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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates8 October 2020 – 29 March 2022
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored36 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Neymar
Peru André Carrillo
Uruguay Luis Suárez
(3 goals each)
← 2018
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 13 October 2020.
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acts as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, 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]

The qualification process began on 8 October 2020. Uruguay's Luis Suárez scored the first goal of the round-robin. This was a record as it was the third time Suárez had scored the opening goal of CONMEBOL's World Cup qualifiers (after 2010 and 2014), as well as the fourth consecutive time a Uruguayan player does so (Martín Cáceres scored the first goal of the 2018 process).[2]

Format

On 24 January 2019, the CONMEBOL Council decided to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments.[3] The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches.

The fixtures were determined by a draw which was held on 17 December 2019, 10:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the Bourbon Asunción Convention Hotel in Luque, Paraguay.[4][5][6][7][8]

Originally, Brazil and Argentina were both to be drawn into either position 4 or 5 in the draw, thus ensuring that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.[9] However, the decision was later reversed on 16 November 2019 by the CONMEBOL Council, making the draw completely open.[10]

The CONMEBOL Council approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the qualifiers.[11]

Entrants

All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.

Draw
position 		Team September 2020
FIFA World Rankings[12]
1  Uruguay 6
2  Colombia 10
3  Peru 22
4  Brazil 3
5  Venezuela 25
6  Bolivia 75
7  Paraguay 40
8  Argentina 9
9  Chile 17
10  Ecuador 64

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[3][13] There are a total of 18 matchdays. Originally eight matchdays would be in 2020 and ten would be in 2021.[14][15]

On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that matches on matchdays 1–2 due to take place in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed.[16]

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022.[17]

On 10 July 2020, FIFA announced that the CONMEBOL qualifiers in September 2020 were postponed, with the qualifiers starting in October 2020. CONMEBOL also requested FIFA to include a replacement international window in January 2022 in order to complete the qualifiers in March 2022.[18] The proposal was approved by FIFA on 18 August 2020.[19]


Matchday Date Fixtures
Revised Original
Matchday 1 8 October 2020 26 March 2020 1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10
Matchday 2 13 October 2020 31 March 2020 3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1
Matchday 3 12 November 2020 3 September 2020 2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3
Matchday 4 17 November 2020 8 September 2020 1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2
Matchday 5 25 March 2021 8 October 2020 2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7
Matchday 6 30 March 2021 13 October 2020 1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9
Matchday 7 3 June 2021 12 November 2020 1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9
Matchday 8 8 June 2021 17 November 2020 2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3
Matchday 9 2 September 2021 25 March 2021 3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7
Matchday 10 7 September 2021 30 March 2021 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6
Matchday 11 7 October 2021 3 June 2021 1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6
Matchday 12 12 October 2021 8 June 2021 2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5
Matchday 13 11 November 2021 2 September 2021 1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5
Matchday 14 16 November 2021 7 September 2021 2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10
Matchday 15 27 January 2022 7 October 2021 2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4
Matchday 16 1 February 2022 12 October 2021 1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2
Matchday 17 24 March 2022 11 November 2021 1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5
Matchday 18 29 March 2022 16 November 2021 3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil Argentina Colombia Paraguay Ecuador Uruguay Chile Peru Venezuela Bolivia
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 30 Mar '21 11 Nov '21 1 Feb '22 3 Jun '21 12 Oct '21 24 Mar '22 7 Sep '21 13 Nov '20 5–0
2  Argentina 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 16 Nov '21 — 1 Feb '22 12 Nov '20 1–0 25 Mar '21 3 Jun '21 12 Oct '21 24 Mar '22 7 Sep '21
3  Colombia 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 25 Mar '21 8 Jun '21 — 16 Nov '21 12 Oct '21 12 Nov '20 7 Sep '21 27 Jan '22 3–0 24 Mar '22
4  Paraguay 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 8 Jun '21 7 Oct '21 30 Mar '21 — 24 Mar '22 27 Jan '22 11 Nov '21 2–2 7 Sep '21 17 Nov '20
5  Ecuador 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 27 Jan '22 29 Mar '22 17 Nov '20 2 Sep '21 — 4–2 30 Mar '21 8 Jun '21 11 Nov '21 7 Oct '21
6  Uruguay 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 17 Nov '20 11 Nov '21 7 Oct '21 3 Jun '21 7 Sep '21 — 2–1 24 Mar '22 1 Feb '22 30 Mar '21
7  Chile 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 2 Sep '21 27 Jan '22 2–2 25 Mar '21 16 Nov '21 29 Mar '22 — 12 Nov '20 12 Oct '21 8 Jun '21
8  Peru 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1 2–4 17 Nov '20 3 Jun '21 29 Mar '22 1 Feb '22 2 Sep '21 7 Oct '21 — 30 Mar '21 11 Nov '21
9  Venezuela 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 7 Oct '21 2 Sep '21 29 Mar '22 0–1 25 Mar '21 8 Jun '21 17 Nov '20 16 Nov '21 — 27 Jan '22
10  Bolivia 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 29 Mar '22 1–2 2 Sep '21 12 Oct '21 12 Nov '20 16 Nov '21 1 Feb '22 25 Mar '21 3 Jun '21 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2020. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Matchday 1

Paraguay 2–2 Peru
  • Á. Romero 66', 81'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay 2–1 Chile
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Brazil 5–0 Bolivia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 2

Bolivia 1–2 Argentina
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 4–2 Uruguay
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Peru 2–4 Brazil
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Peru v Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Matchday 5

Colombia v Brazil
Report
Venezuela v Ecuador
Report
Bolivia v Peru
Report
Chile v Paraguay
Report

Matchday 6

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

Matchday 7

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

Matchday 8

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

Matchday 9

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

Matchday 10

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

Matchday 11

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

Matchday 12

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

Matchday 13

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

Matchday 14

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

Matchday 15

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

Matchday 16

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

Matchday 17

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

Matchday 18

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

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

The inter-confederation play-offs will be determined by another draw to be held at a later date. They are scheduled to be played in June 2022.

Goalscorers

There have been 36 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match (as of 13 October 2020).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ The Peru v Brazil match was originally scheduled on 13 October 2020, 21:15 local time,[20] but was rescheduled to 19:00 local time since Peru maintains a curfew which begins at 23:00 as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][22]
  2. ^ The Chile v Colombia match was originally scheduled on 13 October 2020, 20:00 local time,[20] but was rescheduled to 21:30 local to avoid a clash with a scheduled political broadcast in Chile about a constitutional plebiscite.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA.com. 30 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Clasificatorias Sudamericanas: Selección que anotó el primer gol siempre fue al Mundial". Gol Perú. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Clasificatorio sudamericano al Mundial de Qatar arrancará en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers: draws to take centre stage in South America and Africa". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Se viene el sorteo oficial de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA QATAR 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Eliminatorias sudamericanas 2022: cuándo empiezan, fechas y partidos" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 29 November 2019.
  7. ^ "RELIVE: Preliminary Draw for CONMEBOL Qatar 2022 qualifiers". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. ^ "El calendario de partidos de las Eliminatorias más emocionantes del mundo" [The calendar of matches of the most exciting qualifiers in the world] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Se sortean las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas al Mundial de la FIFA – Qatar 2022" [FIFA World Cup – Qatar 2022 South American Qualifiers to be drawn] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019.
  10. ^ "El Sorteo de Eliminatorias CONMEBOL para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022 contará con bolillas indiferenciadas para todas las selecciones" [The CONMEBOL qualifying draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will feature undifferentiated balls for all teams] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Se aplicará el VAR en todos los encuentros clasificatorios para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 February 2020.
  12. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – September 2020 (FIFA)". FIFA.com. 17 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2020-2024" (PDF). FIFA.
  14. ^ "Clasificatorio de selecciones CONMEBOL al Mundial de Qatar arranca en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 18 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Preliminary draw (CONMEBOL)" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in South America". FIFA.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  17. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA.com. 25 June 2020.
  18. ^ "South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers to begin in October". FIFA.com. 10 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Further changes to the international match calendars due to the COVID-19 pandemic unanimously approved by the Bureau of the Council". FIFA.com. 18 August 2020.
  20. ^ a b CONMEBOL Twitter [@CONMEBOL] (21 September 2020). "¡Fechas y horarios del primer combo Clasificatorio al Mundial de Catar 2022!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ Peruvian Football Federation Twitter [@TuFPF] (23 September 2020). "A través de esta carta, @CONMEBOL hizo oficial el cambio de horario para el partido entre nuestra @SeleccionPeru y @CBF_Futebol por la segunda fecha de las Clasificatorias a Qatar 2022. El encuentro se jugará el martes 13 de octubre a las 19:00 horas" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ "Perú vs. Brasil: Conmebol hizo oficial el cambio de horario del partido por las Eliminatorias en Lima" (in Spanish). RPP Noticias. 23 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Conmebol confirmó cambio de horario del partido entre Chile y Colombia por eliminatorias" (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 24 September 2020.
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