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World Cup growth has taken the sting off many South American qualifiers. With 14 of 18 rounds performed, all the large boys appear to be secure. Argentina clinched qualification Tuesday. Brazil and others may comply with in June.
However their locations on the 2026 get together aren’t fairly locked up. And beneath them, two nations who’ve by no means received a males’s World Cup recreation, Venezuela and Bolivia, are preventing for an opportunity to make historical past.
CONMEBOL World Cup berths: 6 (plus 1 intercontinental playoff berth)
World Cup qualifying format: Easy. Ten groups, in a single desk, play each other house and away. The highest six qualify for the World Cup. Seventh place earns a journey to the intercontinental playoff.
Standings | Schedule and outcomes
South America 2026 World Cup qualifying bubble
Certified: Argentina
Assured: Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay
Bubble: Venezuela, Bolivia
Lengthy pictures: Chile, Peru
Eradicated: None
Winners, losers of the March qualifiers in South America
Winner: Paraguay — What a window for La Albirroja! Paraguay took 4 factors, together with one on the highway in Colombia, and leapt into fifth place. Now, solely a calamitous closing stretch — and an unforeseeable cost from Bolivia or Venezuela — may deny Paraguay a spot in 2026.
Loser: Colombia — They’re going to most likely nonetheless qualify. However a heartbreaking loss in Brazil — to a 99th-minute Vinicius Jr. winner — and a blown lead at house to Paraguay have left Los Cafeteros solely 5 factors away from the intercontinental playoff spot.
Winner: Venezuela — A good, tense 1-0 win over Peru was sufficient to carry La Vinotinto into seventh place. In the event that they beat Bolivia on Matchday 15 at house — which they will be favored to do — they will have a four-point cushion.
