2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American zone of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw ten teams competing for places in the finals in South Africa. The format is identical to that used for the previous three World Cup qualification tournaments held by CONMEBOL. Matches were scheduled so that there were always two games within a week, which was aimed at minimizing player travel time, particularly for players who were based in Europe.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Dates	13 October 2007 – 18 November 2009
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	232 (2.58 per match)
Attendance	3,301,363 (36,682 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Humberto Suazo (10 goals)
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The top four teams in the final standings qualified automatically for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fifth-placed team met the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in a two-legged play-off for a place at the World Cup.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	9	7	2	33	11	+22	34	2010 FIFA World Cup		—	4–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0
2	Chile	18	10	3	5	32	22	+10	33			0–3	—	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0
3	Paraguay	18	10	3	5	24	16	+8	33			2–0	0–2	—	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0
4	Argentina	18	8	4	6	23	20	+3	28			1–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1
5	Uruguay	18	6	6	6	28	20	+8	24	Inter-confederation play-offs		0–4	2–2	2–0	0–1	—	0–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	6–0
6	Ecuador	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23			1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–1	3–1	5–1
7	Colombia	18	6	5	7	14	18	−4	23			0–0	2–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0
8	Venezuela	18	6	4	8	23	29	−6	22			0–4	2–3	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	—	5–3	3–1
9	Bolivia	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15			2–1	0–2	4–2	6–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	—	3–0
10	Peru	18	3	4	11	11	34	−23	13			1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	—

Source: FIFA

On 24 November 2008, FIFA suspended the Peruvian Football Federation from all international competition due to governmental interference in its operations.^[2] The suspension was lifted on 20 December 2008.^[3]

Matches

The round-by-round fixtures were same as the 2002 and 2006 qualifying tournament.

Matchday 1

Uruguay	5–0	Bolivia
Suárez 4' Forlán 38' Abreu 48' Sánchez 67' Bueno 83'	Report

13 October 2007

16:30 UTC–2

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 25,200

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

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Argentina	2–0	Chile
Riquelme 27', 45'	Report

13 October 2007

17:40 UTC–3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Martín Vásquez (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	0–1	Venezuela
	Report	Rey 68'

13 October 2007

17:50 UTC–5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 29,644

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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Peru	0–0	Paraguay
	Report

13 October 2007

20:00 UTC–5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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Colombia	0–0	Brazil
	Report

14 October 2007

16:00 UTC–5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Matchday 2

Venezuela	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Milito 16' Messi 43'

16 October 2007

20:40 UTC–4

Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

Attendance: 10,600

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

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Bolivia	0–0	Colombia
	Report

17 October 2007

16:00 UTC–4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 19,469

Referee: Mauricio Reinoso (Ecuador)

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Chile	2–0	Peru
Suazo 11' Fernández 51'	Report

17 October 2007

19:10 UTC–3

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Paraguay	1–0	Uruguay
Valdez 14'	Report

17 October 2007

18:10 UTC–4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 23,200

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Brazil	5–0	Ecuador
Vágner Love 19' Ronaldinho 71' Kaká 77', 85' Elano 83'	Report

17 October 2007

21:45 UTC–2

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 87,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Matchday 3

Argentina	3–0	Bolivia
Agüero 40' Riquelme 56', 74'	Report

17 November 2007

16:00 UTC–3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 43,308

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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Colombia	1–0	Venezuela
Bustos 82'	Report

17 November 2007

16:10 UTC–5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 28,273

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

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Paraguay	5–1	Ecuador
Valdez 8' Riveros 26', 87' Santa Cruz 50' Ayala 82'	Report	Kaviedes 79'

17 November 2007

20:10 UTC–3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,433

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

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Uruguay	2–2	Chile
Suárez 42' Abreu 81'	Report	Salas 59', 70' (pen.)

18 November 2007

17:00 UTC–2

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

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Peru	1–1	Brazil
Vargas 72'	Report	Kaká 41'

18 November 2007

16:10 UTC–5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 45,847

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Matchday 4

Venezuela	5–3	Bolivia
Arismendi 20', 40' Guerra 81' Maldonado 89', 90+1'	Report	Moreno 19', 77' Arce 27'

20 November 2007

18:40 UTC–4

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 18,632

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Colombia	2–1	Argentina
Bustos 62' D. Moreno 82'	Report	Messi 36'

20 November 2007

19:50 UTC–5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 41,700

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	5–1	Peru
Ayoví 10', 48' Kaviedes 24' Méndez 44', 62'	Report	Mendoza 86'

21 November 2007

16:30 UTC–5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 28,557

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Brazil	2–1	Uruguay
Luís Fabiano 45', 64'	Report	Abreu 9'

21 November 2007

21:45 UTC–2

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Chile	0–3	Paraguay
	Report	Cabañas 24' Da Silva 45+1', 56'

21 November 2007

22:30 UTC–3

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 52,320

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Matchday 5

Uruguay	1–1	Venezuela
Lugano 12'	Report	Vargas 56'

14 June 2008

16:00 UTC–3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 41,831

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

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Peru	1–1	Colombia
Mariño 40'	Report	Rodallega 8'

14 June 2008

20:00 UTC–5

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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Paraguay	2–0	Brazil
Santa Cruz 26' Cabañas 49'	Report

15 June 2008

15:00 UTC–4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Argentina	1–1	Ecuador
Palacio 90+3'	Report	Urrutia 69'

15 June 2008

18:10 UTC–3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 41,167

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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Bolivia	0–2	Chile
	Report	Medel 29', 76'

15 June 2008

19:30 UTC–4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 27,722

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Matchday 6

Uruguay	6–0	Peru
Forlán 8', 38' (pen.), 57' Bueno 61', 69' Abreu 90'	Report

17 June 2008

19:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,016

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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Bolivia	4–2	Paraguay
Botero 23', 70' R. García 25' Moreno 76'	Report	Santa Cruz 66' Valdez 82'

18 June 2008

16:10 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 8,561

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

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Ecuador	0–0	Colombia
	Report

18 June 2008

17:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 33,588

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Brazil	0–0	Argentina
	Report

18 June 2008

21:50 UTC−3

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Venezuela	2–3	Chile
Maldonado 59' Arango 80'	Report	Suazo 65' (pen.), 90+2' Jara 72'

19 June 2008

20:00 UTC−4:30

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Matchday 7

Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
Agüero 60'	Report	Heinze 13' (o.g.)

6 September 2008

16:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 46,250

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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Ecuador	3–1	Bolivia
Caicedo 21' Méndez 51' (pen.) Benítez 72'	Report	Botero 40'

6 September 2008

16:10 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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Colombia	0–1	Uruguay
	Report	Eguren 15'

6 September 2008

18:20 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 35,024

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

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Peru	1–0	Venezuela
Alva 39'	Report

6 September 2008

20:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 25,500

Referee: Óscar Maldonado (Bolivia)

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Chile	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Luís Fabiano 21', 83' Robinho 45'

7 September 2008

21:00 UTC−4

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 60,239

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Matchday 8

Paraguay	2–0	Venezuela
Riveros 28' Valdez 45'	Report

9 September 2008

20:00 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 31,867

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Uruguay	0–0	Ecuador
	Report

10 September 2008

17:40 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Chile	4–0	Colombia
Jara 26' Suazo 38' Fuentes 48' Fernández 71'	Report

10 September 2008

18:40 UTC−4

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 47,459

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Brazil	0–0	Bolivia
	Report

10 September 2008

21:50 UTC−3

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 31,422

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

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Peru	1–1	Argentina
Fano 90+3'	Report	Cambiasso 82'

10 September 2008

21:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Matchday 9

Bolivia	3–0	Peru
Botero 4', 16' R. García 81'	Report

11 October 2008

15:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 23,147

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

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Argentina	2–1	Uruguay
Messi 6' Agüero 13'	Report	Lugano 40'

11 October 2008

18:10 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 42,421

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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Colombia	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Cabañas 9'

11 October 2008

18:20 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Pablo Lunati (Argentina)

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Venezuela	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Kaká 6' Robinho 10', 67' Adriano 19'

12 October 2008

15:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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Ecuador	1–0	Chile
Benítez 71'	Report

12 October 2008

16:55 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 33,079

Referee: Martín Vásquez (Uruguay)

Matchday 10

Bolivia	2–2	Uruguay
Moreno 15', 42'	Report	Bueno 64' Abreu 88'

14 October 2008

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 21,075

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Paraguay	1–0	Peru
Cardozo 81'	Report

15 October 2008

17:10 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 31,545

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Chile	1–0	Argentina
Orellana 35'	Report

15 October 2008

20:15 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Brazil	0–0	Colombia
	Report

15 October 2008

22:00 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 54,910

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

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Venezuela	3–1	Ecuador
Maldonado 48' Moreno 56' Arango 67'	Report	Mina 12'

15 October 2008

20:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz

Attendance: 10,581

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Matchday 11

Uruguay	2–0	Paraguay
Forlán 28' Lugano 57'	Report

28 March 2009

17:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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Argentina	4–0	Venezuela
Messi 26' Tevez 47' Rodríguez 51' Agüero 73'	Report

28 March 2009

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 46,085

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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Colombia	2–0	Bolivia
Torres 26' Rentería 88'	Report

28 March 2009

19:30 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 22,044

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

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Ecuador	1–1	Brazil
Noboa 89'	Report	Júlio Baptista 72'

29 March 2009

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Peru	1–3	Chile
Fano 34'	Report	Sánchez 2' Suazo 32' (pen.) Fernández 70'

29 March 2009

18:15 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 48,700

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Matchday 12

Venezuela	2–0	Colombia
Miku 78' Arango 82'	Report

31 March 2009

20:00 UTC−4:30

Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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Bolivia	6–1	Argentina
Moreno 12' Botero 34' (pen.), 55', 66' Da Rosa 45' Torrico 87'	Report	González 25'

1 April 2009

15:30 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 30,487

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	1–1	Paraguay
Noboa 63'	Report	É. Benítez 90+2'

1 April 2009

16:20 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 36,853

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Chile	0–0	Uruguay
	Report

1 April 2009

19:10 UTC−4

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Brazil	3–0	Peru
Luís Fabiano 18' (pen.), 27' Felipe Melo 64'	Report

1 April 2009

22:10 UTC−3

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Matchday 13

Uruguay	0–4	Brazil
	Report	Dani Alves 12' Juan 36' Luís Fabiano 52' Kaká 75' (pen.)

6 June 2009

16:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

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Bolivia	0–1	Venezuela
	Report	Rivero 33' (o.g.)

6 June 2009

16:50 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 23,427

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

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Argentina	1–0	Colombia
Díaz 56'	Report

6 June 2009

18:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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Paraguay	0–2	Chile
	Report	Fernández 13' Suazo 50'

6 June 2009

19:10 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

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Peru	1–2	Ecuador
Vargas 52'	Report	Montero 38' Tenorio 59'

7 June 2009

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 17,050

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Matchday 14

Ecuador	2–0	Argentina
Ayoví 72' Palacios 83'	Report

10 June 2009

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 36,359

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Colombia	1–0	Peru
Falcao 25'	Report

10 June 2009

18:00 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 32,300

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

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Brazil	2–1	Paraguay
Robinho 40' Nilmar 49'	Report	Cabañas 25'

10 June 2009

21:50 UTC−3

Estádio do Arruda, Recife

Attendance: 56,682

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Chile	4–0	Bolivia
Beausejour 43' Estrada 74' Sánchez 78', 88'	Report

10 June 2009

21:00 UTC−4

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 60,214

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

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Venezuela	2–2	Uruguay
Maldonado 9' Rey 74'	Report	Suárez 60' Forlán 72'

10 June 2009

20:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Matchday 15

Colombia	2–0	Ecuador
Martínez 82' Gutiérrez 90+4'	Report

5 September 2009

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

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Peru	1–0	Uruguay
Rengifo 86'	Report

5 September 2009

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Paraguay	1–0	Bolivia
Cabañas 45+1' (pen.)	Report

5 September 2009

18:30 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,094

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Argentina	1–3	Brazil
Dátolo 65'	Report	Luisão 23' Luís Fabiano 30', 68'

5 September 2009

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Chile	2–2	Venezuela
Vidal 11' Millar 53'	Report	Maldonado 34' Rey 45+1'

5 September 2009

21:30 UTC−4

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Matchday 16

Bolivia	1–3	Ecuador
Yecerotte 85'	Report	Méndez 4' Valencia 46' Benítez 66'

9 September 2009

14:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 10,200

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Uruguay	3–1	Colombia
Suárez 7' Scotti 77' Eguren 87'	Report	Martínez 63'

9 September 2009

18:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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Paraguay	1–0	Argentina
Valdez 27'	Report

9 September 2009

19:00 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Brazil	4–2	Chile
Nilmar 31', 74', 76' Baptista 40'	Report	Suazo 45+1' (pen.), 52'

9 September 2009

22:15 UTC−3

Estádio de Pituaçu, Salvador

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Venezuela	3–1	Peru
Miku 33', 52' Vargas 65'	Report	Fuenmayor 41' (o.g.)

9 September 2009

20:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz

Attendance: 31,703

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Matchday 17

Argentina	2–1	Peru
Higuaín 48' Palermo 90+2'	Report	Rengifo 89'

10 October 2009

19:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 38,019

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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Colombia	2–4	Chile
Martínez 14' G. Moreno 63'	Report	Ponce 34' Suazo 35' Valdivia 71' Orellana 78'

10 October 2009

17:00 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Victor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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Ecuador	1–2	Uruguay
Valencia 68'	Report	Suárez 69' Forlán 90+3' (pen.)

10 October 2009

17:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 42,700

Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

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Venezuela	1–2	Paraguay
A. Rondón 85'	Report	Cabañas 56' Cardozo 80'

10 October 2009

17:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 41,680

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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Bolivia	2–1	Brazil
Olivares 10' Moreno 32'	Report	Nilmar 70'

11 October 2009

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 16,557

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Matchday 18

Peru	1–0	Bolivia
Fano 54'	Report

14 October 2009

15:00 UTC−5

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Attendance: 4,373

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

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Brazil	0–0	Venezuela
	Report

14 October 2009

18:00 UTC−4

Morenão, Campo Grande

Attendance: 23,746

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Chile	1–0	Ecuador
Suazo 53'	Report

14 October 2009

19:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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Uruguay	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Bolatti 84'

14 October 2009

20:00 UTC−2

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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Paraguay	0–2	Colombia
	Report	Ramos 61' Rodallega 80'

14 October 2009

20:00 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 17,503

Referee: Paulo César de Oliveira (Brazil)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off)

The team from fourth place in the CONCACAF qualifying fourth round (Costa Rica) entered into a home and away play-off against the team which finished fifth in the CONMEBOL qualifying group (Uruguay). The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. The draw for the order in which the two matches were played was held on 2 June 2009 during the FIFA Congress in Nassau, the Bahamas.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa Rica	1–2	Uruguay	0–1	1–1

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Brazil	Winners	5 September 2009	18 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Chile	Runners-up	10 October 2009	7 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998)
Paraguay	Third place	9 September 2009	7 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Argentina	Fourth place	14 October 2009	14 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)
Uruguay	CONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off winners	18 November 2009	10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 232 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.

10 goals

• Humberto Suazo

9 goals

• Luís Fabiano

8 goals

• Joaquín Botero

7 goals

• Marcelo Moreno
• Diego Forlán

6 goals

• Salvador Cabañas
• Giancarlo Maldonado

5 goals

• Kaká
• Nilmar
• Nelson Valdez
• Sebastián Abreu
• Luis Suárez

4 goals

• Sergio Agüero
• Lionel Messi
• Juan Román Riquelme
• Robinho
• Matías Fernández
• Édison Méndez
• Carlos Bueno

3 goals

• Alexis Sánchez
• Jackson Martínez
• Walter Ayoví
• Christian Benítez
• Cristian Riveros
• Roque Santa Cruz
• Johan Fano
• Diego Lugano
• Juan Arango
• Miku
• José Manuel Rey

2 goals

• Ronald García
• Júlio Baptista
• Gonzalo Jara
• Gary Medel
• Fabián Orellana
• Marcelo Salas
• Rubén Darío Bustos
• Hugo Rodallega
• Iván Kaviedes
• Christian Noboa
• Antonio Valencia
• Óscar Cardozo
• Paulo da Silva
• Hernán Rengifo
• Juan Manuel Vargas
• Sebastián Eguren
• Daniel Arismendi
• Ronald Vargas

1 goal

• Mario Bolatti
• Esteban Cambiasso
• Jesús Dátolo
• Cata Díaz
• Lucho González
• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Gabriel Milito
• Rodrigo Palacio
• Martín Palermo
• Maxi Rodríguez
• Carlos Tevez
• Juan Carlos Arce
• Álex da Rosa
• Edgar Rolando Olivares
• Didi Torrico
• Gerardo Yecerotte
• Adriano
• Dani Alves
• Elano
• Felipe Melo
• Juan
• Luisão
• Ronaldinho
• Vágner Love
• Jean Beausejour
• Marco Estrada
• Ismael Fuentes
• Rodrigo Millar
• Waldo Ponce
• Jorge Valdivia
• Arturo Vidal
• Radamel Falcao
• Teófilo Gutiérrez
• Dayro Moreno
• Giovanni Moreno
• Adrián Ramos
• Wason Rentería
• Macnelly Torres
• Felipe Caicedo
• Isaac Mina
• Jefferson Montero
• Pablo Palacios
• Carlos Tenorio
• Patricio Urrutia
• Néstor Ayala
• Édgar Benítez
• Piero Alva
• Juan Carlos Mariño
• Andrés Mendoza
• Vicente Sánchez
• Andrés Scotti
• Alejandro Guerra
• Alejandro Moreno
• Alexander Rondón

1 own goal

• Gabriel Heinze (against Paraguay)
• Ronald Rivero (against Venezuela)
• Juan Fuenmayor (against Peru)

Source: FIFA.com: Scorer stats

Notes

This was the first time that Argentina lost more than 2 or 4 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) or runner-up (2nd) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification.^{[citation needed]}