1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details | |
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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) | ![]() (12 goals) |
← 1994 2002 → |
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) |
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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.
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 21 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
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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 | ![]() |
16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 41 | −33 | 3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
Matchday 1
Ecuador ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Hurtado ![]() Tenorio ![]() Gavica ![]() |
[2] | Palacios ![]() |
Colombia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Asprilla ![]() |
[2] |
Argentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ortega ![]() Batistuta ![]() |
[2] | Baldivieso ![]() |
Matchday 2
Peru ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Reynoso ![]() |
[2] | Aristizábal ![]() |
Matchday 3
Colombia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Asprilla ![]() Valderrama ![]() De Ávila ![]() |
[2] | Cedrés ![]() |
Bolivia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Sandy ![]() Etcheverry ![]() Baldivieso ![]() Coimbra ![]() Suarez ![]() Paniagua ![]() |
[2] | Tortolero ![]() |
Matchday 4
Colombia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Asprilla ![]() Bermúdez ![]() |
[2] | Zamorano ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Batistuta ![]() |
[2] | Chilavert ![]() |
Matchday 5
Venezuela ![]() | 2–5 | ![]() |
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Savarese ![]() Dudamel ![]() |
[2] | Ortega ![]() Sorín ![]() Simeone ![]() Morales ![]() Albornoz ![]() |
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
Venezuela ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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[4] | Bermúdez ![]() Valenciano ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Batistuta ![]() |
[2] | Cornejo ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Montero ![]() Bengoechea ![]() |
[2] |
Matchday 8
Bolivia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Moreno ![]() Etcheverry ![]() |
[5] |
Matchday 9
Colombia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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[5] | López ![]() |
Matchday 10
Matchday 11
Argentina ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Ortega ![]() Crespo ![]() |
[5] | Aguinaga ![]() |
Colombia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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[5] | Pereda ![]() |
Matchday 12
Argentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Crespo ![]() Simeone ![]() |
[5] |
Matchday 13
Matchday 14
Argentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Crespo ![]() Paz ![]() |
[5] |
Bolivia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Etcheverry ![]() |
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Colombia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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de Ávila ![]() |
[5] |
Matchday 15
Colombia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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De Ávila ![]() Valderrama ![]() Asprilla ![]() |
[5] |
Matchday 16
Matchday 17
Ecuador ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Graziani ![]() |
[5] |
Matchday 18
Argentina ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Cáceres ![]() |
[5] | Valderrama ![]() |
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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Defending champions | 17 July 1994 | 15 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) |
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Winners | 10 September 1997 | 11 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) |
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Runners-up | 10 September 1997 | 4 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986) |
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Third place | 10 September 1997 | 3 (1962, 1990, 1994) |
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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)
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1998 - football, table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z International Matches 1996 South America
- ^ Bolivia v Paraguay, 15 December 1996
- ^ Venezuela v Colombia, 15 December 1996
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq International Matches 1997 South America
- ^ "1997 (April 30) Paraguay 3-Uruguay 1 (World Cup Qualifier).avi". YouTube.
- ^ Ecuador v Paraguay, 20 August 1997