The South American (

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

) zone of qualification for the

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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 would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The 2 group winners with the best record would qualify. The group winner with the worst record would advance to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich,

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on 12 December 1987. During the draw teams were drawn from 3 seeded pots into the 3 qualifying groups.

Group 1

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

Group 2

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

Group 3

Brazil qualified with the best record among the group winners. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ¹ 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

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for the next World Cup. Rojas was given a lifetime ban from competitive football (lifted in 2001), as was Chile manager

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, vice-captain Fernando Astengo and team doctor Daniel Rodriguez.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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. :

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Careca * Rubén Sosa ;4 goals *

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;3 goals *

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* Raúl Aviles * Javier Ferreira ;1 goal * José Milton Melgar *

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* Álvaro Peña *

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* Erwin Sánchez * Branco *

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* Paulo Silas * Ivo Basay *

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* Álex Aguinaga * Pietro Marsetti *

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* Gustavo Neffa *

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* Enzo Francescoli * Ildemaro Fernández ;1 own goal * Hugo González (playing against Brazil) *

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(playing against

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) *

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(playing against Brazil)

Notes

External links

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at FIFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1990 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Conmebol)

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