1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
International football competition
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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.
Dates24 April 1996 – 16 November 1997
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed72
Goals scored184 (2.56 per match)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 April 1996 – 16 November 1997 |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Goals scored | 184 (2.56 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,806,242 (38,976 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Iván Zamorano(12 goals) |
← 1994 2002 → | |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 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
Matchday 1
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)
Attendance: 31,600
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
Attendance: 49,750
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)
Matchday 2
| Peru | 1–1 | Colombia |
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Reynoso  47' |
[2] | Aristizábal 60' |
Matchday 3
Attendance: 36,169
Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)
Matchday 4
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Matchday 5
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
| Venezuela | 0–2 | Colombia |
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| [4] | Bermúdez 7' Valenciano 50' |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Attendance: 59,970
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Peru |
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| Montero 2' Bengoechea 38' |
[2] |
Matchday 8
| Bolivia | 2–0 | Ecuador |
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| Moreno 7' Etcheverry 12' |
[5] |
Matchday 9
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Matchday 10
Matchday 11
Attendance: 62,300
Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)
Attendance: 22,172
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Matchday 12
Attendance: 56,069
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Matchday 13
Matchday 14
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
| Bolivia | 1–0 | Uruguay |
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| Etcheverry 75' |
[5] |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Matchday 15
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Matchday 16
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)
Matchday 17
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
Attendance: 14,568
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Matchday 18
Argentina  | 1–1 | Colombia |
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| Cáceres 69' |
[5] | Valderrama 20' |
Qualified teams
The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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 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
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
Marcelo Gallardo- Claudio López
- Diego Simeone
Julio Baldivieso- Jaime Moreno
- Berthy Suárez
Javier Margas- Pedro Reyes
Jorge Bermúdez- Hamilton Ricard
- Mauricio Serna
Agustín Delgado
Derlis Soto- Catalino Rivarola
Germán Carty- Juan Reynoso Guzmán
- Julinho
- Flavio Maestri
- José Pereda
- Jorge Soto
Sebastián Abreu- Paolo Montero
- Marcelo Saralegui
- Darío Silva
Giovanni Savarese
1 goal
- José Albornoz
- Fernando Cáceres
- Néstor Gorosito
- Hugo Morales
- Pablo Paz
- Juan Pablo Sorín
- Juan Sebastián Verón
- Ramiro Castillo
- Milton Coimbra
- Luis Cristaldo
- Fernando Ochoaizpur
- Roly Paniagua
- Vladimir Soria
- Rodrigo Barrera
- Juan Carreño López
- Fernando Cornejo
- Fabián Estay
- Pedro González Vera
- Víctor Aristizábal
- Wilmer Cabrera
- Freddy Rincón
- Iván Valenciano
- Cléber Chalá
- José Gavica
- Iván Hurtado
- Alberto Montaño
- Máximo Tenorio
- Roberto Acuña
- Francisco Arce
- Richard Báez
- Hugo Brizuela
- José Cardozo
- José Luis Chilavert
- Julio César Enciso
- Félix Ricardo Torres
- Manuel Marengo
- Carlos Aguilera
- Pablo Bengoechea
- Gabriel Cedrés
- Gustavo Poyet
- Álvaro Recoba
- Gonzalo de los Santos
- Rafael Castellín
- Gerson Díaz
- Rafael Dudamel
- Dioni Guerra
- Gabriel Miranda
- Edson Tortolero
1 own goal
- Juan Manuel Peña (against Uruguay)