2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL. Matches were scheduled so that there were always two games within a week, which was aimed at minimizing player travel time, particularly for players who were based in Europe.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates13 October 2007 – 14 October 2009
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played90
Goals scored232 (2.58 per match)
Attendance3,301,363 (36,682 per match)
Top scorer(s) Humberto Suazo (10 goals)
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup.[1]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup — 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
2  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 0–3 — 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 4–0 2–0
3  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33 2–0 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
4  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 1–3 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1
5  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 0–4 2–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 6–0
6  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 — 0–0 0–1 3–1 5–1
7  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 0–0 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–0
8  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 0–4 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 — 5–3 3–1
9  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15 2–1 0–2 4–2 6–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 — 3–0
10  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 —
Source: FIFA

On 24 November 2008, FIFA suspended the Peruvian Football Federation from all international competition due to governmental interference in its operations.[2] The suspension was lifted on 20 December 2008.[3]

Results

The round-by-round fixtures were same as the 2006 qualifying tournament.

Round 1
Uruguay 5–0 Bolivia
Suárez  4'
Forlán  38'
Abreu  48'
Sánchez  67'
Bueno  83'		 Report
Attendance: 25,200
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Argentina 2–0 Chile
Riquelme  27', 45' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Ecuador 0–1 Venezuela
Report Rey  68'
Attendance: 29,644
Peru 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Colombia 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 41,000

Round 2
Venezuela 0–2 Argentina
Report Milito  16'
Messi  43'
Attendance: 10,600
Bolivia 0–0 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 19,469
Chile 2–0 Peru
Suazo  11'
Fernández  51'		 Report
Attendance: 58,000
Paraguay 1–0 Uruguay
Valdez  14' Report
Attendance: 23,200
Brazil 5–0 Ecuador
Vágner Love  19'
Ronaldinho  71'
Kaká  77', 85'
Elano  83'		 Report
Attendance: 87,000

Round 3
Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Agüero  40'
Riquelme  56', 74'		 Report
Attendance: 43,308
Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Bustos  82' Report
Attendance: 28,273
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Paraguay 5–1 Ecuador
Valdez  8'
Riveros  26', 87'
Santa Cruz  50'
Ayala  82'		 Report Kaviedes  79'
Attendance: 25,433
Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
Uruguay 2–2 Chile
Suárez  42'
Abreu  81'		 Report Salas  59', 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Peru 1–1 Brazil
Vargas  72' Report Kaká  41'
Attendance: 45,847

Round 4
Venezuela 5–3 Bolivia
Arismendi  20', 40'
Guerra  81'
Maldonado  89', 90+1'		 Report Martins  19', 77'
Arce  27'
Attendance: 18,632
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Colombia 2–1 Argentina
Bustos  62'
D. Moreno  82'		 Report Messi  36'
Attendance: 41,700
Ecuador 5–1 Peru
Ayoví  10', 48'
Kaviedes  24'
Méndez  44', 62'		 Report Mendoza  86'
Attendance: 28,557
Brazil 2–1 Uruguay
Luís Fabiano  45', 64' Report Abreu  9'
Attendance: 70,000
Chile 0–3 Paraguay
Report Cabañas  24'
Da Silva  45+1', 56'
Attendance: 52,320

Round 5
Uruguay 1–1 Venezuela
Lugano  12' Report Vargas  56'
Attendance: 41,831
Peru 1–1 Colombia
Mariño  40' Report Rodallega  8'
Attendance: 25,000
Paraguay 2–0 Brazil
Santa Cruz  26'
Cabañas  49'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Argentina 1–1 Ecuador
Palacio  90+3' Report Urrutia  69'
Attendance: 41,167
Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Medel  29', 76'
Attendance: 27,722
Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Round 6
Uruguay 6–0 Peru
Forlán  8', 38' (pen.), 57'
Bueno  61', 69'
Abreu  90'		 Report
Attendance: 20,016
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Bolivia 4–2 Paraguay
Botero  23', 70'
R. García  25'
Martins  76'		 Report Santa Cruz  66'
Valdez  82'
Attendance: 8,561
Ecuador 0–0 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 33,588
Venezuela 2–3 Chile
Maldonado  59'
Arango  80'		 Report Suazo  65' (pen.), 90+2'
Jara  72'
Attendance: 38,000

Round 7
Argentina 1–1 Paraguay
Agüero  60' Report Heinze  13' (o.g.)
Attendance: 46,250
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Ecuador 3–1 Bolivia
Caicedo  21'
Méndez  51' (pen.)
Benítez  72'		 Report Botero  40'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Colombia 0–1 Uruguay
Report Eguren  15'
Attendance: 35,024
Peru 1–0 Venezuela
Alva  39' Report
Attendance: 25,500
Referee: Óscar Maldonado (Bolivia)
Chile 0–3 Brazil
Report Luís Fabiano  21', 83'
Robinho  45'
Attendance: 60,239

Round 8
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
Riveros  28'
Valdez  45'		 Report
Attendance: 31,867
Uruguay 0–0 Ecuador
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Chile 4–0 Colombia
Jara  26'
Suazo  38'
Fuentes  48'
Fernández  71'		 Report
Attendance: 47,459
Brazil 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 31,422
Peru 1–1 Argentina
Fano  90+3' Report Cambiasso  82'
Attendance: 40,000

Round 9
Bolivia 3–0 Peru
Botero  4', 16'
R. García  81'		 Report
Attendance: 23,147
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Messi  6'
Agüero  13'		 Report Lugano  40'
Attendance: 42,421
Colombia 0–1 Paraguay
Report Cabañas  9'
Attendance: 26,000
Venezuela 0–4 Brazil
Report Kaká  6'
Robinho  10', 67'
Adriano  19'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)
Ecuador 1–0 Chile
Benítez  71' Report
Attendance: 33,079

Round 10
Bolivia 2–2 Uruguay
Martins  15', 41' Report Bueno  64'
Abreu  88'
Attendance: 21,075
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Cardozo  81' Report
Attendance: 31,545
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Chile 1–0 Argentina
Orellana  35' Report
Attendance: 65,000
Brazil 0–0 Colombia
Report
Attendance: 54,910
Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)
Venezuela 3–1 Ecuador
Maldonado  48'
Moreno  56'
Arango  67'		 Report Mina  12'
Attendance: 10,581
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Round 11
Uruguay 2–0 Paraguay
Forlán  28'
Lugano  57'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Argentina 4–0 Venezuela
Messi  26'
Tevez  47'
Rodríguez  51'
Agüero  73'		 Report
Attendance: 46,085
Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)
Colombia 2–0 Bolivia
Torres  26'
Rentería  88'		 Report
Attendance: 22,044
Ecuador 1–1 Brazil
Noboa  89' Report Júlio Baptista  72'
Attendance: 40,000
Peru 1–3 Chile
Fano  34' Report Sánchez  2'
Suazo  32' (pen.)
Fernández  70'
Attendance: 48,700

Round 12
Venezuela 2–0 Colombia
Miku  78'
Arango  82'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Bolivia 6–1 Argentina
Martins  12'
Botero  34' (pen.), 55', 66'
Da Rosa  45'
Torrico  87'		 Report González  25'
Attendance: 30,487
Ecuador 1–1 Paraguay
Noboa  63' Report É. Benítez  90+2'
Attendance: 36,853
Chile 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Brazil 3–0 Peru
Luís Fabiano  18' (pen.), 27'
Melo  64'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000

Round 13
Uruguay 0–4 Brazil
Report Dani Alves  12'
Juan  36'
Luís Fabiano  52'
Kaká  75' (pen.)
Attendance: 52,000
Bolivia 0–1 Venezuela
Report Rivero  33' (o.g.)
Attendance: 23,427
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Paraguay 0–2 Chile
Report Fernández  13'
Suazo  50'
Attendance: 34,000
Peru 1–2 Ecuador
Vargas  52' Report Montero  38'
Tenorio  59'
Attendance: 17,050

Round 14
Ecuador 2–0 Argentina
Ayoví  72'
Palacios  83'		 Report
Attendance: 36,359
Colombia 1–0 Peru
Falcao  25' Report
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
Robinho  40'
Nilmar  49'		 Report Cabañas  25'
Attendance: 56,682
Chile 4–0 Bolivia
Beausejour  43'
Estrada  74'
Sánchez  78', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 60,214
Venezuela 2–2 Uruguay
Maldonado  9'
Rey  74'		 Report Suárez  60'
Forlán  72'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Round 15
Colombia 2–0 Ecuador
Martínez  82'
Gutiérrez  90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 42,000
Peru 1–0 Uruguay
Rengifo  86' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Paraguay 1–0 Bolivia
Cabañas  45+1' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 25,094
Argentina 1–3 Brazil
Dátolo  65' Report Luisão  23'
Luís Fabiano  30', 68'
Attendance: 37,000
Chile 2–2 Venezuela
Vidal  11'
Millar  53'		 Report Maldonado  34'
Rey  45+1'
Attendance: 44,000

Round 16
Bolivia 1–3 Ecuador
Yecerotte  85' Report Méndez  4'
Valencia  46'
Benítez  66'
Attendance: 10,200
Uruguay 3–1 Colombia
Suárez  7'
Scotti  77'
Eguren  87'		 Report Martínez  63'
Attendance: 30,000
Paraguay 1–0 Argentina
Valdez  27' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Brazil 4–2 Chile
Nilmar  31', 74', 76'
Baptista  40'		 Report Suazo  45+1' (pen.), 52'
Attendance: 30,000
Venezuela 3–1 Peru
Miku  33', 52'
Vargas  65'		 Report Fuenmayor  41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 31,703
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Round 17
Argentina 2–1 Peru
Higuaín  48'
Palermo  90+2'		 Report Rengifo  89'
Attendance: 38,019
Colombia 2–4 Chile
Martínez  14'
G. Moreno  63'		 Report Ponce  34'
Suazo  35'
Valdivia  71'
Orellana  78'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)
Ecuador 1–2 Uruguay
Valencia  68' Report Suárez  69'
Forlán  90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,700
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Venezuela 1–2 Paraguay
A. Rondón  85' Report Cabañas  56'
Cardozo  80'
Attendance: 41,680
Bolivia 2–1 Brazil
Olivares  10'
Martins  32'		 Report Nilmar  70'
Attendance: 16,557
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Round 18
Peru 1–0 Bolivia
Fano  54' Report
Attendance: 4,373
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Brazil 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Attendance: 23,746
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Suazo  53' Report
Attendance: 47,000
Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report Bolatti  84'
Attendance: 60,000
Paraguay 0–2 Colombia
Report Ramos  61'
Rodallega  80'
Attendance: 17,503

Inter-confederation play-offs
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)

The team from fourth place in the CONCACAF qualifying fourth round (Costa Rica) entered into a home and away play-off against the team which finished fifth in the CONMEBOL qualifying group (Uruguay). The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Costa Rica  1–2  Uruguay 0–1 1–1

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 BrazilWinners5 September 200918 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 ChileRunners-up10 October 20097 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998)
 ParaguayThird place9 September 20097 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 ArgentinaFourth place14 October 200914 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 UruguayCONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off winners18 November 200910 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 234 goals scored in 92 games, for an average of 2.54 goals per game (Costa Rica's single goal in the inter-confederation play-offs not included).

10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

* FIFA.com: Scorer stats

Notes

This was the first time that Argentina lost more than 2 or 4 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) or runner-up (2nd) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification.

References
  1. FIFA.com Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Suspension of the Peruvian FA". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  3. "Combined bidding confirmed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  4. Intercontinental play-off dates confirmed Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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