CONMEBOL
Sports abbreviation · Sports Governing Body
| Stands for | Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (South American Football Confederation) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Sports |
CONMEBOL stands for Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (South American Football Confederation), a sports governing body abbreviation.
South America's soccer confederation and the oldest of FIFA's six continental bodies, with 10 member associations including Brazil and Argentina. It runs the Copa América for national teams and the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana for clubs.
Example: Argentina beat Colombia in Miami to win the 2024 Copa América, a CONMEBOL tournament hosted in the United States.
Usage notes
Founded on July 9, 1916, in Buenos Aires during the first South American Championship, and headquartered in Luque, near Asunción, Paraguay. Pronounced "kon-meh-BOL"; the acronym is built from the Spanish name. With only ten members, its World Cup qualifying is a single league in which every team plays all the others home and away.
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