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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 CONMEBOL.
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa suðameɾiˈkana]; Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana [ˈkɔpɐ ˈsulɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ]), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. [1]
On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that matches on matchdays 1–2 due to take place in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed. [ 16 ] On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs , originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYT at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. [ 23 ] [ 29 ] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg.
[4] The ratification of slot allocation also gives the OFC a guaranteed berth in the final tournament for the first time in FIFA World Cup history: the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the first tournament in which all six confederations have at least one guaranteed berth.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYT at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg.
The draw of the tournament was held on 12 July 2016, 20:00 CLT , at the Espacio Riesco Convention and Events Center in Huechuraba, Chile. [3] [4] [5] For the first stage, the 32 teams were divided into two zones: [6] South Zone: The 16 teams from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay were drawn into eight ties.
The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ().