# 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American Zone of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw nine teams competing for 4 or 5 berths in the finals. Brazil automatically qualified for the World Cup as the host nation so were not involved in CONMEBOL qualifying. Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay advanced to the World Cup.

## Format

The format for CONMEBOL's 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament was identical to the previous four editions. All CONMEBOL national teams played against each other twice on a home-and-away basis in a single group for 4 or 5 allotted berths. The top four teams automatically qualified for the finals. The fifth-placed team competed in the intercontinental play-offs against the fifth-placed team from the AFC's World Cup qualifying tournament. The order of matches was identical to that of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 tournaments. As Brazil qualified automatically as hosts, each team had a bye on the date they would normally have been scheduled to play Brazil.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Argentina | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 32 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Colombia | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 30 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Chile | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 28 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 25 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | Inter-confederation play-offs | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 20 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 7 | Peru | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 15 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 12 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 12 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — |

## Matches

The matches were played from 7 October 2011 to 15 October 2013.

### Matchday 18
#### Notes

* ↑ Colombia v Ecuador was originally to be kicked off at 15:30 local time, but was delayed by an hour and a half due to rain.
* ↑ Peru v Bolivia was played without spectators due to sanctions imposed by FIFA as a result of crowd disturbance incidents. The Peruvian Football Federation decided to withdraw their appeal and accepted the punishment.

## Inter-confederation play-offs

While the top four teams in CONMEBOL qualification tournament qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the fifth-placed team, Uruguay, played against the fifth-placed team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Jordan, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off, Uruguay, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.
The first leg was played on 13 November 2013 in Jordan, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jordan | 0–5 | Uruguay | 0–5 | 0–0 |

## Qualified teams

The following six teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup |
| Brazil | Hosts | 30 October 2007 | 19 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) |
| Argentina | Winners | 10 September 2013 | 15 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) |
| Colombia | Runners-up | 15 October 2013 | 4 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
| Chile | Third place | 15 October 2013 | 8 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2010) |
| Ecuador | Fourth place | 11 October 2013 | 2 (2002, 2006) |
| Uruguay | AFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 20 November 2013 | 11 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers

There were 201 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.
11 goals
* Luis Suárez
10 goals
* Lionel Messi
9 goals
* Gonzalo Higuaín
* Radamel Falcao
7 goals
* Felipe Caicedo
6 goals
* Teófilo Gutiérrez
5 goals
* Sergio Agüero
* Eduardo Vargas
* Arturo Vidal
* Jefferson Farfán
* Edinson Cavani
* Salomón Rondón
4 goals
* Marcelo Moreno
* Alexis Sánchez
* Christian Benítez
3 goals
* Ángel Di María
* Ezequiel Lavezzi
* Maxi Rodríguez
* Carlos Saucedo
* Matías Fernández
* James Rodríguez
* Segundo Castillo
* Jefferson Montero
* Roque Santa Cruz
* Paolo Guerrero
* Claudio Pizarro
* Juan Arango
2 goals
* Pablo Daniel Escobar
* Charles Aránguiz
* Gary Medel
* Dorlan Pabón
* Mario Yepes
* Édgar Benítez
* Jonathan Fabbro
* Richard Ortiz
* Cristian Riveros
* Carlos Zambrano
* Diego Forlán
* Diego Lugano
* Cristian Rodríguez
1 goal
* Éver Banega
* Rodrigo Palacio
* Jaime Arrascaita
* Diego Bejarano
* Jhasmani Campos
* Rudy Cardozo
* Alejandro Chumacero
* Wálter Flores
* Gualberto Mojica
* Alcides Peña
* Matías Campos
* Pablo Contreras
* Marcos González
* Felipe Gutiérrez
* Esteban Paredes
* Waldo Ponce
* Humberto Suazo
* Pablo Armero
* Fredy Guarín
* Macnelly Torres
* Carlos Valdés
* Juan Camilo Zúñiga
* Jaime Ayoví
* Édison Méndez
* Joao Rojas
* Pablo César Aguilar
* Luis Nery Caballero
* Gustavo Gómez
* José Ariel Núñez
* Jorge Rojas
* Darío Verón
* Paolo Hurtado
* Juan Carlos Mariño
* Yoshimar Yotún
* Sebastián Eguren
* Maxi Pereira
* Cristhian Stuani
* Fernando Amorebieta
* Frank Feltscher
* César González
* Rómulo Otero
* Luis Manuel Seijas
* Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
1 own goal
* Juan Carlos Paredes (against Chile)
* Diego Godín (against Peru)