2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)


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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.

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 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification                  
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 —

The matches were played from 7 October 2011 to 15 October 2013.[1]

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

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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

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.

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

  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.