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 2002 and 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
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 Moreno 19', 77'
Arce 27'
Attendance: 18,632
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
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
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
Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Medel 29', 76'
Attendance: 27,722

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'
Moreno 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
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
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
Ecuador 1–0 Chile
Benítez 71' Report
Attendance: 33,079

Round 10
Bolivia 2–2 Uruguay
Moreno 15', 41' Report Bueno 64'
Abreu 88'
Attendance: 21,075
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Cardozo 81' Report
Attendance: 31,545
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)
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
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
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
Moreno 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'
Felipe 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
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
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

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
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
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
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
Ecuador 1–2 Uruguay
Valencia 68' Report Suárez 69'
Forlán 90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,700
Venezuela 1–2 Paraguay
A. Rondón 85' Report Cabañas 56'
Cardozo 80'
Attendance: 41,680
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Bolivia 2–1 Brazil
Olivares 10'
Moreno 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, including three own goals, 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. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. 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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