissima 2022 Image Argentina 2nd Image Italy 2026
Women's Finalissima 2023 Image England 1st Image Brazil 2027
Club Challenge 2023 Spain Sevilla 1st Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2024
Under-20 Intercontinental Cup 2025 Brazil Flamengo 2nd Spain Barcelona 2026
Futsal Finalissima 2022 Image Portugal 1st Image Spain 2026
Men's national teams
Copa América 2024 (final) Image Argentina 16th Image Colombia 2028 (final)
Pre-Olympic Tournament 2024 Paraguay Paraguay 2nd Argentina Argentina 2028
U-20 Championship 2025 Image Brazil 13th Image Argentina 2027
U-17 Championship 2026 Image Colombia 2nd Image Argentina 2027
U-15 Championship 2025 Image Brazil 6th Image Argentina
Copa América de Futsal 2026 Image Brazil 12th Image Argentina 2028
U-17 Futsal Championship 2024 Image Argentina 2nd Image Brazil
U-20 Futsal Championship 2024 Image Argentina 2nd Image Colombia
Copa América de Beach Soccer 2025 Image Brazil 4th Image Paraguay 2027
Beach Soccer League 2023 Image Paraguay 2nd Image Brazil 2024
U-20 Beach Soccer Championship 2023 Image Paraguay 1st Image Brazil 2025
Women's national teams
Copa América Femenina 2025 (final) Image Brazil 9th Image Colombia 2029 (final)
CONMEBOL Women's Nations League 2025-26
U-20 Women's Championship 2026 Brazil Brazil 11th Ecuador Ecuador
U-17 Women's Championship 2025 Paraguay Paraguay 1st Brazil Brazil 2026
U-15 Girl's Evolution League 2025 Brazil Brazil 1st Argentina Argentina
Copa América Femenina de Futsal 2025 Image Brazil 8th Image Argentina 2026
U-20 Women's Futsal Championship 2024 Image Colombia 1st Image Brazil 2026
Men's club teams
Recopa Sudamericana 2026 (FL), (SL) Argentina Lanús 1st Brazil Flamengo 2027 (FL), (SL)
Copa Libertadores 2025 (final) Brazil Flamengo 4th Brazil Palmeiras 2026 (final)
Copa Sudamericana 2025 (final) Argentina Lanús 2nd Brazil Atlético Mineiro 2026 (final)
U-20 Copa Libertadores 2026 (final) Chile Santiago Wanderers 1st Brazil Flamengo 2027 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2025 (final) Uruguay Peñarol 1st Brazil Magnus Futsal 2026 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2024 (final) Brazil Vasco da Gama 4th Paraguay Sportivo Luqueño 2025 (final)
Women's club teams
Copa Libertadores Femenina 2025 (final) Brazil Corinthians 6th Colombia Deportivo Cali 2026 (final)
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal 2024 (final) Brazil Stein Cascavel 2nd Argentina Racing 2025 (final)

FIFA World Rankings

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Overview

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Team of the year

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Men's teams ranking in the top four[10]
Year First Second Third Fourth
1993 Image Brazil Image Argentina Image Uruguay Image Colombia
1994 Image Colombia Image Uruguay
1995
1996 Image Colombia Image Argentina Image Chile
1997 Image Chile Image Argentina
1998 Image Argentina Image Paraguay
1999 Image Paraguay Image Chile
2000 Image Colombia
2001 Image Argentina Image Brazil Image Colombia Image Paraguay
2002 Image Brazil Image Argentina Image Paraguay Image Uruguay
2003 Image Uruguay Image Paraguay
2004 Image Colombia
2005
2006 Image Ecuador
2007 Image Argentina Image Brazil Image Colombia Image Paraguay
2008 Image Brazil Image Argentina Image Paraguay Image Uruguay
2009 Image Chile
2010 Image Uruguay Image Chile
2011 Image Uruguay Image Brazil Image Argentina
2012 Image Argentina Image Colombia Image Ecuador Image Uruguay
2013 Image Uruguay Image Brazil
2014 Image Brazil Image Uruguay
2015 Image Chile Image Colombia
2016 Image Brazil Image Chile
2017 Image Brazil Image Argentina Image Peru
2018 Image Uruguay Image Argentina Image Colombia
2019
2020 Image Argentina Image Uruguay
2021 Image Colombia Image Uruguay
2022 Image Uruguay Image Colombia
2023 Image Argentina Image Brazil
2024
2025 Image Colombia Image Uruguay
Women's teams ranking in the top four[10]
Year First Second Third Fourth
2003 Image Brazil Image Colombia Image Argentina Image Peru
2004
2005 Image Peru Image Colombia
2006 Image Argentina Image Peru
2007
2008 Image Ecuador Image Paraguay
2009 Image Colombia Image Peru
2010 Image Chile
2011 Image Colombia Image Argentina
2012
2013 Image Uruguay  
2014 Image Argentina Image Chile
2015
2016 Image Venezuela  
2017 Image Argentina Image Chile
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 Image Venezuela

Other rankings

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Clubs

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Football Database rankings

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Rank Club Points
12Brazil Flamengo1886
30Brazil Palmeiras1766
46Brazil Fluminense1719
52Argentina Racing Club1711
55Ecuador LDU Quito1703
59Brazil Botafogo1699
62Brazil Cruzeiro1690
68Argentina Boca Juniors1681
73Brazil Mirassol1676
82Uruguay Peñarol1649

Last updated: 11 January 2026[12]

IFFHS

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Zonal
Ranking
IFFHS
Ranking
Club Points
18Brazil Flamengo400
29Brazil Palmeiras378
314Brazil Fluminense314
424Brazil Botafogo264
536Argentina Racing Club234
639Colombia Atlético Nacional229,5
744Ecuador LDU Quito216,5
845Brazil Atlético Mineiro216
948Argentina River Plate210
1049Argentina Lanús208

Last updated on: 13 December 2025  

Beach soccer national teams

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Men's national teams
BSWW Rankings
(out of 93 nations)
RankNationPoints
1Image Brazil4697.25
10Image Paraguay1327.5
14Image Colombia958.75
17Image Argentina798.5
18Image Chile786
23Image Venezuela644.75
32Image Uruguay422
42Image Peru262.75
47Image Ecuador217.75
49Image Bolivia214.25

Men's update: 19 January 2026.[13]

Major tournament records

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Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place[14]
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
  • R3 – Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32)
  • 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
  •  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
  •    – 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

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FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930
Uruguay
(13)
1934
Italy
(16)
1938
France
(15)
1950
Brazil
(13)
1954
Switzerland
(16)
1958
Sweden
(16)
1962
Chile
(16)
1966
England
(16)
1970
Mexico
(16)
1974
West Germany
(16)
1978
Argentina
(16)
1982
Spain
(24)
1986
Mexico
(24)
1990
Italy
(24)
1994
United States
(24)
1998
France
(32)
2002
Japan
South Korea
(32)
2006
Germany
(32)
2010
South Africa
(32)
2014
Brazil
(32)
2018
Russia
(32)
2022
Qatar
(32)
2026
Canada
Mexico
United States
(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
Image Argentina2ndR1R1R1QFR21stR21st2ndR2QFR1QFQF2ndR21st2nd 19
Image BoliviaR1R1R1 3
Image BrazilR1R13rd2ndQF1st1stR11st4th3rdR2QFR21st2nd1stQFQF4thQFQFR3 23
Image ChileR1R13rdR1R1R1R2R2R2 9
Image ColombiaR1R2R1R1QFR2R3 7
Image EcuadorR1R2R1R1R2 5
Image ParaguayR1R1R1R2R2R2R1QFR3 9
Image PeruR1QFR2R1R1 5
Image Uruguay1st1st4thR1QF4thR1R2R2R14thR2QFR1R1 15
Image Venezuela 0
Total (10 teams)7215235434344445545654695

FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team1991
China
(12)
1995
Sweden
(12)
1999
United States
(16)
2003
United States
(16)
2007
China
(16)
2011
Germany
(16)
2015
Canada
(24)
2019
France
(24)
2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32)
2027
Brazil
(32)
Years
Image ArgentinaR1R1R1R1Q 5
Image Bolivia 0
Image BrazilR1R13rdQF2ndQFR2R2R1Q 10
Image ChileR1 1
Image ColombiaR1R2QFQ 4
Image EcuadorR1 1
Image Paraguay 0
Image Peru 0
Image Uruguay 0
Image Venezuela 0
Total (5 teams)1112223333–5

Olympic Games

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Men's tournament

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Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team1900
France
(3)
1904
United States
(3)
1908
United Kingdom
(6)
1912
Sweden
(11)
1920
Belgium
(14)
1924
France
(22)
1928
Netherlands
(17)
1936
Germany
(16)
1948
United Kingdom
(18)
1952
Finland
(25)
1956
Australia
(11)
1960
Italy
(16)
1964
Japan
(14)
1968
Mexico
(16)
1972
West Germany
(16)
1976
Canada
(13)
1980
Soviet Union
(16)
1984
United States
(16)
1988
South Korea
(16)
1992
Spain
(16)
1996
United States
(16)
2000
Australia
(16)
2004
Greece
(16)
2008
China
(16)
2012
United Kingdom
(16)
2016
Brazil
(16)
2020
Japan
(16)
2024
France
(16)
Years
Image Argentina2710821111107 10
Image Brazil5691313422373211 14
Image Chile171773 4
Image Colombia101111146 5
Image Paraguay726 3
Image Peru511 2
Image Uruguay119 3
Image Venezuela12 1
Total (8 teams) 0000013102032221222222222322

Women's tournament

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Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team1996
United States
(8)
2000
Australia
(8)
2004
Greece
(10)
2008
China
(12)
2012
United Kingdom
(12)
2016
Brazil
(12)
2020
Japan
(12)
2024
France
(12)
2028
United States
(16)
Years
Image Argentina=11 1
Image Brazil44226462Q 9
Image Chile11 1
Image Colombia11118Q 4
Total (4 teams)111222222

Copa América

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Copa América Femenina

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Copa América Femenina record
Team
(Total 10 teams)
1991
Brazil
(3)
1995
Brazil
(5)
1998
Argentina
(10)
2003
Peru
(10)
2006
Argentina
(10)
2010
Ecuador
(10)
2014
Ecuador
(10)
2018
Chile
(10)
2022
Colombia
(10)
2025
Ecuador
(10)
Years
Image Argentina 2nd2nd2nd1st4th4th3rd3rd3rd 9
Image Bolivia 5thGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS 9
Image Brazil 1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st 10
Image Chile 2nd3rdGSGSGS3rdGS2nd5th6th 10
Image Colombia GS3rdGS2nd2nd4th2nd2nd 8
Image Ecuador 4th4thGSGSGS3rdGSGSGS 9
Image Paraguay GSGS4thGSGSGS4th5th 8
Image Peru 3rd4thGSGSGSGSGSGS 8
Image Uruguay GSGS3rdGSGSGSGS4th 8
Image Venezuela 3rdGSGSGSGSGSGS6thGS 9

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2023
Argentina
(24)
2025
Chile
(24)
Years
Image Argentina 1stR12ndQFR11st1stR21st4th1st1stQFR1R1R2QF2nd 18
Image Brazil 3rdQF1st1stQF3rd2nd1st2ndQFQFQF1st3rdR22nd1st2ndQFR1 20
Image Chile 4thR1R1R23rdQFR2 7
Image Colombia QFR1QFR13rdR2QFR2R2QFQF3rd 12
Image Ecuador R2R2R13rdR2 5
Image Paraguay R1QFR1R1R24thR2R2R2R2 10
Image Uruguay 4th3rdQFQFR1QF2nd4thR2R2R12ndR24thR21st 16
Image Venezuela R22nd 2
Total (8 teams)333333333344544445444455

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2022
Costa Rica
(16)
2024
Colombia
(24)
2026
Poland
(24)
Years
Image Argentina R1R1R1R2Q 5
Image Brazil 4th4th3rdQFR1R1R1QFR13rdQFQ 12
Image Chile R1 1
Image Colombia 4thQFQFQ 4
Image Ecuador Q 1
Image Paraguay R1R1R1 3
Image Venezuela R1R1 2
Total (7 teams)112322222254 28

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)[e]
2023
Indonesia
(24)
2025
Qatar
(48)
2026
Qatar
(48)
Years
Image Argentina R1QF3rdR13rdQF4th3rdQFR2R24thR1R24thR2Q 17
Image Bolivia R1R1R1 3
Image Brazil 3rdR1QFQF2nd1st1stQF1st2ndR2R14thQFQF3rd1stQF4thQ 20
Image Chile 3rdR1R2R1R2R1Q 7
Image Colombia R1R14thR24thR2R2Q 8
Image Ecuador R1QFR2QFR2R2Q 7
Image Paraguay QFR1R1R2QFR2 6
Image Peru R1QF 2
Image Uruguay R1QFR1QF2ndQFQ 7
Image Venezuela R1R2R2Q 4
Total (10 teams)333333333334444545477

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2022
India
(16)
2024
Dominican Republic
(16)
2025
Morocco
(24)
2026
Morocco
(24)
Years
Image Argentina Q 1
Image Brazil R1QFQFR1R1QFR14thQ 9
Image Chile R1R1Q 3
Image Colombia R1R1R1R12ndR1R2 7
Image Ecuador QFR1 2
Image Paraguay R1R1R1R2 4
Image Uruguay R1R1 2
Image Venezuela R14th4thQ 4
Total (8 teams)3333333344 32

FIFA Futsal World Cup

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FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989
Netherlands
(16)
1992
Hong Kong
(16)
1996
Spain
(16)
2000
Guatemala
(16)
2004
Taiwan
(16)
2008
Brazil
(20)
2012
Thailand
(24)
2016
Colombia
(24)
2021
Lithuania
(24)
2024
Uzbekistan
(24)
Years
Image ArgentinaR2R2R1R24thR2QF1st2nd2nd 10
Image Brazil1st1st1st2nd3rd1st1stR23rd1st 10
Image Colombia4thR2 2
Image ParaguayR2R1R1R2R2QFR2QF 8
Image UruguayR2R1R1 3
Image VenezuelaR2QF 2
Total (6 teams)3333344444

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team 1995
Brazil
(8)
1996
Brazil
(8)
1997
Brazil
(8)
1998
Brazil
(10)
1999
Brazil
(12)
2000
Brazil
(12)
2001
Brazil
(12)
2002
Brazil
(8)
2003
Brazil
(8)
2004
Brazil
(12)
2005
Brazil
(12)
2006
Brazil
(12)
2007
Brazil
(16)
2008
France
(16)
2009
United Arab Emirates
(16)
2011
Italy
(16)
2013
French Polynesia
(16)
2015
Portugal
(16)
2017
The Bahamas
(16)
2019
Paraguay
(16)
2021
Russia
(16)
2024
United Arab Emirates
(16)
2025
Seychelles
(16)
Years
Image Argentina R1
7th
R1
8th
4th R1
8th
R1
10th
3rd R1
8th
QF
7th
QF
8th
QF
5th
R1
11th
QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
8th
R1
12th
R1
11th
17/23
Image Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF
5th
1st QF
5th
QF
5th
1st 1st 23/23
Image Chile R1
9th
R1 1/23
Image Colombia × × × × × × × × × × R1
15th
1/23
Image Ecuador R1
16th
1/23
Image Paraguay R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
R1 6/23
Image Peru 4th 4th 2nd QF
7th
R1
9th
5/23
Image Uruguay R1
6th
2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd R1
9th
R1
11th
3rd R1
5th
QF
6th
QF
5th
2nd 3rd QF
7th
4th QF
7th
QF
8th
17/23
Image Venezuela QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
16th
3/23
Total (9 teams)33353553243333333333333

Former tournaments

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FIFA Confederations Cup

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FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
(4)
1995
Saudi Arabia
(6)
1997
Saudi Arabia
(8)
1999
Mexico
(8)
2001
South Korea
Japan
(8)
2003
France
(8)
2005
Germany
(8)
2009
South Africa
(8)
2013
Brazil
(8)
2017
Russia
(8)
Years
Image Argentina 1st 2nd × 2nd 3
Image Bolivia GS 1
Image Brazil × 1st 2nd 4th GS 1st 1st 1st 7
Image Chile 2nd 1
Image Colombia 4th 1
Image Uruguay 4th 4th 2
Total (6 teams)1122122121

Corruption

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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.[16] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz, as well as the football administrators Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was also arrested.[17]

See also

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Notes

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  1. /ˈkɒnmɪbɒl/ KON-mib-ol
  2. Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol
    Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol]
    Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol
    Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˌsuwɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw]
    "CONMEBOL" is a portmanteau created from the official Spanish name: CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL
  3. For historical and cultural reasons, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname are part of CONCACAF, not CONMEBOL.
  4. As Falkland Islanders are British citizens born abroad, they can choose to represent any of the four Home Nations or Argentina.
  5. Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[15]

References

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  1. "What is CONMEBOL (South America)?". AnalyiSport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. "South American Championship 1916". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. "Alejandro Dominguez unanimously elected CONMEBOL president". USA TODAY. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. "CONMEBOL unanimously elects Alejandro Dominguez president". ESPNFC.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. "CONMEBOL". Inside FIFA.
  6. "The AFC". the-AFC.
  7. "Concacaf". Concacaf. 17 November 2020.
  8. "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. "Las competiciones oficiales de la Conmebol Las competiciones". 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  11. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 16 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  12. "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
  13. Rankings – Men's National Teams, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  14. 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.
  15. "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  16. Apuzzo, Matt; Clifford, Stephanie; Rashbaum, William K. (27 May 2015). "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". The New York Times.
  17. "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". Associated Press. 4 December 2015.
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