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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 sum of 4.5 slots ( 4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot ) in the final tournament were available for CONMEBOL teams. [ 1 ]
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 political campaign, resulting in a sixth-place finish. As a result, following intercontinental play-offs against the commemorate five-time OFC Nations Cup champions New Zealand, Peru qualified for the World Cup for the foremost clock time since 1982 .
format [edit ]
The qualification structure was the same as for the former 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 reap, 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 mechanically 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 [edit ]
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 and won .
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 [edit ]
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 ]
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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 [edit ]
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[10]
- Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
- Overall goal difference
- Overall goals scored
- Points in matches between tied teams
- Goal difference in matches between tied teams
- Goals scored in matches between tied teams
- Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
- Fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
- direct red card: minus 4 points
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
- Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
- a b[11] FIFA awarded Peru and Chile 3–0 wins as a resultant role of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera. Originally Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0 and drawn 0–0 with Chile. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules .
Matches [edit ]
Matchday 1 [edit ]
Matchday 2 [edit ]
Matchday 3 [edit ]
Matchday 4 [edit ]
Matchday 5 [edit ]
Matchday 6 [edit ]
Matchday 7 [edit ]
Matchday 8 [edit ]
Matchday 9 [edit ]
Matchday 10 [edit ]
Matchday 11 [edit ]
Matchday 12 [edit ]
Matchday 13 [edit ]
Matchday 14 [edit ]
Matchday 15 [edit ]
Matchday 16 [edit ]
Matchday 17 [edit ]
Matchday 18 [edit ]
The guide for the inter-confederation play-offs was held as partially 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. [ 17 ]
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
New Zealand
0–2
Peru
0–0
0–2
Qualified teams [edit ]
The take after five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final examination tournament .
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year .
Goalscorers [edit ]
- 10 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 2 own goals
- Gustavo Gómez ( against Bolivia and Uruguay)
- 1 own goal