2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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)
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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 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 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

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.)
Ecuador 2–0 Venezuela
J. Ayoví 15'
C. Benítez 28'		 Report
Argentina 4–1 Chile
Higuaín 7', 52', 63'
Messi 25'		 Report Fernández 59'
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'
Chile 4–2 Peru
Ponce 2'
Vargas 18'
Medel 48'
Suazo 63' (pen.)		 Report Pizarro 49'
Farfán 60'
Paraguay 1–1 Uruguay
Ortiz 90+2' Report Forlán 68'
Venezuela 1–0 Argentina
Amorebieta 62' Report

Matchday 3

Argentina 1–1 Bolivia
Lavezzi 60' Report Moreno 55'
Uruguay 4–0 Chile
Suárez 42', 45', 67', 73' Report
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela
Guarín 11' Report F. Feltscher 78'
Paraguay 2–1 Ecuador
Riveros 47'
Verón 57'		 Report J. R. Rojas 90+2'

Matchday 4

Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Pabón 44' Report Messi 61'
Agüero 83'
Ecuador 2–0 Peru
Méndez 69'
C. Benítez 88'		 Report
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'
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Aránguiz 45+2'
Vidal 83'
Argentina 4–0 Ecuador
Agüero 19'
Higuaín 29'
Messi 31'
Di María 76'		 Report
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'
Venezuela 0–2 Chile
Report Fernández 85'
Aránguiz 90+1'
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

Matchday 7

Colombia 4–0 Uruguay
Falcao 2'
T. Gutiérrez 47', 51'
Zúñiga 90'		 Report
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
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Matchday 8

Chile 1–3 Colombia
Fernández 41' Report J. Rodríguez 58'
Falcao 73'
T. Gutiérrez 76'
Uruguay 1–1 Ecuador
Cavani 66' Report Caicedo 7' (pen.)
Paraguay 0–2 Venezuela
Report Rondón 45', 67'
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
Ecuador 3–1 Chile
Caicedo 33', 56' (pen.)
Castillo 90+2'		 Report Paredes 25' (o.g.)
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'
Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
Arango 5' Report Castillo 23'
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Aguilar 52' Report
Chile 1–2 Argentina
F. Gutiérrez 90+1' Report Messi 28'
Higuaín 31'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Matchday 11

Colombia 5–0 Bolivia
Torres 20'
Valdés 49'
T. Gutiérrez 62'
Falcao 86'
Armero 90+2'		 Report
Uruguay 1–1 Paraguay
Suárez 81' Report É. Benítez 85'
Argentina 3–0 Venezuela
Higuaín 29', 59'
Messi 45' (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'
Chile 2–0 Uruguay
Paredes 10'
Vargas 77'		 Report
Attendance: 43,816
Venezuela 1–0 Colombia
Rondón 14' Report
Attendance: 41,250
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Matchday 13

Bolivia 1–1 Venezuela
J. Campos 86' Report Arango 58'
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
Ecuador 1–1 Argentina
Castillo 17' Report Agüero 4' (pen.)
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
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
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
Venezuela 3–2 Peru
Rondón 36'
C. González 59' (pen.)
Otero 76'		 Report Hurtado 19'
Zambrano 86'
Paraguay 2–5 Argentina
Núñez 18'
Santa Cruz 85'		 Report Messi 12' (pen.), 52' (pen.)
Agüero 32'
Di María 49'
M. Rodríguez 90'

Matchday 17

Colombia 3–3 Chile
T. Gutiérrez 69'
Falcao 74' (pen.), 83' (pen.)		 Report Vidal 18' (pen.)
Sánchez 21', 29'
Ecuador 1–0 Uruguay
Montero 30' Report
Venezuela 1–1 Paraguay
Seijas 82' Report É. Benítez 28'
Argentina 3–1 Peru
Lavezzi 23', 34'
Palacio 47'		 Report Pizarro 20'

Matchday 18

Paraguay 1–2 Colombia
J. L. Rojas 7' Report Yepes 38', 56'
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'
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.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
 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 201 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.

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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