2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates8 October 2020 – 29 March 2022
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played89
Goals scored223 (2.51 per match)
Attendance1,369,058 (15,383 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bolivia Marcelo Moreno
(10 goals)
2018
2026

The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for CONMEBOL teams.[1]

The qualification process began on 8 October 2020 and ended on 29 March 2022. Uruguay's Luis Suárez scored the first goal of the round-robin. This was the third time Suárez had opened scoring in the group (after 2010 and 2014), as well as the fourth consecutive time a Uruguayan player had done so (Martín Cáceres scored the first goal of the 2018 process).[2]

Format

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On 24 January 2019, the CONMEBOL Council decided to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments.[3] The ten teams play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches.

The fixtures were determined by a draw which was held on 17 December 2019, 10:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the Bourbon Asunción Convention Hotel in Luque, Paraguay.[4][5][6][7][8]

Originally, Brazil and Argentina were both to be drawn into either position 4 or 5 in the draw, thus ensuring that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.[9] However, the decision was later reversed on 16 November 2019 by the CONMEBOL Council, making the draw completely open.[10]

The CONMEBOL Council approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the qualifiers.[11]

Entrants

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All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Peru advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Draw
position
Team September 2020
FIFA World Rankings[12]
1  Uruguay 6
2  Colombia 10
3  Peru 22
4  Brazil 3
5  Venezuela 25
6  Bolivia 75
7  Paraguay 40
8  Argentina 9
9  Chile 17
10  Ecuador 64

Schedule

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The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[3][13] There are a total of 18 matchdays. Originally eight matchdays would be in 2020 and ten would be in 2021.[14][15]

On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that matches on matchdays 1–2 due to take place in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed.[16]

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022.[17]

On 10 July 2020, FIFA announced that the CONMEBOL qualifiers in September 2020 were postponed, with the qualifiers starting in October 2020. CONMEBOL also requested FIFA to include a replacement international window in January 2022 in order to complete the qualifiers in March 2022.[18] The proposal was approved by FIFA on 18 August 2020.[19] On 6 March 2021, FIFA announced that the March 2021 matches (matchdays 5 and 6) were postponed due to travel and quarantine restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] These matches were rescheduled to be played in September and October 2021 after FIFA accepted the CONMEBOL's request to allow triple matchdays in both September and October international windows.[21][22][23] Matchday 5 was played between matchdays 11 and 12, while matchday 6 was played between matchdays 9 and 10.[24][25][26]

Matchday Date(s) Matches
Revised Previous date Original
Matchday 1 8–9 October 2020 26 March 2020 1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10
Matchday 2 13 October 2020 31 March 2020 3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1
Matchday 3 12–13 November 2020 3 September 2020 2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3
Matchday 4 17 November 2020 8 September 2020 1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2
Matchday 7 3–4 June 2021 12 November 2020 1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9
Matchday 8 8 June 2021 17 November 2020 2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3
Matchday 9 2 September 2021 25 March 2021 3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7
Matchday 6 5 September 2021 30 March 2021 13 October 2020 1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9
Matchday 10 9 September 2021 7 September 2021 30 March 2021 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6
Matchday 11 7 October 2021 3 June 2021 1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6
Matchday 5 10 October 2021 25–26 March 2021 8 October 2020 2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7
Matchday 12 14 October 2021 12 October 2021 8 June 2021 2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5
Matchday 13 11 November 2021 2 September 2021 1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5
Matchday 14 16 November 2021 7 September 2021 2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10
Matchday 15 27–28 January 2022 7 October 2021 2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4
Matchday 16 1 February 2022 12 October 2021 1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2
Matchday 17 24–25 March 2022 11 November 2021 1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5
Matchday 18 29 March 2022 16 November 2021 3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8
Replay from matchday 6 21 September 2022 4 v 8

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 17 14 3 0 40 5 +35 45 2022 FIFA World Cup Canc.[a] 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 5–0 1–0
2  Argentina 17 11 6 0 27 8 +19 39 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0
3  Uruguay 18 8 4 6 22 22 0 28 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 4–1
4  Ecuador 18 7 5 6 27 19 +8 26 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 6–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
5  Peru 18 7 3 8 19 22 −3 24 Inter-confederation play-offs 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
6  Colombia 18 5 8 5 20 19 +1 23 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0
7  Chile 18 5 4 9 19 26 −7 19 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
8  Paraguay 18 3 7 8 12 26 −14 16 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1
9  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 23 42 −19 15 0–4 1–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 3–1
10  Venezuela 18 3 1 14 14 34 −20 10 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–1
Source: FIFA, CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ The match on 5 September 2021 was suspended after five minutes at 0–0, after Argentina walked off because Brazilian health officials entered the pitch demanding the isolation of four Argentine players accused of violating the COVID quarantine rules. It was scheduled to be replayed on 21 September 2022, but was eventually cancelled, with both teams already qualified.

Matches

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Matchday 1

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Paraguay 2–2 Peru
  • Á. Romero 66', 81'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay 2–1 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Argentina 1–0 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Brazil 5–0 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 2

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Bolivia 1–2 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Ecuador 4–2 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 0–1 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Peru 2–4 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 3

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Bolivia 2–3 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Argentina 1–1 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Chile 2–0 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 4

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Venezuela 2–1 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Ecuador 6–1 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay 0–2 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Peru 0–2 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 7

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Bolivia 3–1 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay 0–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Peru 0–3 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 0

Brazil 2–0 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 8

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Ecuador 1–2 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 0–0 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Colombia 2–2 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Paraguay 0–2 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Chile 1–1 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 9

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Bolivia 1–1 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Ecuador 2–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 1–3 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Peru 1–1 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Chile 0–1 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 6

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Matchday pushed back in revised schedule and then cancelled.


Ecuador 0–0 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay 4–2 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Paraguay 1–1 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Peru 1–0 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 8,000

Matchday 10

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Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
Pereiro 90+2' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Colombia 3–1 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Meneses 56'

Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Messi 14', 64', 88' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 2–0 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 11

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Uruguay 0–0 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Paraguay 0–0 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 1–3 Brazil
Ramírez 11' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Ecuador 3–0 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Peru 2–0 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 8,000

Matchday 5

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Matchday pushed back in revised schedule.

Bolivia 1–0 Peru
R. Vaca 83' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 2–1 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Valencia 37' (pen.)



Chile 2–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 12

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Bolivia 4–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Colombia 0–0 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)


Chile 3–0 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 4–1 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Suárez 77'

Matchday 13

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Ecuador 1–0 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Paraguay 0–1 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 1–0 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 22,800
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Peru 3–0 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 10,000

Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 14

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Bolivia 3–0 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Venezuela 1–2 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Colombia 0–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Argentina 0–0 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Chile 0–2 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 15

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Ecuador 1–1 Brazil
Torres 75' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Casemiro 6'

Paraguay 0–1 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
L. Suárez 50'

Chile 1–2 Argentina
Brereton 21' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Colombia 0–1 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Flores 85'

Venezuela 4–1 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Miranda 38'

Matchday 16

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Bolivia 2–3 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay 4–1 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

Argentina 1–0 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 4–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 32,344

Peru 1–1 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 28,000

Matchday 17

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Uruguay 1–0 Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Colombia 3–0 Bolivia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil 4–0 Chile
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Paraguay 3–1 Ecuador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Argentina 3–0 Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 18

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Peru 2–0 Paraguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 40,000

Venezuela 0–1 Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Rodríguez 45+4' (pen.)

Bolivia 0–4 Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 20,000

Chile 0–2 Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Ecuador 1–1 Argentina
Valencia 90+3' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Álvarez