The eighth round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers concluded with defending champion Argentina losing to Copa America 2024 runner-up Colombia and Paraguay achieving a historic win over five-time world champion Brazil.
The Canary Squad will next face Chile away from home before hosting Peru during the upcoming international break.
With the tournament expanded to 48 teams, the top six finishers in South American qualifying, which has a single group, will earn a spot in the finals. The team finishing seventh in qualifying will enter an inter-confederation playoff, while the bottom three teams will be eliminated.
Brazil coach Dorival Junior will want better outing from his team in the next two matches, otherwise it will become very stiff for it to get a direct qualification slot.
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Here’s the current standings in the FIFA World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers seventh round points table:
Points Table
| Sr. No | Teams | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | Argentina | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Uruguay | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Colombia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| 7 | Paraguay | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| 9 | Chile | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 |
| 10 | Peru | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
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