CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualifying schedule, results, table

The gauntlet that is CONMEBOL qualifying eased a bit with the expanded, 48-team field for the 2026 World Cup.

Six teams have qualify automatically and a seventh will reach the six team inter-confederation playoff tournament.

All six automatic spots have been seized heading into the final day, with only the playoff spot still in question.

Argentina qualified first, fitting given their status as the reigning World Cup champs. They are still flying and Lionel Messi continues to deliver goals even as he’s dipped in and out of qualifying games with minutes managed by Lionel Scaloni.

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Brazil recovered after a slow start led to a heavy and humbling defeat at Argentina in March that was a real wake-up call — Dorival Junior was fired and replaced by Carlo Ancelotti. The injury-hit side have never really looked convincing during qualification but they’re still going to the World Cup. So are Ecuador despite suffering a three-point deduction.

Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay are dangerous, and were joined in qualification on Matchday 17 by Paraguay and Colombia.

Now the playoff is down to Venezuela and Bolivia, with the former ahead of the latter by a single point and a whole lot of goal differential going into Matchday 18, when Bolivia host Brazil and Venezuela entertain Colombia. Both kickoffs are scheduled for 7:30pm ET Tuesday.

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.

Final CONMEBOL 2026 World Cup qualification table

1. Argentina - 38 points (+21 GD) — QUALIFIED
2. Ecuador - 29 points (+9 GD)* — QUALIFIED
3. Colombia - 28 points (+10 GD) — QUALIFIED
4. Uruguay - 28 points (+10 GD) — QUALIFIED
5. Brazil - 28 points (+7 GD) — QUALIFIED
6. Paraguay - 25 points (+4 GD) — QUALIFIED
7. Bolivia - 20 points (-18 GD) — PLAYOFFS
8. Venezuela - 18 points (-10 GD) — ELIMINATED
9. Peru - 12 points (-15 GD) — ELIMINATED

10. Chile - 11 points (-18 GD) — ELIMINATED

    *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 17

Sept. 9, 2025
Paraguay 0-0 Ecuador
Argentina 3-0 Venezuela — Recap, video highlights
Uruguay 3-0 Peru
Colombia 3-0 Bolivia
Brazil 3-0 Chile — Recap, video highlights

Matchday 18

Sept. 14, 2025
Ecuador 1-0 Argentina — Recap, video highlights
Chile 0-0 Uruguay
Bolivia 1-0 Brazil — Recap, video highlights
Venezuela 3-6 Colombia
Peru 0-1 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

Matchday 15
June 5, 2025
Paraguay 2-0 Uruguay
Ecuador 0-0 Brazil
Chile 0-1 Argentina

June 6, 2025
Colombia 0-0 Peru
Venezuela 2-0 Bolivia

Matchday 16
June 10, 2025
Bolivia 2-0 Chile
Uruguay 2-0 Venezuela
Argentina 1-1 Colombia — Video highlights & recap
Brazil 1-0 Paraguay — Video highlights & recap
Peru 0-0 Ecuador