2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

On 22 August 2022, CONMEBOL sent a request to FIFA asking to keep the current qualification format that had been used since the 1998 World Cup qualification 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, Rwanda. The qualification structure remained the same as in previous editions (despite the increase of slots available to CONMEBOL teams), wherein each team played each other team twice in a home-and-away round-robin format. Prior to the commencement of the qualification competition, Ecuador were deducted 3 points for the use of a document containing false information for Byron Castillo in the previous World Cup qualification cycle. ==Schedule==

The qualifying matches were held on a total of 18 matchdays on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar. The match schedule was same that was used in the previous edition of the competition. Six matchdays were played in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025. ==Entrants==

All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification. ==Standings==

Matchday 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 4 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 5 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 6 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 7 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 8 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 9 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 10 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 11 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 12 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 13 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 14 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 15 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 17 ---- ---- ---- ---- Matchday 18 ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Inter-confederation play-offs==

The seventh-place team, Bolivia, joined DR Congo (from CAF), Iraq (from AFC), Jamaica and Suriname (both from CONCACAF), and New Caledonia (from OFC) in the inter-confederation play-offs. The teams were ranked according to the November 2025 FIFA Men's World Ranking, with the four lowest-ranked teams playing in two matches. The winners met the two highest-ranked teams in another set of matches, with the winners of these matches qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. ==Qualified teams==

The following teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament. ==Goalscorers==

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions: • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious infractions) • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches) The following suspensions were served during qualification: ==Notes==