2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 October 2025 – 9 June 2026 |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Leicy Santos (3 goals) |
| All statistics correct as of 2 December 2025. | |
The 2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League (Spanish: 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina) is the inaugural edition of the CONMEBOL Women's Nations League, an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONMEBOL. It will be held from 24 October 2025 to 9 June 2026.
The tournament serves as the CONMEBOL qualifiers to the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. The top two teams will qualify for the Women's World Cup and will join Brazil, which qualified automatically as host. The next two best-placed teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[1][2]
Background
On 12 December 2024, following a CONMEBOL Council meeting, it was announced the creation of the South American Women's qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup starting with the 2027 edition in Brazil.[3][4] This new tournament would be CONMEBOL's new qualification pathway for FIFA's top women's national team tournament, replacing the Copa América Femenina, which from its first edition in 1991 (then called the South American Women's Football Championship) until the 2022 edition had been the competition that determined CONMEBOL's representatives to the FIFA Women's World Cup.[5][6]
The tournament was officially launched on 19 July 2025 and it was formally named the CONMEBOL Women's Nations League, confirming the start date for after the 2025 Copa América Femenina.[7]
Format
The competition format consists of a single round-robin tournament in which the 9 teams play each other once, with each team playing 4 home and 4 away matches for a total of 8 matches per team in 9 matchdays. Considering that Brazil will not participate as they are automatically qualified for the 2027 Women's World Cup as host, there will be one team left out in each matchday.[1][8]
The fixtures were determined by a draw held on 31 July 2025, 14:00 PYT (UTC−3). Pot 1 contained the nine teams entering qualification, and Pot 2 contained positions 1–9. Each team was drawn to one of the nine positions (E1–E9), thus defining the order of the matches in the predetermined schedule.[9]
Entrants
9 national teams from CONMEBOL will enter qualification.
| Draw position |
Team | FIFA Rankings[a] |
|---|---|---|
| E1 | Paraguay | 45 |
| E2 | Peru | 77 |
| E3 | Bolivia | 105 |
| E4 | Colombia | 18 |
| E5 | Chile | 39 |
| E6 | Venezuela | 48 |
| E7 | Argentina | 32 |
| E8 | Ecuador | 67 |
| E9 | Uruguay | 63 |
Schedule
The predetermined schedule was completed once the draw was made. The qualifying matches will be held on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar with at least 3 days of rest between matches.[9]
There will be a total of nine matchdays, four of them to be played in 2025 and five in 2026.[1][11]
| Matchday | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 24 October 2025 | [12][13] [14][15] |
| Matchday 2 | 28 October 2025 | |
| Matchday 3 | 28 November 2025 | [16][17] [18] |
| Matchday 4 | 2 December 2025 | |
| Matchday 5 | 10 April 2026 | |
| Matchday 6 | 14 April 2026 | |
| Matchday 7 | 18 April 2026 | |
| Matchday 8 | 5 June 2026 | |
| Matchday 9 | 9 June 2026 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 8 | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup | — | 14 Apr | — | 0–0 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 18 Apr | |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | — | — | 18 Apr | — | — | 3–1 | 5 Jun | — | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7[a] | Inter-confederation play-offs | 10 Apr | — | — | 14 Apr | — | — | 4–1 | 5 Jun | — | |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7[a] | — | 10 Apr | — | — | 5 Jun | 1–0 | — | — | 5–0 | ||
| 5 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 0–0 | 9 Jun | 1–2 | — | — | — | 18 Apr | — | — | ||
| 6 | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 1–2 | — | 9 Jun | — | 10 Apr | — | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 7 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | — | — | — | 3–1 | — | 14 Apr | — | 10 Apr | 9 Jun | ||
| 8 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 9 Jun | 2–2 | — | 18 Apr | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | — | — | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 5 Jun | — | 14 Apr | — |
Notes:
Matches
Matchday 1
| Bolivia | 0–4 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
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| Venezuela | 0–0 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Argentina | 3–1 | Paraguay |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Barreto 45+2' |
Matchday 2
| Chile | 5–0 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Uruguay | 2–2 | Argentina |
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| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
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| Paraguay | 1–2 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Chamorro 37' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Ecuador | 1–2 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Bolaños 52' (pen.) | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 3
| Peru | 3–1 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
|
Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
López 41' |
| Bolivia | 1–1 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Turihuano 46' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Rodríguez 76' |
| Paraguay | 1–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| C. Martínez 90+6' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Ecuador | 0–0 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 4
| Uruguay | 0–0 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Venezuela | 6–0 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Argentina | 8–0 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Chile | 1–0 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Aedo 33' | Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 5
| Peru | Match 17 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Chile | Match 20 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 6
| Peru | Match 21 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Bolivia | Match 22 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Colombia | Match 24 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 7
| Uruguay | Match 27 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 8
| Argentina | Match 30 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
| Chile | Match 32 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Matchday 9
| Peru | Match 33 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL) |
Goalscorers
There have been 50 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match (as of 2 December 2025).
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Francisca Altgelt
- Agostina Holzheier
- Annika Paz
- Sonia Turihuano
- Yanara Aedo
- Yastin Jiménez
- Fernanda Pinilla
- Ivonne Chacón
- Gabriela Rodríguez
- Milagro Barahona
- Nayely Bolaños
- Stefany Cedeño
- Karen Flores
- Mayerli Rodríguez
- Liz Barreto
- Lice Chamorro
- Claudia Martínez
- Raquel Bilcape
- Luz Campoverde
- Alesia García
- Pierina Núñez
- Belén Aquino
- Stephanie Lacoste
- Raiderlin Carrasco
- Deyna Castellanos
- Génesis Flórez
- Bárbara Martínez
Notes
- ^ The Bolivia v Colombia match, originally scheduled to be played at Estadio Municipal de El Alto, El Alto,[18] was relocated to Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz by decision of the Bolivian Football Federation.[19][20]
- ^ The Ecuador v Venezuela match, originally scheduled to be played at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito,[18] was relocated to Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito due to the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado was reserved for a match between LDU Quito and Independiente del Valle for the 2025 LigaPro Serie A.[21][22]
- ^ The Argentina v Bolivia match, originally scheduled at 18:00 local time,[17] was rescheduled to 20:00 local time.[18]
References
- ^ a b c "MANUAL DE SELECCIONES CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina 2025-26" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 13 July 2025.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 dates confirmed". Inside FIFA. FIFA. 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Clasificatorias Sudamericanas para la Copa Mundial Femenina 2027" [South American Qualifiers for the Women's World Cup 2027] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Conmebol anunció la creación de un nuevo formato de clasificación para el Mundial Femenino de Brasil 2027" [Conmebol announced the creation of a new qualification format for the Women's World Cup Brazil 2027] (in Spanish). Doble Amarilla. 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Copa América Femenina 2025: Key information, top contenders and how to watch". www.nytimes.com. The Athletic. 11 July 2025.
- ^ "History of the Copa América Femenina" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 8 July 2022.
- ^ "CONMEBOL lanza la Liga de Naciones Femenina: torneo clasificatorio a la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2027" [CONMEBOL launches the Liga de Naciones Femenina: qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Conmebol adds Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying tournament to calendar". Inside World Football. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Sorteo de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina 2025-26" [Draw for the 2025-26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 July 2025.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Fixture de jornadas 1 y 2 – CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 September 2025.
- ^ "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Fechas 1 y 2 de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 October 2025.
- ^ "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "Jornada 3 y 4 de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2025.
- ^ a b "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS Departamento de Competiciones y Operaciones Versión 29-oct-2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "CONMEBOL LIGA DE NACIONES FEMENINA 2025-26 CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS Departamento de Competiciones y Operaciones Versión 07-nov-2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Huérfano, Jhon (20 November 2025). "Oficial: Bolivia - Colombia por Liga de Naciones, cambió de estadio" [Official: Bolivia vs. Colombia Nations League match venue changed] (in Spanish). Antena 2.
- ^ Siles, Ramiro (26 November 2025). "Dos años despúes una selección de Bolivia jugará en el Siles" [Two years later, a Bolivian national team will play at the Siles Stadium] (in Spanish). Premium.
- ^ "Cambio de escenario en un partido de la CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2025.
- ^ "La Tri Femenina será local en el estadio Olímpico Atahualpa" [La Tri Femenina will play at home at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa] (in Spanish). Radio La Red. 20 August 2025.
External links
- Official website at CONMEBOL.com