After a victory against soccer record world champion Brazil, Bolivia can continue to dream of the first World Cup participation in 32 years.
Bolivia secured the last remaining playoff place in the South American World Cup qualification with a 1-0 (1: 0) victory against Brazil with starting coach Carlo Ancelotti. At over 4,000 meters in El Alto, Miguel marked “Miguelito” Terceros (45.+4, penalty) in the last qualification game for the World Cup.
Due to the victory, Bolivia passed Venezuela to seventh place, which had previously been a point in front and lost 3: 6 in the parallel game in Colombia. Venezuela falls back to eighth place, missing the playoffs and thus also the chance of participating in the World Cup.
Also new caledonia at the playoffs
Bolivia, on the other hand, took part in the intercontinental playoffs in March 2026 in North America, where six teams play for two remaining World Cup tickets in a knockout tournament. Her last World Cup participation was in the United States in 1994.
Neukaledonia (Oceania) also has its starting place for the playoffs, while Africa and Asia each send a representative and the region of North and Central America (Concacaf). The two nations in the FIFA ranking are set for the final and meet the winners of the semi-finals.
Brazil in 5th place – Venezuela, Peru and Chile are not included
Defending champion Argentina lost 0-1 on the last match day against Ecuador without superstar Lionel Messi, but remains group winner ahead of Ecuador (2nd), Colombia (3rd) and Uruguay (4th). Brazil ends the qualification in 5th place ahead of Paraguay, which is directly qualified as the last team. Venezuela (8th), Peru (9th) and Chile (10th) did not qualify for the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico in the coming summer.