2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, 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]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Dates	8 October 2015 – 10 October 2017
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	242 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	3,365,010 (37,389 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edinson Cavani (10 goals)
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Two-time defending Copa América champions Chile did not qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 3–0 loss to Brazil on the final day of qualifying campaign, resulting in a sixth-place finish. As a result, following intercontinental play-offs against the record five-time OFC Nations Cup champions New Zealand, Peru qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1982.

Format

The qualification structure was the same as for the previous five tournaments. The ten teams played in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fifth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Unlike previous qualifying tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were determined by draw, which was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

For scheduling reasons, Argentina and Brazil were automatically positioned as Teams 4 and 5 respectively to ensure that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.^[3][4] The remaining eight teams were drawn into one of the remaining eight positions from Teams 1 to 10 (except 4 and 5).

Entrants

All ten national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.^[5]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Peru advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Draw position[6]	Team	FIFA ranking at start of event[7]
1	Colombia	5
2	Chile	9
3	Paraguay	61
4	Argentina	1
5	Brazil	7
6	Ecuador	31
7	Venezuela	69
8	Bolivia	67
9	Peru	50
10	Uruguay	20

Schedule

There were a total of 18 matchdays: four in 2015, eight in 2016, and six in 2017.^[8]

2015 Matchday Date Matchday 1 5–13 October 2015 Matchday 2 Matchday 3 9–17 November 2015 Matchday 4

2016 Matchday Date Matchday 5 21–29 March 2016 Matchday 6 Matchday 7 29 August – 6 September 2016 Matchday 8 Matchday 9 3–11 October 2016 Matchday 10 Matchday 11 7–15 November 2016 Matchday 12

2017 Matchday Date Matchday 13 20–28 March 2017 Matchday 14 Matchday 15 28 August – 5 September 2017 Matchday 16 Matchday 17 2–10 October 2017 Matchday 18

The inter-confederation play-offs were scheduled to be played between 6–14 November 2017.^[9]

The fixtures for CONMEBOL qualification were decided based on the draw positions, as follows:

Matchday Fixtures Matchday 1 1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10 Matchday 2 3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1 Matchday 3 2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3 Matchday 4 1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2 Matchday 5 2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7 Matchday 6 1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9 Matchday 7 1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9 Matchday 8 2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3 Matchday 9 3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7

Matchday Fixtures Matchday 10 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6 Matchday 11 1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6 Matchday 12 2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5 Matchday 13 1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5 Matchday 14 2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10 Matchday 15 2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4 Matchday 16 1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2 Matchday 17 1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5 Matchday 18 3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	12	5	1	41	11	+30	41	2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	3–1
2	Uruguay	18	9	4	5	32	20	+12	31			1–4	—	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–2	3–0
3	Argentina	18	7	7	4	19	16	+3	28			1–1	1–0	—	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
4	Colombia	18	7	6	5	21	19	+2	27			1–1	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–0
5	Peru	18	7	5	6	27	26	+1	26	Inter-confederation play-offs		0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	—	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
6	Chile	18	8	2	8	26	27	−1	26			2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–3	2–1	3–0	3–1
7	Paraguay	18	7	3	8	19	25	−6	24			2–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–1
8	Ecuador	18	6	2	10	26	29	−3	20			0–3	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–0
9	Bolivia	18	4	2	12	16	38	−22	14			0–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–2
10	Venezuela	18	2	6	10	19	35	−16	12			0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	1–3	5–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Matchday 1

Bolivia	0–2	Uruguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cáceres 10' Godín 69'

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Colombia	2–0	Peru
Gutiérrez 36' Cardona 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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Venezuela	0–1	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	González 85'

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

16:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 38,618

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

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Chile	2–0	Brazil
Vargas 72' Sánchez 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Argentina	0–2	Ecuador
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Erazo 81' Caicedo 82'

8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)

21:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 2

Ecuador	2–0	Bolivia
M. Bolaños 81' Caicedo 90+5' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 27,333

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Uruguay	3–0	Colombia
Godín 34' Rolán 51' Hernández 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

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Paraguay	0–0	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

21:00 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 28,889

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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Brazil	3–1	Venezuela
Willian 1', 42' Ricardo Oliveira 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Santos 64'

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

22:00 UTC−3

Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 48,970

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

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Peru	3–4	Chile
Farfán 10', 36' (pen.) Guerrero 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Sánchez 7', 44' Vargas 41', 49'

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,180

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 3

Bolivia	4–2	Venezuela
Ramallo 19', 45+1' Arce 23' (pen.) Cardozo 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	M. Rondón 32' Blanco 55'

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 30,923

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Ecuador	2–1	Uruguay
Caicedo 23' F. Martínez 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 49'

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 32,650

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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Chile	1–1	Colombia
Vidal 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 68'

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 45,316

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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Argentina	1–1	Brazil
Lavezzi 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Lucas Lima 58'

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)^{[note 1]}

21:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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Peru	1–0	Paraguay
Farfán 20'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 4

Colombia	0–1	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Biglia 19'

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

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Venezuela	1–3	Ecuador
J. Martínez 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	F. Martínez 15' Montero 23' Caicedo 60'

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

16:30 UTC−4:30

Estadio Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana

Attendance: 31,659

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

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Paraguay	2–1	Bolivia
Lezcano 61' Barrios 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Duk 59'

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,850

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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Uruguay	3–0	Chile
Godín 23' A. Pereira 61' Caceres 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

20:10 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Brazil	3–0	Peru
Douglas Costa 22' Renato Augusto 57' Filipe Luís 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)

21:00 UTC−3

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

Matchday 5

Bolivia	2–3	Colombia
Arce 50' (pen.) Chumacero 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 10' Bacca 41' Cardona 90+2'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 26,765

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Ecuador	2–2	Paraguay
E. Valencia 20' Mena 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Lezcano 38', 59'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 34,817

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

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Chile	1–2	Argentina
Gutiérrez 11'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Di María 20' Mercado 25'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 44,536

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

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Peru	2–2	Venezuela
Guerrero 61' Ruidíaz 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Otero 33' (pen.) Villanueva 57'

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 35,459

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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Brazil	2–2	Uruguay
Douglas Costa 1' Renato Augusto 25'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 30' Suárez 48'

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Attendance: 45,010

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 6

Colombia	3–1	Ecuador
Bacca 15', 67' Pérez 48'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Arroyo 90'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 38,400

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

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Uruguay	1–0	Peru
Cavani 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Venezuela	1–4	Chile
Otero 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Pinilla 33', 52' Vidal 72', 90+2'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

19:00 UTC−4:30

Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas

Attendance: 24,101

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

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Argentina	2–0	Bolivia
Mercado 20' Messi 30' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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Paraguay	2–2	Brazil
Lezcano 40' É. Benítez 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Ricardo Oliveira 79' Dani Alves 90+2'

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

20:45 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 34,457

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 7

Bolivia	0–3 Awarded[note 2]	Peru
Escobar 38' Raldes 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 26,765

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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Colombia	2–0	Venezuela
Rodríguez 45+2' M. Torres 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)

15:30 UTC–5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 37,099

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	0–3	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Neymar 72' (pen.) Gabriel Jesus 87', 90+2'

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 37,887

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Messi 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 44,597

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Paraguay	2–1	Chile
O. Romero 6' Da Silva 9'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Vidal 37'

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)

20:00 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Matchday 8

Uruguay	4–0	Paraguay
Cavani 17', 53' Rodríguez 41' Suárez 45' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 39,400

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Chile	3–0 Awarded[note 3]	Bolivia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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Venezuela	2–2	Argentina
Juanpi 34' J. Martínez 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Pratto 57' Otamendi 82'

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Brazil	2–1	Colombia
Miranda 2' Neymar 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Marquinhos 37' (o.g.)

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)

20:45 UTC−4

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 36,609

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Peru	2–1	Ecuador
Cueva 19' (pen.) Tapia 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Achilier 30'

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 9

Ecuador	3–0	Chile
A. Valencia 19' Ramírez 23' Caicedo 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

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Uruguay	3–0	Venezuela
Lodeiro 29' Cavani 46', 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 44,880

Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

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Paraguay	0–1	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cardona 90+2'

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Brazil	5–0	Bolivia
Neymar 10' Coutinho 25' Filipe Luís 38' Gabriel Jesus 43' Firmino 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena das Dunas, Natal

Attendance: 40,013

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

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Peru	2–2	Argentina
Guerrero 57' Cueva 83' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Funes Mori 15' Higuaín 77'

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,700

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Matchday 10

Bolivia	2–2	Ecuador
Escobar 3', 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	E. Valencia 47', 88'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 18,033

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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Colombia	2–2	Uruguay
Aguilar 16' Mina 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 27' Suárez 73'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Argentina	0–1	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	González 17'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Attendance: 51,200

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

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Chile	2–1	Peru
Vidal 9', 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Flores 75'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 38,662

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Venezuela	0–2	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Gabriel Jesus 7' Willian 53'

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida

Attendance: 42,700

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

Matchday 11

Colombia	0–0	Chile
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 45,916

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Coates 12' Rolán 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Caicedo 44'

10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 54,868

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Paraguay	1–4	Peru
Riveros 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Ramos 49' Flores 71' Cueva 79' É. Benítez 84' (o.g.)

10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Brazil	3–0	Argentina
Coutinho 25' Neymar 45+1' Paulinho 58'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)

21:45 UTC−2

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 53,490

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Venezuela	5–0	Bolivia
Kouffati 2' J. Martínez 10', 67', 69' Otero 74'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)

19:45 UTC−4

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 49,750

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Matchday 12

Bolivia	1–0	Paraguay
Gómez 77' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 13,285

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

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Ecuador	3–0	Venezuela
Mina 50' M. Bolaños 84' E. Valencia 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Argentina	3–0	Colombia
Messi 10' Pratto 22' Di María 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Chile	3–1	Uruguay
Vargas 45+1' Sánchez 60', 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cavani 16'

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 46,011

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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Peru	0–2	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Gabriel Jesus 57' Renato Augusto 78'

15 November 2016 (2016-11-15)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 38,700

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Matchday 13

Colombia	1–0	Bolivia
Rodríguez 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

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Paraguay	2–1	Ecuador
Valdez 11' Alonso 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Caicedo 69' (pen.)

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 16,287

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

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Uruguay	1–4	Brazil
Cavani 9' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Paulinho 18', 51', 90+2' Neymar 74'

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,676

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Argentina	1–0	Chile
Messi 15' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Venezuela	2–2	Peru
Villanueva 23' Otero 39'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Carrillo 46' Guerrero 64'

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín

Attendance: 35,920

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Matchday 14

Bolivia	2–0	Argentina
Arce 31' Moreno 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 29,943

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Ecuador	0–2	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 20' Cuadrado 34'

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 35,538

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Chile	3–1	Venezuela
Sánchez 4' Paredes 6', 22'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	S. Rondón 62'

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

19:00 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 34,136

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
Coutinho 34' Neymar 63' Marcelo 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena Corinthians, São Paulo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Peru	2–1	Uruguay
Guerrero 34' Flores 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Sánchez 30'

28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 35,200

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Matchday 15

Venezuela	0–0	Colombia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

17:00 UTC−4

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 38,479

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Chile	0–3	Paraguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Vidal 24' (o.g.) Cáceres 55' Ortiz 90+2'

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Uruguay	0–0	Argentina
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

20:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)

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Brazil	2–0	Ecuador
Paulinho 69' Coutinho 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

21:45 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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Peru	2–1	Bolivia
Flores 55' Cueva 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Álvarez 72'

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

21:15 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Matchday 16

Bolivia	1–0	Chile
Arce 59' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 31,555

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Colombia	1–1	Brazil
Falcao 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Willian 45+2'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

15:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 46,500

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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Ecuador	1–2	Peru
E. Valencia 79' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Flores 73' Hurtado 76'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

16:00 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

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Argentina	1–1	Venezuela
Feltscher 54' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Murillo 51'

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Paraguay	1–2	Uruguay
Á. Romero 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Valverde 76' Gómez 80' (o.g.)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)

20:00 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Matchday 17

Bolivia	0–0	Brazil
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 34,725

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Venezuela	0–0	Uruguay
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

17:00 UTC−4

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 32,100

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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Argentina	0–0	Peru
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

20:30 UTC–3

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 47,960

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Chile	2–1	Ecuador
Vargas 22' Sánchez 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	R. Ibarra 82'

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Colombia	1–2	Paraguay
Falcao 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Cardozo 89' Sanabria 90+2'

5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Matchday 18

Brazil	3–0	Chile
Paulinho 55' Gabriel Jesus 57', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

20:30 UTC−3

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 46,008

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Ecuador	1–3	Argentina
R. Ibarra 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Messi 11', 19', 62'

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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Paraguay	0–1	Venezuela
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Herrera 84'

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 38,786

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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Peru	1–1	Colombia
Ospina 77' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Rodríguez 55'

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 39,637

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

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Uruguay	4–2	Bolivia
Cáceres 39' Cavani 42' Suárez 60', 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Silva 24' (o.g.) Godín 79' (o.g.)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)

The draw for the inter-confederation play-offs was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg.^[3] The fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL was drawn against the first-placed team from OFC, with the CONMEBOL team hosting the second leg.^[16]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	0–2	Peru	0–0	0–2

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	28 March 2017	20 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Uruguay	Runners-up	10 October 2017	12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014)
Argentina	Third place	10 October 2017	16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Colombia	Fourth place	10 October 2017	5 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014)
Peru	OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners	15 November 2017	4 (1930, 1970, 1978, 1982)

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

Goalscorers

There were 242 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

10 goals

• Edinson Cavani

7 goals

• Gabriel Jesus
• Lionel Messi
• Alexis Sánchez
• Felipe Caicedo

6 goals

• Neymar
• Paulinho
• Arturo Vidal
• James Rodríguez

5 goals

• Eduardo Vargas
• Enner Valencia
• Edison Flores
• Paolo Guerrero
• Josef Martínez
• Luis Suárez

4 goals

• Philippe Coutinho
• Willian
• Juan Carlos Arce
• Darío Lezcano
• Christian Cueva
• Rómulo Otero

3 goals

• Pablo Escobar
• Renato Augusto
• Carlos Bacca
• Edwin Cardona
• Jefferson Farfán
• Martín Cáceres
• Diego Godín

2 goals

• Douglas Costa
• Filipe Luís
• Ricardo Oliveira
• Ángel Di María
• Gabriel Mercado
• Lucas Pratto
• Rodrigo Ramallo
• Esteban Paredes
• Mauricio Pinilla
• Radamel Falcao
• Miller Bolaños
• Romario Ibarra
• Fidel Martínez
• Derlis González
• Cristian Rodríguez
• Diego Rolán
• Mikel Villanueva

1 goal

• Dani Alves
• Lucas Lima
• Marcelo
• Miranda
• Roberto Firmino
• Lucas Biglia
• Ramiro Funes Mori
• Gonzalo Higuaín
• Ezequiel Lavezzi
• Nicolás Otamendi
• Gilbert Álvarez
• Rudy Cardozo
• Alejandro Chumacero
• Yasmani Duk
• Marcelo Moreno
• Ronald Raldes
• Felipe Gutiérrez
• Abel Aguilar
• Juan Cuadrado
• Teófilo Gutiérrez
• Yerry Mina
• Sebastián Pérez
• Macnelly Torres
• Gabriel Achilier
• Michael Arroyo
• Frickson Erazo
• Ángel Mena
• Arturo Mina
• Jefferson Montero
• Cristian Ramírez
• Antonio Valencia
• Júnior Alonso
• Lucas Barrios
• Édgar Benítez
• Víctor Cáceres
• Óscar Cardozo
• Paulo da Silva
• Richard Ortiz
• Cristian Riveros
• Ángel Romero
• Óscar Romero
• Antonio Sanabria
• Bruno Valdez
• André Carrillo
• Paolo Hurtado
• Christian Ramos
• Raúl Ruidíaz
• Renato Tapia
• Sebastián Coates
• Abel Hernández
• Nicolás Lodeiro
• Álvaro Pereira
• Carlos Sánchez
• Federico Valverde
• Richard Blanco
• Yangel Herrera
• Juanpi
• Jacobo Kouffati
• Jhon Murillo
• Mario Rondón
• Salomón Rondón
• Christian Santos

1 own goal

• Marquinhos (against Colombia)
• Arturo Vidal (against Paraguay)
• David Ospina (against Peru)
• Édgar Benítez (against Peru)
• Diego Godín (against Bolivia)
• Gastón Silva (against Bolivia)
• Rolf Feltscher (against Argentina)

2 own goals

• Gustavo Gómez (against Bolivia and Uruguay)

Notes

1. The match between Argentina and Brazil was originally scheduled to be played on 12 November 2015, 21:00 UTC−3, but was postponed to the following day due to bad weather.^[10]
2. FIFA awarded Peru a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]
3. FIFA awarded Chile a 3–0 win as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera, after the match had finished 0–0. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.^[11]
4. Chile were sanctioned by FIFA to play one home match (against Bolivia on 6 September 2016) away from Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago due to homophobic chants by the team's fans, with a possible ban on a second match subject to a probation period of two years.^[12] Since Chile committed another infringement during this period, a second match ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos will be served (against Venezuela on 28 March 2017).^[13] Chile was sanctioned with a ban on playing at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos for two further matches (against Paraguay on 31 August 2017 and against Ecuador on 5 October 2017) after similar incidents.^[14]
5. The match between Peru and Bolivia was originally scheduled to be played at the Estadio Nacional, but was moved to the Estadio Monumental "U" due to poor conditions of the pitch at the Estadio Nacional.^[15]