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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates8 October 2015 – 10 October 2017
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored89 (2.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Felipe Caicedo
Paraguay Dario Lezcano
(4 goals each)
← 2014
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 29 March 2016.
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

The South American section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be 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 are available for CONMEBOL teams.[1]

Format

The qualification structure is the same as the previous five tournaments. The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fifth-placed team will advance 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 will be drawn into one of the remaining eight positions from Teams 1 to 10 (except 4 and 5).

Entrants

All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.[5]

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

There will be 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
Matchday 3 9–17 November 2015
Matchday 4
2016
Matchday Date
Matchday 5 21–29 March 2016
Matchday 6
Matchday 7 29 August – 6 September 2016
Matchday 8
Matchday 9 3–11 October 2016
Matchday 10
Matchday 11 7–15 November 2016
Matchday 12
2017
Matchday Date
Matchday 13 20–28 March 2017
Matchday 14
Matchday 15 28 August – 5 September 2017
Matchday 16
Matchday 17 2–10 October 2017
Matchday 18

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

Standings

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[10]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL table

Matches

Matchday 1

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

Matchday 2

Brazil 3–1 Venezuela
Willian 1', 42'
Ricardo Oliveira 73'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Santos 64'
Attendance: 38,970
Peru 3–4 Chile
Farfán 10', 36' (pen.)
Guerrero 90+2'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Sánchez 7', 44'
Vargas 41', 49'

Matchday 3

Bolivia 4–2 Venezuela
Ramallo 19', 45+1'
Arce 23' (pen.)
Cardozo 49'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 M. Rondón 32'
Blanco 55'
Peru 1–0 Paraguay
Farfán 20' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 4

Brazil 3–0 Peru
Douglas Costa 22'
Renato Augusto 57'
Filipe Luís 76'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 45,558

Matchday 5

Peru 2–2 Venezuela
Guerrero 61'
Ruidíaz 90+4'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Otero 33' (pen.)
Villanueva 57'
Brazil 2–2 Uruguay
Douglas Costa 1'
Renato Augusto 25'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)		 Cavani 30'
Suárez 48'
Attendance: 45,010

Matchday 6

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

Matchday 7

Ecuador v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 8

Brazil v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 9

Paraguay v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil v Bolivia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador v Chile
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Argentina
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Venezuela
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 10

Colombia v Uruguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Chile v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 11

Colombia v Chile
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil v Argentina
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela v Bolivia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 12

Chile v Uruguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador v Venezuela
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 13

Colombia v Bolivia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina v Chile
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 14

Chile v Venezuela
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Argentina
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Uruguay
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 15

Chile v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Bolivia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Argentina
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 16

Colombia v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)
Paraguay v Uruguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina v Venezuela
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Chile
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 17

Colombia v Paraguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Chile v Ecuador
Report (CONMEBOL)
Argentina v Peru
Report (CONMEBOL)
Venezuela v Uruguay
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolivia v Brazil
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 18

Paraguay v Venezuela
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil v Chile
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ecuador v Argentina
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru v Colombia
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay v Bolivia
Report (CONMEBOL)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

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.[12]

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

Goalscorers

As of all matches played on 29 March 2016

There have been 89 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.97 goals per match.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[13]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were (or will be) served during the qualifying matches:

Note: current suspensions are highlighted in red (as of matchday 6).

Player Team Offence(s) Suspended for match(es)
Luis Suárez  Uruguay Biting incident vs Italy in 2014 FIFA World Cup (26 June 2014)
9-match ban[14] (5 matches already served in rest of 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América)		 vs Bolivia (matchday 1)
vs Colombia (matchday 2)
vs Ecuador (matchday 3)
vs Chile (matchday 4)
Neymar  Brazil Red card vs Colombia in 2015 Copa América (17 June 2015)
4-match ban[15] (2 matches already served in rest of 2015 Copa América)		 vs Chile (matchday 1)
vs Venezuela (matchday 2)
Edinson Cavani  Uruguay Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Chile in 2015 Copa América (24 June 2015)
2-match ban[16]		 vs Bolivia (matchday 1)
vs Colombia (matchday 2)
Jorge Fucile  Uruguay Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Chile in 2015 Copa América (24 June 2015) vs Bolivia (matchday 1)
Jair Torrico  Bolivia Red card vs Uruguay (matchday 1) vs Ecuador (matchday 2)
Juan Cuadrado  Colombia Red card vs Uruguay (matchday 2)
2-match ban[17]		 vs Chile (matchday 3)
vs Argentina (matchday 4)
Christian Cueva  Peru Red card vs Chile (matchday 2) vs Paraguay (matchday 3)
Jhasmani Campos  Bolivia Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 2) vs Venezuela (matchday 3)
Mathías Corujo  Uruguay Yellow card vs Bolivia (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 2) vs Ecuador (matchday 3)
Marcelo Díaz  Chile Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Peru (matchday 2) vs Colombia (matchday 3)
Luis Manuel Seijas  Venezuela Red card vs Bolivia (matchday 3) vs Ecuador (matchday 4)
Arquímedes Figuera  Venezuela Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Bolivia (matchday 3) vs Ecuador (matchday 4)
Leonel Morales  Bolivia Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Venezuela (matchday 3) vs Paraguay (matchday 4)
Gabriel Achilier  Ecuador Yellow card vs Bolivia (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 3) vs Venezuela (matchday 4)
Alexander Domínguez  Ecuador Yellow card vs Bolivia (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 3) vs Venezuela (matchday 4)
Santiago Arias  Colombia Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 3) vs Argentina (matchday 4)
Carlos Sánchez  Colombia Yellow card vs Peru (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 3) vs Argentina (matchday 4)
David Luiz  Brazil Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Argentina (matchday 3) vs Peru (matchday 4)
Facundo Roncaglia  Argentina Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 3) vs Colombia (matchday 4)
Javier Mascherano  Argentina Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 4) vs Chile (matchday 5)
Arturo Vidal  Chile Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 4) vs Argentina (matchday 5)
Jorge Valdivia  Chile Red card vs Uruguay (matchday 4)
4-match ban[18]		 vs Argentina (matchday 5)
vs Venezuela (matchday 6)
vs Paraguay (matchday 7)
vs Bolivia (matchday 8)
Eduardo Vargas  Chile Obscene gesture vs Uruguay (matchday 4)
2-match ban[18]		 vs Argentina (matchday 5)
vs Venezuela (matchday 6)
Pablo Aguilar  Paraguay Yellow card Yellow-red card vs Bolivia (matchday 4) vs Ecuador (matchday 5)
Cristián Zapata  Colombia Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Argentina (matchday 4) vs Bolivia (matchday 5)
Diego Godín  Uruguay Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 4) vs Brazil (matchday 5)
Maxi Pereira  Uruguay Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 4) vs Brazil (matchday 5)
Roberto Rosales  Venezuela Yellow card vs Bolivia (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 4) vs Peru (matchday 5)
José Manuel Velázquez  Venezuela Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 4) vs Peru (matchday 5)
Ramiro Funes Mori  Argentina Yellow card vs Paraguay (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 5) vs Bolivia (matchday 6)
Nicolás Otamendi  Argentina Yellow card vs Brazil (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 5) vs Bolivia (matchday 6)
Ezequiel Lavezzi  Argentina Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 4), Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 5) vs Bolivia (matchday 6)
Juan Carlos Arce  Bolivia Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 5) vs Argentina (matchday 6)
Edward Zenteno  Bolivia Yellow card vs Ecuador (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 5) vs Argentina (matchday 6)
Neymar  Brazil Yellow card vs Peru (matchday 4), Yellow card vs Uruguay (matchday 5) vs Paraguay (matchday 6)
Claudio Bravo  Chile Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 3), Yellow card vs Argentina (matchday 5) vs Venezuela (matchday 6)
Josepmir Ballón  Peru Yellow card vs Colombia (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Venezuela (matchday 5) vs Uruguay (matchday 6)
Carlos Zambrano  Peru Yellow card vs Chile (matchday 2), Yellow card vs Venezuela (matchday 5) vs Uruguay (matchday 6)
José Salomón Rondón  Venezuela Yellow card vs Paraguay (matchday 1), Yellow card vs Peru (matchday 5) vs Chile (matchday 6)

Broadcasters

Notes

  1. ^ 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA.com. 30 May 2015.
  2. ^ "A unanimous decision: A draw will determine the classifications for the World Cup and CONMEBOL Tournaments". CONMEBOL.com. 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Preliminary Draw procedures". FIFA.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Draw Procedures – South American Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  5. ^ "Road to Russia with new milestone". FIFA.com. 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Fifa World Cup 2018 qualifying group draw: As it happened". International Business Times. 25 July 2015.
  7. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – October 2015 (CONMEBOL)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 October 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.com.
  10. ^ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Argentina v Brazil postponed due to wet weather". goal.com. 12 November 2015.
  12. ^ "The Preliminary Draw results in full". FIFA.com. 25 July 2015.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference regulations was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity". FIFA.com.
  15. ^ "Neymar suspended for remainder of Copa America tournament". ESPN FC.
  16. ^ "Edinson Cavani gets 2-match ban for Gonzalo Jara Copa America incident". ESPNfc.com. 28 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Carbonero recupera su juego en Italia ¿Le alcanza para Selección?". AS.com. 1 November 2015.
  18. ^ a b "La FIFA informa sanciones para Jorge Valdivia y Eduardo Vargas". 24horas.cl. 13 January 2016.
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