2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates7 October 2011 – 15 October 2013
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored201 (2.79 per match)
Attendance2,647,470 (36,770 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Luis Suárez
(11 goals)

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 Argentina Colombia Chile Ecuador Uruguay Venezuela Peru Bolivia Paraguay
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'
Moreno 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 Moreno 55'
Attendance: 27,592
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Uruguay 4–0 Chile
Suárez 42', 45', 67', 73' Report
Attendance: 40,500
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 61'
Agüero 83'
Attendance: 49,600
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
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)
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

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
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Matchday 10

Bolivia 4–1 Uruguay
Saucedo 5', 50', 54'
Mojica 26'		 Report Suárez 80'
Attendance: 25,402
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

Uruguay 1–1 Paraguay
Suárez 81' Report É. Benítez 85'
Attendance: 32,000
Peru 1–0 Chile
Farfán 87' Report
Attendance: 60,081

Matchday 12

Bolivia 1–1 Argentina
Moreno 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

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
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)
Peru 1–0 Ecuador
Pizarro 11' Report
Attendance: 47,000

Matchday 14

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 Moreno 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
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 35'
Medel 38'		 Report Caicedo 66'
Attendance: 47,458
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)
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

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.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 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-up15 October 20134 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 ChileThird place15 October 20138 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010)
 EcuadorFourth place11 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 (including inter-confederation play-offs), including two own goals, 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. 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.
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