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Internationals

2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

South America Section

6 direct slots available, plus 1 play-off slot

Group A

Oct 12 – Barranquilla

Colombia 2 (James 35, Uribe 52)

Uruguay 2(Olivera 47, Nunez 90+1 pen)

Colombia: Vargas – S. Arias (Y. Mosquera 90), Cuesta, Sanchez, Fabra; Uribe (Rios 67), Barrios; Borre (Sinisterra 80), J. Arias (Montero 90), Diaz; James (Carrascal 81).

Sent off: Vargas 87.

Uruguay: Mele – Nandez (De Arrascaeta 61), R. Araujo, S. Caceres, Piquerez (M. Olivera 46); Ugarte (M. Araujo 72), Valverde; Pellistri (C. Olivera 46), De la Cruz, B. Rodriguez (Vecino 72); Nunez.

Oct 12 – La Paz

Bolivia1 (Ramallo 83)

Ecuador 2 (Paez 45, Rodriguez 90+6)

Bolivia: Viscarra – Medina (Miranda 81), H. Cuellar, Haquin, Jo. Sagredo, Roca; Arrascaita (H. Vaca 46), Justiniano (R. Vaca 70), Villarroel (Cespedes 67); Abrego (Ramallo 46), Martins.

Ecuador: Ramirez – Torres, Pacho, Hincapie, Chavez (B. Caicedo 78); Ortiz, M. Caicedo; Paez (Rodriguez 78), Cifuentes (Gruezo 56), Valencia; J. Caicedo (Preciado 56).

Oct 12 – Buenos Aires

Argentina1 (Otamendi 3)

Paraguay 0

Argentina: Martinez – Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul (Lo Celso 90+4), Fernandez (Paredes 80), Mac Allister; Gonzalez (Ocampos 90+4), La. Martinez, Alvarez (Messi 53).

Paraguay: Coronel – Balbuena, Gomez, Alonso (Villalba 76); Ramirez (R. Rojas 46), Campuzano (Ojeda 71), Sanchez, Espinoza; Almiron (Avalos 86), Bareiro (Sanabria 70), Sosa.

Oct 12 – Santiago

Chile 2 (Valdes 74, Nunez 90+1)

Peru 0

Chile: Cortes – Catalan (Diaz13), Medel, Maripan (Fernandez 46), Suazo; Mendez (Aranguiz 80), Pulgar; Echeverria, Valdes (Nunez 89), Brereton Diaz (Aravena 80); Sanchez.

Peru: Gallese – Corzo (Reyna 79), Zambrano (Santamaria 68), Abram, Trauco (Cartagena 68); Aquino, Yotun; Advincula, Gonzales (Carrillo 68), Polo (Lopez 46); Guerrero.

Oct 12 – Cuiaba

Brazil1 (Gabriel 50)

Venezuela1 (Bello 85)

Brazil: Ederson – Danilo (Couto 42), Marquinhos, Gabriel, Arana; Guimaraes (Gerson 79), Casemiro (Andre 79); Rodrygo, Neymar, ViniciusJunior (Cunha 79); Richarlison (Jesus 59).

Venezuela: Romo – Gonzalez, Osorio, Angel, Makoun; Machis (Soteldo 58), Herrera (Casseres 46), Rincon (Moreno 67), Sosa (Bello 79); Cordova (Savarino 46), Rondon.

Oct 17 – Maturin

Venezuela 3 (Soteldo 45+1, Rondon 72, Machis 79)

Chile 0

Venezuela: Romo – Gonzalez, Osorio, Angel, Navarro; Bello (Casseres 46), Jose Martinez (Moreno 65), Herrera (Rincon 57); Sosa (Machis 57), Rondon (Josef Martinez 87), Soteldo.

Chile: Cortes – Loyola, Medel, Diaz, Suazo; Mendez (Davila 68), Echeverria, Aranguiz (Nunez 46); Valdes (Osorio 22, Alarcon 81), Sanchez, Brereton Diaz (Aravena 68).

Sent off: Nunez 59.

Oct 17 – Asuncion

Paraguay1 (Sanabria 69)

Bolivia 0

Paraguay: Coronel – Espinola (R. Rojas 67), Gomez, Alderete, Espinoza; Villasanti, Campuzano; Almiron, Romero (Avalos 61), Sosa (Villalba 45+2); Bareiro (Sanabria 67).

Bolivia: Viscarra – Medina, H. Cuellar (Chura 46), Haquin, Jo. Sagredo, Roca (Suarez 81); H. Vaca (Cespedes 81), Bejarano (Abrego 81), Villarroel; Ramallo (Villamil 46), Martins.

Oct 17 – Quito

Ecuador 0

Colombia 0

Ecuador: Ramirez – Torres, Pacho, Hincapie; Preciado (Hurtado 85), Paez (Mena 74), Gruezo, M. Caicedo, Chavez; Valencia (J. Caicedo 88), Rodriguez (Julio 74).

Colombia: Montero – Y. Mosquera (Ditta 86), Cuesta, Sanchez, Machado; Uribe (Rios 75), Castano (Barrios 88);J. Arias,James, Diaz; Borre (Duran 75).

Oct 17 – Montevideo

Uruguay 2(Nunez 42, De la Cruz 77)

Brazil 0

Uruguay: Rochet – Nandez (Mendez 68), R. Araujo, S. Caceres, M. Olivera (Vina 84); Valverde, Ugarte; Pellistri (Piquerez 88), De la Cruz, M. Araujo (Vecino 87); Nunez.

Brazil: Ederson – Couto (Neres 73), Marquinhos, Gabriel, Augusto (Arana 73); Casemiro, Guimaraes (Veiga 84); Rodrygo, Neymar (Richarlison 45+4), ViniciusJunior (Cunha 84); Jesus.

Oct 17 – Lima

Peru 0

Argentina 2 (Messi 32, 42)

Peru: Gallese – Advincula, Santamaria (Tapia 46), Abram, Loyola (Trauco 46); Polo (Grimaldo 46), Cartagena, Yotun, Zanelatto (Pena 67); Carrillo; Guerrero (Reyna 46).

Argentina: Martinez – Montiel (Martinez Quarta 34), Romero (Pezzella 46), Otamendi, Tagliafico (Acuna 78); De Paul (Lo Celso 78), Mac Allister, Fernandez; Messi, Alvarez (La. Martinez 78), Gonzalez.

*Deducted 3 points

ASIA Section

8 direct slots available, plus 1 play-off slot

First Round –1st Leg

Oct 12 – Dushanbe

Afghanistan1 (Sharza 60)

Mongolia 0

Oct 12 – Male

Maldives1 (Nazeem 87)

Bangladesh1 (Saad 90+2)

Oct 12 – Singapore

Singapore 2(Van Huizen 35, Mahler 41)

Guam1 (Cunliffe 90)

Oct 12 – Khamis Mushait

Yemen 3 (Maher 33, Al Gahwashi 67, Al Matari 90+3)

Sri Lanka 0

Oct 12 – Yangon

Myanmar 5 (Lwin Moe Aung 39, 90+5, Soe Moe Kyaw 62, Aung Kaung Mann 81, Nay Moe Naing 90+1)

Macau1 (Torrao 55)

Oct 12 – Phnom Penh

Cambodia 0

Pakistan 0

Oct 12 – Kaohsiung

Chinese Taipei 4 (Yu Yao-hsing 4, 60, Chen Ting-yang 57, Ko Yu-ting 88)

Timor-Leste 0

Oct 12 –Jakarta

Indonesia 6 (Dimas 7, 72, 90+2, Ridho12, Sananta 63 pen, 67)

Brunei 0

Oct 12 – Hong Kong

Hong Kong 4 (Udebuluzor10,16, Chan 28, Norbu 35 og)

Bhutan 0

Oct 12 – Kathmandu

Nepal1 (Bista 48)

Laos1 (Bounkong 33)

First Round – 2nd Leg

Oct 17 – Ulaanbaatar

Mongolia 0

Afghanistan1 (Noor 72)

Afghanistan win 2-0 on aggregate

Oct 17 – Dhaka

Bangladesh 2 (Rakib11, Fahim 46)

Maldives1 (Aisam 36)

Bangladesh win 3-2 on aggregate

Oct 17 – Dededo

Guam 0

Singapore1 (Shawal 81)

Singapore win 3-1

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