2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates13 October 2007 – 18 November 2009
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played90
Goals scored232 (2.58 per match)
Attendance3,301,363 (36,682 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Humberto Suazo
(10 goals)
2006
2014

The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL. Matches were scheduled so that there were always two games within a week, which was aimed at minimizing player travel time, particularly for players who were based in Europe.

The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34 Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
2  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33 0–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 4–0 2–0
3  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
4  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1
5  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 0–4 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 6–0
6  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 5–1
7  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23 0–0 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
8  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22 0–4 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 5–3 3–1
9  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15 2–1 0–2 4–2 6–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–0
10  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Source: FIFA

On 24 November 2008, FIFA suspended the Peruvian Football Federation from all international competition due to governmental interference in its operations.[2] The suspension was lifted on 20 December 2008.[3]

Results

The round-by-round fixtures were same as the 2002 and 2006 qualifying tournament.

Round 1

Uruguay 5–0 Bolivia
Suárez 4'
Forlán 38'
Abreu 48'
Sánchez 67'
Bueno 83'
Report
Chile
)

Argentina 2–0 Chile
Riquelme 27', 45' Report
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 55,000
)


Peru 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Colombia 0–0 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 41,000

Round 2

Venezuela 0–2 Argentina
Report Milito 16'
Messi 43'

Bolivia 0–0 Colombia
Report

Chile 2–0 Peru
Suazo 11'
Fernández 51'
Report
Attendance: 58,000

Paraguay 1–0 Uruguay
Valdez 14' Report

Brazil 5–0 Ecuador
Vágner Love 19'
Ronaldinho 71'
Kaká 77', 85'
Elano 83'
Report
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 87,000
)

Round 3



Paraguay 5–1 Ecuador
Valdez 8'
Riveros 26', 87'
Santa Cruz 50'
Ayala 82'
Report Kaviedes 79'

Uruguay 2–2 Chile
Suárez 42'
Abreu 81'
Report Salas 59', 70' (pen.)

Peru 1–1 Brazil
Vargas 72' Report Kaká 41'
Attendance: 45,847

Round 4

Venezuela 5–3 Bolivia
Arismendi 20', 40'
Guerra 81'
Maldonado 89', 90+1'
Report Moreno 19', 77'
Arce 27'
Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil
)


Ecuador 5–1 Peru
Ayoví 10', 48'
Kaviedes 24'
Méndez 44', 62'
Report
Mendoza
86'
Chile
)

Brazil 2–1 Uruguay
Luís Fabiano 45', 64' Report Abreu 9'

Chile 0–3 Paraguay
Report Cabañas 24'
Da Silva 45+1', 56'
Attendance: 52,320

Round 5

Uruguay 1–1 Venezuela
Lugano 12' Report Vargas 56'

Peru 1–1 Colombia
Mariño 40' Report Rodallega 8'
Attendance: 25,000

Paraguay 2–0 Brazil
Santa Cruz 26'
Cabañas 49'
Report

Argentina 1–1 Ecuador
Palacio 90+3' Report Urrutia 69'
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 41,167
)

Bolivia 0–2 Chile
Report Medel 29', 76'
Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru
)

Round 6

Uruguay 6–0 Peru
Forlán 8', 38' (pen.), 57'
Bueno 61', 69'
Abreu 90'
Report
Chile
)

Bolivia 4–2 Paraguay
R. García 25'
Moreno
76'
Report Santa Cruz 66'
Valdez 82'

Ecuador 0–0 Colombia
Report


Venezuela 2–3 Chile
Maldonado 59'
Arango 80'
Report Suazo 65' (pen.), 90+2'
Jara 72'
Puerto la Cruz
Attendance: 38,000
)

Round 7

Argentina 1–1 Paraguay
Agüero 60' Report Heinze 13' (o.g.)
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 46,250
)


Colombia 0–1 Uruguay
Report Eguren 15'
Attendance: 35,024

Peru 1–0 Venezuela
Alva 39' Report
Attendance: 25,500

Chile 0–3 Brazil
Report Luís Fabiano 21', 83'
Robinho 45'
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 60,239
)

Round 8


Uruguay 0–0 Ecuador
Report
Attendance: 45,000

Chile 4–0 Colombia
Jara 26'
Suazo 38'
Fuentes 48'
Fernández 71'
Report
Attendance: 47,459

Brazil 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 31,422
)

Round 9

Bolivia 3–0 Peru
R. García
81'
Report

Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Messi 6'
Agüero 13'
Report Lugano 40'
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 42,421
)


Venezuela 0–4 Brazil
Report Kaká 6'
Robinho 10', 67'
Adriano 19'
Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru
)

Round 10

Bolivia 2–2 Uruguay
Moreno 15', 42' Report Bueno 64'
Abreu 88'

Paraguay 1–0 Peru
Cardozo 81' Report
Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil
)


Brazil 0–0 Colombia
Report
Chile
)

Venezuela 3–1 Ecuador
Maldonado 48'
Moreno 56'
Arango 67'
Report Mina 12'
Chile
)

Round 11

Uruguay 2–0 Paraguay
Forlán 28'
Lugano 57'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Argentina 4–0 Venezuela
Messi 26'
Tevez 47'
Rodríguez 51'
Agüero 73'
Report
Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru
)


Ecuador 1–1 Brazil
Noboa 89' Report Júlio Baptista 72'
Chile
)

Peru 1–3 Chile
Fano 34' Report Sánchez 2'
Suazo 32' (pen.)
Fernández 70'
Attendance: 48,700

Round 12

Venezuela 2–0 Colombia
Miku 78'
Arango 82'
Report
Chile
)

Bolivia 6–1 Argentina
Torrico
87'
Report González 25'

Ecuador 1–1 Paraguay
Noboa 63' Report É. Benítez 90+2'

Chile 0–0 Uruguay
Report

Brazil 3–0 Peru
Luís Fabiano 18' (pen.), 27'
Felipe Melo 64'
Report

Round 13

Uruguay 0–4 Brazil
Report Dani Alves 12'
Juan 36'
Luís Fabiano 52'
Kaká 75' (pen.)

Bolivia 0–1 Venezuela
Report Rivero 33' (o.g.)
Attendance: 23,427
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Argentina 1–0 Colombia
Díaz
56'
Report
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 55,000
)


Peru 1–2 Ecuador
Vargas 52' Report Montero 38'
Tenorio 59'
Attendance: 17,050

Round 14

Ecuador 2–0 Argentina
Ayoví 72'
Palacios 83'
Report
Chile
)

Colombia 1–0 Peru
Falcao 25' Report

Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
Robinho 40'
Nilmar 49'
Report Cabañas 25'
Attendance: 56,682

Chile 4–0 Bolivia
Beausejour 43'
Estrada 74'
Sánchez 78', 88'
Report
Attendance: 60,214

Venezuela 2–2 Uruguay
Maldonado 9'
Rey 74'
Report Suárez 60'
Forlán 72'
Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil
)

Round 15


Peru 1–0 Uruguay
Rengifo 86' Report
Chile
)

Paraguay 1–0 Bolivia
Cabañas 45+1' (pen.) Report

Argentina 1–3 Brazil
Dátolo 65' Report Luisão 23'
Luís Fabiano 30', 68'

Chile 2–2 Venezuela
Vidal 11'
Millar 53'
Report Maldonado 34'
Rey 45+1'

Round 16

Bolivia 1–3 Ecuador
Yecerotte 85' Report Méndez 4'
Valencia 46'
Benítez 66'

Uruguay 3–1 Colombia
Suárez 7'
Scotti 77'
Eguren 87'
Report Martínez 63'

Paraguay 1–0 Argentina
Valdez 27' Report
Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil
)

Brazil 4–2 Chile
Nilmar 31', 74', 76'
Baptista 40'
Report Suazo 45+1' (pen.), 52'

Venezuela 3–1 Peru
Miku 33', 52'
Vargas 65'
Report Fuenmayor 41' (o.g.)
Puerto la Cruz
Attendance: 31,703
)

Round 17

Argentina 2–1 Peru
Higuaín 48'
Palermo 90+2'
Report Rengifo 89'
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 38,019
)




Bolivia 2–1 Brazil
Olivares 10'
Moreno 32'
Report Nilmar 70'
Chile
)

Round 18

Peru 1–0 Bolivia
Fano 54' Report
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
Attendance: 4,373
)


Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Suazo 53' Report

Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report Bolatti 84'

Paraguay 0–2 Colombia
Report Ramos 61'
Rodallega 80'

Inter-confederation play-offs

The team from fourth place in the CONCACAF qualifying fourth round (Costa Rica) entered into a home and away play-off against the team which finished fifth in the CONMEBOL qualifying group (Uruguay). The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.[4]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Costa Rica  1–2  Uruguay 0–1 1–1

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 Winners 5 September 2009 18 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Chile Runners-up 10 October 2009 7 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998)
 Paraguay Third place 9 September 2009 7 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Argentina Fourth place 14 October 2009 14 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
 Uruguay CONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off winners 18 November 2009 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 232 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA.com: Scorer stats

Notes

This was the first time that Argentina lost more than 2 or 4 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) or runner-up (2nd) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Suspension of the Peruvian FA". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Combined bidding confirmed". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  4. ^ Intercontinental play-off dates confirmed Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine

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