Original 1942 South American Soccer Championship Poster

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This is a beautiful and original 1942 South American Soccer Championship Poster The poster is i n very good conditions. Poster Size: 71,5 cm x 51 cm It’s and excellent addition to your memorabilia collection! Do not hesitate to contact me if you need more pictures or information. The Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América , known simply as the Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup"), is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body. After the abolition of the British Hom Championship in 1984, the Copa América became association football's oldest national team competition still in existance. The current tournament format involves 12 teams competing at venues in a host nation over a period of about a month. The confederation has only ten members in the confederation, so national teams from other FIFA confederations are invited to fill the other 2 places; Mexico has been a regular since being invited for the first time in 1993. In 42 tournaments, seven national teams have won the title. Argentina and Uruguay have won the Copa América a record 14 times each. Brazil, the current champion, have won eight titles, and Paraguay and Peru are next with two titles each. The other former champions are Colombia and Bolivia, with one title each. The Copa América is one of the world's most widely viewed sporting events. The 2007 edition had an estimated television audience of 530 million people in Latin America and a worldwide cumulative audience of 4 billion people from 185 countries. The highest finishing member of CONMEBOL has the right to participate in the next edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, but is not obligated to do so. The first recorded association football match in South America was played in Argentina in 1867 by British railway workers. The first association football team in South America, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata was created in Argentina in 1887, and the Argentine Football Association was founded in 1893. By the early twentieth century, football was growing in popularity, and the first international competition held between national teams of the continent occurred in 1910 when Argentina organized an event to commemorate the centenary of the May Revolution. Chile and Uruguay participated, but this event is not considered official by CONMEBOL. Similarly, for the centennial celebration of its independence, Argentina held a tournament between July 2 and July 17 of 1916 with Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil being the first participants of the tournament. This so-called Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones would be the first edition of what is currently known as Copa América; Uruguay would triumph in this first edition after tying 0-0 with hosts Argentina in the deciding, last match held in Estadio Racing Club in Avellaneda. Times hosted Hosts Editions 9 Argentina (1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1987, 2011) 7 Uruguay (1917, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1956, 1967, 1995) 6 Chile (1920, 1926, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1991) Peru (1927, 1935, 1939, 1953, 1957, 2004) 4 Brazil (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989) 3 Ecuador (1947, 1959, 1993) 2 Bolivia (1963, 1997) 1 Colombia (2001) Paraguay (1999) Venezuela (2007) 3 No Host (1975, 1979, 1983 Payment We Accept Paypal and payment through Bank Wire Transfers. Shipping Worldwide shipping You can trust that your order will be quickly processed and safely delivered. Most order ship out within 2 business day. We send item to your paypal's address ONLY. We will mark the package as "GIFT". Delivery time lasts approx : (due to international transport, shipping services, delivery time may be different, especially in the peak period, please be ... read more

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