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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Dates	7 October 2011 – 15 October 2013
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	201 (2.79 per match)
Attendance	2,647,470 (36,770 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Suárez (11 goals)
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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.

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	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	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	—

Matches

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

Matchday 1

Uruguay	4–2	Bolivia
Suárez 3' Lugano 25', 71' Cavani 34'	Report	Cardozo 17' Moreno 87' (pen.)

Ecuador	2–0	Venezuela
J. Ayoví 15' C. Benítez 28'	Report

Argentina	4–1	Chile
Higuaín 7', 52', 63' Messi 25'	Report	Fernández 59'

Peru	2–0	Paraguay
Guerrero 46', 71'	Report

Matchday 2

Bolivia	1–2	Colombia
Flores 85'	Report	Pabón 48' Falcao 90+3'

Chile	4–2	Peru
Ponce 2' Vargas 18' Medel 48' Suazo 63' (pen.)	Report	Pizarro 49' Farfán 60'

Paraguay	1–1	Uruguay
Ortiz 90+2'	Report	Forlán 68'

Venezuela	1–0	Argentina
Amorebieta 62'	Report

Matchday 3

Argentina	1–1	Bolivia
Lavezzi 60'	Report	Moreno 55'

Uruguay	4–0	Chile
Suárez 42', 45', 67', 73'	Report

Colombia	1–1	Venezuela
Guarín 11'	Report	F. Feltscher 78'

Paraguay	2–1	Ecuador
Riveros 47' Verón 57'	Report	J. R. Rojas 90+2'

Matchday 4

Colombia	1–2	Argentina
Pabón 44'	Report	Messi 61' Agüero 83'

Ecuador	2–0	Peru
Méndez 69' C. Benítez 88'	Report

Chile	2–0	Paraguay
Contreras 28' M. Campos 86'	Report

Venezuela	1–0	Bolivia
Vizcarrondo 25'	Report

Matchday 5

Uruguay	1–1	Venezuela
Forlán 38'	Report	Rondón 84'

Bolivia	0–2	Chile
	Report	Aránguiz 45+2' Vidal 83'

Argentina	4–0	Ecuador
Agüero 19' Higuaín 29' Messi 31' Di María 76'	Report

Peru	0–1	Colombia
	Report	J. Rodríguez 51'

Matchday 6

Bolivia	3–1	Paraguay
Peña 9' Escobar 69', 80'	Report	Riveros 81'

Venezuela	0–2	Chile
	Report	Fernández 85' Aránguiz 90+1'

Uruguay	4–2	Peru
Suárez 15' Pereira 29' C. Rodríguez 62' Eguren 90+3'	Report	Godín 40' (o.g.) Guerrero 47'

Ecuador	1–0	Colombia
C. Benítez 53'	Report

Matchday 7

Colombia	4–0	Uruguay
Falcao 2' T. Gutiérrez 47', 51' Zúñiga 90'	Report

Ecuador	1–0	Bolivia
Caicedo 73' (pen.)	Report

Argentina	3–1	Paraguay
Di María 3' Higuaín 30' Messi 64'	Report	Fabbro 17' (pen.)

Peru	2–1	Venezuela
Farfán 47', 59'	Report	Arango 42'

Matchday 8

Chile	1–3	Colombia
Fernández 41'	Report	J. Rodríguez 58' Falcao 73' T. Gutiérrez 76'

Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador
Cavani 66'	Report	Caicedo 7' (pen.)

Paraguay	0–2	Venezuela
	Report	Rondón 45', 67'

Peru	1–1	Argentina
Zambrano 21'	Report	Higuaín 37'

Matchday 9

Bolivia	1–1	Peru
Chumacero 51'	Report	Mariño 21'

Colombia	2–0	Paraguay
Falcao 52', 89'	Report

Ecuador	3–1	Chile
Caicedo 33', 56' (pen.) Castillo 90+2'	Report	Paredes 25' (o.g.)

Argentina	3–0	Uruguay
Messi 65', 79' Agüero 74'	Report

Matchday 10

Bolivia	4–1	Uruguay
Saucedo 5', 50', 54' Mojica 26'	Report	Suárez 80'

Venezuela	1–1	Ecuador
Arango 5'	Report	Castillo 23'

Paraguay	1–0	Peru
Aguilar 52'	Report

Chile	1–2	Argentina
F. Gutiérrez 90+1'	Report	Messi 28' Higuaín 31'

Matchday 11

Colombia	5–0	Bolivia
Torres 20' Valdés 49' T. Gutiérrez 62' Falcao 86' Armero 90+2'	Report

Uruguay	1–1	Paraguay
Suárez 81'	Report	É. Benítez 85'

Argentina	3–0	Venezuela
Higuaín 29', 59' Messi 45' (pen.)	Report

Peru	1–0	Chile
Farfán 87'	Report

Matchday 12

Bolivia	1–1	Argentina
Moreno 25'	Report	Banega 44'

Ecuador	4–1	Paraguay
Caicedo 37' Montero 49', 74' C. Benítez 54'	Report	Caballero 15'

Chile	2–0	Uruguay
Paredes 10' Vargas 77'	Report

Venezuela	1–0	Colombia
Rondón 14'	Report

Matchday 13

Bolivia	1–1	Venezuela
J. Campos 86'	Report	Arango 58'

Argentina	0–0	Colombia
	Report

Paraguay	1–2	Chile
Santa Cruz 87'	Report	Vargas 41' Vidal 56'

Peru	1–0	Ecuador
Pizarro 11'	Report

Matchday 14

Colombia	2–0	Peru
Falcao 12' (pen.) T. Gutiérrez 45'	Report

Ecuador	1–1	Argentina
Castillo 17'	Report	Agüero 4' (pen.)

Venezuela	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Cavani 27'

Chile	3–1	Bolivia
Vargas 16' Sánchez 17' Vidal 90+2'	Report	Moreno 32'

Matchday 15

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
J. Rodríguez 30'	Report

Paraguay	4–0	Bolivia
Fabbro 16' Santa Cruz 47' Ortiz 80' Gómez 83'	Report

Chile	3–0	Venezuela
Vargas 10' M. González 29' Vidal 85'	Report

Peru	1–2	Uruguay
Farfán 84'	Report	Suárez 43' (pen.), 67'

Matchday 16

Bolivia	1–1	Ecuador
Arrascaita 47'	Report	Caicedo 57' (pen.)

Uruguay	2–0	Colombia
Cavani 77' Stuani 80'	Report

Venezuela	3–2	Peru
Rondón 36' C. González 59' (pen.) Otero 76'	Report	Hurtado 19' Zambrano 86'

Paraguay	2–5	Argentina
Núñez 18' Santa Cruz 85'	Report	Messi 12' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Agüero 32' Di María 49' M. Rodríguez 90'

Matchday 17

Colombia	3–3	Chile
T. Gutiérrez 69' Falcao 74' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Report	Vidal 18' (pen.) Sánchez 21', 29'

Ecuador	1–0	Uruguay
Montero 30'	Report

Venezuela	1–1	Paraguay
Seijas 82'	Report	É. Benítez 28'

Argentina	3–1	Peru
Lavezzi 23', 34' Palacio 47'	Report	Pizarro 20'

Matchday 18

Paraguay	1–2	Colombia
J. L. Rojas 7'	Report	Yepes 38', 56'

Chile	2–1	Ecuador
Sánchez 35' Medel 38'	Report	Caicedo 66'

Uruguay	3–2	Argentina
C. Rodríguez 6' Suárez 34' (pen.) Cavani 49'	Report	M. Rodríguez 14', 41'

Peru	1–1	Bolivia
Yotún 18'	Report	Bejarano 45'

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. Peru v Bolivia was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of crowd disturbance incidents. The Peruvian Football Federation decided to withdraw their appeal and accepted the punishment.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Cup
Brazil	Hosts	30 October 2007	19 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Argentina	Winners	10 September 2013	15 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
Colombia	Runners-up	15 October 2013	4 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998)
Chile	Third place	15 October 2013	8 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010)
Ecuador	Fourth place	11 October 2013	2 (2002, 2006)
Uruguay	AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	20 November 2013	11 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 201 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

11 goals

• Luis Suárez

10 goals

• Lionel Messi

9 goals

• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Radamel Falcao

7 goals

• Felipe Caicedo

6 goals

• Teófilo Gutiérrez

5 goals

• Sergio Agüero
• Eduardo Vargas
• Arturo Vidal
• Jefferson Farfán
• Edinson Cavani
• Salomón Rondón

4 goals

• Marcelo Moreno
• Alexis Sánchez
• Christian Benítez

3 goals

• Ángel Di María
• Ezequiel Lavezzi
• Maxi Rodríguez
• Carlos Saucedo
• Matías Fernández
• James Rodríguez
• Segundo Castillo
• Jefferson Montero
• Roque Santa Cruz
• Paolo Guerrero
• Claudio Pizarro
• Juan Arango

2 goals

• Pablo Daniel Escobar
• Charles Aránguiz
• Gary Medel
• Dorlan Pabón
• Mario Yepes
• Édgar Benítez
• Jonathan Fabbro
• Richard Ortiz
• Cristian Riveros
• Carlos Zambrano
• Diego Forlán
• Diego Lugano
• Cristian Rodríguez

1 goal

• Éver Banega
• Rodrigo Palacio
• Jaime Arrascaita
• Diego Bejarano
• Jhasmani Campos
• Rudy Cardozo
• Alejandro Chumacero
• Wálter Flores
• Gualberto Mojica
• Alcides Peña
• Matías Campos
• Pablo Contreras
• Marcos González
• Felipe Gutiérrez
• Esteban Paredes
• Waldo Ponce
• Humberto Suazo
• Pablo Armero
• Fredy Guarín
• Macnelly Torres
• Carlos Valdés
• Juan Camilo Zúñiga
• Jaime Ayoví
• Édison Méndez
• Joao Rojas
• Pablo César Aguilar
• Luis Nery Caballero
• Gustavo Gómez
• José Ariel Núñez
• Jorge Rojas
• Darío Verón
• Paolo Hurtado
• Juan Carlos Mariño
• Yoshimar Yotún
• Sebastián Eguren
• Maxi Pereira
• Cristhian Stuani
• Fernando Amorebieta
• Frank Feltscher
• César González
• Rómulo Otero
• Luis Manuel Seijas
• Oswaldo Vizcarrondo

1 own goal

• Juan Carlos Paredes (against Chile)
• Diego Godín (against Peru)

References

1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil–Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedures–South American Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2011.
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. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
4. "Peru to play next home match without spectators following withdrawal of appeal". FIFA. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
5. "International Match Calendar 2013–2018" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2021.

External links

• Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
• Results and schedule (CONMEBOL.com version)

• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
• FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 2011 in South American football
• 2012 in South American football
• 2013 in South American football