CONMEBOL Standings: 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, thanks to the increased number of teams, Conmebol standings now have six nations automatically securing a World Cup place with an additional team progressing into an intercontinental play-off; this is an increase from the previous four nations.
The CONMEBOL standings action gets underway in the September FIFA international window in 2023, with games concluding in September 2025. Brazil and current World Cup champions Argentina will meet for the first time in November 2023 and then head-to-head again in March 2025.
CONMEBOL Teams
Ten teams compete for the top CONMEBOL standings as they prepare for the 2026 World Cup. Since FIFA has made it so 48 teams qualify for the upcoming World Cup, only four teams from CONMEBOL will miss out on the illustrious tournament.
Messi and Argentina, the most recent World Cup champions, will hope to keep their momentum going and secure the top CONMEBOL standing. Here are all ten teams competing in CONMEBOL.
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Uruguay
- Colombia
- Peru
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
- Venezuela
CONMEBOL World Cup Schedule: Qualifiers
The dates for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers have been confirmed by CONMEBOL ahead of the massive 48-team tournament. While the exact dates are not verified, we at least have the general schedule for the matches.
September 2023
Matchday 1:
- Uruguay – Chile
- Colombia – Venezuela
- Brazil – Bolivia
- Paraguay РPer̼
- Argentina – Ecuador
Matchday 2:
- Per̼ РBrazil
- Venezuela – Paraguay
- Bolivia – Argentina
- Chile – Colombia
- Ecuador – Uruguay
October 2023
Matchday 3:
- Colombia – Uruguay
- Brazil – Venezuela
- Bolivia – Ecuador
- Argentina – Paraguay
- Chile РPer̼
Matchday 4:
- Uruguay – Brazil
- Per̼ РArgentina
- Venezuela – Chile
- Ecuador – Colombia
- Paraguay – Bolivia
November 2023
Matchday 5:
- Colombia – Brazil
- Venezuela – Ecuador
- Bolivia РPer̼
- Argentina – Uruguay
- Chile – Paraguay
Matchday 6:
- Uruguay – Bolivia
- Perú – Venezuela
- Brazil – Argentina
- Paraguay – Colombia
- Ecuador – Chile
September 2024
Matchday 7:
- Uruguay – Paraguay
- Perú – Colombia
- Brazil – Ecuador
- Bolivia – Venezuela
- Argentina – Chile
Matchday 8:
- Colombia – Argentina
- Venezuela – Uruguay
- Paraguay – Brazil
- Chile – Bolivia
- Ecuador РPer̼
October 2024
Matchday 9:
- Peru – Uruguay
- Venezuela – Argentina
- Bolivia – Colombia
- Chile – Brazil
- Ecuador – Paraguay
Matchday 10:
- Uruguay – Ecuador
- Colombia – Chile
- Brazil – Peru
- Paraguay – Venezuela
- Argentina – Bolivia
November 2024
Matchday 11:
- Uruguay – Colombia
- Perú – Chile
- Venezuela – Brazil
- Paraguay – Argentina
- Ecuador – Bolivia
Matchday 12:
- Colombia – Ecuador
- Brazil – Uruguay
- Bolivia – Paraguay
- Argentina РPer̼
- Chile – Venezuela
March 2025
Matchday 13:
- Uruguay – Argentina
- Per̼ РBolivia
- Brazil – Colombia
- Paraguay – Chile
- Ecuador – Venezuela
Matchday 14:
- Colombia – Paraguay
- Venezuela РPer̼
- Bolivia – Uruguay
- Argentina Brazil
- Chile – Ecuador
June 2025
Matchday 15:
- Colombia РPer̼
- Venezuela – Bolivia
- Paraguay – Uruguay
- Chile – Argentina
- Ecuador – Brazil
Matchday 16:
- Uruguay – Venezuela
- Perú – Ecuador
- Argentina – Colombia
- Bolivia – Chile
- Brazil – Paraguay
September 2025
Matchday 17:
- Uruguay РPer̼
- Colombia – Bolivia
- Brazil – Chile
- Paraguay – Ecuador
- Argentina – Venezuela
Matchday 18:
- Perú – Paraguay
- Venezuela – Colombia
- Bolivia – Brazil
- Chile – Uruguay
- Ecuador – Argentina
Top Teams to Qualify
Everyone expects Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay to top the CONMEBOL standings after finishing the qualifiers in 2025. However, that will still leave three more spots to take. Out of the seven remaining teams, the teams who will likely qualify for the 2026 World Cup are Colombia and Ecuador.
Colombia
Colombia barely missed the 2022 World Cup and has been kicking themselves since. Most of their golden generation, like James Rodriguez, Falcao, and Sanchez, are past it, and the new generation is making waves. Colombia has a young team hungry to return to the top of the CONMEBOL standings. Their new manager, Nestor Lorenzo, can lead this team to the World Cup.
Ecuador
Ecuador also has a new coach with Felix Sanchez at the helm. He is bringing fresh tactics to this incredibly young squad and will look to get Ecuador back on the map. After a disappointing 2022 World Cup campaign, Ecuador can make some waves in CONMEBOL qualifying. They could be a team to watch going forward and beyond the World Cup.
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