These are the World Cup football qualification groups and the standings in South America. In the CONMEBOL zone, ten countries compete for six tickets to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final round. In the qualification phase in South America, there is one main round with one group. View the standings and the program in this group, with all fixtures until September 9, 2025.
The numbers 1 to 6 qualify directly for the final tournament in 2026. The number 7 in the final standings of the South American World Cup qualification participates in the Intercontinental FIFA play-offs. That national team can be the last South American nation belonging to the 48 teams competing for the football world title, summer 2026 in North America.
Standings World Cup football qualifying South America
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GROUP CONMEBOL | MAIN ROUND 2026 WORLD CUP FOOTBALL QUALIFIERS
P
W
D
L
PTS
GD
1
Argentina
6
5
0
1
15
8-2
2
Uruguay
6
4
1
1
13
13-5
3
Colombia
6
3
3
0
12
6-3
4
Venezuela
6
2
3
1
9
6-3
5
Ecuador (3 pnts. ded.)
6
3
2
1
8
5-3
6
Brazil
6
2
1
3
7
8-7
7
Paraguay
6
1
2
3
5
1-3
8
Chile
6
1
2
3
5
3-7
9
Bolivia
6
1
0
5
3
4-14
10
Peru
6
0
2
4
2
1-8
The CONMEBOL FIFA World Cup qualifying Main Round consists of eighteen matchdays. The ten countries that are part of this FIFA continent all play in the same group. Each country plays once at home and once away against each of the other nine countries. This double round-robin schedule has a total of ninety games. The numbers one through six qualify directly. The country that finishes as number seven in this single CONMEBOL qualifying round will be part of the FIFA intercontinental play-offs.
Fixtures South America Main Round
MATCH PERIOD 7
TIME (local)
MATCH
09-’24
00:00
Uruguay – Paraguay
09-’24
00:00
Peru – Colombia
09-’24
00:00
Brazil – Ecuador
09-’24
00:00
Bolivia – Venezuela
09-’24
00:00
Argentina – Chile
MATCH PERIOD 8
TIME (local)
MATCH
09-’24
00:00
Colombia – Argentina
09-’24
00:00
Venezuela – Uruguay
09-’24
00:00
Paraguay – Brazil
09-’24
00:00
Chile – Bolivia
09-’24
00:00
Ecuador – Peru
MATCH PERIOD 9
TIME (local)
MATCH
10-’24
00:00
Peru – Uruguay
10-’24
00:00
Venezuela – Argentina
10-’24
00:00
Bolivia – Colombia
10-’24
00:00
Chile – Brazil
10-’24
00:00
Ecuador – Paraguay
MATCH PERIOD 10
TIME (local)
MATCH
10-’24
00:00
Uruguay – Ecuador
10-’24
00:00
Colombia – Chile
10-’24
00:00
Brazil – Peru
10-’24
00:00
Paraguay – Venezuela
10-’24
00:00
Argentina – Bolivia
MATCH PERIOD 11
TIME (local)
MATCH
11-’24
00:00
Uruguay – Colombia
11-’24
00:00
Peru – Chile
11-’24
00:00
Venezuela – Brazil
11-’24
00:00
Paraguay – Argentina
11-’24
00:00
Ecuador – Bolivia
MATCH PERIOD 12
TIME (local)
MATCH
11-’24
00:00
Colombia – Ecuador
11-’24
00:00
Brazil – Uruguay
11-’24
00:00
Bolivia – Paraguay
11-’24
00:00
Argentina – Peru
11-’24
00:00
Chile – Venezuela
MATCH PERIOD 13
TIME (local)
MATCH
03-’25
00:00
Uruguay – Argentina
03-’25
00:00
Peru – Bolivia
03-’25
00:00
Brazil – Colombia
03-’25
00:00
Paraguay – Chile
03-’25
00:00
Ecuador – Venezuela
MATCH PERIOD 14
TIME (local)
MATCH
03-’25
00:00
Colombia – Paraguay
03-’25
00:00
Venezuela – Peru
03-’25
00:00
Bolivia – Uruguay
03-’25
00:00
Argentina – Brazil
03-’25
00:00
Chile – Ecuador
MATCH PERIOD 15
TIME (local)
MATCH
06-’25
00:00
Colombia – Peru
06-’25
00:00
Venezuela – Bolivia
06-’25
00:00
Paraguay – Uruguay
06-’25
00:00
Chile – Argentina
06-’25
00:00
Ecuador – Brazil
MATCH PERIOD 16
TIME (local)
MATCH
06-’25
00:00
Uruguay – Venezuela
06-’25
00:00
Peru – Ecuador
06-’25
00:00
Brazil – Paraguay
06-’25
00:00
Bolivia – Chile
06-’25
00:00
Argentina – Colombia
MATCH PERIOD 17
TIME (local)
MATCH
09-’25
00:00
Uruguay – Peru
09-’25
00:00
Colombia – Bolivia
09-’25
00:00
Brazil – Chile
09-’25
00:00
Paraguay – Ecuador
09-’25
00:00
Argentina – Venezuela
MATCH PERIOD 18
TIME (local)
MATCH
09-’25
00:00
Peru – Paraguay
09-’25
00:00
Venezuela – Colombia
09-’25
00:00
Bolivia – Brazil
09-’25
00:00
Chile – Uruguay
09-’25
00:00
Ecuador – Argentina
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In North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the FIFA qualifiers run from March 18, 2024 to November 18, 2025. Six, seven or eight of the 32 participating CONCACAF nations qualify, joining hosts USA, Canada and Mexico.
In South America, the FIFA World Cup qualifiers run from September 7, 2023 to September 9, 2025. A total of 10 CONMEBOL nations participate. Six to seven South American countries will qualify. There is one single round.
In Europe, the qualifiers run from March 17, 2025 to March 31, 2026. A total of 55 (of 54) UEFA nations participate. Sixteen European countries will qualify. There is one group stage (Round 1), followed by the European play-offs.
In Asia, the World Cup qualification runs from October 12, 2023 to November, 2025. A total of 46 AFC nations participate. Eight or nine Asian countries will qualify. There are three qualifying rounds, before the play-offs.
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In Oceania, the FIFA qualifiers for the World Cup football run from September, 2024 to March, 2025. Eleven OFC nations participate. One or two Oceanic countries qualify. There are three qualification rounds.
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