1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates24 April 1996 – 16 November 1997
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played72
Goals scored186 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Iván Zamorano
(12 goals)
← 1994
2002 →
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

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.

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 Argentina Paraguay Colombia Chile Peru Ecuador Uruguay Bolivia Venezuela
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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