CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying | Now with the World Cup Finals expanding to 48 teams, as many as seven of the South American men’s national teams that make up the CONMEBOL teams will advance to the 2026 tournament, set for the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Six CONMEBOL teams qualify automatically, and a seventh team advances to a six-team inter-confederation playoff tournament and can qualify based on their results there.
The CONMEBOL process began in 2023 and involves a grueling 18-match round-robin schedule as each team plays all the other, both home and away. Now six matches remain, and as shocking it would be, Brazil could miss out if things don’t improve for them.
Colombia and Uruguay have shown signs of dangerous ability to score, Bolivia have made things interesting – and it’s Argentina dominating.
After 12 matchdays, let’s look at the standings and some sports betting insights about the teams and upcoming match dates.
CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying Update | Current Standings after Matchday 12
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*Ecuador had three points deducted for providing false passport information about a player in the previous World Cup qualification cycle
^Bolivia
They had a terrific chance to gain ground on Paraguay in Matchday 12 as Bolivia trailed by four points going into their match. Despite the fact that Bolivia had home advantage, they could not keep Paraguay out of their goal and settled for a 2-2 draw. The hosts went up, 1-0, just 15 minutes in as Ervin Vaca tallied. That lead held all the way to the 71st minute, when Miguel Almiron brought the visitors level.
Then things got out of hand as Miguel Terceros scored from the spot at the 80th minute. Bolivia and Paraguay each saw a player shown a red card in the next three minutes. Even so, Bolivia looked like they would take a key home victory until Julio Enciso brought the equalizer in extra time. Bolivia squandered 65% possession by giving up the lead twice. Holding onto that inter-confederation playoff spot is not certain with Venezuela lurking just a point behind.
^Venezuela
In fact, this team could have jumped past Bolivia in the standings, but they went down to Chile with a chance to bring a lesson to one of the table’s bottom-feeders. However, they came home on the wrong end of a 4-2 decision. Venezuela actually took the early lead as Jefferson Savarino scored in the 13th minute. Eduardo Vargas brought the hosts level seven minutes later as a scoring flurry erupted. Ruben Ramirez scored for Venezuela two minutes later, but then Chile benefited from an own-goal to make it 2-2 in the 29th minute.
Lucas Cepeda put Chile ahead in the 38th minute and then completed his brace two minutes past the intermission. Chile ended up with 62% possession; the teams were even on shots, 8-8, but Chile had the edge in shots on target, 5-3. Chile still are in contention for one of the CONMEBOL qualification spots, but can they push this offensive momentum into 2025?
^Ecuador
The team picked up a huge 1-0 win at Colombia to move level with them in the qualification table after Matchday 12. Enner Valdez scored the match’s only goal in the seventh goal, and even when Piero Hincapie was sent off for Ecuador in the 34th minute, the visitors were able to make that 1-0 lead stand. Colombia bombarded Ecuador with 25 shots, but most were from distance. They did put seven on frame, compared to just one for Ecuador, but Ecuador made their shot count. Colombia possessed for 67% of the game and forced five corners, but that pressure could not break through. Can Ecuador keep climbing?
^Brazil
The “Cariocas” struggled to a 1-1 home draw with Uruguay. The first half was scoreless, but then Federico Valverde put the visitors ahead in the 55th minute. Seven minutes later, Gerson brought Brazil level, and that was all the offense the match would provide. Brazil possessed for 62% of the match, completed 90% of their passes, and outshot Uruguay 18-8 (3-2 on target), but those statistics did not translate into dominance on the scoreboard. The win could have brought Brazil into the top two on the table, but that will have to wait for next year.
^Argentina
They hosted Peru in a battle between the top and bottom of the table, but Argentina were only able to get a 1-0 result. After a scoreless first half, Lautaro Martinez tallied in the 55th minute. The other statistics showed the real Argentine dominance as they possessed for 74% of the match and outshot the visitors, 10-2 (3-0 on target). They made almost three times as many passes as the visitors and completed 91% of them. Expect Argentina to keep dominating going into 2025.
^CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying: Remaining Schedule
- Matchday 13–March 20, 2025
- Paraguay vs Chile
- Brazil vs Colombia
- Peru vs Bolivia
- Uruguay vs Argentina
- Ecuador vs Venezuela
- Matchday 14–March 25, 2025
- Chile vs Ecuador
- Venezuela vs Peru
- Bolivia vs Uruguay
- Colombia vs Paraguay
- Argentina vs Brazil
- Matchday 15–June 4, 2025
- Colombia vs Peru
- Paraguay vs Uruguay
- Ecuador vs Brazil
- Venezuela vs Bolivia
- Chile vs Argentina
- Matchday 16–June 9, 2025
- Brazil vs Paraguay
- Uruguay vs Venezuela
- Peru vs Ecuador
- Argentina vs Colombia
- Bolivia vs Chile
- Matchday 17–September 9, 2025
- Paraguay vs Ecuador
- Argentina vs Venezuela
- Uruguay vs Peru
- Colombia vs Bolivia
- Brazil vs Chile
- Matchday 18–September 14, 2025
- Ecuador vs Argentina
- Chile vs Uruguay
- Bolivia vs Brazil
- Venezuela vs Colombia
- Peru vs Paraguay
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