1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
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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

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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.[1]

Draw

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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 A Pot B Pot C
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil
File:Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg Paraguay
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 		File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru 		File:Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela

Groups

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Group 1

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 6
File:Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 6
File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0
  Bolivia Peru Uruguay
File:Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg BOL – 2–1 2–1
File:Flag of Peru (state).svg PER 1–2 – 0–2
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg URU 2–0 2–0 –

Uruguay qualified with the second-best record among the group winners.

Group 2

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5
File:Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg Paraguay 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 4
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
  Colombia Ecuador Paraguay
File:Flag of Colombia.svg COL – 2–0 2–1
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg ECU 0–0 – 3–1
File:Flag of Paraguay (1988-1990).svg PAR 2–1 2–1 –

Colombia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off with the worst record among the group winners.

Group 3

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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 5
File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0
  Brazil Chile Venezuela
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg BRA – 2–0 6–0
File:Flag of Chile.svg CHI 1–1 – 5–0
File:Flag of Venezuela (1930–1954).svg VEN 0–4 1–3 –

Brazil qualified with the best record among the group winners.

Ranking of first-placed teams

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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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7 Qualification to 1990 FIFA World Cup
2 1 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3 2 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5 Advance to 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)
Source: [citation needed]

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)

The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Colombia File:Flag of Colombia.svg 1–0 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1–0 0–0

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Defending champions 29 June 1986 9 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Group 1 winners with the second-best record 24 September 1989 8 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986)
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Group 3 winners with the best record 13 September 1989 13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia CONMEBOL-OFC playoff winners 30 October 1989 1 (1962)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Citations

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.[2][3][4]
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