Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) |
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 9 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. Chile was banned by FIFA due to the 1989 Maracanazo incident. The South American zone was allocated 3 direct places and 1 play-off places in the final tournament.
Format
The 9 teams were divided into 2 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:
- Group A had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify. The runner-up would advance to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.
- Group B had 5 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Qualification seeding (CONMEBOL)
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Advance to inter-confederation play-offs | 0–5 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |
Colombia qualified. Argentina advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Colombia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Colombia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Valenciano ![]() Valencia ![]() |
Report | Medina Bello ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Batistuta ![]() Medina Bello ![]() |
Report | Palacios ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 12 | Qualification to 1994 FIFA World Cup | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 11 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
5 | ![]() |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 | −30 | 2 | 1–5 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
Brazil and Bolivia qualified.
Ecuador ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Bolivia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Etcheverry ![]() Peña ![]() |
Report |
Bolivia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sánchez ![]() Etcheverry ![]() Melgar ![]() |
Report | Francescoli ![]() |
Venezuela ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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García ![]() Morales ![]() |
Report | B. Tenorio ![]() |
Ecuador ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Noriega ![]() |
Report | Ramallo ![]() |
Inter-confederation play-offs
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Qualified teams
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | Group A winners | 5 September 1993 | 2 (1962, 1990) |
![]() | Group B winners | 19 September 1993 | 14 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) |
![]() | Group B runners-up | 19 September 1993 | 2 (1930, 1950) |
![]() | OFC-CONMEBOL play-off winners | 17 November 1993 | 10 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Abel Balbo
Fernando Redondo
Alvaro Peña
Luis Cristaldo
Marco Sandy
Dunga
Evair
Müller
Alexis Mendoza
Wilson Pérez
Cléber Chalá
Carlos Muñoz
Raúl Noriega
Byron Tenorio
José Luis Chilavert
Catalino Rivarola
Estanislao Struway
Darío Muchotrigo
Roberto Palacios
José del Solar
Jorge Soto
Gabriel Cedrés
José Oscar Herrera
Luis Morales
Oswaldo Palencia