 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1986, CONMEBOL yakasarudza kudzokera pakuva nenyika imwe chete inogamuchira mutambo uye kuupikisa gore rimwe nerimwe. Kubva muna 1987 kusvika muna 2001, chiitiko chacho chaichengetwa makore maviri oga oga mukutenderera nenhengo gumi dzesangano. Chimiro chacho chaizoramba chakangofanana nekutenderera kwekutanga kwemapoka, asi chikamu chekupedzisira chakatenderera kubva pakuve chitsva, chekupedzisira chakapetwa-robin boka kana imwe-yekubvisa system yekusarudza mukundi. Kuvandudzwa uku kwakabatsira mutambo wacho, uyo wakatanga kupiwa nhau dzeterevhizheni muEurope neNorth America. 1987 Copa América yakaitirwa muArgentina; iyi yakanga iri nguva yokutanga rudzi rwacho rwakanga rwatambira chinyorwa mumakore 28. Pasinei nokupinda sevakakurumbira zvikuru nokuda kwekuva vakundi venyika vakakunda 1986 FIFA World Cup, vachitamba pamba uye vane chikwata chakanyanyogadzirwa nevakundi vayo veNyika yeNyika inotungamirirwa naDiego Maradona, Argentina yaizopedzisa munzvimbo yechina inoshungurudza mushure mekurohwa nekudzivirira makwikwi eUruguay 01 mumasemifa. Uruguay yaizokunda chikwata cheChile chakanga chakasimba zvinoshamisa icho chakasvika kumagumo, chichibvisa Brazil ine simba 40 muchikamu cheboka. 