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2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates7 September 2023 – September 2025
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored97 (1.94 per match)
Attendance1,616,059 (32,321 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Lionel Messi (6 goals)
← 2022
2030 →
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2024.

The South American section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in Canada, the United States, and Mexico for national teams who are members of CONMEBOL. A total of 6 direct slots in the final tournament and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot are available for CONMEBOL teams.[1][2]

CONMEBOL is the first confederation to begin its qualification process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Paraguay–Peru being the first match of the global qualification process.[3][4]

Format

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On 22 August 2022, CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that has been used since the 1998 World Cup qualification in South America.[5][6][7] This was confirmed, with the first games of the qualifiers tentatively to be played in March or June 2023.[8][9][10]

On 27 February 2023, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez announced that the qualifiers would start in September 2023,[11][12] which was ratified by the CONMEBOL Council in the run-up to the 73rd FIFA Congress held on 16 March in Kigali, Rwanda.[13][14]

The qualification structure remains the same as in previous editions, despite the increase of slots available to CONMEBOL teams, wherein each team plays each other team twice in a home-and-away round-robin format.[15]

Prior to the commencement of the qualification competition, Ecuador were deducted 3 points for the use of a document containing false information for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.[16]

Schedule

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The qualifying matches are being held in a total of 18 matchdays on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[17] The match schedule is the same that was used in the previous edition of the competition. Six matchdays will be played in 2023, six in 2024 and also six in 2025.[15]

2023
Matchday Date Ref.
Matchday 1 7–8 September 2023 [18][19]
Matchday 2 12 September 2023
Matchday 3 12 October 2023 [20][21]
Matchday 4 17 October 2023
Matchday 5 16 November 2023 [22][23]
Matchday 6 21 November 2023
2024
Matchday Date Ref.
Matchday 7 5–6 September 2024 [24][25]
[26][27][28]
Matchday 8 10 September 2024
Matchday 9 10–11 October 2024 [29][30]
Matchday 10 15 October 2024
Matchday 11 14–15 November 2024
Matchday 12 19 November 2024
2025
Matchday Date Ref.
Matchday 13 17–25 March 2025
Matchday 14
Matchday 15 2–10 June 2025
Matchday 16
Matchday 17 1–9 September 2025
Matchday 18

Entrants

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All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.

Team FIFA World Rankings
as of July 2023[31]
 Argentina 1
 Brazil 3
 Uruguay 16
 Colombia 17
 Peru 21
 Chile 32
 Ecuador 40
 Paraguay 49
 Venezuela 57
 Bolivia 83

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina Colombia Uruguay Brazil Ecuador Paraguay Bolivia Venezuela Peru Chile
1  Argentina 10 7 1 2 19 5 +14 22 2026 FIFA World Cup — Jun 0–2 Mar 1–0 1–0 6–0 Sep Nov 3–0
2  Colombia 10 5 4 1 13 6 +7 19 2–1 — 2–2 2–1 Nov Mar Sep 1–0 Jun 4–0
3  Uruguay 10 4 4 2 13 6 +7 16 Mar Nov — 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 Jun Sep 3–1
4  Brazil 10 5 1 4 15 9 +6 16 0–1 Mar Nov — 1–0 Jun 5–1 1–1 4–0 Sep
5  Ecuador[a] 10 4 4 2 6 4 +2 13 Sep 0–0 2–1 Jun — 0–0 Nov Mar 1–0 1–0
6  Paraguay 10 3 4 3 4 4 0 13 Nov 0–1 Jun 1–0 Sep — 1–0 2–1 0–0 Mar
7  Bolivia 10 4 0 6 11 21 −10 12 Inter-confederation play-offs 0–3 1–0 Mar Sep 1–2 Nov — 4–0 2–0 Jun
8  Venezuela 10 2 5 3 8 10 −2 11 1–1 Sep 0–0 Nov 0–0 1–0 Jun — Mar 3–0
9  Peru 10 1 3 6 3 14 −11 6 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 Jun Sep Mar 1–1 — Nov
10  Chile 10 1 2 7 5 18 −13 5 Jun 0–0 Sep 1–2 Mar 0–0 1–2 Nov 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2024. Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ^ Ecuador were deducted 3 points for the use of false birth documents for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.[32]

Matches

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Matchday 1

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Paraguay 0–0 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 16,211
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Borré 46' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 43,084
Argentina 1–0 Ecuador
Messi 78' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 82,500
Uruguay 3–1 Chile
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Vidal 74'
Attendance: 49,713
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Brazil 5–1 Bolivia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Ábrego 78'
Attendance: 48,183
Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

Matchday 2

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Bolivia 0–3 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 38,000
Ecuador 2–1 Uruguay
Torres 45+5', 61' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Canobbio 38'
Attendance: 35,613
Venezuela 1–0 Paraguay
Rondón 90+3' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 48,523
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Chile 0–0 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 22,153
Peru 0–1 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Marquinhos 90'
Attendance: 36,328

Matchday 3

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Colombia 2–2 Uruguay
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 43,915
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Bolivia 1–2 Ecuador
Ramallo 83' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 34,200
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Otamendi 3' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 80,000
Chile 2–0 Peru
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 36,847
Brazil 1–1 Venezuela
Gabriel 50' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Bello 85'
Attendance: 39,018
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Matchday 4

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Venezuela 3–0 Chile
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 50,932
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
Paraguay 1–0 Bolivia
Sanabria 69' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 30,681
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Ecuador 0–0 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 38,702
Uruguay 2–0 Brazil
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 52,477
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Peru 0–2 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Messi 32', 42'
Attendance: 37,675

Matchday 5

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Bolivia 2–0 Peru
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)
Venezuela 0–0 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 51,083
Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)
Colombia 2–1 Brazil
Díaz 75', 79' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Martinelli 4'
Attendance: 44,604
Argentina 0–2 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 49,000
Chile 0–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 30,076

Matchday 6

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Paraguay 0–1 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Borré 11' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,298
Uruguay 3–0 Bolivia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 46,100
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Ecuador 1–0 Chile
Mena 21' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 36,873
Brazil 0–1 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Otamendi 63'
Attendance: 68,138
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Peru 1–1 Venezuela
Yotún 17' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Savarino 54'
Attendance: 27,323
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Matchday 7

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Argentina 3–0 Chile
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 52,160
Uruguay 0–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 47,741
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Brazil 1–0 Ecuador
Rodrygo 30' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 36,914
Peru 1–1 Colombia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 8

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Chile 1–2 Bolivia
Vargas 39' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)
Ecuador 1–0 Peru
Valencia 54' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Venezuela 0–0 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay 1–0 Brazil
Gómez 20' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 31,962

Matchday 9

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Bolivia 1–0 Colombia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 17,191
Venezuela 1–1 Argentina
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Chile 1–2 Brazil
Vargas 2' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 43,059
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Peru 1–0 Uruguay
Araujo 88' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 10

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Paraguay 2–1 Venezuela
Sanabria 59', 74' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Aramburu 25'
Attendance: 28,531
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Uruguay 0–0 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 27,112
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Argentina 6–0 Bolivia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Brazil 4–0 Peru
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 60,139

Matchday 11

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Peru v Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 12

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Brazil v Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Matchday 13

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Uruguay v Argentina
Peru v Bolivia
Brazil v Colombia
Paraguay v Chile
Ecuador v Venezuela

Matchday 14

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Venezuela v Peru
Bolivia v Uruguay
Argentina v Brazil
Chile v Ecuador

Matchday 15

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Venezuela v Bolivia
Paraguay v Uruguay
Chile v Argentina
Ecuador v Brazil

Matchday 16

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Uruguay v Venezuela
Peru v Ecuador
Brazil v Paraguay
Bolivia v Chile
Argentina v Colombia

Matchday 17

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Uruguay v Peru
Brazil v Chile
Paraguay v Ecuador
Argentina v Venezuela

Matchday 18

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Peru v Paraguay
Venezuela v Colombia
Bolivia v Brazil
Chile v Uruguay
Ecuador v Argentina

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

The seventh-placed team will join one team each from AFC, CAF, and OFC and two from CONCACAF in the inter-confederation play-offs. The teams will be ranked according to the FIFA Men's World Ranking, with the four lowest-ranked teams playing in two single-elimination matches. The winners will meet the two highest-ranked teams in another set of single-elimination matches, with the winners of these matches qualifying for the World Cup in United States, Canada, and Mexico.[40]

Goalscorers

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There have been 97 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match (as of 15 October 2024).

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ The Bolivia v Ecuador match, originally scheduled at 16:00 local time,[21] was rescheduled to 19:00 local time by decision of the Bolivian Football Federation.[33][34]
  2. ^ The Paraguay v Bolivia match, originally scheduled at Estadio Antonio Aranda, Ciudad del Este,[21] was rescheduled at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción by decision of the Paraguayan Football Association.[33][34]
  3. ^ The Brazil v Ecuador match, originally scheduled at 21:45 local time,[25] was rescheduled to 22:00 local time.[35][28]
  4. ^ The Peru v Colombia match, originally scheduled to be played at Estadio Monumental, Lima,[25] was relocated to Estadio Nacional, Lima due to the possibility that the pitch at the Estadio Monumental would not be fit for the date of the match.[36][37]
  5. ^ The Chile v Bolivia match, originally scheduled at 21:00 local time,[25] was rescheduled to 18:00 local time.[38][27]
  6. ^ The Paraguay v Brazil match, originally scheduled at 20:00 local time,[25] was rescheduled to 20:30 local time.[39][27]

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