2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina

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2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina
Tournament details
Dates24 October 2025 – 9 June 2026
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored28 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Colombia.svg Leicy Santos
(3 goals)
All statistics correct as of 28 October 2025.

The 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina is the inaugural edition of the CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina, an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONMEBOL. It will be held from 24 October 2025 to 9 June 2026.

Contents

The tournament serves as the CONMEBOL qualifiers to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. The top two teams will qualify for the Women's World Cup and will join Brazil, which qualified automatically as host. The next two best-placed teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. [1] [2]

Background

On 12 December 2024, following a CONMEBOL Council meeting, it was announced the creation of the South American Women's qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup starting with the 2027 edition in Brazil. [3] [4] This new tournament would be CONMEBOL's new qualification pathway for FIFA's top women's national team tournament, replacing the Copa América Femenina, which from its first edition in 1991 (then called the South American Women's Football Championship) until the 2022 edition had been the competition that determined CONMEBOL's representatives to the FIFA Women's World Cup. [5] [6]

The tournament was officially launched on 19 July 2025 and it was formally named the CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina, confirming the start date for after the 2025 Copa América Femenina. [7]

Format

The competition format consists of a single round-robin tournament in which the 9 teams play each other once, with each team playing 4 home and 4 away matches for a total of 8 matches per team in 9 matchdays. Considering that Brazil will not participate as they are automatically qualified for the 2027 Women's World Cup as host, there will be one team left out in each matchday. [1] [8]

The fixtures were determined by a draw held on 31 July 2025, 14:00 PYT (UTC−3). Pot 1 contained the nine teams entering qualification, and Pot 2 contained positions 1–9. Each team was drawn to one of the nine positions (E1–E9), thus defining the order of the matches in the predetermined schedule. [9]

Entrants

9 national teams from CONMEBOL will enter qualification.

Draw
position		Team FIFA
Rankings [a]
E1Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 45
E2Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 77
E3Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 105
E4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 18
E5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 39
E6Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 48
E7Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 32
E8Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 67
E9Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 63
  1. ↑ As of the draw [10]

Schedule

The predetermined schedule was completed once the draw was made. The qualifying matches will be held on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar with at least 3 days of rest between matches. [9]

There will be a total of nine matchdays, four of them to be played in 2025 and five in 2026. [11]

MatchdayDateMatchesRef.
Matchday 124 October 2025E4 v E2, E3 v E8, E6 v E5, E7 v E1. Team resting: E9 [12] [13]
[14] [15]
Matchday 228 October 2025E1 v E6, E5 v E3, E9 v E7, E8 v E4. Team resting: E2
Matchday 328 November 2025E2 v E5, E1 v E9, E3 v E4, E8 v E6. Team resting: E7 [16] [17]
[18]
Matchday 42 December 2025E6 v E2, E7 v E3, E5 v E1, E9 v E8. Team resting: E4
Matchday 510 April 2026E2 v E9, E1 v E8, E4 v E6, E5 v E7. Team resting: E3
Matchday 614 April 2026E2 v E1, E3 v E9, E6 v E7, E4 v E5. Team resting: E8
Matchday 718 April 2026E6 v E3, E7 v E4, E9 v E5, E8 v E2. Team resting: E1
Matchday 85 June 2026E3 v E1, E7 v E2, E4 v E9, E5 v E8. Team resting: E6
Matchday 99 June 2026E2 v E3, E1 v E4, E9 v E6, E8 v E7. Team resting: E5

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Colombia.svg Flag of Chile.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Flag of Ecuador.svg Flag of Uruguay.svg Flag of Paraguay.svg Flag of Peru (state).svg Flag of Bolivia.svg
1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 220062+46 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup — 14 Apr — 10 Apr — 5 Jun — 4–1 —
2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 211050+54—— 10 Apr — 5 Jun — 2 Dec — 5–0
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 211053+24 Inter-confederation play-offs 18 Apr ————— 3–1 5 Jun 2 Dec
4Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 211021+14— 0–0 14 Apr ———— 2 Dec 18 Apr
5Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 210152+33 1–2 — 9 Jun 28 Nov ——— 18 Apr —
6Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 10102201— 18 Apr 2–2 9 Jun 2 Dec ————
7Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 200225−30 9 Jun —— 1–2 10 Apr 28 Nov ———
8Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 100114−30— 28 Nov ——— 10 Apr 14 Apr — 9 Jun
9Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 200209−90 28 Nov ——— 0–4 14 Apr 5 Jun ——
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2025. Source: CONMEBOL

Matches

Matchday 1

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg0–4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Municipal de El Alto, El Alto
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, Cabudare
Referee: Danna Victorino (Colombia)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg4–1Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL) 		Núñez Soccerball shade.svg48'
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Matchday 2

Chile  Flag of Chile.svg5–0Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Chamorro Soccerball shade.svg37' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Tigo La Huerta, Asunción
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg1–2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Matchday 3

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 9Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco
Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svgMatch 11Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Municipal de El Alto, El Alto
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgMatch 10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Tigo La Huerta, Asunción
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svgMatch 12Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Matchday 4

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svgMatch 16Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Alfredo Victor Viera, Montevideo
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgMatch 14Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio Florencio Sola, Banfield
Chile  Flag of Chile.svgMatch 15Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Matchday 5

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 17Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgMatch 18Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgMatch 19Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svgMatch 20Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 6

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 21Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svgMatch 22Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svgMatch 23Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgMatch 24Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 7

Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svgMatch 25Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgMatch 26Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svgMatch 27Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svgMatch 28Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 8

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svgMatch 29Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgMatch 30Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgMatch 31Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svgMatch 32Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 9

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 33Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgMatch 34Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svgMatch 35Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match (as of 28 October 2025).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ The Argentina v Bolivia match, originally scheduled at 18:00 local time, [17] was rescheduled to 20:00 local time. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 "MANUAL DE SELECCIONES CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina 2025-26" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 13 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 dates confirmed". Inside FIFA. FIFA. 10 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Clasificatorias Sudamericanas para la Copa Mundial Femenina 2027" [South American Qualifiers for the Women's World Cup 2027] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Conmebol anunció la creación de un nuevo formato de clasificación para el Mundial Femenino de Brasil 2027" [Conmebol announced the creation of a new qualification format for the Women's World Cup Brazil 2027] (in Spanish). Doble Amarilla. 12 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Copa América Femenina 2025: Key information, top contenders and how to watch". www.nytimes.com. The Athletic. 11 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "History of the Copa América Femenina" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 8 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "CONMEBOL lanza la Liga de Naciones Femenina: torneo clasificatorio a la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2027" [CONMEBOL launches the Liga de Naciones Femenina: qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Conmebol adds Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying tournament to calendar". Inside World Football. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Sorteo de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina 2025-26" [Draw for the 2025-26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Fixture de jornadas 1 y 2 – CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Fechas 1 y 2 de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "Jornada 3 y 4 de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2025.
  17. 1 2 "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS Departamento de Competiciones y Operaciones Versión 29-oct-2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  18. 1 2 "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS Departamento de Competiciones y Operaciones Versión 07-nov-2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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