1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates	24 April 1996 – 16 November 1997
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	186 (2.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Iván Zamorano; (12 goals)
	← 1994 2002 →

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.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	16	8	6	2	23	13	+10	30
2	Paraguay	16	9	2	5	21	14	+7	29
3	Colombia	16	8	4	4	23	15	+8	28
4	Chile	16	7	4	5	32	18	+14	25
5	Peru	16	7	4	5	19	20	−1	25
6	Ecuador	16	6	3	7	22	21	+1	21
7	Uruguay	16	6	3	7	18	21	−3	21
8	Bolivia	16	4	5	7	18	21	−3	17
9	Venezuela	16	0	3	13	8	41	−33	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Matches

Round 1

24 April 1996

19:15 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Uruguay
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Poyet 77'

Alberto Tejada Noriega

(Peru)

24 April 1996

20:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	4–1	Peru
Hurtado 54', 88' Tenorio 65' Gavica 78'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Palacios 62'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)

24 April 1996

20:10 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Paraguay
Asprilla 53'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 31,600

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

24 April 1996

21:10 UTC−3

Argentina	3–1	Bolivia
Ortega 8', 18' Batistuta 49'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Baldivieso 42'

Mario Sánchez Yanten

(Chile)

Round 2

2 June 1996

11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–0	Argentina
Montaño 51' Hurtado 89'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)

2 June 1996

15:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	0–2	Paraguay
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Arce 10' Rojas 88'

Marcio Rezende de Freitas

(Brazil)

2 June 1996

17:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	1–1	Chile
Guerra 8'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Margas 90+5'

Epifanio Gonzalez

(Paraguay)

2 June 1996

16:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–1	Colombia
Reynoso 47'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Aristizábal 60'

Lima

Attendance: 43,345

Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Round 3

6 July 1996

18:30 UTC−4

Chile	4–1	Ecuador
Zamorano 25', 86' Salas 75' Estay 83'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Aguinaga 73'

Santiago

Attendance: 74,905^[1]

Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

7 July 1996

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	3–1	Uruguay
Valderrama 20' De Ávila 78'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Cedrés 57'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 36,169

Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)

7 July 1996

15:30 UTC−5

Peru	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Lima

Attendance: 43,675

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

7 July 1996

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	6–1	Venezuela
Suarez 78' Paniagua 85'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Tortolero 65' (pen.)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 43,822

Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)

Round 4

1 September 1996

11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–0	Venezuela
Aguinaga 4'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 36,889

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

1 September 1996

15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–0	Peru
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 48,304

Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)

1 September 1996

16:00 UTC−5

Colombia	4–1	Chile
Asprilla 3', 31', 47' Bermúdez 43'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Zamorano 56' (pen.)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

1 September 1996

18:15 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Batistuta 27'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Chilavert 42'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 65,500

Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva

(Brazil)

Round 5

8 October 1996

20:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–0	Bolivia
Moas 72'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)

9 October 1996

11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	0–1	Colombia
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Asprilla 72'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

9 October 1996

20:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	2–5	Argentina
Savarese 7' Dudamel 87'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Albornoz 90+1'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

9 October 1996

21:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Chile
Gamarra 24' Rivarola 63'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Margas 22'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Round 6

10 November 1996

15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–2	Colombia
Sandy 15' Moreno 44'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Serna 40' (pen.) Rincón 54'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 43,173

Referee: Jose Villamonte (Peru)

10 November 1996

15:30 UTC−5

Peru	4–1	Venezuela
Julinho 21' Palacios 49', 83'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Díaz 78'

Lima

Attendance: 31,036

Referee: René Ortubé

(Bolivia)

10 November 1996

18:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador
Benítez 24'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 31,002

Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)

12 November 1996

21:30 UTC−3

Chile	1–0	Uruguay
Salas 60'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Santiago

Attendance: 73,547^[1]

Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)

Round 7

15 December 1996

18:10 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–0	Paraguay
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 41,076

Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)

15 December 1996

16:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Colombia
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Bermúdez 7' Valenciano 50'

San Cristóbal

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

15 December 1996

20:00 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Chile
Batistuta 76' (pen.)	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Cornejo 52'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 59,970

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino

(Paraguay)

15 December 1996

21:10 UTC−3

Uruguay	2–0	Peru
Montero 2' Bengoechea 38'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 42,630

Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)

Round 8

12 January 1997

11:30 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Paraguay
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Benítez 6' Enciso 62'

Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa, Mérida

Attendance: 7,981

Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

12 January 1997

15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–0	Ecuador
Moreno 7' Etcheverry 12'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 39,968

Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

12 January 1997

19:10 UTC−3

Uruguay	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

12 January 1997

20:00 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Chile
Maestri 15' Palacios 34'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Zamorano 88'

Lima

Attendance: 35,373

Referee: José Varela

(Uruguay)

Round 9

11 February 1997

17:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	4–0	Uruguay
Aguinaga 6' Delgado 68', 76' Chalá 87'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

12 February 1997

18:00 UTC−3

Bolivia	1–1	Chile
Soria 28'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	González 44'

Alberto Tejada Noriega

(Peru)

12 February 1997

17:00 UTC−5

Colombia	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	López 10'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

12 February 1997

21:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Peru
Rojas 40'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Pereda 33'

Mario Sánchez Yanten

(Chile)

Round 10

2 April 1997

18:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–1	Argentina
Sandy 8' Ochoaizpur 48'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Gorosito 41' (pen.)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 44,372

Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

2 April 1997

20:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–1	Ecuador
Palacios 58'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Aguinaga 78' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 42,299

Referee: John Toro Rendón

(Colombia)

2 April 1997

21:10 UTC−3

Uruguay	3–1	Venezuela
De Los Santos 29' Montero 46' Otero 59'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Castellín 55'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

2 April 1997

21:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Colombia
Galeano 30' (o.g.) Soto 82'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Serna 80' (pen.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 37,297

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Round 11

29 April 1997

21:15 UTC−4

Chile	6–0	Venezuela
Zamorano 19', 27', 32', 47', 85' Reyes 66'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 42,034

Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

30 April 1997

21:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–1	Ecuador
Ortega 18' Crespo 30'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Aguinaga 73'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 62,300

Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)

30 April 1997

21:00 UTC−4

Paraguay	3–1	Uruguay
Rojas 37' Cardozo 73' (pen.)^[2] Soto 83'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Silva 87'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 34,101

Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)

30 April 1997

21:00 UTC−5

Colombia	0–1	Peru
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Pereda 62'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 22,172

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 12

8 June 1997

11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–1	Chile
Graziani 43'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Salas 53'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 42,225

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

8 June 1997

18:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–0	Peru
Crespo 44' Simeone 46'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 56,069

Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

8 June 1997

15:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–1	Colombia
Silva 6'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Ricard 47'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 37,200

Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

8 June 1997

16:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	1–1	Bolivia
Savarese 70'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Castillo 80'

Estadio Luis Loreto Lira, Valera

Attendance: 3,352

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

(Brazil)

Round 13

5 July 1997

20:30 UTC−4

Chile	4–1	Colombia
Salas 16', 26', 41' Zamorano 90' (pen.)	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Ricard 52'

Santiago

Attendance: 75,617^[3]

Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)

6 July 1997

18:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–2	Argentina
Acuña 59' (pen.)	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Gallardo 30' Verón 41'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

6 July 1997

14:30 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Bolivia
Carty 9' Soto 53'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Cristaldo 56'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 31,489

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

6 July 1997

16:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	1–1	Ecuador
Miranda 75'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Hurtado 55'

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Attendance: 4,729

Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Round 14

20 July 1997

18:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–0	Venezuela
Crespo 31' Paz 58'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

20 July 1997

15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	1–0	Uruguay
Etcheverry 75'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 27,874

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

20 July 1997

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
de Ávila 83'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

20 July 1997

20:30 UTC−4

Chile	2–1	Paraguay
Zamorano 9' (pen.), 51'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Brizuela 61'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 75,143

Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)

Round 15

20 August 1997

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Otero 20'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

20 August 1997

21:15 UTC−5

Colombia	3–0	Bolivia
Valderrama 30' (pen.) Asprilla 76'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 25,912

Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

20 August 1997

11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–1	Paraguay
Aguinaga 53' Graziani 72'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Báez 5'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

20 August 1997

18:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–3	Peru
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Julinho 54' Maestri 81'

Estadio La Carolina, Barinas

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Round 16

10 September 1997

18:00 UTC−4

Chile	1–2	Argentina
Salas 34'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Gallardo 25' López 86'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 73,644

Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)

10 September 1997

20:10 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Uruguay
Palacios 57' Carty 60'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Recoba 43'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 34,721

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast

(USA)

10 September 1997

21:15 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Venezuela
Cabrera 68'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)

10 September 1997

21:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia
Benítez 26' Gamarra 37'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Suárez 58'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 40,341

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Round 17

12 October 1997

18:15 UTC−3

Argentina	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

12 October 1997

21:15 UTC−3

Chile	4–0	Peru
Salas 13', 82', 88' Reyes 58'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Santiago

Attendance: 74,219

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

(Brazil)

12 October 1997

19:10 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–0	Venezuela
Torres 68'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

12 October 1997

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–0	Bolivia
Graziani 27'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 14,568

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Round 18

16 November 1997

19:30 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Colombia
Cáceres 69'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Valderrama 10'

Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas

(Brazil)

16 November 1997

17:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	5–3	Ecuador
Saralegui 3', 12' Abreu 48', 52' Aguilera 63'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}	Graziani 2', 59', 68'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)

16 November 1997

15:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–0	Paraguay
Soto 37'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

16 November 1997

17:00 UTC−3

Chile	3–0	Bolivia
Carreño 84'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 74,777

Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Qualified teams

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

There were 184 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.

12 goals

Iván Zamorano

11 goals

Marcelo Salas

7 goals

Faustino Asprilla

6 goals

4 goals

Ariel Ortega

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Hugo Galeano (playing against Paraguay)

References

External links

Eliminatoria Sudamericana Mundial Francia 1998^{[permanent dead link]} at Conmebol.com
International Matches 1996 – South America at rsssf.com
International Matches 1997 – South America at rsssf.com

[rsssf-1] International Matches 1996 South America

[2] "1997 (April 30) Paraguay 3-Uruguay 1 (World Cup Qualifier).avi". YouTube.

[3] International Matches 1997 South America

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