On the same day and at the same time, Peru will play Paraguay and Colombia will play Venezuela. The third match will start at 07: 00 on June 10, when Argentina will play Chile again. At the same time, Brazil played Peru, Uruguay played Venezuela, Paraguay played Colombia and Chile played Argentina (the game didn't score for some reason).
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the South American preliminaries began, and the home and away round robin system was adopted. In March 2024, the top four in each group advanced to the knockout stage. The semi-finals and finals will be held in China and will be held in July 2024. The winner of the final directly qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
History of South American preliminaries
1, the seventh South American World Cup qualifier was held in 1966. * * Ten South American countries participated in the competition: Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela and Colombia. The competition adopts round robin system, and each team will compete with the other nine teams. In the end, Uruguay won the championship with a record of 7 wins, 2 draws 1 negative, Argentina won the second place and Brazil won the third place.
2. Historically, Brazil and Argentina played eight times in the South American preliminaries, during which Brazil never lost to Argentina at home. In addition, Brazil's last four preliminaries were unbeaten against Argentina with 2 wins and 2 draws. The last encounter was a 3-0 win at home on 20 16.