The oldest and smallest confederation — just ten nations, including the two giants, and pound-for-pound the strongest region in the sport. Clubs chase the Copa Libertadores (the Champions League with the intensity dial snapped off); nations chase the Copa América — older than the World Cup itself — and survive a qualifying league where all ten play everyone, home and away, through 12,000-foot altitude and Amazon heat. Brazil and Argentina are fully wired below.
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