2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates	8 October 2020 – 29 March 2022
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	89
Goals scored	223 (2.51 per match)
Attendance	1,369,058 (15,383 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcelo Moreno; (10 goals)
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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

International football competition

The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted 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 were available for CONMEBOL teams.^[1]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

The qualification process began on 8 October 2020 and ended on 29 March 2022. Uruguay's Luis Suárez scored the first goal of the round-robin. This was the third time Suárez had opened scoring in the group (after 2010 and 2014), as well as the fourth consecutive time a Uruguayan player had done so (Martín Cáceres scored the first goal of the 2018 process).^[2]

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[table_note_BRA_ARG0.29821622758089-27] The match on 5 September 2021 was suspended after five minutes at 0–0, after Argentina walked off because Brazilian health officials entered the pitch demanding the isolation of four Argentine players accused of violating the COVID quarantine rules. It was scheduled to be replayed on 21 September 2022, but was eventually cancelled, with both teams already qualified.

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The Peru v Brazil match was originally scheduled on 13 October 2020, 21:15 local time,^[27] but was rescheduled to 19:00 local time since Peru had a curfew which begins at 23:00 as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.^[28]^[29]

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The Chile v Colombia match was originally scheduled on 13 October 2020, 20:00 local time,^[27] but was rescheduled to 21:30 local to avoid a clash with a scheduled political broadcast in Chile about a constitutional plebiscite.^[30]

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The Peru v Colombia match was originally scheduled on 3 June 2021, 20:00 local time,^[31] but was rescheduled to 21:00 local time due to broadcast matters.^[32]

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The match on 5 September 2021 was suspended after five minutes at 0–0, after Argentina walked off because Brazilian health officials entered the pitch demanding the isolation of four Argentine players accused of violating the COVID quarantine rules.^[34]^[35]^[36] It was initially rescheduled to 22 September 2022 at a location to be defined by the Brazilian Football Confederation,^[37]^[38] later set to 21 September, and finally cancelled by FIFA on 16 August,^[39] with both teams already having qualified.

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Referee Guillermo Guerrero from Ecuador, who was originally assigned to the Peru v Venezuela match,^[33] was replaced by his countryman Luis Quiroz.^[40]

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The Argentina v Uruguay match was relocated from Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero^[41]^[42] to Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, after the matchday 5 was postponed.^[43]

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The Venezuela v Peru match was originally scheduled on 16 November 2021, 19:00 local time,^[44] but was rescheduled to 17:00 local time.^[45]

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The Bolivia vs Chile match, originally scheduled at 16:00 local time, was delayed until 16:30 local time due to heavy rainfall in La Paz.^[46]

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The Argentina v Colombia match was relocated from Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires^[47]^[48] to Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba.^[49]

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The Brazil v Chile match, originally scheduled to be played at Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador,^[50] was relocated to Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro due to restrictions on the capacity of the stadiums in the State of Bahia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[51]

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The Argentina v Venezuela match, originally scheduled to be played at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires,^[52] was relocated to Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires,^[53]^[54] due to renovations.^[55]

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Matchday	Date(s)			Matches
Matchday	Revised	Previous date	Original	Matches
Matchday 1	8–9 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	12–13 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 7	3–4 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 6	5 September 2021	30 March 2021	13 October 2020	1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9
Matchday 10	9 September 2021	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 5	10 October 2021	25–26 March 2021	8 October 2020	2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7
Matchday 12	14 October 2021	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	27–28 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	24–25 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
Replay from matchday 6	21 September 2022		—	4 v 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	17	14	3	0	40	5	+35	45	2022 FIFA World Cup	—	Canc.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	5–0	1–0
2	Argentina	17	11	6	0	27	8	+19	39		0–0	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0
3	Uruguay	18	8	4	6	22	22	0	28		0–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	4–1
4	Ecuador	18	7	5	6	27	19	+8	26		1–1	1–1	4–2	—	1–2	6–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
5	Peru	18	7	3	8	19	22	−3	24	Inter-confederation play-offs	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
6	Colombia	18	5	8	5	20	19	+1	23		0–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–1	—	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–0
7	Chile	18	5	4	9	19	26	−7	19		0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–0
8	Paraguay	18	3	7	8	12	26	−14	16		0–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–1
9	Bolivia	18	4	3	11	23	42	−19	15		0–4	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	4–0	—	3–1
10	Venezuela	18	3	1	14	14	34	−20	10		1–3	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	—

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Brazil	Winners	11 November 2021	21 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Argentina	Runners-up	16 November 2021	17 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Uruguay	Third place	24 March 2022	13 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Ecuador	Fourth place	24 March 2022	3 (2002, 2006, 2014)

2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Format

Entrants

Schedule

Standings

Matches

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

Matchday 9

Matchday 6

Matchday 10

Matchday 11

Matchday 5

Matchday 12

Matchday 13

Matchday 14

Matchday 15

Matchday 16

Matchday 17

Matchday 18

Replay from matchday 6

Inter-confederation play-off

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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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