2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American Zone of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw nine teams competing for 4 or 5 berths in the finals. Brazil automatically qualified for the World Cup as the host nation so were not involved in CONMEBOL qualifying. Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay advanced to the World Cup.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates7 October 2011 – 15 October 2013
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored204 (2.83 per match)
Attendance2,647,470 (36,770 per match)
Top scorer(s) Luis Suárez (11 goals)
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

Format

The format for CONMEBOL's 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament was identical to the previous four editions. All CONMEBOL national teams played against each other twice on a home-and-away basis in a single group for 4 or 5 allotted berths. The top four teams automatically qualified for the finals. The fifth-placed team competed in the intercontinental play-offs against the fifth-placed team from the AFC's World Cup qualifying tournament. The order of matches was identical to that of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 tournaments. As Brazil qualified automatically as hosts, each team had a bye on the date they would normally have been scheduled to play Brazil.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 16 9 5 2 35 15 +20 32 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
2  Colombia 16 9 3 4 27 13 +14 30 1–2 — 3–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–0
3  Chile 16 9 1 6 29 25 +4 28 1–2 1–3 — 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 3–1 2–0
4  Ecuador 16 7 4 5 20 16 +4 25 1–1 1–0 3–1 — 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–1
5  Uruguay 16 7 4 5 25 25 0 25 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 3–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 — 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–1
6  Venezuela 16 5 5 6 14 20 −6 20 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 — 3–2 1–0 1–1
7  Peru 16 4 3 9 17 26 −9 15 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 2–0
8  Bolivia 16 2 6 8 17 30 −13 12 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–1
9  Paraguay 16 3 3 10 17 31 −14 12 2–5 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

The matches were played from 7 October 2011 to 15 October 2013.[1]

Matchday 1
Uruguay 4–2 Bolivia
Suárez  3'
Lugano  25', 71'
Cavani  34'		 Report Cardozo  17'
Martins  87' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,500
Ecuador 2–0 Venezuela
J. Ayoví  15'
C. Benítez  28'		 Report
Attendance: 32,278
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Argentina 4–1 Chile
Higuaín  7', 52', 63'
Messi  25'		 Report Fernández  59'
Attendance: 26,161
Peru 2–0 Paraguay
Guerrero  46', 71' Report
Attendance: 40,000

Matchday 2
Bolivia 1–2 Colombia
Flores  85' Report Pabón  48'
Falcao  90+3'
Attendance: 33,155
Chile 4–2 Peru
Ponce  2'
Vargas  18'
Medel  48'
Suazo  63' (pen.)		 Report Pizarro  49'
Farfán  60'
Attendance: 39,000
Paraguay 1–1 Uruguay
Ortiz  90+2' Report Forlán  68'
Attendance: 12,922

Matchday 3
Argentina 1–1 Bolivia
Lavezzi  60' Report Martins  55'
Attendance: 27,592
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Uruguay 4–0 Chile
Suárez  42', 45', 67', 73' Report
Attendance: 40,500
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela
Guarín  11' Report F. Feltscher  78'
Attendance: 43,953
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)
Paraguay 2–1 Ecuador
Riveros  47'
Verón  57'		 Report J. R. Rojas  90+2'
Attendance: 11,173

Matchday 4
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Pabón  44' Report Messi  60'
Agüero  83'
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)
Ecuador 2–0 Peru
Méndez  69'
C. Benítez  88'		 Report
Attendance: 34,481
Chile 2–0 Paraguay
Contreras  28'
M. Campos  86'		 Report
Attendance: 44,726
Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

Matchday 5
Uruguay 1–1 Venezuela
Forlán  38' Report Rondón  84'
Attendance: 57,000
Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Aránguiz  45+2'
Vidal  83'
Attendance: 34,389
Peru 0–1 Colombia
Report J. Rodríguez  51'
Attendance: 34,866

Matchday 6
Bolivia 3–1 Paraguay
Peña  9'
Escobar  69', 80'		 Report Riveros  81'
Attendance: 17,320
Uruguay 4–2 Peru
Suárez  15'
Pereira  29'
C. Rodríguez  62'
Eguren  90+3'		 Report Godín  40' (o.g.)
Guerrero  47'
Attendance: 55,000
Ecuador 1–0 Colombia
C. Benítez  53' Report
Attendance: 37,353

Matchday 7
Colombia 4–0 Uruguay
Falcao  2'
T. Gutiérrez  47', 51'
Zúñiga  90'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia
Caicedo  73' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 32,213
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Argentina 3–1 Paraguay
Di María  3'
Higuaín  30'
Messi  64'		 Report Fabbro  17' (pen.)
Attendance: 51,000
Peru 2–1 Venezuela
Farfán  47', 59' Report Arango  42'
Attendance: 54,998

Matchday 8
Chile 1–3 Colombia
Fernández  41' Report J. Rodríguez  58'
Falcao  73'
T. Gutiérrez  76'
Attendance: 38,000
Uruguay 1–1 Ecuador
Cavani  66' Report Caicedo  7' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,000
Paraguay 0–2 Venezuela
Report Rondón  45', 67'
Attendance: 13,680
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Peru 1–1 Argentina
Zambrano  21' Report Higuaín  37'
Attendance: 54,721

Matchday 9
Bolivia 1–1 Peru
Chumacero  51' Report Mariño  21'
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Colombia 2–0 Paraguay
Falcao  52', 89' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Ecuador 3–1 Chile
Caicedo  33', 56' (pen.)
Castillo  90+2'		 Report Paredes  25' (o.g.)
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)
Argentina 3–0 Uruguay
Messi  65', 79'
Agüero  74'		 Report
Attendance: 31,997

Matchday 10
Bolivia 4–1 Uruguay
Saucedo  5', 50', 54'
Mojica  26'		 Report Suárez  80'
Attendance: 25,402
Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
Arango  5' Report Castillo  23'
Attendance: 35,076
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Aguilar  52' Report
Attendance: 40,114
Chile 1–2 Argentina
F. Gutiérrez  90+1' Report Messi  28'
Higuaín  31'
Attendance: 45,000

Matchday 11
Colombia 5–0 Bolivia
Torres  20'
Valdés  49'
T. Gutiérrez  62'
Falcao  86'
Armero  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 40,478
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Uruguay 1–1 Paraguay
Suárez  81' Report É. Benítez  85'
Attendance: 32,000
Argentina 3–0 Venezuela
Higuaín  29', 59'
Messi  43' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Peru 1–0 Chile
Farfán  87' Report
Attendance: 60,081

Matchday 12
Bolivia 1–1 Argentina
Martins  25' Report Banega  44'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Ecuador 4–1 Paraguay
Caicedo  37'
Montero  49', 74'
C. Benítez  54'		 Report Caballero  15'
Attendance: 33,048
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Chile 2–0 Uruguay
Paredes  10'
Vargas  77'		 Report
Attendance: 43,816
Venezuela 1–0 Colombia
Rondón  14' Report
Attendance: 41,250

Matchday 13
Bolivia 1–1 Venezuela
J. Campos  86' Report Arango  58'
Attendance: 10,155
Paraguay 1–2 Chile
Santa Cruz  87' Report Vargas  41'
Vidal  56'
Attendance: 30,000
Peru 1–0 Ecuador
Pizarro  11' Report
Attendance: 47,000

Matchday 14
Colombia 2–0 Peru
Falcao  12' (pen.)
T. Gutiérrez  45'		 Report
Attendance: 42,265
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Ecuador 1–1 Argentina
Castillo  17' Report Agüero  4' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Venezuela 0–1 Uruguay
Report Cavani  27'
Attendance: 36,297
Chile 3–1 Bolivia
Vargas  16'
Sánchez  17'
Vidal  90+2'		 Report Martins  32'
Attendance: 45,000

Matchday 15
Paraguay 4–0 Bolivia
Fabbro  16'
Santa Cruz  47'
Ortiz  80'
Gómez  83'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Chile 3–0 Venezuela
Vargas  10'
M. González  29'
Vidal  85'		 Report
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Peru 1–2 Uruguay
Farfán  84' Report Suárez  43' (pen.), 67'
Attendance: 49,222

Matchday 16
Bolivia 1–1 Ecuador
Arrascaita  47' Report Caicedo  57' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,043
Uruguay 2–0 Colombia
Cavani  77'
Stuani  80'		 Report
Attendance: 51,000
Venezuela 3–2 Peru
Rondón  36'
C. González  59' (pen.)
Otero  76'		 Report Hurtado  19'
Zambrano  86'
Attendance: 40,049
Paraguay 2–5 Argentina
Núñez  18'
Santa Cruz  85'		 Report Messi  12' (pen.), 52' (pen.)
Agüero  32'
Di María  49'
M. Rodríguez  90'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Matchday 17
Colombia 3–3 Chile
T. Gutiérrez  69'
Falcao  74' (pen.), 83' (pen.)		 Report Vidal  18' (pen.)
Sánchez  21', 29'
Attendance: 40,388
Ecuador 1–0 Uruguay
Montero  30' Report
Attendance: 32,996
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Argentina 3–1 Peru
Lavezzi  23', 34'
Palacio  47'		 Report Pizarro  20'
Attendance: 48,977
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Matchday 18
Paraguay 1–2 Colombia
J. L. Rojas  7' Report Yepes  38', 56'
Attendance: 7,142
Chile 2–1 Ecuador
Sánchez  33'
Medel  37'		 Report Caicedo  66'
Attendance: 47,458
Uruguay 3–2 Argentina
C. Rodríguez  6'
Suárez  34' (pen.)
Cavani  49'		 Report M. Rodríguez  14', 41'
Attendance: 55,000
Peru 1–1 Bolivia
Yotún  18' Report Bejarano  45'
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Notes
  1. Colombia v Ecuador was originally to be kicked off at 15:30 local time, but was delayed by an hour and a half due to rain.[2]
  2. Peru v Bolivia was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of crowd disturbance incidents.[3] The Peruvian Football Federation decided to withdraw their appeal and accepted the punishment.[4]

Inter-confederation play-offs
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

While the top four teams in CONMEBOL qualification tournament qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the fifth-placed team, Uruguay, played against the fifth-placed team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Jordan, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off, Uruguay, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

The first leg was played on 13 November 2013 in Jordan, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jordan  0–5  Uruguay 0–5 0–0

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 BrazilHosts30 October 200719 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
 ArgentinaWinners10 September 201315 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
 ColombiaRunners-up11 October 20134 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 ChileThird place15 October 20138 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010)
 EcuadorFourth place15 October 20132 (2002, 2006)
 UruguayAFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners20 November 201311 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 206 goals scored in 74 games, for an average of 2.78 goals per game.

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

References
  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures–South American Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  2. "El partido se iniciaría a las 5 de la tarde". Semana (in Spanish). 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. "Sanctions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee against Ukraine and Peru". FIFA. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. "Peru to play next home match without spectators following withdrawal of appeal". FIFA. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. "International Match Calendar 2013–2018" (PDF). FIFA.com.
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