2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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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)Uruguay Luis Suárez
(11 goals)
2010
2018

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.)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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'

Venezuela 1–0 Argentina
Amorebieta 62' Report
Attendance: 35,600

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
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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'

Matchday 4[]

Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Pabón 44' Report Messi 60'
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)

Venezuela 1–0 Bolivia
Vizcarrondo 25' Report

Matchday 5[]

Uruguay 1–1 Venezuela
Forlán 38' Report Rondón 84'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 57,000

Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Aránguiz 45+2'
Vidal 83'
Attendance: 34,389

Argentina 4–0 Ecuador
Agüero 19'
Higuaín 29'
Messi 31'
Di María 76'
Report
Attendance: 50,000

Peru 0–1 Colombia
Report J. Rodríguez 51'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 34,866

Matchday 6[]

Bolivia 3–1 Paraguay
Peña 9'
Escobar 69', 80'
Report Riveros 81'
Attendance: 17,320

Venezuela 0–2 Chile
Report Fernández 85'
Aránguiz 90+1'
Attendance: 35,000

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

Peru 2–1 Venezuela
Farfán 47', 59' Report Arango 42'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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.)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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

Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
Arango 5' Report Castillo 23'
Attendance: 35,076

Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Aguilar 52' Report

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'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 32,000

Argentina 3–0 Venezuela
Higuaín 29', 59'
Messi 43' (pen.)
Report

Peru 1–0 Chile
Farfán 87' Report
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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

Argentina 0–0 Colombia
Report

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
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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'

Chile 3–1 Bolivia
Vargas 16'
Sánchez 17'
Vidal 90+2'
Report Moreno 32'
Attendance: 45,000

Matchday 15[]

Colombia 1–0 Ecuador
J. Rodríguez 30' Report
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

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
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Peru 1–2 Uruguay
Farfán 84' Report Suárez 43' (pen.), 67'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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'

Chile 2–1 Ecuador
Sánchez 33'
Medel 37'
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'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 55,000

Peru 1–1 Bolivia
Yotún 18' Report Bejarano 45'
Estadio Nacional, Lima
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. 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
 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)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

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

11 goals
10 goals
  • Argentina Lionel Messi
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Ecuador Juan Carlos Paredes (against Chile)
  • Uruguay 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.

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