The
South American section of the
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will be the qualifying process which will decide the teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Qualified countries
Notes
Qualification process
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will act as qualifiers for the
2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three No ...
to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico for national teams who are members of South American Football Confederation (
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
). A total of slots (6 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONMEBOL teams.
Format
On 22 August 2022, the CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that has been used since the 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifications in South America. This was confirmed, with the first games of the qualifiers tentatively to be played in March or June 2023.
On 27 February 2023, CONMEBOL president
Alejandro Domínguez announced that the qualifiers would start in September 2023, which was ratified by the CONMEBOL Council in the run-up to the 73rd
FIFA Congress held on 16 March in
Kigali
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,
Rwanda
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The qualification structure will remain the same as in previous editions, despite the increase of slots from 4.5 to 6.5 for CONMEBOL teams. The ten teams play in a league of home-and-away
round-robin format, with the match schedule being the same as that used in the
previous edition.
Prior to the commencement of the qualification competition, Ecuador have been deducted 3 points for falsifying birth documents for
Byron Castillo in the
previous World Cup qualification cycle.
Entrants
All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL will enter qualification.
Standings
Matches
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Matchday 10
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Matchday 12
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Matchday 13
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Matchday 14
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Matchday 15
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Matchday 16
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Matchday 17
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Matchday 18
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References
{{CONMEBOL World Cup
Conmebol
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
2023 in South American football
2024 in South American football
2025 in South America
FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)