This Saturday the draw for the South American Qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was held at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg. The event was led by FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and attended by the president of FIFA, Joseph Blatter. Colombia's president of the Colombian Football Federation, Luis Bedoya, and the national team coach José Néstor Pékerman were also present.

South American playoff will be against an Oceania rival in November 2017.

-Each team will play 18 matches: 9 at home and 9 away.

-In each double round, the teams will play one match at home and one away. They will never play two matches at home or two away.

Here is how the first round of the CONMEBOL qualifier will be played:

Matchday 1

Colombia vs. Peru

Chile vs. Brazil

Argentina vs. Ecuador

Venezuela vs. Paraguay

Bolivia vs. Uruguay

Matchday 2

Paraguay vs. Argentina

Brazil vs. Venezuela

Ecuador vs. Bolivia

Peru vs. Chile

Uruguay vs. Colombia

Matchday 3

Chile vs. Colombia

Argentina vs. Brazil

Ecuador vs. Uruguay

Bolivia vs. Venezuela

Peru vs. Paraguay

Matchday 4

Colombia vs. Argentina

Paraguay vs. Bolivia

Brazil vs. Selection 9

Venezuela vs. Ecuador

Uruguay vs. Peru

Matchday 5

Chile vs. Argentina

Brazil vs. Uruguay

Ecuador vs. Paraguay

Bolivia vs. Colombia

Peru vs. Venezuela

Matchday 6

Colombia vs. Ecuador

Paraguay vs. Brazil

Argentina vs. Bolivia

Venezuela vs. Chile

Uruguay vs. Peru

Matchday 7

Colombia vs. Venezuela

Paraguay vs. Chile

Argentina vs. Uruguay

Ecuador vs. Brazil

Bolivia vs. Perú

Matchday 8

Chile vs. Bolivia

Brasil vs. Colombia

Venezuela vs. Argentina

Peru vs. Ecuador

Uruguay vs. Paraguay

Matchday 9

Paraguay vs. Colombia

Brasil vs. Bolivia

Ecuador vs. Chile

Peru vs. Argentina

Uruguay vs. Venezuela

SECOND ROUND

Matchday 10

Colombia vs. Uruguay

Chile vs. Peru

Argentina vs. Paraguay

Venezuela vs. Brazil

Bolivia vs. Ecuador

Matchday 11

Colombia vs. Chile

Paraguay vs. Peru

Brasil vs. Argentina

Venezuela vs. Bolivia

Uruguay vs. Ecuador

Matchday 12

Chile vs. Uruguay

Argentina vs. Colombia

Ecuador vs. Venezuela

Bolivia vs. Paraguay

Peru vs. Brazil

Matchday 13

Colombia vs. Bolivia

Paraguay vs. Ecuador

Argentina vs. Chile

Venezuela vs. Peru

Uruguay vs. Brazil

Matchday 14

Chile vs. Venezuela

Brasil vs. Paraguay

Ecuador vs. Colombia

Bolivia vs. Argentina

Peru vs. Uruguay

Matchday 15

Chile vs. Paraguay

Brasil vs. Ecuador

Venezuela vs. Colombia

Peru vs. Bolivia

Uruguay vs. Argentina

Matchday 16

Colombia vs. Brasil

Paraguay vs. Uruguay

Argentina vs. Venezuela

Ecuador vs. Peru

Bolivia vs. Chile

Matchday 17

Colombia vs. Paraguay

Chile vs. Ecuador

Argentina vs. Peru

Venezuela vs. Uruguay

Bolivia vs. Brasil

Matchday 18

Paraguay vs. Venezuela

Brasil vs. Chile

Ecuador vs. Argentina

Peru vs. Colombia

Uruguay vs. Bolivia