Overview
- Independiente de Rivadavia qualified by winning the Copa Argentina, marking the club’s first appearance in the tournament.
- Argentina has three confirmed entrants so far—Platense (Apertura champion), Rosario Central (annual table leader) and Independiente de Rivadavia—with three national slots still to allocate.
- The remaining Argentine places will go to the Clausura champion and the clubs finishing second and third in the annual table, which currently features Boca Juniors and River Plate in those positions.
- The 2026 edition will feature 32 clubs, with 28 direct entrants and four from a preliminary phase, and it will be the competition’s 67th staging.
- Among teams already qualified are Brazil’s Flamengo and Palmeiras, Uruguay’s Nacional and Peñarol, Paraguay’s Libertad, Peru’s Alianza Lima, Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle, Colombia’s Independiente Santa Fe, and others listed by CONMEBOL-related reporting.