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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.

The rules were very simple. The 9 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams would qualify.

Final standings

Rank 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

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Round 1

Venezuela 0–2 Uruguay
(Report) Otero 54'
Poyet 77'

Ecuador 4–1 Peru
Hurtado 54', 88'
Tenorio 65'
Gavica 78'
(Report) Palacios 62'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)

Colombia 1–0 Paraguay
Asprilla 53' (Report)

Round 2

Ecuador 2–0 Argentina
Montaño 51'
Hurtado 89'
(Report)
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)

Uruguay 0–2 Paraguay
(Report) Arce 10'
Rojas 88'
Attendance: 44,127
Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Peru 1–1 Colombia
Reynoso 47' (Report) Aristizábal 60'
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Venezuela 1–1 Chile
Guerra 8' (Report) Margas 90+5'
Attendance: 8,074
Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)

Round 3

Chile 4–1 Ecuador
Zamorano 25', 86'
Salas 75'
Estay 83'
(Report) Aguinaga 73'
Attendance: 74,905[1]
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

Colombia 3–1 Uruguay
Asprilla 7'
Valderrama 20'
De Ávila 78'
(Report) Cedrés 57'
Attendance: 36,169
Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)

Peru 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 43,675
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Bolivia 6–1 Venezuela
Sandy 4'
Etcheverry 41' (pen.)
Baldivieso 61'
Coimbra 67'
Suarez 78'
Paniagua 85'
(Report) Tortolero 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 43,822
Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)

Round 4

Ecuador 1–0 Venezuela
Aguinaga 4' (Report)
Attendance: 36,889
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Bolivia 0–0 Peru
(Report)
Attendance: 48,304
Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)

Colombia 4–1 Chile
Asprilla 3', 31', 47'
Bermúdez 43'
(Report) Zamorano 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

Round 5

Uruguay 1–0 Bolivia
Moas 72' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)

Ecuador 0–1 Colombia
(Report) Asprilla 72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Venezuela 2–5 Argentina
Savarese 7'
Dudamel 87'
(Report) Ortega 35'
Sorín 65'
Simeone 77'
Morales 86'
Albornoz 90+1'

Paraguay 2–1 Chile
Gamarra 24'
Rivarola 63'
(Report) Margas 22'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Round 6

Bolivia 2–2 Colombia
Sandy 15'
Moreno 44'
(Report) Serna 40' (pen.)
Rincón 54'
Attendance: 43,173
Referee: Jose Villamonte (Peru)

Peru 4–1 Venezuela
Reynoso 4'
Julinho 21'
Palacios 49', 83'
(Report) Díaz 78'
Attendance: 31,036
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Benítez 24' (Report)
Attendance: 31,002
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)

Chile 1–0 Uruguay
Salas 60' (Report)
Attendance: 73,547[1]
Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)

Round 7

Bolivia 0–0 Paraguay
(Report)
Attendance: 41,076
Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)

Venezuela 0–2 Colombia
(Report) Bermúdez 7'
Valenciano 50'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Argentina 1–1 Chile
Batistuta 76' (pen.) (Report) Cornejo 52'

Uruguay 2–0 Peru
Montero 2'
Bengoechea 38'
(Report)
Attendance: 42,630
Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)

Round 8

Venezuela 0–2 Paraguay
(Report) Benítez 6'
Enciso 62'
Attendance: 7,981
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

Bolivia 2–0 Ecuador
Moreno 7'
Etcheverry 12'
(Report)
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Peru 2–1 Chile
Maestri 15'
Palacios 34'
(Report) Zamorano 88'
Attendance: 35,373
Referee: José Varela (Uruguay)

Uruguay 0–0 Argentina
(Report)
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 9

Ecuador 4–0 Uruguay
Aguinaga 6'
Delgado 68', 76'
Chalá 87'
(Report)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Bolivia 1–1 Chile
Soria 28' (Report) González 44'
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Colombia 0–1 Argentina
(Report) López 10'

Paraguay 2–1 Peru
Rivarola 12'
Rojas 40'
(Report) Pereda 33'

Round 10

Bolivia 2–1 Argentina
Sandy 8'
Ochoaizpur 48'
(Report) Gorosito 41'
Attendance: 44,372
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

Peru 1–1 Ecuador
Palacios 58' (Report) Aguinaga 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,299
Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

Uruguay 3–1 Venezuela
De Los Santos 29'
Montero 46'
Otero 59'
(Report) Castellín 55'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Paraguay 2–1 Colombia
Galeano 30' (o.g.)
Soto 82'
(Report) Serna 80'
Attendance: 37,297
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Round 11

Chile 6–0 Venezuela
Zamorano 19', 27', 32', 47', 85'
Reyes 66'
(Report)
Attendance: 42,034
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

Argentina 2–1 Ecuador
Ortega 18'
Crespo 30'
(Report) Aguinaga 73'
Attendance: 62,300
Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)

Paraguay 3–1 Uruguay
Rojas 37'
Cardozo 73' (pen.)[2]
Soto 83'
(Report) Silva 87'

Colombia 0–1 Peru
(Report) Pereda 62'

Round 12

Ecuador 1–1 Chile
Graziani 43' (Report) Salas 53'
Attendance: 42,225
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Argentina 2–0 Peru
Crespo 30'
Simeone 46'
(Report)
Attendance: 56,069
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Uruguay 1–1 Colombia
Silva 6' (Report) Ricard 47'
Attendance: 37,200
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

Venezuela 1–1 Bolivia
Savarese 70' (Report) Castillo 80'

Round 13

Chile 4–1 Colombia
Salas 16', 26', 41'
Zamorano 90' (pen.)
(Report) Ricard 52'
Attendance: 75,617[3]
Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)

Paraguay 1–2 Argentina
Acuña 59' (Report) Gallardo 30'
Verón 41'

Peru 2–1 Bolivia
Carty 9'
Soto 53'
(Report) Cristaldo 56'
Attendance: 31,489
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
Miranda 75' (Report) Hurtado 55'

Round 14

Argentina 2–0 Venezuela
Crespo 31'
Paz 58'
(Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Bolivia 1–0 Uruguay
Etcheverry 75' (Report)
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)


Chile 2–1 Paraguay
Zamorano 9' (pen.), 51' (Report) Brizuela 61'
Attendance: 75,143
Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)

Round 15

Uruguay 1–0 Chile
Otero 20' (Report)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Colombia 3–0 Bolivia
De Ávila 1'
Valderrama 30' (pen.)
Asprilla 76'
(Report)
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Ecuador 2–1 Paraguay
Aguinaga 53'
Graziani 72'
(Report) Báez 5'

Venezuela 0–3 Peru
(Report) Marengo 14'
Julinho 54'
Maestri 81'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Round 16

Chile 1–2 Argentina
Salas 34' (Report) Gallardo 25'
López 86'
Attendance: 73,644
Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)

Peru 2–1 Uruguay
Palacios 57'
Carty 60'
(Report) Recoba 43'
Attendance: 34,721
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Cabrera 68' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)

Paraguay 2–1 Bolivia
Benítez 26'
Gamarra 37'
(Report) Suárez 58'
Attendance: 40,341
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Round 17

Argentina 0–0 Uruguay
(Report)
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Chile 4–0 Peru
Salas 13', 82', 88'
Reyes 58'
(Report)
Attendance: 74,219
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Paraguay 1–0 Venezuela
Torres 68' (Report)

Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia
Graziani 27' (Report)

Round 18

Argentina 1–1 Colombia
Cáceres 69' (Report) Valderrama 20'

Uruguay 5–3 Ecuador
Saralegui 3', 12'
Abreu 48', 52'
Aguilera 63'
(Report) Graziani 2', 59', 68'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)

Peru 1–0 Paraguay
Soto 37' (Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

Chile 3–0 Bolivia
Barrera 23'
Salas 40'
Carreño 84'
(Report)
Attendance: 74,777
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

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