The gauntlet that is CONMEBOL qualifying has eased a bit with the expanded, 48-team field for the 2026 World Cup; Six teams will qualify automatically and a seventh will reach the six team inter-confederation playoff tournament.
But it’s still chaos and Argentina has already qualified for the 2026 World Cup as the reigning World Cup champs are still flying and Lionel Messi has dipped in and out of qualifying games as his minutes are managed.
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With Argentina already qualified, the table is tightening up beneath them for the other five automatic spots with four games to go as 14 of the 18 rounds of games are in the books.
Brazil had recovered after a slow start but their heavy and humbling defeat at Argentina in March was a real wake-up call as Dorival Junior has been fired as their manager as his injury-hit side were hit hard and have never really looked convincing during qualifying.
Ecuador (who suffered a three-point deduction) are looking good in second place, while Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay are dangerous but have had hiccups and so too have Colombia to keep things interesting.
Venezuela and Bolivia are still right there in the race for the final automatic spots, while Peru and Chile are involved in an epic scrap for a single playoff spot for the inter-confederation playoffs.
Below you’ll find the table, schedule, and scores for all CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers, as South America sorts out who will compete to become the 11th winner from its confederation, joining Uruguay (1930, 1950), Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), and Argentina (1978, 1986, 2022) as world champions.
CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualification table
- Argentina - 28 points (+15 GD) — QUALIFIED
- Ecuador - 23 points (+8 GD)*
- Uruguay - 21 points (+7 GD)
- Brazil - 21 points (+4 GD)
- Paraguay - 21 points (+2 GD)
- Colombia - 20 points (+4 GD)
- Venezuela - 15 points (-4 GD)
- Bolivia - 14 points (-16 GD)
- Peru - 10 points (-11 GD)
Chile - 10 points (-12 GD)
*Three points were deducted from Ecuador’s total prior to the start of qualification for using a player whose legal passport contained false information.
CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualification schedule — Fixtures
Matchday 15
June 4, 2025
Colombia vs Peru
Paraguay vs Uruguay
Ecuador vs Brazil
Venezuela vs Bolivia
Chile vs Argentina
Matchday 16
June 9, 2025
Brazil vs Paraguay
Uruguay vs Venezuela
Peru vs Ecuador
Argentina vs Colombia
Bolivia vs Chile
Matchday 17
Sept. 9, 2025
Paraguay vs Ecuador
Argentina vs Venezuela
Uruguay vs Peru
Colombia vs Bolivia
Brazil vs Chile
Matchday 18
Sept. 14, 2025
Ecuador vs Argentina
Chile vs Uruguay
Bolivia vs Brazil
Venezuela vs Colombia
Peru vs Paraguay
CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualification schedule — Results
Matchday 1
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Paraguay 0-0 Peru
Colombia 1-0 Venezuela
Argentina 1-0 Ecuador - Recap, video highlights
Friday, September 8, 2023
Uruguay 3-1 Chile
Brazil 5-1 Bolivia - Recap, video highlights
Matchday 2
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Bolivia 0-3 Argentina
Ecuador 2-1 Uruguay
Venezuela 1-0 Paraguay
Chile 0-0 Colombia
Peru 0-1 Brazil
Matchday 3
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Bolivia 1-2 Ecuador
Colombia 2-2 Uruguay
Chile 2-0 Peru
Argentina 1-0 Paraguay
Brazil 1-1 Venezuela
Matchday 4
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Venezuela 3-0 Chile
Paraguay 1-0 Bolivia
Ecuador 0-0 Colombia
Uruguay 2-0 Brazil
Peru 0-2 Argentina — Recap, highlights
Matchday 5
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Bolivia 2-0 Peru
Venezuela 0-0 Ecuador
Colombia 2-1 Brazil — Diaz scores twice, celebrates with father (video)
Argentina 0-2 Uruguay
Chile 0-0 Paraguay
Matchday 6
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Peru 1-1 Venezuela
Ecuador 1-0 Chile
Paraguay 0-1 Colombia
Brazil 0-1 Argentina
Uruguay 3-0 Bolivia
Matchday 7
Sept. 5, 2024
Bolivia 4-0 Venezuela
Argentina 3-0 Chile
Sept. 6, 2024
Uruguay 0-0 Paraguay
Brazil 1-0 Ecuador
Peru 1-1 Colombia
Matchday 8
Sept. 10, 2024
Colombia 2-1 Argentina
Ecuador 1-0 Peru
Paraguay 1-0 Brazil
Venezuela 0-0 Uruguay
Chile 1-2 Bolivia
Matchday 9
Oct. 10, 2024
Bolivia 1-0 Colombia
Ecuador 0-0 Paraguay
Venezuela 1-1 Argentina
Chile 1-2 Brazil
Oct. 11, 2024
Peru 1-0 Uruguay
Matchday 10
Oct. 15, 2024
Colombia 4-0 Chile
Paraguay 2-1 Venezuela
Uruguay 0-0 Ecuador
Argentina 6-0 Bolivia — Messi scores 3, assists 2
Brazil 4-0 Peru
Matchday 11
Thursday November 14, 2024
Venezuela 1-1 Brazil
Paraguay 2-1 Argentina
Ecuador 4-0 Bolivia
Friday November 15, 2024
Uruguay 3-2 Colombia
Peru 0-0 Chile
Matchday 12
Tuesday November 19, 2024
Bolivia 2-2 Paraguay
Colombia 0-1 Ecuador
Argentina 1-0 Peru — Recap, video highlights
Chile 4-2 Venezuela
Brazil 1-1 Uruguay — Recap, video highlights
Matchday 13
Thursday March 20, 2025
Paraguay 1-0 Chile
Brazil 2-1 Colombia — Recap, video highlights
Peru 3-1 Bolivia
Friday March 21, 2025
Ecuador 2-1 Venezuela
Uruguay 0-1 Argentina
Matchday 14
March 25, 2025
Argentina 4-1 Brazil - Recap, video highlights
Bolivia 0-0 Uruguay
Chile 0-0 Ecuador
Venezuela 1-0 Peru
Colombia 2-2 Paraguay
