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The South American section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico for national teams who are members of South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 6+1⁄3 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 to be played in March 2023.

Prior to the commencement of the qualification competition, Ecuador have been deducted 3 points and fined CHF 100,000 for falsifying birth documents for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.

Entrants

All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL will enter qualification.

Team	October 2022 FIFA World Rankings
Brazil	1
Argentina	3
Uruguay	14
Colombia	17
Peru	23
Chile	29
Ecuador	44
Paraguay	47
Venezuela	57
Bolivia	82

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	12	8	1	3	21	7	+14	25	2026 FIFA World Cup		—	0–2	1–0	Jun	Mar	1–0	6–0	Sep	3–0	1–0
2	Uruguay	12	5	5	2	17	9	+8	20			Mar	—	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	Jun	3–1	Sep
3	Ecuador	12	6	4	2	11	4	+7	19			Sep	2–1	—	0–0	Jun	0–0	4–0	Mar	1–0	1–0
4	Colombia	12	5	4	3	15	10	+5	19			2–1	2–2	0–1	—	2–1	Mar	Sep	1–0	4–0	Jun
5	Brazil	12	5	3	4	17	11	+6	18			0–1	1–1	1–0	Mar	—	Jun	5–1	1–1	Sep	4–0
6	Paraguay	12	4	5	3	8	7	+1	17			2–1	Jun	Sep	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–1	Mar	0–0
7	Bolivia	12	4	1	7	13	27	−14	13	Inter-confederation play-offs		0–3	Mar	1–2	1–0	Sep	2–2	—	4–0	Jun	2–0
8	Venezuela	12	2	6	4	11	15	−4	12			1–1	0–0	0–0	Sep	1–1	1–0	Jun	—	3–0	Mar
9	Chile	12	2	3	7	9	20	−11	9			Jun	Sep	Mar	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	4–2	—	2–0
10	Peru	12	1	4	7	3	15	−12	7			0–2	1–0	Jun	1–1	0–1	Sep	Mar	1–1	0–0	—

1. Ecuador were deducted 3 points for the use of false birth documents for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.

1. "Unanimous decision expands FIFA World Cup to 48 teams from 2026". FIFA. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
2. "Conselho da Conmebol solicita à Fifa que mantenha formato atual das Eliminatórias para 2026". ge (in Portuguese). globo.com. 22 August 2022.
3. "CONMEBOL's petition for the 2026 World Cup that could change FIFA's entire plans". Bolavip. 22 August 2022.
4. "Países sudamericanos pedirán a la FIFA mantener el formato de las Eliminatorias" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 August 2022.
5. "Conmebol confirmó fecha para el inicio de las Eliminatorias 2026". Bolavip (in Spanish). 4 October 2022.
6. ^ "The CAS confirms the eligibility of the player Byron Castillo (Ecuador) but imposes sanctions against the Ecuadorian Football Federation for a violation of the FIFA regulations" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 8 November 2022. Cite error: The named reference "ecuador_deduction" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
7. "FIFA Men's Ranking – October 2022 (FIFA)". FIFA.com. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.

• 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
• 2023 in South American football
• 2024 in South American football
• 2025 in South America
• FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)