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2026 World Cup Qualifying

By The Associated Press 23 min read

All Times EDT
SOUTH AMERICA
Top six teams qualify
Seventh place advances to playoff
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 0 9
Brazil 3 2 1 0 7 2 7
Colombia 3 1 2 0 3 2 5
Uruguay 3 1 1 1 6 5 4
Chile 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Venezuela 2 1 1 1 2 2 3
d-Ecuador 3 2 0 1 4 3 3
Paraguay 3 0 1 2 0 2 1
Peru 3 0 1 2 0 3 1
Bolivia 3 0 0 3 2 10 0

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Thursday, Oct. 12
At La Paz, Bolivia

Ecuador 2, Bolivia 1

At Barranquilla, Colombia

Colombia 2, Uruguay 2

At Cuiabá, Brazil

Brazil 1, Venezuela 1

At Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina 1, Paraguay 0

At Santiago, Chile

Chile 2, Peru 0

Tuesday, Oct. 17
At Maturín, Venezuela

Venezuela vs. Chile, 5 p.m.

At Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Paraguay vs. Bolivia, 7:30 p.m.

At Quito, Ecuador

Ecuador vs. Colombia, 7:30 p.m.

At Montevideo, Uruguay

Uruguay vs Brazil, 8 p.m.

At Lima, Peru

Peru vs. Argentina, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 16

Argentina vs. Uruguay

Bolivia vs. Peru

Chile vs. Paraguay

Colombia vs. Brazil

Venezuela vs. Ecuador

Tuesday, Nov. 21

Brazil vs. Argentina

Ecuador vs. Chile

Paraguay vs. Colombia

Peru vs. Venezuela

Uruguay vs. Bolivia

ASIA
First round
Home-and-home
Winners advance
First leg
Thursday, Oct. 12
At Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar 5, Macau 1

At Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal 1, Laos 1

At Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Taiwan 4, Timor-Leste 0

At Malé, Maldives

Maldives 1, Bangladesh 1

At Singapore

Singapore 2, Guam 1

At Hong Kong

Hong Kong 4, Bhutan 0

At Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia 6, Brunei 0

At Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cambodia 0, Pakistan 0

At Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Afghanistan 1, Mongolia 0

At Abha, Saudi Arabia

Yemen 3, Sri Lanka 0

Second leg
Tuesday, Oct. 17
At Dededo, Guam

Guam vs. Singapore, 12:45 a.m.

At Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Mongolia vs. Afghanistan, 3 a.m.

At Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka vs. Yemen, 5:30 a.m.

At Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan vs. Cambodia, 7 a.m.

At Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Timor-Leste vs. Taiwan, 7 a.m.

At Taipa, Macau

Macau vs. Myanmar, 7:30 a.m.

At Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladesh vs. Maldives, 7:45 a.m.

%At Thimphu, Bhutan

Bhutan vs. Hong Kong, 8 a.m.

At Vientiane, Laos

Laos vs. Nepal, 8 a.m.

At Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Brunei vs. Indonesia, 8:15 a.m.

SECOND ROUND
Top two teams in each group advance
GROUP A
GP W D L GF GA Pts
India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Afghanistan/Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP B
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macau/Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP C
GP W D L GF GA Pts
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam/Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP D
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwan/Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP E
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkemistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bhutan/Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP F
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brunei/Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP G
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambodia/Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP H
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utd Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laos/Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka/Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GROUP I
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bangladesh/Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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