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.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 October 2011 – 15 October 2013 |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 72 |
Goals scored | 201 (2.79 per match) |
Attendance | 2,647,470 (36,770 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (11 goals) |
Format
editThe 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
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||||||
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1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 12 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — |
Matches
editThe matches were played from 7 October 2011 to 15 October 2013.[1]
Matchday 1
editEcuador | 2–0 | |
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J. Ayoví C. Benítez |
Report |
Argentina | 4–1 | |
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Higuaín Messi |
Report | Fernández |
Matchday 2
editVenezuela | 1–0 | |
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Amorebieta |
Report |
Matchday 3
editArgentina | 1–1 | |
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Lavezzi |
Report | Moreno |
Colombia | 1–1 | |
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Guarín |
Report | F. Feltscher |
Matchday 4
editColombia | 1–2 | |
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Pabón |
Report | Messi Agüero |
Ecuador | 2–0 | |
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Méndez C. Benítez |
Report |
Venezuela | 1–0 | |
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Vizcarrondo |
Report |
Matchday 5
editArgentina | 4–0 | |
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Agüero Higuaín Messi Di María |
Report |
Peru | 0–1 | |
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Report | J. Rodríguez |
Matchday 6
editVenezuela | 0–2 | |
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Report | Fernández Aránguiz |
Uruguay | 4–2 | |
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Suárez Pereira C. Rodríguez Eguren |
Report | Godín Guerrero |
Ecuador | 1–0 | |
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C. Benítez |
Report |
Matchday 7
editMatchday 8
editChile | 1–3 | |
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Fernández |
Report | J. Rodríguez Falcao T. Gutiérrez |
Matchday 9
editMatchday 10
editMatchday 11
editColombia | 5–0 | |
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Torres Valdés T. Gutiérrez Falcao Armero |
Report |
Uruguay | 1–1 | |
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Suárez |
Report | É. Benítez |
Argentina | 3–0 | |
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Higuaín Messi |
Report |
Matchday 12
editMatchday 13
editArgentina | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Matchday 14
editColombia | 2–0 | |
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Falcao T. Gutiérrez |
Report |
Matchday 15
editColombia | 1–0 | |
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J. Rodríguez |
Report |
Matchday 16
editParaguay | 2–5 | |
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Núñez Santa Cruz |
Report | Messi Agüero Di María M. Rodríguez |
Matchday 17
editColombia | 3–3 | |
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T. Gutiérrez Falcao |
Report | Vidal Sánchez |
Venezuela | 1–1 | |
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Seijas |
Report | É. Benítez |
Argentina | 3–1 | |
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Lavezzi Palacio |
Report | Pizarro |
Matchday 18
editParaguay | 1–2 | |
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J. L. Rojas |
Report | Yepes |
Uruguay | 3–2 | |
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C. Rodríguez Suárez Cavani |
Report | M. Rodríguez |
- Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
editWhile 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 |
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Jordan |
0–5 | 0–5 | 0–0 |
Qualified teams
editThe following six teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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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) | |
Winners | 10 September 2013 | 15 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) | |
Runners-up | 15 October 2013 | 4 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998) | |
Third place | 15 October 2013 | 8 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010) | |
Fourth place | 11 October 2013 | 2 (2002, 2006) | |
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
editThere 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
Éver Banega
Rodrigo Palacio
Jaime Arrascaita
Diego Bejarano
Jhasmani Campos
Rudy Cardozo
Alejandro Chumacero
Wálter Flores
Gualberto Mojica
Alcides Peña
Matías Campos
Pablo Contreras
Marcos González
Felipe Gutiérrez
Esteban Paredes
Waldo Ponce
Humberto Suazo
Pablo Armero
Fredy Guarín
Macnelly Torres
Carlos Valdés
Juan Camilo Zúñiga
Jaime Ayoví
Édison Méndez
Joao Rojas
Pablo César Aguilar
Luis Nery Caballero
Gustavo Gómez
José Ariel Núñez
Jorge Rojas
Darío Verón
Paolo Hurtado
Juan Carlos Mariño
Yoshimar Yotún
Sebastián Eguren
Maxi Pereira
Cristhian Stuani
Fernando Amorebieta
Frank Feltscher
César González
Rómulo Otero
Luis Manuel Seijas
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
1 own goal
Juan Carlos Paredes (against Chile)
Diego Godín (against Peru)
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "El partido se iniciaría a las 5 de la tarde". Semana (in Spanish). 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "International Match Calendar 2013–2018" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2021.