The new qualification process begins this month World Cup 2026. The 10 participating Conmebol teams fight for one of the 6.5 places awarded by the competition.
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The first double date of the South American qualifiers will take place between Thursday, September 7th and Tuesday, September 12th. Photo: Conmebol
The South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are just around the corner. The new qualification process begins in the second week of September Conmebol, heading to the next World Cup, a competition in which the region’s ten teams will compete for one of the six and a half available spots. In recent days, several of these teams have defined their roster lists, which you can view in this note.
South American Qualification 2026: Latest news and squad lists
Which players has Brazil nominated?
This is the squad list for the first double qualifying round presented by coach Fernando Diniz. However, striker Vinícius Jr. is out due to injury, so Raphinha will be in his place. Photo: CBF
Squad list Argentina
Last Thursday, La Albiceleste presented the squad list with which they will start qualifying to defend their World Cup title. Photo: Argentina national team
When do the 2026 South American qualifiers start?
The first double date of the South American qualifiers will take place between Thursday, September 7th and Tuesday, September 12th. Photo: Conmebol
Paraguay submitted its list of those summoned
This Friday, coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto defined his list of 26 players who will be called up for the first double qualifying round. Photo: La Albirroja
Which teams have already submitted their squad list?
The Conmebol teams whose squad lists have already been defined include Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay. The other countries also presented preliminary salary statements, which will be refined in the coming days. Photo: LR/EFE composition
Follow coverage of the South American qualifiers here
Welcome to the coverage of the latest news in the South American qualification for the 2026 World Cup. A week before the start of the qualification process, the participating teams determine their squad lists and in La República Deportes you can find out about each individual team, in addition to the latest news.
When do the 2026 South American qualifiers start?
The first date of South American Qualifier 2026 It will take place between Thursday, September 7th and Friday, September 8th. The Paraguay vs Peru game will be the one that starts this new process.
Schedule South America Qualifiers 2026
This is the date for the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The first six rounds will take place in 2023.
Date 1
- Uruguay-Chile
- Colombia – Venezuela
- Brazil – Bolivia
- Paraguay-Peru
- Argentina-Ecuador.
date 2
- Peru – Brazil
- Venezuela-Paraguay
- Bolivia – Argentina
- Chile – Colombia
- Ecuador-Uruguay.
Date 3
- Colombia – Uruguay
- Brazil-Venezuela
- Bolivia-Ecuador
- Argentina-Paraguay
- Chile-Peru.
Date 4
- Uruguay – Brazil
- Peru – Argentina
- Venezuela – Chile
- Paraguay – Bolivia
- Ecuador – Colombia.
Date 5
- Colombia – Brazil
- Venezuela-Ecuador
- Bolivia – Peru
- Argentina – Uruguay
- Chile – Paraguay.
Date 6
- Uruguay – Bolivia
- Peru – Venezuela
- Brazil – Argentina
- Paraguay – Colombia
- Ecuador – Chile.
Date 7
- Uruguay – Paraguay
- Peru – Colombia
- Brazil – Ecuador
- Bolivia – Venezuela
- Argentina – Chile.
Date 8
- Colombia – Argentina
- Venezuela – Uruguay
- Paraguay – Brazil
- Chile – Bolivia
- Ecuador – Peru.
Date 9
- Peru – Uruguay
- Venezuela – Argentina
- Bolivia – Colombia
- Chile – Brazil
- Ecuador – Paraguay.
Date 10
- Uruguay – Ecuador
- Colombia – Chile
- Brazil – Peru
- Paraguay – Venezuela
- Argentina – Bolivia.
Date 11
- Uruguay – Colombia
- Peru – Chile
- Venezuela – Brazil
- Paraguay – Argentina
- Ecuador – Bolivia.
Date 12
- Colombia – Ecuador
- Brazil – Uruguay
- Bolivia – Paraguay
- Argentina – Peru
- Chile – Venezuela.
Date 13
- Uruguay – Argentina
- Peru – Bolivia
- Brazil – Colombia
- Paraguay – Chile
- Ecuador-Venezuela.
Date 14
- Colombia – Paraguay
- Venezuela-Peru
- Bolivia – Uruguay
- Argentina Brazil
- Chile-Ecuador.
Date 15
- Colombia – Peru
- Venezuela – Bolivia
- Paraguay-Uruguay
- Chile-Argentina
- Ecuador – Brazil.
date 16
- Uruguay-Venezuela
- Peru-Ecuador
- Brazil – Paraguay
- Bolivia – Chile
- Argentina – Colombia.
date 17
- Uruguay-Peru
- Colombia – Bolivia
- Brazil – Chile
- Paraguay-Ecuador
- Argentina – Venezuela.
date 18
- Peru – Paraguay
- Venezuela – Colombia
- Bolivia – Brazil
- Chile – Uruguay
- Ecuador – Argentina.
Where to watch the 2026 South American qualifiers?
You can watch the 2026 South America qualifiers on these channels depending on which country you are in.
- Argentina: TyC Sports, public television
- Bolivia: Bolivian football broadcaster
- Brazil: to be confirmed
- Chile: Chilevision, Paramount+, Pluto TV
- Colombia: Caracol TV, RCN
- Ecuador: The Football Channel
- Paraguay: GEN
- Peru: ATV, América TV, Movistar Deportes
- Uruguay: ONTV, DSports
- Venezuela: to be confirmed.