2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates	8 October 2015 – 10 October 2017
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	242 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	3,365,010 (37,389 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edinson Cavani; (10 goals)
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The South American section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for CONMEBOL teams.^[1]

Two-time defending Copa América champions Chile did not qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 3–0 loss to Brazil on the final day of qualifying campaign, resulting in a sixth-place finish. As a result, following intercontinental play-offs against the record five-time OFC Nations Cup champions New Zealand, Peru qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1982.

Format[edit]

The qualification structure was the same as for the previous five tournaments. The ten teams played in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fifth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Unlike previous qualifying tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were determined by draw, which was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

For scheduling reasons, Argentina and Brazil were automatically positioned as Teams 4 and 5 respectively to ensure that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.^[3]^[4] The remaining eight teams were drawn into one of the remaining eight positions from Teams 1 to 10 (except 4 and 5).

Entrants[edit]

All ten national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.^[5]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Peru advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Draw position^[6]	Team	FIFA ranking at start of event^[7]
1	Colombia	5
2	Chile	9
3	Paraguay	61
4	Argentina	1
5	Brazil	7
6	Ecuador	31
7	Venezuela	69
8	Bolivia	67
9	Peru	50
10	Uruguay	20

Schedule[edit]

There were a total of 18 matchdays: four in 2015, eight in 2016, and six in 2017.^[8]

2015
Matchday	Date
Matchday 1	5–13 October 2015
Matchday 2	5–13 October 2015
Matchday 3	9–17 November 2015
Matchday 4	9–17 November 2015

2016
Matchday	Date
Matchday 5	21–29 March 2016
Matchday 6	21–29 March 2016
Matchday 7	29 August – 6 September 2016
Matchday 8	29 August – 6 September 2016
Matchday 9	3–11 October 2016
Matchday 10	3–11 October 2016
Matchday 11	7–15 November 2016
Matchday 12	7–15 November 2016

2017
Matchday	Date
Matchday 13	20–28 March 2017
Matchday 14	20–28 March 2017
Matchday 15	28 August – 5 September 2017
Matchday 16	28 August – 5 September 2017
Matchday 17	2–10 October 2017
Matchday 18	2–10 October 2017

The inter-confederation play-offs were scheduled to be played between 6–14 November 2017.^[9]

The fixtures for CONMEBOL qualification were decided based on the draw positions, as follows:

Matchday	Fixtures
Matchday 1	1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10
Matchday 2	3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3
Matchday 4	1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2
Matchday 5	2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7
Matchday 6	1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9
Matchday 7	1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9
Matchday 8	2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3
Matchday 9	3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7

Matchday	Fixtures
Matchday 10	1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6
Matchday 11	1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6
Matchday 12	2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5
Matchday 13	1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5
Matchday 14	2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10
Matchday 15	2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4
Matchday 16	1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2
Matchday 17	1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5
Matchday 18	3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	12	5	1	41	11	+30	41	2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	3–1
2	Uruguay	18	9	4	5	32	20	+12	31		1–4	—	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–2	3–0
3	Argentina	18	7	7	4	19	16	+3	28		1–1	1–0	—	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
4	Colombia	18	7	6	5	21	19	+2	27		1–1	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0
5	Peru	18	7	5	6	27	26	+1	26	Inter-confederation play-offs	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
6	Chile	18	8	2	8	26	27	−1	26		2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–3	2–1	3–0	3–1
7	Paraguay	18	7	3	8	19	25	−6	24		2–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–1
8	Ecuador	18	6	2	10	26	29	−3	20		0–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–0
9	Bolivia	18	4	2	12	16	38	−22	14		0–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–2
10	Venezuela	18	2	6	10	19	35	−16	12		0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	1–3	5–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches[edit]

Matchday 1[edit]

8 October 2015

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–2	Uruguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cáceres 10' Godín 69'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

8 October 2015

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	2–0	Peru
Gutiérrez 36' Cardona 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

8 October 2015

16:30 UTC−4:30

Venezuela	0–1	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	González 85'

Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 38,618

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

8 October 2015

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	2–0	Brazil
Vargas 72' Sánchez 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

8 October 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Argentina	0–2	Ecuador
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Erazo 81' Caicedo 82'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 2[edit]

13 October 2015

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–0	Bolivia
M. Bolaños 81' Caicedo 90+5' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 27,333

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

13 October 2015

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	3–0	Colombia
Godín 34' Rolán 51' Hernández 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

13 October 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	0–0	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 28,889

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

13 October 2015

22:00 UTC−3

Brazil	3–1	Venezuela
Willian 1', 42' Ricardo Oliveira 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Santos 64'

Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 48,970

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

13 October 2015

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	3–4	Chile
Farfán 10', 36' (pen.) Guerrero 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Sánchez 7', 44' Vargas 41', 49'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,180

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 3[edit]

12 November 2015

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	4–2	Venezuela
Ramallo 19', 45+1' Arce 23' (pen.) Cardozo 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	M. Rondón 32' Blanco 55'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 30,923

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

12 November 2015

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–1	Uruguay
Caicedo 23' F. Martínez 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 49'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 32,650

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

12 November 2015

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	1–1	Colombia
Vidal 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 68'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 45,316

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

13 November 2015^{[note 1]}

21:00 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Brazil
Lavezzi 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Lucas Lima 58'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

13 November 2015

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	1–0	Paraguay
Farfán 20'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 4[edit]

17 November 2015

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	0–1	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Biglia 19'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

17 November 2015

16:30 UTC−4:30

Venezuela	1–3	Ecuador
J. Martínez 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	F. Martínez 15' Montero 23' Caicedo 60'

Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 31,659

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

17 November 2015

20:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia
Lezcano 61' Barrios 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Duk 59'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,850

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

17 November 2015

20:10 UTC−3

Uruguay	3–0	Chile
Godín 23' A. Pereira 61' Caceres 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

17 November 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Brazil	3–0	Peru
Douglas Costa 22' Renato Augusto 57' Filipe Luís 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

Matchday 5[edit]

24 March 2016

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–3	Colombia
Arce 50' (pen.) Chumacero 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 10' Bacca 41' Cardona 90+2'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 26,765

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

24 March 2016

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay
E. Valencia 20' Mena 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Lezcano 38', 59'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 34,817

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

24 March 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	1–2	Argentina
Gutiérrez 11'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Di María 20' Mercado 25'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 44,536

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

24 March 2016

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	2–2	Venezuela
Guerrero 61' Ruidíaz 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Otero 33' (pen.) Villanueva 57'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 35,459

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

25 March 2016

21:45 UTC−3

Brazil	2–2	Uruguay
Douglas Costa 1' Renato Augusto 25'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 30' Suárez 48'

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Attendance: 45,010

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 6[edit]

29 March 2016

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	3–1	Ecuador
Bacca 15', 67' Pérez 48'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Arroyo 90'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 38,400

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

29 March 2016

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–0	Peru
Cavani 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

29 March 2016

19:00 UTC−4:30

Venezuela	1–4	Chile
Otero 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Pinilla 33', 52' Vidal 72', 90+2'

Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas

Attendance: 24,101

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

29 March 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	2–0	Bolivia
Mercado 20' Messi 30' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

29 March 2016

20:45 UTC−4

Paraguay	2–2	Brazil
Lezcano 40' É. Benítez 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Ricardo Oliveira 79' Dani Alves 90+2'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 34,457

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 7[edit]

1 September 2016

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–3 Awarded^{[note 2]}	Peru
Escobar 38' Raldes 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 26,765

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

1 September 2016

15:30 UTC–5

Colombia	2–0	Venezuela
Rodríguez 45+2' M. Torres 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 37,099

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

1 September 2016

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	0–3	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Neymar 72' (pen.) Gabriel Jesus 87', 90+2'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 37,887

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

1 September 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Messi 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 44,597

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

1 September 2016

20:00 UTC−4

Paraguay	2–1	Chile
O. Romero 6' Da Silva 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Vidal 37'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 8[edit]

6 September 2016

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	4–0	Paraguay
Cavani 17', 53' Rodríguez 41' Suárez 45' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 39,400

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

6 September 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	3–0 Awarded^{[note 3]}	Bolivia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

6 September 2016

19:30 UTC−4

Venezuela	2–2	Argentina
Juanpi 34' J. Martínez 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Pratto 57' Otamendi 82'

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

6 September 2016

20:45 UTC−4

Brazil	2–1	Colombia
Miranda 2' Neymar 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Marquinhos 37' (o.g.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 36,609

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

6 September 2016

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Ecuador
Cueva 19' (pen.) Tapia 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Achilier 30'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 9[edit]

6 October 2016

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	3–0	Chile
A. Valencia 19' Ramírez 23' Caicedo 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

6 October 2016

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	3–0	Venezuela
Lodeiro 29' Cavani 46', 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 44,880

Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

6 October 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Paraguay	0–1	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cardona 90+2'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

6 October 2016

21:45 UTC−3

Brazil	5–0	Bolivia
Neymar 10' Coutinho 25' Filipe Luís 38' Gabriel Jesus 43' Firmino 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Arena das Dunas, Natal

Attendance: 40,013

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

6 October 2016

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	2–2	Argentina
Guerrero 57' Cueva 83' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Funes Mori 15' Higuaín 77'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,700

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Matchday 10[edit]

11 October 2016

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–2	Ecuador
Escobar 3', 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	E. Valencia 47', 88'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 18,033

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

11 October 2016

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	2–2	Uruguay
Aguilar 16' Mina 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 27' Suárez 73'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

11 October 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	0–1	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	González 17'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Attendance: 51,200

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

11 October 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	2–1	Peru
Vidal 9', 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Flores 75'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 38,662

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

11 October 2016

20:30 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Gabriel Jesus 7' Willian 53'

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida

Attendance: 42,700

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

Matchday 11[edit]

10 November 2016

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	0–0	Chile
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 45,916

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

10 November 2016

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Coates 12' Rolán 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Caicedo 44'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 54,868

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

10 November 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–4	Peru
Riveros 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Ramos 49' Flores 71' Cueva 79' É. Benítez 84' (o.g.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

10 November 2016

21:45 UTC−2

Brazil	3–0	Argentina
Coutinho 25' Neymar 45+1' Paulinho 58'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 53,490

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

10 November 2016

19:45 UTC−4

Venezuela	5–0	Bolivia
Kouffati 2' J. Martínez 10', 67', 69' Otero 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 49,750

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Matchday 12[edit]

15 November 2016

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	1–0	Paraguay
Gómez 77' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 13,285

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

15 November 2016

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	3–0	Venezuela
Mina 50' M. Bolaños 84' E. Valencia 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

15 November 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	3–0	Colombia
Messi 10' Pratto 22' Di María 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

15 November 2016

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	3–1	Uruguay
Vargas 45+1' Sánchez 60', 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 16'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 46,011

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

15 November 2016

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	0–2	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Gabriel Jesus 57' Renato Augusto 78'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 38,700

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 13[edit]

23 March 2017

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Bolivia
Rodríguez 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

23 March 2017

20:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Ecuador
Valdez 11' Alonso 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Caicedo 69' (pen.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 16,287

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

23 March 2017

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–4	Brazil
Cavani 9' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Paulinho 18', 51', 90+2' Neymar 74'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,676

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

23 March 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	1–0	Chile
Messi 15' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

23 March 2017

19:30 UTC−4

Venezuela	2–2	Peru
Villanueva 23' Otero 39'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Carrillo 46' Guerrero 64'

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 35,920

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Matchday 14[edit]

28 March 2017

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–0	Argentina
Arce 31' Moreno 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 29,943

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

28 March 2017

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	0–2	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 20' Cuadrado 34'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 35,538

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

28 March 2017

19:00 UTC−3

Chile	3–1	Venezuela
Sánchez 4' Paredes 6', 22'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	S. Rondón 62'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 34,136

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

28 March 2017

21:45 UTC−3

Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Coutinho 34' Neymar 63' Marcelo 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

28 March 2017

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Uruguay
Guerrero 34' Flores 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Sánchez 30'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 36,200

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 15[edit]

31 August 2017

17:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–0	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 38,479

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

31 August 2017

19:30 UTC−3

Chile	0–3	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Vidal 24' (o.g.) Cáceres 55' Ortiz 90+2'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

31 August 2017

20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	0–0	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

31 August 2017

21:45 UTC−3

Brazil	2–0	Ecuador
Paulinho 69' Coutinho 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

31 August 2017

21:15 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Bolivia
Flores 55' Cueva 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Álvarez 72'

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Matchday 16[edit]

5 September 2017

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	1–0	Chile
Arce 59' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 31,555

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

5 September 2017

15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	1–1	Brazil
Falcao 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Willian 45+2'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 46,500

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

5 September 2017

16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–2	Peru
E. Valencia 79' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Flores 73' Hurtado 76'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

5 September 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Venezuela
Feltscher 54' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Murillo 51'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

5 September 2017

20:00 UTC−4

Paraguay	1–2	Uruguay
Á. Romero 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Valverde 76' Gómez 80' (o.g.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Matchday 17[edit]

5 October 2017

16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–0	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 34,725

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

5 October 2017

17:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–0	Uruguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 32,100

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

5 October 2017

20:30 UTC–3

Argentina	0–0	Peru
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 47,960

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

5 October 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Chile	2–1	Ecuador
Vargas 22' Sánchez 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	R. Ibarra 82'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

5 October 2017

18:30 UTC−5

Colombia	1–2	Paraguay
Falcao 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cardozo 89' Sanabria 90+2'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Matchday 18[edit]

10 October 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Brazil	3–0	Chile
Paulinho 55' Gabriel Jesus 57', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 46,008

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

10 October 2017

18:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–3	Argentina
R. Ibarra 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Messi 11', 19', 62'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

10 October 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Paraguay	0–1	Venezuela
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Herrera 84'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 38,786

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

10 October 2017

18:30 UTC−5

Peru	1–1	Colombia
Ospina 77' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 55'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,637

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

10 October 2017

20:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	4–2	Bolivia
Cáceres 39' Cavani 42' Suárez 60', 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Silva 24' (o.g.) Godín 79' (o.g.)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Inter-confederation play-offs[edit]

The draw for the inter-confederation play-offs was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg.^[3] The fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL was drawn against the first-placed team from OFC, with the CONMEBOL team hosting the second leg.^[16]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	0–2	Peru	0–0	0–2

Qualified teams[edit]

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Brazil	Winners	28 March 2017	20 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Uruguay	Runners-up	10 October 2017	12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014)
Argentina	Third place	10 October 2017	16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Colombia	Fourth place	10 October 2017	5 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014)
Peru	OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	15 November 2017	4 (1930, 1970, 1978, 1982)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 242 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

10 goals

Edinson Cavani

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Marquinhos (against Colombia)
Arturo Vidal (against Paraguay)
David Ospina (against Peru)
Édgar Benítez (against Peru)
Diego Godín (against Bolivia)
Gastón Silva (against Bolivia)
Rolf Feltscher (against Argentina)

2 own goals

Gustavo Gómez (against Bolivia and Uruguay)

Notes[edit]

^ The match between Argentina and Brazil was originally scheduled to be played on 12 November 2015, 21:00 UTC−3, but was postponed to the following day due to bad weather.^[10]
^ FIFA awarded Peru a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]
^ FIFA awarded Chile a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after the match had finished 0–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chile were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Bolivia on 6 September 2016) away from Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago due to homophobic chants by the team's fans, with a possible ban on a second match subject to a probation period of two years.^[12] Since Chile committed another infringement during this period, a second match ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos will be served (against Venezuela on 28 March 2017).^[13] Chile was sanctioned with a ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos for two further matches (against Paraguay on 31 August 2017 and against Ecuador on 5 October 2017) after similar incidents.^[14]
^ The match between Peru and Bolivia was originally scheduled to be played at the Estadio Nacional, but was moved to the Estadio Monumental "U" due to poor conditions of the pitch at the Estadio Nacional.^[15]

References[edit]

^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained". FIFA. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
^ "A unanimous decision: A draw will determine the classifications for the World Cup and CONMEBOL Tournaments". CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Preliminary Draw procedures". FIFA. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Draw Procedures – South American Zone" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015.
^ "Road to Russia with new milestone". FIFA. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.
^ "Fifa World Cup 2018 qualifying group draw: As it happened". International Business Times. 25 July 2015.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – October 2015 (CONMEBOL)". FIFA. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "South American teams know the roadmap to reach Russia-2018". CONMEBOL.com. 25 July 2015.
^ "FIFA Calendar". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007.
^ "Argentina v Brazil postponed due to wet weather". Goal (website). 12 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Chile v Bolivia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
^ "FIFA sanctions several football associations after discriminatory chants by fans". FIFA. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.
^ "Several football associations sanctioned after discriminatory and unsporting conduct of fans". FIFA. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.
^ "Several member associations sanctioned for incidents during FIFA World Cup qualifiers and friendlies". FIFA. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
^ "Perú vs Bolivia se jugará en el Estadio Monumental" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "The Preliminary Draw results in full". FIFA. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.

External links[edit]

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – South America, FIFA.com
FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, CONMEBOL.com

[ARG_v_BRA-11] The match between Argentina and Brazil was originally scheduled to be played on 12 November 2015, 21:00 UTC−3, but was postponed to the following day due to bad weather.^[10]

[Bolivia_v_Peru-13] FIFA awarded Peru a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]

[Chile_v_Bolivia-14] FIFA awarded Chile a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after the match had finished 0–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]

[Chile-18] Chile were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Bolivia on 6 September 2016) away from Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago due to homophobic chants by the team's fans, with a possible ban on a second match subject to a probation period of two years.^[12] Since Chile committed another infringement during this period, a second match ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos will be served (against Venezuela on 28 March 2017).^[13] Chile was sanctioned with a ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos for two further matches (against Paraguay on 31 August 2017 and against Ecuador on 5 October 2017) after similar incidents.^[14]

[Peru-20] The match between Peru and Bolivia was originally scheduled to be played at the Estadio Nacional, but was moved to the Estadio Monumental "U" due to poor conditions of the pitch at the Estadio Nacional.^[15]

[1] "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained". FIFA. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.

[approval-2] "A unanimous decision: A draw will determine the classifications for the World Cup and CONMEBOL Tournaments". CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2015.

[PreliminaryDrawProcedure-3] "Preliminary Draw procedures". FIFA. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[4] "Draw Procedures – South American Zone" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015.

[5] "Road to Russia with new milestone". FIFA. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.

[6] "Fifa World Cup 2018 qualifying group draw: As it happened". International Business Times. 25 July 2015.

[FIFArankOctober2015-7] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – October 2015 (CONMEBOL)". FIFA. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[8] "South American teams know the roadmap to reach Russia-2018". CONMEBOL.com. 25 July 2015.

[9] "FIFA Calendar". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007.

[10] "Argentina v Brazil postponed due to wet weather". Goal (website). 12 November 2015.

[bolivia_sanctioned-12] "Chile v Bolivia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.

[15] "FIFA sanctions several football associations after discriminatory chants by fans". FIFA. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016.

[16] "Several football associations sanctioned after discriminatory and unsporting conduct of fans". FIFA. 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016.

[17] "Several member associations sanctioned for incidents during FIFA World Cup qualifiers and friendlies". FIFA. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.

[19] "Perú vs Bolivia se jugará en el Estadio Monumental" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[21] "The Preliminary Draw results in full". FIFA. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015.

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