1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1994 1986 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification all The South American (CONMEBOL) zone of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup saw 9 teams competing for 2 direct places at the finals, with one extra place potentially on offer to the winner of a play-off. CONMEBOL member Argentina qualified automatically as reigning World Cup champions. Format Teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The 2 group winners with the best record qualified directly while the group winner with the worst record advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1990, football - table and standings, match results, schedule, stats, videos, news https://soccer365.net/competitions/741/1990/ 2025-05-12 soccer365.net Draw The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 12 December 1987. During the draw teams were drawn from 3 seeded pots into the 3 qualifying groups. Pot APot BPot CBRA 1968PAR 1988URUCHICOLPERBOLECUVEN 1930 Groups Group 1 Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsURU430172+56BOL430165+16PER400428−60 URUBOLPERURU URU – 2–0 2–0BOL BOL 2–1– 2–1PER PER 0–2 1–2– Uruguay qualified with the second-best record among the group winners. Bolivia v Peru 20 August 1989 BOL 2–1 PER Melgar 45 pen.Ramallo 53 del Solar 43 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz 43,000 Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia) Peru v Uruguay 27 August 1989 PER 0–2 URU Sosa 46Alzamendi 69 Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000 Carlos Espósito (Argentina) Bolivia v Uruguay 3 September 1989 BOL 2–1 URU Domínguez 38 o.g.Peña 47 Sosa 49 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz 52,000 José Vergara Guerrero (Venezuela) Peru v Bolivia 10 September 1989 PER 1–2 BOL González 53 Montaño 45Sánchez 77 Estadio Nacional, Lima 9,500 Carlos Maciel (Paraguay) Uruguay v Bolivia 17 September 1989 URU 2–0 BOL Sosa 31Francescoli 39 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 70,000 Gastón Castro (Chile) Uruguay v Peru 24 September 1989 URU 2–0 PER Sosa 45 58 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 57,000 José Roberto Wright (Brazil) Group 2 Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsCOL421153+25PAR 1988420267−14ECU411245−13 COLECUPAR 1988COL COL – 2–0 2–1ECU ECU 0–0– 3–1PAR PAR 1988 2–1 2–1– Colombia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off with the worst record among the group winners. Colombia v Ecuador 20 August 1989 COL 2–0 ECU Iguarán 32 72 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) Paraguay v Colombia 27 August 1989 PAR 1988 2–1 COL Ferreira 48Chilavert 90 pen. Iguarán 87 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Hernán Silva (Chile) Ecuador v Colombia 3 September 1989 ECU 0–0 COL Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 55,000 Ricardo Calabria (Argentina) Paraguay v Ecuador 10 September 1989 PAR 1988 2–1 ECU Cabañas 36Ferreira 67 Avilés 84 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 60,000 José Ramírez Calle (Peru) Colombia v Paraguay 17 September 1989 COL 2–1 PAR 1988 Iguarán 56Hernández 67 Mendoza 45 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) Ecuador v Paraguay 24 September 1989 ECU 3–1 PAR 1988 Aguinaga 26Marsetti 72Avilés 82 Neffa 18 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 18,000 Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil) Group 3 Pld Playedwidth=25 W Winswidth=25 D Drawnwidth=25 L Lostwidth=25 GF Goals forwidth=25 GA Goals againstwidth=25 GD Goal difference Pts PointsBRA 19684310131+127CHI421194+55VEN 19304004118−170 BRA 1968CHIVEN 1930BRA BRA 1968 – 2–0 6–0CHI CHI 1–1– 5–0VEN VEN 1930 0–4 1–3– Brazil qualified with the best record among the group winners. Venezuela v Brazil 30 July 1989 VEN 1930 0–4 BRA 1968 Branco 5Romário 65Bebeto 79 81 Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas René Ortubé (Bolivia) Venezuela v Chile 6 August 1989 VEN 1930 1–3 CHI Fernández 65 Aravena 5 33Zamorano 71 Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas 13,000 Antenor Montalván Miranda (Peru) Chile v Brazil 13 August 1989 CHI 1–1 BRA 1968 Basay 81 González 56 o.g. Estadio Nacional, Santiago 60,697 Jesús Díaz Palacios (Colombia) Brazil v Venezuela 20 August 1989 BRA 1968 6–0 VEN 1930 Careca 10 17 80 86Silas 37Acosta 39 o.g. Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 106,462 Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay) Chile v Venezuela 27 August 1989 CHI 5–0 VEN 1930 Letellier 14 34 69Yáñez 44Vera 84 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendozanote The Chile–Venezuela match was played on neutral ground in Argentina instead of in Chile because Chile was penalised for rioting during the Chile vs Brazil match. 19,000 Elías Jácome Guerrero (Ecuador) Brazil v Chile 3 September 1989 BRA 1968 2–0note The match was abandoned in the 67th minute with Brazil leading 1–0 after Chile walked off the field when a firecracker thrown from the crowd supposedly hit goalkeeper Roberto Rojas in the head, leaving him bloodied and having to be carried from the pitch on a stretcher; a subsequent FIFA investigation found that Rojas's injury was self-inflicted, using a razor blade concealed in his glove. On 13 September, the match was awarded 2–0 to Brazil, and Chile were banned from qualifying for the next World Cup. Rojas was given a lifetime ban from competitive football (lifted in 2001), as was Chile manager Orlando Aravena, vice-captain Fernando Astengo and team doctor Daniel Rodriguez.Archives L. A. Times 1989-10-26 Chile's Roberto Rojas was banned from organized... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-26-sp-900-story.html 2025-03-28 Los Angeles Times en-USGardner Paul 1989-11-10 Brazil-Chile Incident Still a Mystery to FIFA https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/10/sports/brazilchile-incident-still-a-mystery-to-fifa.html 2025-03-28 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331Edwards Piers 2014-06-17 World Cup scandal! The unbelievable plot to eliminate Brazil https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/17/sport/football/brazil-chile-world-cup-scandal/index.html 2025-03-28 CNN en CHI Careca 49 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 141,072 Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) Ranking of first-placed teams The two group winners with the best records qualify directly for the 1990 FIFA World Cup while the group winner with the worst record entered the CONMEBOL–OFC play-offs. main WDL Qualification 2 Q y URU 1 URU COL 2 COL BRA 3 BRA 3 0 1 7 2 2 1 1 5 3 3 1 0 13 1 Q Q PO green1 Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off) complete Inter-confederation play-offs 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off) The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Qualified teams The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 ARG 1 Defending champions 29 June 1986 9 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986) URU 2 Group 1 winners with the second-best record 24 September 1989 8 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986) BRA 3 Group 3 winners with the best record 13 September 1989 13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986) COL 4 CONMEBOL-OFC playoff winners 30 October 1989 1 (1962) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers 5 goals 20em yes BRA 1968 Careca URU Rubén Sosa 4 goals 20em yes COL Arnoldo Iguarán 3 goals 20em yes CHI Juan Carlos Letelier 2 goals 20em yes BRA 1968 Bebeto CHI Jorge Aravena ECU Raúl Aviles PAR 1988 Javier Ferreira 1 goal 20em yes BOL José Milton Melgar BOL Tito Montaño BOL Álvaro Peña BOL William Ramallo BOL Erwin Sánchez BRA 1968 Branco BRA 1968 Romário BRA 1968 Paulo Silas CHI Ivo Basay CHI Jaime Vera CHI Patricio Yáñez CHI Iván Zamorano COL Rubén Darío Hernández COL Albeiro Usuriaga ECU Álex Aguinaga ECU Pietro Marsetti PAR 1988 Roberto Cabañas PAR 1988 José Luis Chilavert PAR 1988 Alfredo Mendoza PAR 1988 Gustavo Neffa PER Andrés Aurelio González PER José del Solar URU Antonio Alzamendi URU Enzo Francescoli VEN 1954 Ildemaro Fernández 1 own goal 20em yes CHI Hugo González (playing against Brazil) URU Alfonso Domínguez (playing against Bolivia) VEN 1954 Pedro Acosta (playing against Brazil) Citations Notes note External links South American zone at FIFA.com CONMEBOL Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) World Category:Brazil at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:Colombia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:Uruguay at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Category:1989 in Peruvian football Category:1989 in Paraguayan football Category:1989 in Ecuadorian sport Category:1989 in Chilean football Category:1989 in Bolivian sport Category:1989 in Uruguayan football Category:1989 in Colombian football Category:1989–90 in Venezuelan football Category:1988–89 in Venezuelan football Category:1989 in Brazilian football