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Qualification CONMEBOL

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, the four teams with most points qualifying to the World Cup. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from Oceania, winner of this play-off also qualifying.

Tiebreakers

If teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows:

1. greater number of points obtained in matches between the tied teams
2. goal difference in matches between the tied teams
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams
4. goal difference in all group matches
5. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
6. a play-off on neutral ground, with extra time and penalties if necessary

Final standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	34	18	9	7	2	35	17	18
Argentina	34	18	10	4	4	29	17	12
Ecuador	28	18	8	4	6	23	19	4
Paraguay	28	18	8	4	6	23	23	0
Uruguay	25	18	6	7	5	23	28	-5
Colombia	24	18	6	6	6	24	16	8
Chile	22	18	5	7	6	18	22	-4
Venezuela	18	18	5	3	10	20	28	-8
Peru	18	18	4	6	8	20	28	-8
Bolivia	14	18	4	2	12	20	37	-17

Rounds 1-6

September 6, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 2 - 2 Chile
September 6, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Venezuela
September 6, 2003, Lima, Peru - Peru 4 - 1 Paraguay
September 7, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 5 - 0 Bolivia
September 7, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 2 Brazil
September 9, 2003, Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 3 Argentina
September 9, 2003, Santiago, Chile - Chile 2 - 1 Peru
September 10, 2003, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 4 - 0 Colombia
September 10, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 4 - 1 Uruguay
September 10, 2003, Manaus, Brazil - Brazil 1 - 0 Ecuador
November 15, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 2 - 1 Ecuador
November 15, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 2 - 1 Chile
November 15, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 0 Bolivia
November 15, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 0 - 1 Venezuela
November 16, 2003, Lima, Peru - Peru 1 - 1 Brazil
November 18, 2003, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 2 - 1 Bolivia
November 18, 2003, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 1 Paraguay
November 19, 2003, Curitiba, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 3 Uruguay
November 19, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 0 - 0 Peru
November 19, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Argentina
March 30, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 1 - 0 Ecuador
March 30, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 0 - 2 Chile
March 31, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 2 Colombia
March 31, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 0 - 0 Brazil
March 31, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 0 - 3 Venezuela
June 1, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 3 Peru
June 1, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 1 Chile
June 1, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 2 - 1 Paraguay
June 2, 2004, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 1 Argentina
June 2, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 1 Colombia

Rounds 7-12

June 5, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 3 - 2 Bolivia
June 6, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 1 - 1 Brazil
June 6, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 5 - 0 Uruguay
June 6, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 0 - 0 Paraguay
June 6, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 0 Venezuela
September 4, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 1 - 3 Argentina
September 5, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Colombia
September 5, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 0 Venezuela
September 5, 2004, São Paulo, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 1 Bolivia
September 5, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Ecuador
October 9, 2004, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 2 - 5 Brazil
October 9, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Paraguay
October 9, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 4 - 2 Uruguay
October 9, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 0 Peru
October 10, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Chile
October 12, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 0 - 0 Uruguay
October 13, 2004, Maceió, Brazil - Brazil 0 - 0 Colombia
October 13, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 1 Peru
October 13, 2004, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Argentina
October 14, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - Venezuela 3 - 1 Ecuador
November 17, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Paraguay
November 17, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 2 Venezuela
November 17, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 0 Bolivia
November 17, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 1 - 0 Brazil
November 17, 2004, Lima, Peru - Peru 2 - 1 Chile
March 26, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 1 - 1 Uruguay
March 26, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 2 Argentina
March 26, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 0 Colombia
March 27, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 5 - 2 Paraguay
March 27, 2005, Goiânia, Brazil - Brazil 1 - 0 Peru

Rounds 13-18

March 29, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 3 - 1 Venezuela
March 30, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 1 Brazil
March 30, 2005, Lima, Peru - Peru 2 - 2 Ecuador
March 30, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 1 - 0 Colombia
March 30, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 2 - 1 Chile
June 4, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 5 - 0 Peru
June 4, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 2 - 0 Argentina
June 4, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 1 - 1 Uruguay
June 4, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 3 - 1 Bolivia
June 5, 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Brazil 4 - 1 Paraguay
June 7, 2005, Lima, Peru - Peru 0 - 0 Uruguay
June 8, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 3 - 1 Brazil
June 8, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 2 - 1 Venezuela
June 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 3 - 0 Ecuador
June 8, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 4 - 1 Bolivia
September 3, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 4 - 1 Peru
September 3, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 2 Ecuador
September 3, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 1 - 0 Argentina
September 4, 2005, Brasília, Brazil - Brazil 5 - 0 Chile
September 4, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 3 - 2 Colombia
October 8, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - Venezuela 0 - 1 Paraguay
October 8, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador 0 - 0 Uruguay
October 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - Colombia 1 - 1 Chile
October 9, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Argentina 2 - 0 Peru
October 9, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia 1 - 1 Brazil
October 12, 2005, Belém, Brazil - Brazil 3 - 0 Venezuela
October 12, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay 1 - 0 Argentina
October 12, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguay 0 - 1 Colombia
October 12, 2005, Tacna, Peru - Peru 4 - 1 Bolivia
October 12, 2005, Santiago, Chile - Chile 0 - 0 Ecuador

Comments

As well as in the 2002 Qualifications, the last match of Argentina was against Uruguay, and in both occasions Uruguay was needing a favourable result to reach the 5th place in order to play the playoff for a place in the World Cup.

In 2002 the match finished tied in one, allowing Uruguay to clinch the 5th place, and receiving the critic of journalists from all South America as Argentina (already qualified) played extremely relaxed, and suspiciously favouring consciously the friend neighbouring country.

Mistrust arose again in 2005 when Uruguay needed a victory to avoid depending on the results of Colombia and Chile. Even though Colombia won its match against Paraguay in Paraguay, Uruguay also won the match against Argentina, again reaching the position to play the playoff for the last ticket to Germany. Both Argentina and Paraguay were already qualified.

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