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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.

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates24 April 1996 – 16 November 1997
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored184 (2.56 per match)
Attendance2,806,242 (38,976 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Iván Zamorano
(12 goals)
← 1994
2002 →

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.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification                  
1   Argentina 16 8 6 2 23 13 +10 30 1998 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
2   Paraguay 16 9 2 5 21 14 +7 29 1–2 — 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
3   Colombia 16 8 4 4 23 15 +8 28 0–1 1–0 — 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0
4   Chile 16 7 4 5 32 18 +14 25 1–2 2–1 4–1 — 4–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 6–0
5   Peru 16 7 4 5 19 20 −1 25 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1
6   Ecuador 16 6 3 7 22 21 +1 21 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 — 4–0 1–0 1–0
7   Uruguay 16 6 3 7 18 21 −3 21 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–3 — 1–0 3–1
8   Bolivia 16 4 5 7 18 21 −3 17 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 — 6–1
9   Venezuela 16 0 3 13 8 41 −33 3 2–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 —
Source: [1]

Matches edit

Matchday 1 edit

Venezuela  0–2  Uruguay
[2] Otero   54'
Poyet   71'
Attendance: 6,839
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Ecuador  4–1  Peru
Hurtado   54', 88'
Tenorio   65'
Gavica   78'		 [2] Palacios   62'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)
Colombia  1–0  Paraguay
Asprilla   53' [2]
Attendance: 31,600
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Argentina  3–1  Bolivia
Ortega   8', 18'
Batistuta   59'		 [2] Baldivieso   42'
Attendance: 49,750
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Matchday 2 edit

Ecuador  2–0  Argentina
Montaño   51'
Hurtado   89'		 [2]
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)
Uruguay  0–2  Paraguay
[2] Arce   10'
Rojas   88'
Attendance: 44,127
Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Venezuela  1–1  Chile
Guerra   7' [2] Margas   89'
Attendance: 8,074
Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)
Peru  1–1  Colombia
Reynoso   47' [2] Aristizábal   60'
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Matchday 3 edit

Chile  4–1  Ecuador
Zamorano   27', 86'
Salas   75'
Estay   83'		 [2] Aguinaga   73'
Attendance: 74,905
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Colombia  3–1  Uruguay
Asprilla   7'
Valderrama   20'
De Ávila   78'		 [2] Cedrés   57'
Attendance: 36,169
Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)
Peru  0–0  Argentina
[2]
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'		 [2] Tortolero   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 43,822
Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)

Matchday 4 edit

Ecuador  1–0  Venezuela
Aguinaga   4' [2]
Attendance: 36,889
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Bolivia  0–0  Peru
[2]
Attendance: 48,304
Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)
Colombia  4–1  Chile
Asprilla   3', 31', 47'
Bermúdez   43'		 [2] Zamorano   56' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Argentina  1–1  Paraguay
Batistuta   27' [2] Chilavert   42'
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Matchday 5 edit

Uruguay  1–0  Bolivia
Peña   64' (o.g.) [2]
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
Ecuador  0–1  Colombia
[2] Asprilla   72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Venezuela  2–5  Argentina
Savarese   7'
Dudamel   87'		 [2] Ortega   35'
Sorín   68'
Simeone   77'
Morales   86'
Albornoz   90+1'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
Paraguay  2–1  Chile
Gamarra   24'
Rivarola   63'		 [2] Margas   22'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Matchday 6 edit

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

Matchday 7 edit

Bolivia  0–0  Paraguay
[3]
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)
Venezuela  0–2  Colombia
[4] Bermúdez   7'
Valenciano   50'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Argentina  1–1  Chile
Batistuta   76' (pen.) [2] Cornejo   53'
Attendance: 59,970
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Uruguay  2–0  Peru
Montero   2'
Bengoechea   38'		 [2]
Attendance: 42,630
Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)

Matchday 8 edit

Venezuela  0–2  Paraguay
[5] Benítez   6'
Enciso   62'
Attendance: 7,981
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
Bolivia  2–0  Ecuador
Moreno   7'
Etcheverry   12'		 [5]
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Uruguay  0–0  Argentina
[5]
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Peru  2–1  Chile
Maestri   15'
Palacios   34'		 [5] Zamorano   88'
Attendance: 35,373
Referee: José Varela (Uruguay)

Matchday 9 edit

Ecuador  4–0  Uruguay
Aguinaga   6'
Delgado   68', 76'
Chalá   87'		 [5]
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Bolivia  1–1  Chile
Soria   28' [5] González   44'
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
Colombia  0–1  Argentina
[5] López   10'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Paraguay  2–1  Peru
Rivarola   12'
Rojas   40'		 [5] Pereda   33'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Matchday 10 edit

Bolivia  2–1  Argentina
Sandy   8'
Ochoaizpur   48'		 [5] Gorosito   41' (pen.)
Attendance: 44,372
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Peru  1–1  Ecuador
Palacios   58' [5] Aguinaga   78' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,299
Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)
Uruguay  3–1  Venezuela
De Los Santos   29'
Montero   46'
Otero   59'		 [5] Castellín   55'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
Paraguay  2–1  Colombia
Gamarra   6'
Soto   82'		 [5] Serna   80' (pen.)
Attendance: 37,297
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Matchday 11 edit

Chile  6–0  Venezuela
Zamorano   19', 27', 32', 47', 85'
Reyes   66'		 [5]
Attendance: 42,034
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
Argentina  2–1  Ecuador
Ortega   18'
Crespo   30'		 [5] Aguinaga   73'
Attendance: 62,300
Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)
Paraguay  3–1  Uruguay
Rojas   37'
Cardozo   73' (pen.)[6]
Soto   83'		 [5] Silva   87'
Attendance: 34,101
Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)
Colombia  0–1  Peru
[5] Pereda   62'
Attendance: 22,172
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Matchday 12 edit

Ecuador  1–1  Chile
Graziani   43' [5] Salas   53'
Attendance: 42,225
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Argentina  2–0  Peru
Crespo   44'
Simeone   46'		 [5]
Attendance: 56,069
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Uruguay  1–1  Colombia
Silva   6' [5] Ricard   47'
Attendance: 37,200
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
Venezuela  1–1  Bolivia
Savarese   70' [5] Castillo   80'
Attendance: 3,352
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Matchday 13 edit

Chile  4–1  Colombia
Salas   16', 26', 41'
Zamorano   90' (pen.)		 [5] Ricard   52'
Attendance: 75,617
Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)
Paraguay  1–2  Argentina
Acuña   59' (pen.) [5] Gallardo   30'
Verón   41'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Peru  2–1  Bolivia
Carty   9'
Soto   53'		 [5] Cristaldo   56'
Attendance: 31,489
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Venezuela  1–1  Ecuador
Miranda   75' [5] Hurtado   55'
Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Matchday 14 edit

Argentina  2–0  Venezuela
Crespo   31'
Paz   58'		 [5]
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
Bolivia  1–0  Uruguay
Etcheverry   75' [5]
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Colombia  1–0  Ecuador
de Ávila   83' [5]
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Chile  2–1  Paraguay
Zamorano   9' (pen.), 51' [5] Brizuela   61'
Attendance: 75,143
Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)

Matchday 15 edit

Uruguay  1–0  Chile
Otero   20' [5]
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Colombia  3–0  Bolivia
De Ávila   1'
Valderrama   30' (pen.)
Asprilla   76'		 [5]
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Ecuador  2–1  Paraguay
Aguinaga   54'
Graziani   77'		 [7] Báez   5'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
Venezuela  0–3  Peru
[5] Marengo   14'
Julinho   54'
Maestri   81'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Matchday 16 edit

Chile  1–2  Argentina
Salas   34' [5] Gallardo   25'
López   86'
Attendance: 73,644
Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)
Peru  2–1  Uruguay
Palacios   57'
Carty   60'		 [5] Recoba   43'
Attendance: 34,721
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Colombia  1–0  Venezuela
Cabrera   68' [5]
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)
Paraguay  2–1  Bolivia
Benítez   26'
Gamarra   37'		 [5] Suárez   58'
Attendance: 40,341
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Matchday 17 edit

Argentina  0–0  Uruguay
[5]
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Chile  4–0  Peru
Salas   13', 82', 88'
Reyes   58'		 [5]
Attendance: 74,219
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Paraguay  1–0  Venezuela
Torres   68' [5]
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
Ecuador  1–0  Bolivia
Graziani   27' [5]
Attendance: 14,568
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Matchday 18 edit

Argentina  1–1  Colombia
Cáceres   69' [5] Valderrama   20'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Uruguay  5–3  Ecuador
Saralegui   3', 12'
Abreu   48', 52'
Aguilera   63'		 [5] Graziani   2', 59', 68'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)
Peru  1–0  Paraguay
Soto   37' [5]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
Chile  3–0  Bolivia
Barrera   23'
Salas   40'
Carreño   84'		 [5]
Attendance: 74,777
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Qualified teams edit

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Brazil Defending champions 17 July 1994 15 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
  Argentina Winners 10 September 1997 11 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
  Paraguay Runners-up 10 September 1997 4 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986)
  Colombia Third place 10 September 1997 3 (1962, 1990, 1994)
  Chile Fourth place 16 November 1997 6 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

There were 184 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.

12 goals

11 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1998 - football, table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z International Matches 1996 South America
  3. ^ Bolivia v Paraguay, 15 December 1996
  4. ^ Venezuela v Colombia, 15 December 1996
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq International Matches 1997 South America
  6. ^ "1997 (April 30) Paraguay 3-Uruguay 1 (World Cup Qualifier).avi". YouTube.
  7. ^ Ecuador v Paraguay, 20 August 1997
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