Two huge footballing nations come head to head this week in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers.
Five-time World Cup winners Brazil will host the reigning World Champions, Argentina, at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday 21st November at a local time of 21:30. The fixture will kick-off in the early hours of Wednesday 22nd November for those in Europe.
FIFA World Cup 2026 qualification for the CONMEBOL region began in September 2023 and will run until September 2025.
There are ten participating countries from the region – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela – but only six spaces available to the FIFA World Cup 2026 finals.
Each country will play the nine others home and away in a round robin format. After all fixtures have been played, the top six will qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 finals in America, Canada and Mexico.
The nation in seventh place will go onto feature in the FIFA Play-Off Tournament against five teams from other regions in a bid for the two remaining places at the finals.