1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

This was the first World Cup qualifying competition to involve all of the yet-unqualified teams in the confederation playing against each other home and away to decide places in the tournament, a format that was replicated for subsequent World Cup qualifying competitions between CONMEBOL members.

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Argentina 16 8 6 2 23 13 +10 30
2  Paraguay 16 9 2 5 21 14 +7 29
3  Colombia 16 8 4 4 23 15 +8 28
4  Chile 16 7 4 5 32 18 +14 25
5  Peru 16 7 4 5 19 20 −1 25
6  Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22 21 +1 21
7  Uruguay 16 6 3 7 18 21 −3 21
8  Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18 21 −3 17
9  Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8 41 −33 3
Source:

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Matches

Round 1
Venezuela 0–2 Uruguay
(Report) Otero  54'
Poyet  77'
Attendance: 6,839
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Ecuador 4–1 Peru
Hurtado  54', 88'
Tenorio  65'
Gavica  78'		 (Report) Palacios  62'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)
Colombia 1–0 Paraguay
Asprilla  53' (Report)
Attendance: 31,600
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Argentina 3–1 Bolivia
Ortega  8', 18'
Batistuta  49'		 (Report) Baldivieso  42'
Attendance: 49,750
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Round 2
Ecuador 2–0 Argentina
Montaño  51'
Hurtado  89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)
Uruguay 0–2 Paraguay
(Report) Arce  10'
Rojas  88'
Attendance: 44,127
Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Venezuela 1–1 Chile
Guerra  8' (Report) Margas  90+5'
Attendance: 8,074
Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)
Peru 1–1 Colombia
Reynoso  47' (Report) Aristizábal  60'
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Round 3
Chile 4–1 Ecuador
Zamorano  25', 86'
Salas  75'
Estay  83'		 (Report) Aguinaga  73'
Attendance: 74,905[1]
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Colombia 3–1 Uruguay
Asprilla  7'
Valderrama  20'
De Ávila  78'		 (Report) Cedrés  57'
Attendance: 36,169
Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)
Peru 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 43,675
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Bolivia 6–1 Venezuela
Sandy  4'
Etcheverry  41' (pen.)
Baldivieso  61'
Coimbra  67'
Suarez  78'
Paniagua  85'		 (Report) Tortolero  65' (pen.)
Attendance: 43,822
Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)

Round 4
Ecuador 1–0 Venezuela
Aguinaga  4' (Report)
Attendance: 36,889
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Bolivia 0–0 Peru
(Report)
Attendance: 48,304
Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)
Colombia 4–1 Chile
Asprilla  3', 31', 47'
Bermúdez  43'		 (Report) Zamorano  56' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Argentina 1–1 Paraguay
Batistuta  27' (Report) Chilavert  42'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Round 5
Uruguay 1–0 Bolivia
Moas  72' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
Ecuador 0–1 Colombia
(Report) Asprilla  72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Venezuela 2–5 Argentina
Savarese  7'
Dudamel  87'		 (Report) Ortega  35'
Sorín  65'
Simeone  77'
Morales  86'
Albornoz  90+1'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
Paraguay 2–1 Chile
Gamarra  24'
Rivarola  63'		 (Report) Margas  22'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Round 6
Bolivia 2–2 Colombia
Sandy  15'
Moreno  44'		 (Report) Serna  40' (pen.)
Rincón  54'
Attendance: 43,173
Referee: Jose Villamonte (Peru)
Peru 4–1 Venezuela
Reynoso  4'
Julinho  21'
Palacios  49', 83'		 (Report) Díaz  78'
Attendance: 31,036
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Benítez  24' (Report)
Attendance: 31,002
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)
Chile 1–0 Uruguay
Salas  60' (Report)
Attendance: 73,547[1]
Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)

Round 7
Bolivia 0–0 Paraguay
(Report)
Attendance: 41,076
Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)
Venezuela 0–2 Colombia
(Report) Bermúdez  7'
Valenciano  50'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Argentina 1–1 Chile
Batistuta  76' (pen.) (Report) Cornejo  52'
Attendance: 59,970
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Uruguay 2–0 Peru
Montero  2'
Bengoechea  38'		 (Report)
Attendance: 42,630
Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)

Round 8
Venezuela 0–2 Paraguay
(Report) Benítez  6'
Enciso  62'
Attendance: 7,981
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Bolivia 2–0 Ecuador
Moreno  7'
Etcheverry  12'		 (Report)
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Uruguay 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Peru 2–1 Chile
Maestri  15'
Palacios  34'		 (Report) Zamorano  88'
Attendance: 35,373
Referee: José Varela (Uruguay)

Round 9
Ecuador 4–0 Uruguay
Aguinaga  6'
Delgado  68', 76'
Chalá  87'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Bolivia 1–1 Chile
Soria  28' (Report) González  44'
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Colombia 0–1 Argentina
(Report) López  10'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Paraguay 2–1 Peru
Rivarola  12'
Rojas  40'		 (Report) Pereda  33'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Round 10
Bolivia 2–1 Argentina
Sandy  8'
Ochoaizpur  48'		 (Report) Gorosito  41' (pen.)
Attendance: 44,372
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Peru 1–1 Ecuador
Palacios  58' (Report) Aguinaga  78' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,299
Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)
Uruguay 3–1 Venezuela
De Los Santos  29'
Montero  46'
Otero  59'		 (Report) Castellín  55'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–1 Colombia
Galeano  30' (o.g.)
Soto  82'		 (Report) Serna  80' (pen.)
Attendance: 37,297
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Round 11
Chile 6–0 Venezuela
Zamorano  19', 27', 32', 47', 85'
Reyes  66'		 (Report)
Attendance: 42,034
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Argentina 2–1 Ecuador
Ortega  18'
Crespo  30'		 (Report) Aguinaga  73'
Attendance: 62,300
Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)
Paraguay 3–1 Uruguay
Rojas  37'
Cardozo  73' (pen.)[2]
Soto  83'		 (Report) Silva  87'
Attendance: 34,101
Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)
Colombia 0–1 Peru
(Report) Pereda  62'
Attendance: 22,172
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 12
Ecuador 1–1 Chile
Graziani  43' (Report) Salas  53'
Attendance: 42,225
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Argentina 2–0 Peru
Crespo  44'
Simeone  46'		 (Report)
Attendance: 56,069
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Uruguay 1–1 Colombia
Silva  6' (Report) Ricard  47'
Attendance: 37,200
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
Venezuela 1–1 Bolivia
Savarese  70' (Report) Castillo  80'
Attendance: 3,352
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 13
Chile 4–1 Colombia
Salas  16', 26', 41'
Zamorano  90' (pen.)		 (Report) Ricard  52'
Attendance: 75,617[3]
Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)
Paraguay 1–2 Argentina
Acuña  59' (pen.) (Report) Gallardo  30'
Verón  41'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Peru 2–1 Bolivia
Carty  9'
Soto  53'		 (Report) Cristaldo  56'
Attendance: 31,489
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
Miranda  75' (Report) Hurtado  55'
Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Round 14
Argentina 2–0 Venezuela
Crespo  31'
Paz  58'		 (Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Bolivia 1–0 Uruguay
Etcheverry  75' (Report)
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Colombia 1–0 Ecuador
de Ávila  83' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Chile 2–1 Paraguay
Zamorano  9' (pen.), 51' (Report) Brizuela  61'
Attendance: 75,143
Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)

Round 15
Uruguay 1–0 Chile
Otero  20' (Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Colombia 3–0 Bolivia
De Ávila  1'
Valderrama  30' (pen.)
Asprilla  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Ecuador 2–1 Paraguay
Aguinaga  53'
Graziani  72'		 (Report) Báez  5'
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
Venezuela 0–3 Peru
(Report) Marengo  14'
Julinho  54'
Maestri  81'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Round 16
Chile 1–2 Argentina
Salas  34' (Report) Gallardo  25'
López  86'
Attendance: 73,644
Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)
Peru 2–1 Uruguay
Palacios  57'
Carty  60'		 (Report) Recoba  43'
Attendance: 34,721
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Cabrera  68' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)
Paraguay 2–1 Bolivia
Benítez  26'
Gamarra  37'		 (Report) Suárez  58'
Attendance: 40,341
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Round 17
Argentina 0–0 Uruguay
(Report)
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Chile 4–0 Peru
Salas  13', 82', 88'
Reyes  58'		 (Report)
Attendance: 74,219
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Paraguay 1–0 Venezuela
Torres  68' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia
Graziani  27' (Report)
Attendance: 14,568
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Round 18
Argentina 1–1 Colombia
Cáceres  69' (Report) Valderrama  10'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Uruguay 5–3 Ecuador
Saralegui  3', 12'
Abreu  48', 52'
Aguilera  63'		 (Report) Graziani  2', 59', 68'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)
Peru 1–0 Paraguay
Soto  37' (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
Chile 3–0 Bolivia
Barrera  23'
Salas  40'
Carreño  84'		 (Report)
Attendance: 74,777
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 BrazilDefending champions17 July 199415 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 ArgentinaWinners10 September 199711 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
 ParaguayRunners-up10 September 19974 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986)
 ColombiaThird place10 September 19973 (1962, 1990, 1994)
 ChileFourth place16 November 19976 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers
12 goals
11 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

International Broadcasters

CONMEBOL and CONCACAF

References
  1. International Matches 1996 South America
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOt2_rSCzYA
  3. International Matches 1997 South America
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