Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 September 2023 – September 2025 |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 50 |
Goals scored | 97 (1.94 per match) |
Attendance | 1,505,177 (30,104 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | 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]
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]
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]
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All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.
Team | FIFA World Rankings as of July 2023 [31] |
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Argentina | 1 |
Brazil | 3 |
Uruguay | 16 |
Colombia | 17 |
Peru | 21 |
Chile | 32 |
Ecuador | 40 |
Paraguay | 49 |
Venezuela | 57 |
Bolivia | 83 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||||||
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | 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 | — |
Colombia | 1–0 | Venezuela |
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Borré 46' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Uruguay | 3–1 | Chile |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Vidal 74' |
Bolivia | 0–3 | Argentina |
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Ecuador | 2–1 | Uruguay |
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Torres 45+5', 61' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Canobbio 38' |
Venezuela | 1–0 | Paraguay |
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Rondón 90+3' (pen.) | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Colombia | 2–2 | Uruguay |
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Brazil | 1–1 | Venezuela |
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Gabriel 50' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Bello 85' |
Uruguay | 2–0 | Brazil |
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Peru | 0–2 | Argentina |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Messi 32', 42' |
Colombia | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Díaz 75', 79' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Martinelli 4' |
Chile | 0–0 | Paraguay |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Paraguay | 0–1 | Colombia |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Borré 11' (pen.) |
Ecuador | 1–0 | Chile |
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Mena 21' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Peru | 1–1 | Venezuela |
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Yotún 17' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Savarino 54' |
Bolivia | 4–0 | Venezuela |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Argentina | 3–0 | Chile |
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Peru | 1–1 | Colombia |
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Chile | 1–2 | Bolivia |
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Vargas 39' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Ecuador | 1–0 | Peru |
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Valencia 54' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Venezuela | 0–0 | Uruguay |
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Ecuador | 0–0 | Paraguay |
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Venezuela | 1–1 | Argentina |
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Chile | 1–2 | Brazil |
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Vargas 2' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
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Peru | 1–0 | Uruguay |
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Araujo 88' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Colombia | 4–0 | Chile |
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Paraguay | 2–1 | Venezuela |
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Sanabria 59', 74' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) | Aramburu 25' |
Argentina | 6–0 | Bolivia |
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Brazil | 4–0 | Peru |
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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]
There have been 97 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match (as of 15 October 2024).
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The 2017 Copa Sudamericana final stages was played from 22 August to 13 December 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana.
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The 2021 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 23 February to 15 April 2021. A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2021 Copa Libertadores.
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The 2022 Copa Sudamericana first stage was played from 8 to 17 March 2022. A total of 32 teams competed in the first stage to decide 16 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.
The 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 4 April to 29 June 2023. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
The 2024 Copa Sudamericana first stage was played from 5 to 7 March 2024. A total of 32 teams competed in the first stage to decide 16 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
The 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 2 April to 8 June 2024. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.
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