2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League
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The 2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League (Spanish: 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina) was 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 was held from 24 October 2025 to 9 June 2026.
Colombia (1st title)
Argentina| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 24 October 2025 – 9 June 2026 |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Colombia (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Argentina |
| Third place |  Venezuela |
| Fourth place |  Ecuador |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Goals scored | 110 (3.06 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Claudia Martínez(6 goals) |
The tournament served as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil. The top two teams, Colombia and Argentina, qualified for the Women's World Cup and will join Brazil, which qualified automatically as hosts. The next two best-placed teams, Venezuela and Ecuador, advanced 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 qualifier 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 consisted of a single round-robin tournament in which the nine teams played each other once, with each team playing four home and four away matches for a total of eight matches per team in nine matchdays. Brazil did not participate as they were automatically qualified for the 2027 Women's World Cup as hosts, so there was 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
Nine national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification. Brazil were excluded as they had automatically qualified to the 2027 Women's World Cup as hosts.
Schedule
The predetermined schedule was completed once the draw was made. The qualifying matches were held on dates that fell within the FIFA International Match Calendar, with at least three days of rest between matches.[9]
There were a total of nine matchdays, four in 2025 and five in 2026.[1][11]
| Matchday | Date | Ref. |
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| 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 | [19][20][21] |
| Matchday 6 | 14 April 2026 | |
| Matchday 7 | 18 April 2026 | |
| Matchday 8 | 5 June 2026 | [22][23][24] |
| Matchday 9 | 9 June 2026 |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Colombia (C) |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 20 | 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup | — | — | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | Argentina |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 18 | 0–0 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | — | 8–0 | ||
| 3 | Venezuela |
8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 12 | Inter-confederation play-offs | — | 1–2 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 0–0 | — | 8–0 | |
| 4 | Ecuador |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Peru |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 6 | Paraguay |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 10 | 3–4 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 7 | Chile |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | — | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 5–0 | ||
| 8 | Uruguay |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–3 | — | — | ||
| 9 | Bolivia |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 40 | −38 | 1 | 1–1 | — | — | 0–4 | — | 0–8 | — | 1–2 | — |
Matches
Matchday 1
| Bolivia | 0–4 | Ecuador |
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| Argentina | 3–1 | Paraguay |
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Barreto  45+2' |
Matchday 2
| Uruguay | 2–2 | Argentina |
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| Ecuador | 1–2 | Colombia |
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| Bolaños 52' (pen.) |
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Matchday 3
| Peru | 3–1 | Chile |
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López 41' |
| Bolivia | 1–1 | Colombia |
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| Turihuano 46' |
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Rodríguez 76' |
Matchday 4
| Venezuela | 6–0 | Peru |
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Matchday 5
| Peru | 2–1 | Uruguay |
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González 25' (pen.) |
| Paraguay | 2–0 | Ecuador |
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Matchday 6
| Peru | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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| Campoverde 51' |
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Tacilla  18' (o.g.) |
| Bolivia | 1–2 | Uruguay |
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| Veizaga 78' |
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Pizarro 61', 87' |
| Venezuela | 1–2 | Argentina |
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| Olivieri 86' |
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Matchday 7
| Ecuador | 1–0 | Peru |
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| Bolaños 77' (pen.) |
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| Venezuela | 8–0 | Bolivia |
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| Flórez 2' García 45+1'Olivieri 45+8'Martinet 52', 75'Moreno 68', 90+1'Castellanos 84' (pen.) |
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Matchday 8
| Bolivia | 0–8 | Paraguay |
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| Argentina | 1–1 | Peru |
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| Diz 75' |
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Cox 85' |
Matchday 9
| Paraguay | 3–4 | Colombia |
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Goalscorers
There were 110 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 3.06 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Nayely Bolaños
Lice Chamorro
Luz Campoverde- Alesia García
Pamela González
Deyna Castellanos- Gabriela García
2 goals
Aldana Cometti- Paulina Gramaglia
- Agostina Holzheier
- Kishi Núñez
- Maricel Pereyra
Sonya Keefe- Nayadet López
- Vaitiare Pardo
Linda Caicedo- Ana María Guzmán
- Daniela Montoya
- Gisela Robledo
- Sandra Arévalo
- Esperanza Pizarro
- Génesis Flórez
- Enyerliannys Higuera
- Lou Martinet
- Lourdes Moreno
- Bárbara Olivieri
1 goal
- Francisca Altgelt
- Mercedes Diz
- Annika Paz
Sonia Turihuano- Cielo Veizaga
- Yanara Aedo
- Yastin Jiménez
- Lesly Olivares
- Fernanda Pinilla
- Mary Valencia
- Ivonne Chacón
- Marcela Restrepo
- Gabriela Rodríguez
- Manuela Vanegas
- Milagro Barahona
- Justine Cuadra
- Stefany Cedeño
- Karen Flores
- Mayerli Rodríguez
- Camila Arrieta
- Monserrath Ayala
- Liz Barreto
- Rebeca Fernández
- Griselda Garay
- Dulce Quintana
- Cindy Ramos
- Raquel Bilcape
- Grace Cagnina
- Cherrie Cox
- Pierina Núñez
- Belén Aquino
- Stephanie Lacoste
- Raiderlin Carrasco
- Verónica Herrera
- Bárbara Martínez
1 own goal
- Yomira Tacilla (against Paraguay)
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.[25][26]
- The Ecuador v Venezuela match, originally scheduled to be played at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito,[18] was relocated to Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito as the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado was reserved for a match between LDU Quito and Independiente del Valle for the 2025 LigaPro Serie A.[27][28]