US EditionUruguay, Colombia, Paraguay Qualify for 2026 World Cup
Colombia ended an eight-year absence from the FIFA World Cup by securing fifth place with a 3-0 win over Bolivia in South American qualifiers, earning a spot in 2026.
- On Thursday, Colombia national team beat Bolivia national team 3-0 on Matchday 17 to secure a place at the 2026 World Cup, confirming fifth place in the standings.
- CONMEBOL's qualifying system grants six automatic berths with one inter-continental playoff slot, while Venezuela national team has 18 points and Bolivia national team 17 in tight standings.
- In the 31st minute James Rodriguez opened scoring, while Jhon Cordoba scored in the 74th minute and Juan Fernando Quintero added the third to complete Colombia's 3-0 win.
- In the next-to-last qualifying round, Uruguay national team and Colombia national team secured World Cup spots with 3-0 wins, Paraguay national team qualified with a 0-0 draw, and Peru national team's loss eliminated them.
- With one matchday left, the battle for playoff qualification is nearly settled; seventh place grants the inter-continental playoff berth, with remaining South American teams contesting that slot.
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Barranquilla (Colombia), 4 Sep (EFE).- Colombia will return to a football World Cup after having missed the appointment in Qatar four years ago and Barranquilla, a city that has hosted the national combined in six of the seven times that won the World Cup square, witnessed this Thursday the new achievement with a 3-0 victory against Bolivia. The party was on at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium since two in the afternoon when they allowe…
Colombia sealed off its 2026 World Cup ranking this Thursday by 3-0 beating Bolivia in the penultimate day of the South American Qualifiers, ending the viacrucis that had become the search for a quota for the World Cup of Mexico, the United States and Canada. In the absence of a day for the closure of the Qualifiers, the coffee team, led by Argentine Néstor Lorenzo, occupies fifth place with 25 points, seven more than Venezuela, which is in seve…
With goals by James Rodríguez, John Córdoba and Juan Fernando Quintero, Néstor Lorenzo's team found in Barranquilla to those of the altiplano and ensures its direct ranking to the World Cup of 2026
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