On the threshold of the third term of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup (October next year), Argentina and Brazil are going in perfect rhythm, with two victories in as many matches. The traditional forces are the only ones with six points in the ranking. It’s a sensational start for two teams who happen to be the last world champions from the Conmebol area. The Auriverdes lifted the FIFA trophy in Japan and South Korea in 2022, and the Albicelestes in Qatar 2022.

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In the case of the custodians of both teams at the ongoing World Cup, Colombia and Uruguay, the coffee producers’ best performances are recent, reaching the quarter-finals at the 2014 World Cup, reaching the round of 16 in Russia 2018 and missing out. in the 2022 competition; The Charrúas were semi-finalists in South Africa in 2010, were knocked out in the second round in Brazil in 2014, and four years later ran out of gas in their run to the semi-finals when they lost to eventual monarchs France. In Qatar 2022, the Uruguayans were shipwrecked in the group stage.

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Ecuador, 2006

In 2010, Chile lost in the round of 16, and Paraguay in the quarter-finals, to mention the most recent editions of the World Cup in South American national teams. The rest of the countries have so far not had relevant participation in the new millennium -Ecuador reached the round of 16 in 2006, where they lost 1-0 to England-, or their history of acceptable performances is very distant -Peru, for example -. Bolivia had a short-lived spark – qualifying for the United States in 1994 – and Venezuela is always a Cinderella, albeit a little more responsive and yet to qualify for the World Cup.

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Given this panorama, artificial intelligence was used to determine the historical order, that of all time, of the ten Conmebol teams. “Artificial intelligence (AI) has become fashionable in recent months and its appearance in the world is nothing new. Technological curiosity allows people to inquire about some unusual data and rankings; “This time it was time for the South American qualifiers and their teams,” writes the newspaper of the day. Timefrom Bogota.

The newspaper added that “the rankings provided by AI caused controversy over the places occupied by some selected people; “some seemed larger than expected, and others were not well considered.”

Controversial locations

Meanwhile, the magazine Week, from Colombia, before explaining what elements were used to prepare the ranking, said that “although the results in the first positions do not cause much surprise, it is from the fifth to the tenth place that it can be disputed because of the placement. “In the aspects that AI takes into account in making this judgment, there are three clearly stated items.”

It added that “on the list of considerations for organizing the ten teams are historically achieved results in the qualifying rounds, the number of Copa América titles, as well as the results achieved and how far they have progressed in the World Cups they have participated in.”

Argentinian portal Infobae confirms that “the Bard platform – Google’s artificial intelligence – took into account the continental titles of the participants in the qualifications, the times of their participation in the world championships and the results they achieved there.”

Brazil or Argentina?

mentions Time that “according to information provided by AI, the Brazilian team is the best in the historical standings due to its five world championship titles and nine Copa América titles.” Meanwhile, “in second place is Argentina, with its 15 crowns at the Copa América and three World Cups, and on the podium is the national team of Uruguay, with its two world championship titles”, plus 15 crowns at the Copa América.

According to a newspaper from Bogotá, as far as the ranking is concerned, “the discussion starts from fourth to eighth place. In the fourth box is the national team of Paraguay, fifth is the national team of Colombia, sixth is Peru, seventh is Chile, eighth place, ninth for Ecuador is Bolivia, and last in the order is Venezuela.

For a website Antenna 2, Also from Colombia, “the controversy is from the fourth to the seventh position, where everything seems very even.” Ecuador and Venezuela are the only countries of the South American Football Confederation that have not won the Copa América. And in the case of the Tricolor, which has participated in four of the six editions of the FIFA World Cup so far in the new millennium, it has not qualified for a single one in the 20th century.

In summary, according to AI, Conmebol national teams have historically been classified as follows: