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World Cup Qualifying 2026 - CONMEBOL

Ecuador has qualified for the World Cup with a unique achievement, recording eight 0:0 draws

Throughout the entire qualifying campaign, Ecuador kept a clean sheet in 12 of 17 matches, conceding only 5 goals – the fewest in the history of modern South American qualifiers. Ecuador officially booked their place at the World Cup after yet another 0:0 draw, their fourth in a row – a streak that has never before occurred in World Cup qualifying on any continent.
 
Totally didn't occur to me but the 5 South American nations have been confirmed. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia and Paraguay.

The one playoff spot is between Venezuela and Bolivia with the former 1 point ahead and the latter hosting Brazil in the final game. You'd expect Venezuela to make it.
 
Chile and Peru bottom 2. Feels good somehow given their arrogance towards us in the past.
 
What have Chile or Peru done to us in the big picture JS ? I can't recall but that their arrogance they expect to beat us the way I see it.
I like Chile being I know quite a few of them due to business and visiting Santiago quite a bit over the years.
 
LFC said:
What have Chile or Peru done to us in the big picture JS ? I can't recall but that their arrogance they expect to beat us the way I see it.
I like Chile being I know quite a few of them due to business and visiting Santiago quite a bit over the years.
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From memory, Peru's comments in the media surrounding both the 2018 WC fixture, and 2022 playoff to qualify echoed those of Uruguay in the 2001-2005 period.

Chile... not so sure to be honest. Am presuming pre-2014 WC (which, again from memory, there was some backtracks on that following the opening 2014 match).
 
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yes ok, the sth mericans always got the attitude the way I see it - in their blood compared to the aussie conservatives.
 
LFC said:
What have Chile or Peru done to us in the big picture JS ? I can't recall but that their arrogance they expect to beat us the way I see it.
I like Chile being I know quite a few of them due to business and visiting Santiago quite a bit over the years.
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As Nic said. Their attitude. Now to see them at the bottom feels good. Had we not started so poorly in Brazil we may have gone close. Peru's sentient before the playoff put an egg on their face.
 
NicCarBel

Post in thread '2026 UEFA WC Qualification'

Am doing this here first, as this is the one that will be most affected

Disclaimer* - bold nations are already qualified - confirmed for the playoff stage. These are SOLELY using the current standings of WCQ groups - the only exception will be the rest of AFC as this has not started (using seeds as the basis)

EDIT: Have updated as of 10 Sep 2025 AM AEST

Intercontinental Playoffs

  • Iraq (58)
  • Bolivia (80)
  • New Caledonia (150)
  • Congo DR (60)
  • El Salvador (88)
  • Curacao (84)

AFC
  • Japan (18)
  • Iran (21)
  • Uzbekistan...
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melbcityguy said:
Get in!

Who do they play next?
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Will be in the interncontinental playoffs.
Top 2 ranked nations are seeded to the final playoffs, with the other 4 drawn randomly into fixtures to determine who will play to two seeds.

Winners of those last two games qualify
 
NicCarBel said:
NicCarBel

Post in thread '2026 UEFA WC Qualification'

Am doing this here first, as this is the one that will be most affected

Disclaimer* - bold nations are already qualified - confirmed for the playoff stage. These are SOLELY using the current standings of WCQ groups - the only exception will be the rest of AFC as this has not started (using seeds as the basis)

EDIT: Have updated as of 10 Sep 2025 AM AEST

Intercontinental Playoffs

  • Iraq (58)
  • Bolivia (80)
  • New Caledonia (150)
  • Congo DR (60)
  • El Salvador (88)
  • Curacao (84)

AFC
  • Japan (18)
  • Iran (21)
  • Uzbekistan...
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Will be in the interncontinental playoffs.
Top 2 ranked nations are seeded to the final playoffs, with the other 4 drawn randomly into fixtures to determine who will play to two seeds.

Winners of those last two games qualify
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Stoked for them mate

They have the hardest home ground to play at in football
 
melbcityguy said:
Stoked for them mate

They have the hardest home ground to play at in football
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Probably how they got the win too

Assuming a 1 v (4v5) and 2 v (3v6) fixture for playoffs, using that projection, the playoffs will be:

Iraq v (Curacao v El Salvador)
Congo DR v (Bolivia v New Caledonia)ssuming a 1 v (4v5) and 2 v (3v6) fixture for playoffs, using that projection, the playoffs will be:
 
Wow Bolivia. Didn't realised they'd gone to USA 94.
 
Venezuela lost 6:3 at home to Colombia but had early goals. They surely weren't expecting Bolivia to win.
 
NicCarBel

Post in thread 'WC 2026 Seedings'

I can't be bothered looking for the original - will update and copypasta this post sometime tomorrow, and then again on Wednesday afternoon (after all qualifiers for this window are complete)

CURRENT PROJECTED QUALIFICATION SLOTS (based SOLELY off Current Group Standings, and then FIFA Rankings to decide playoff participants/winners/etc

Bold = already qualified for that stage/World Cup finals
Pots + rankings to come after work (and playoff paths, I might try and work that out too as best I can)

CURRENT as of 14/10/2025 3pm AEDT

CONCACAF
  1. USA (16)
  2. Canada...
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POT 1
  • USA
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • Argentina
  • France
  • England
  • Brazil
  • Portugal
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Germany
POT 2
  • Croatia
  • Morocco
  • Colombia
  • Uruguay
  • Switzerland
  • Japan
  • Senegal
  • Iran
  • Korea
  • Austria
  • Ecuador
  • Australia
POT 3
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Egypt
  • Algeria
  • Paraguay
  • Tunisia
  • Scotland
  • Ivory Coast
  • Uzbekistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
POT 4
  • Jordan
  • Cape Verde
  • Ghana
  • New Zealand
  • Haiti
  • Curacao
  • UEFA 1
  • UEFA 2
  • UEFA 3
  • UEFA 4
  • Intercontinental 1
  • Intercontinental 2
Intercontinental playoffs
SEEDED into Final Playoff:
  • Iraq
  • DR Congo
UNSEEDED - will playoff eachother, with the 2x winners each facing the Seeded nations for 2x spots into the World Cup
  • Jamaica
  • Suriname
  • Bolivia
  • New Caledonia
UEFA Playoffs
Pots for Playoff draw
POT 1POT 2POT 3POT 4
ItalyPolandRepublic of IrelandRomania
DenmarkWalesAlbaniaSweden
TurkeyCzechBosnia and HerzegovinaNorth Macedonia
UkraineSlovakiaKosovoNorthern Ireland
Round 1
Pot 1 v Pot 4 (single leg, home venue of Pot 1)
Pot 2 v Pot 3 (single leg, home venue of Pot 2)
Round 2
Winner of Matches 1 v Winner of Matches 2 (home venue determined by random draw)
 
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Intercontinental Playoff Simulations (finals only, given no Suriname and New Caledonia in games)

DR Congo v Jamaica


Iraq v Bolivia
 
Wonder how much traffic your videos will attack from the online 'African football experts'.
 
Somehow these intercontinental playoffs are perfect with teams that have been in and around the mix for years. Iraq just that bit off in Asia, Bolivia with the odd improvement but so tough in South America while DR Congo have many good players and now they're just about there.
 
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