2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Dates	13 October 2007 – 18 November 2009
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	232 (2.58 per match)
Attendance	3,301,363 (36,682 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Humberto Suazo (10 goals)
← 2006 2014 →

Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
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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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	9	7	2	33	11	+22	34	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	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	—

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]

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

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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

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.

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

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]}

• South America Zone at FIFA.com
• FIFA and CONMEBOL agree preliminary competition format and venues
• FIFA and CONMEBOL caution and ejection statistics