1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

South America's qualifying berths were taken by Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay.

Tournament Structure

The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:

  • Group 1 had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify. The runner-up and 3rd-placed team would advance to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.
  • Groups 2 and 3 had 3 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.

In the Play-offs, the 4 teams played a in knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify.

Key to colours in group tables
Team qualifies for the World Cup
Team advances to the play-offs

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 6411126+69
 Peru 632184+48
 Colombia 62226606
 Venezuela 6015515−101
 ArgentinaColombiaPeruVenezuela
Argentina Argentina – 1–0 2–2 3–0
Colombia Colombia 1–3 – 1–0 2–0
Peru Peru 1–0 0–0 – 4–1
Venezuela Venezuela 2–3 2–2 0–1 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 430164+26
 Chile 4211105+55
 Ecuador 4013411−71
 ChileEcuadorUruguay
Chile Chile – 6–2 2–0
Ecuador Ecuador 1–1 – 0–2
Uruguay Uruguay 2–1 2–1 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 422062+46
 Paraguay 412154+14
 Bolivia 402227−52
 BoliviaBrazilParaguay
Bolivia Bolivia – 0–2 1–1
Brazil Brazil 1–1 – 1–1
Paraguay Paraguay 3–0 0–2 –

Play-offs

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paraguay  4–2  Colombia 3–0 1–2
Chile  5–2  Peru 4–2 1–0

First leg

Paraguay 3 – 0 Colombia
Hicks 15'
Romero 70' (pen.)
Cabañas 79'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Chile 4 – 2 Peru
Aravena 6', 64' (pen.)
Rubio 8'
Hisis 15'		 Report Navarro 45', 76'
Attendance: 40,340

Second leg

Colombia 2 – 1 Paraguay
Angulo 66'
Ortiz 88'		 Report Ferreira 57'
Attendance: 6,000

Paraguay won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

Peru 0 – 1 Chile
Report Aravena 64'
Attendance: 42,244

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paraguay  5–2  Chile 3–0 2–2

First leg

Paraguay 3 – 0 Chile
Cabañas 9'
Delgado 46'
Garrido 85' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Second leg

Chile 2 – 2 Paraguay
Rubio 13'
Muñoz 80'		 Report Schettina 22'
Romero 39'
Attendance: 62,000

Paraguay won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the World Cup.

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Argentina Group 1 winners30 June 19858 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982)
 UruguayGroup 2 winners7 April 19857 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974)
 BrazilGroup 3 winners30 June 198512 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982)
 ParaguayFinal round winners17 November 19853 (1930, 1950, 1958)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

See also

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