1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (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.

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 v Uruguay

24 April 1996
19:15 UTC−4

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

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
Attendance: 6,839
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Ecuador v Peru

24 April 1996
20:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	4–1	Peru
Hurtado 54', 88' Tenorio 65' Gavica 78'	(Report)	Palacios 62'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)

Colombia v Paraguay

24 April 1996
21:00 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Paraguay
Asprilla 53'	(Report)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 31,600
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Argentina v Bolivia

24 April 1996
21:10 UTC−3

Argentina	3–1	Bolivia
Ortega 8', 18' Batistuta 49'	(Report)	Baldivieso 42'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 49,750
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Round 2

Ecuador v Argentina

2 June 1996
11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	2–0	Argentina
Montaño 51' Hurtado 89'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)

Uruguay v Paraguay

2 June 1996
15:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	0–2	Paraguay
	(Report)	Arce 10' Rojas 88'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 44,127
Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Peru v Colombia

6 June 1996
16:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–1	Colombia
Reynoso 47'	(Report)	Aristizábal 60'

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 43,345
Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)

Venezuela v Chile

6 June 1996
17:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	1–1	Chile
Guerra 8'	(Report)	Margas 90+5'

Estadio La Carolina, Barinas
Attendance: 8,074
Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)

Round 3

Chile v Ecuador

6 July 1996
16:00 UTC−4

Chile	4–1	Ecuador
Zamorano 25', 86' Salas 75' Estay 83'	(Report)	Aguinaga 73'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 74,905^[1]
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

Colombia v Uruguay

7 July 1996
15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	3–1	Uruguay
Asprilla 7' Valderrama 20' De Ávila 78'	(Report)	Cedrés 57'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 36,169
Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)

Peru v Argentina

7 July 1996
15:30 UTC−5

Peru	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 43,675
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Bolivia v Venezuela

7 July 1996
16:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	6–1	Venezuela
Sandy 4' Etcheverry 41' (pen.) Baldivieso 61' Coimbra 67' Suarez 78' Paniagua 85'	(Report)	Tortolero 65' (pen.)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 43,822
Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)

Round 4

Ecuador v Venezuela

1 September 1996
11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–0	Venezuela
Aguinaga 4'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 36,889
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Bolivia v Peru

1 September 1996
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–0	Peru
	(Report)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 48,304
Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)

Colombia v Chile

1 September 1996
16:00 UTC−5

Colombia	4–1	Chile
Asprilla 3', 31', 47' Bermúdez 43'	(Report)	Zamorano 56' (pen.)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

Argentina v Paraguay

1 September 1996
18:15 UTC−3

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Batistuta 27'	(Report)	Chilavert 47'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 65,500
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Round 5

Uruguay v Bolivia

8 October 1996
20:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–0	Bolivia
Moas 72'	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)

Ecuador v Colombia

9 October 1996
11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	0–1	Colombia
	(Report)	Asprilla 72'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Venezuela v Argentina

9 October 1996
20:00 UTC−4

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

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)

Paraguay v Chile

9 October 1996
21:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	2–1	Chile
Gamarra 24' Rivarola 63'	(Report)	Margas 22'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Round 6

Bolivia v Colombia

10 November 1996
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–2	Colombia
Sandy 15' Moreno 44'	(Report)	Serna 40' (pen.) Rincón 54'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 43,173
Referee: Jose Villamonte (Peru)

Peru v Venezuela

10 November 1996
15:30 UTC−5

Peru	4–1	Venezuela
Reynoso 4' Julinho 21' Palacios 49', 83'	(Report)	Díaz 78'

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 31,036
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Paraguay v Ecuador

10 November 1996
18:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–0	Ecuador
Benítez 24'	(Report)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 31,002
Referee: Daniel Giménez (Argentina)

Chile v Uruguay

12 November 1996
21:30 UTC−3

Chile	1–0	Uruguay
Salas 60'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 73,547^[1]
Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)

Round 7

Bolivia v Paraguay

15 December 1996
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	0–0	Paraguay
	(Report)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 41,076
Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)

Venezuela v Colombia

15 December 1996
16:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Colombia
	(Report)	Bermúdez 7' Valenciano 50'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Argentina v Chile

15 December 1996
20:00 UTC−3

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

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 59,970
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Uruguay v Peru

15 December 1996
21:15 UTC−3

Uruguay	2–0	Peru
Montero 2' Bengoechea 38'	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 42,630
Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)

Round 8

Venezuela v Paraguay

12 January 1997
11:30 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–2	Paraguay
	(Report)	Benítez 6' Enciso 62'

Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa, Mérida
Attendance: 7,981
Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

Bolivia v Ecuador

12 January 1997
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–0	Ecuador
Moreno 7' Etcheverry 12'	(Report)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 39,968
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Peru v Chile

12 January 1997
16:00 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Chile
Maestri 15' Palacios 34'	(Report)	Zamorano 88'

Estadio Nacional (Lima), Lima
Attendance: 35,373
Referee: José Varela (Uruguay)

Uruguay v Argentina

12 January 1997
21:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 9

Ecuador v Uruguay

12 February 1997
11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	4–0	Uruguay
Aguinaga 6' Delgado 68', 76' Chalá 87'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Bolivia v Chile

12 February 1997
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	1–1	Chile
Soria 28'	(Report)	González 44'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 41,908
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

Colombia v Argentina

12 February 1997
17:00 UTC−5

Colombia	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	López 10'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Paraguay v Peru

12 February 1997
22:00 UTC−3

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

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

Round 10

Bolivia v Argentina

2 April 1997
16:10 UTC−4

Bolivia	2–1	Argentina
Sandy 8' Ochoaizpur 48'	(Report)	Gorosito 41'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 44,372
Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)

Peru v Ecuador

2 April 1997
20:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–1	Ecuador
Palacios 58'	(Report)	Aguinaga 78' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 42,299
Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)

Uruguay v Venezuela

2 April 1997
20:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	3–1	Venezuela
De Los Santos 29' Montero 46' Otero 59'	(Report)	Castellín 55'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Paraguay v Colombia

2 April 1997
21:00 UTC−4

Paraguay	2–1	Colombia
Galeano 30' (o.g.) Soto 82'	(Report)	Serna 80'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 37,297
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Round 11

Chile v Venezuela

29 April 1997
21:15 UTC−4

Chile	6–0	Venezuela
Zamorano 19', 27', 32', 47', 85' Reyes 66'	(Report)

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago
Attendance: 42,034
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)

Argentina v Ecuador

30 April 1997
21:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–1	Ecuador
Ortega 18' Crespo 30'	(Report)	Aguinaga 73'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 62,300
Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)

Paraguay v Uruguay

30 April 1997
21:00 UTC−4

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

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 34,101
Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)

Colombia v Peru

30 April 1997
21:00 UTC−5

Colombia	0–1	Peru
	(Report)	Pereda 62'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 22,172
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 12

Ecuador v Chile

8 June 1997
11:30 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–1	Chile
Graziani 43'	(Report)	Salas 53'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 42,225
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Argentina v Peru

8 June 1997
18:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–0	Peru
Crespo 30' Simeone 46'	(Report)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 56,069
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Uruguay v Colombia

8 June 1997
15:30 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–1	Colombia
Silva 6'	(Report)	Ricard 47'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 37,200
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

Venezuela v Bolivia

8 June 1997
16:00 UTC−4

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

Estadio Luis Loreto Lira, Valera
Attendance: 3,352
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Round 13

Chile v Colombia

5 July 1997
20:30 UTC−4

Chile	4–1	Colombia
Salas 16', 26', 41' Zamorano 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Ricard 52'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 75,617^[3]
Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)

Paraguay v Argentina

6 July 1997
15:15 UTC−4

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

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Peru v Bolivia

6 July 1997
15:30 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Bolivia
Carty 9' Soto 53'	(Report)	Cristaldo 56'

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 31,489
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Venezuela v Ecuador

6 July 1997
16:00 UTC−4

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

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo
Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Round 14

Argentina v Venezuela

20 July 1997
18:10 UTC−3

Argentina	2–0	Venezuela
Crespo 31' Paz 58'	(Report)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Bolivia v Uruguay

20 July 1997
15:00 UTC−4

Bolivia	1–0	Uruguay
Etcheverry 75'	(Report)

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Colombia v Ecuador

20 July 1997
15:30 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
de Ávila 83'	(Report)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Chile v Paraguay

20 July 1997
20:30 UTC−4

Chile	2–1	Paraguay
Zamorano 9' (pen.), 51'	(Report)	Brizuela 61'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 75,143
Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)

Round 15

Uruguay v Chile

20 August 1997
20:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Otero 20'	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)

Colombia v Bolivia

20 August 1997
21:15 UTC−5

Colombia	3–0	Bolivia
De Ávila 1' Valderrama 30' (pen.) Asprilla 76'	(Report)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 25,912
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Ecuador v Paraguay

20 August 1997
11:30 UTC−5

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

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

Venezuela v Peru

20 August 1997
18:00 UTC−4

Venezuela	0–3	Peru
	(Report)	Marengo 14' Julinho 54' Maestri 81'

Estadio La Carolina, Barinas
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Round 16

Chile v Argentina

10 September 1997
18:00 UTC−4

Chile	1–2	Argentina
Salas 34'	(Report)	Gallardo 25' López 86'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 73,644
Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)

Peru v Uruguay

10 September 1997
20:00 UTC−5

Peru	2–1	Uruguay
Palacios 57' Carty 60'	(Report)	Recoba 43'

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 34,721
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

Colombia v Venezuela

10 September 1997
21:00 UTC−5

Colombia	1–0	Venezuela
Cabrera 68'	(Report)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)

Paraguay v Bolivia

10 September 1997
21:00 UTC−4

Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia
Benítez 26' Gamarra 37'	(Report)	Suárez 58'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 40,341
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Round 17

Argentina v Uruguay

12 October 1997
18:15 UTC−3

Argentina	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)

Chile v Peru

12 October 1997
21:00 UTC−4

Chile	4–0	Peru
Salas 13', 82', 88' Reyes 58'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 74,219
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Paraguay v Venezuela

12 October 1997
18:00 UTC−3

Paraguay	1–0	Venezuela
Torres 68'	(Report)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)

Ecuador v Bolivia

12 October 1997
16:00 UTC−5

Ecuador	1–0	Bolivia
Graziani 27'	(Report)

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil
Attendance: 14,568
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Round 18

Argentina v Colombia

16 November 1997
19:30 UTC−3

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

Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)

Uruguay v Ecuador

16 November 1997
17:00 UTC−3

Uruguay	5–3	Ecuador
Saralegui 3', 12' Abreu 48', 52' Aguilera 63'	(Report)	Graziani 2', 59', 68'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)

Peru v Paraguay

16 November 1997
15:00 UTC−5

Peru	1–0	Paraguay
Soto 37'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Lima
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)

Chile v Bolivia

16 November 1997
17:00 UTC−3

Chile	3–0	Bolivia
Barrera 23' Salas 40' Carreño 84'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 74,777
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)

Broadcasters Rights

Argentina: Multisports (now TyC Sports), Cable Sport, América Sports, ATC, El Trece, Telefe, América 2 and Canal 9 Libertad
Colombia: SuperCable Deportes(now Win Sports), Inravisión, Canal A and Cadena Uno
Paraguay: CVC Sports (now Tigo Sports), Unicanal / TyC
Uruguay: TVC Sports, VTV / TyC

References

External links

Eliminatoria Sudamericana Mundial Francia 1998 at Conmebol.com
International Matches 1996 – South America at rsssf.com
International Matches 1997 – South America at rsssf.com

1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

AFC	First Round Final Round Play-off

CAF	First Round Final Round

CONCACAF	Preliminary Round First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round

CONMEBOL	Group Round

OFC	First Round Second Round Third Round

UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs

Play-offs	AFC v OFC

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