1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Dates6 July – 31 August 1969
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored65 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Tostão (10 goals)
← 1966
1974 →
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American Zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification.

The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each and 1 group of 4 teams. 3 spots were open for competition. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis.

Groups

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Peru 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3
2  Bolivia 4 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1
3  Argentina 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2
Bolivia 3–1 Argentina
Díaz 18'
Blacut 51' (pen.)
Álvarez 70'		 Tarabini 43'
Attendance: 21,267
Referee: Sosa Miranda (Paraguay)
Peru 1–0 Argentina
León 52'
Attendance: 43,147
Referee: De Moraes (Brazil)
Bolivia 2–1 [nb 1] Peru
Díaz 69'
Chumpitaz 80' (o.g.)		 Chale 51'
Attendance: 20,670
Referee: Chechelev (Venezuela)
Peru 3–0 Bolivia
Cubillas 36'
Cruzado 40'
Gallardo 58'
Attendance: 43,148
Referee: Ramirez (Colombia)
Argentina 1–0 Bolivia
Albrecht 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 47,069
Referee: Pena Rocha (Uruguay)
Argentina 2–2 Peru
Albrecht 80' (pen.)
Rendo 90'		 Ramírez 64', 81'
Attendance: 53,627
Referee: Diaz (Chile)

Peru qualified. This has been the only time that Argentina failed to qualify to a World Cup tournament.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Brazil 12 6 6 0 0 23 2 +21
2  Paraguay 8 6 4 0 2 6 5 +1
3  Colombia 3 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5
4  Venezuela 1 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17
Colombia 3–0 Venezuela
González 34', 56'
Segrera 76' (pen.)
Referee: Murgueytio (Ecuador)
Venezuela 1–1 Colombia
Mendoza 55' Tamayo 61'
Referee: Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)
Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Tostão 37', 44'
Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)
Venezuela 0–2 Paraguay
Rojas 38'
Sosa 53'
Referee: Palacio (Chile)
Colombia 0–1 Paraguay
Martínez 57'
Referee: Pedraza (Peru)
Venezuela 0–5 Brazil
Tostão 60', 72', 77'
Pelé 71', 79'
Referee: Villacis (Ecuador)
Paraguay 0–3 Brazil
Mendoza 70' (o.g.)
Jairzinho 81'
Edu 90'
Referee: Conley (Chile)
Brazil 6–2 Colombia
Tostão 15', 40'
Edu 48'
Pelé 60'
Rivellino 86'
Jairzinho 88'		 Mesa 18'
Gallego 89'
Attendance: 99,947[2]
Referee: Comesana (Argentina)
Paraguay 1–0 Venezuela
Jiménez 11'
Referee: Otero (Uruguay)
Brazil 6–0 Venezuela
Tostão 3', 22', 24'
Jairzinho 30'
Pelé 45' (pen.), 69'
Referee: Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–1 Colombia
Arrúa 38', 49' Segrera 83' (pen.)
Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)

Brazil qualified.

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Uruguay 7 4 3 1 0 5 0 +5
2  Chile 4 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1
3  Ecuador 1 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6

Source=[3]

Chile 0–0 Uruguay
Referee: Bossolino (Argentina)
Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
Ancheta 76'
Referee: Osorio (Paraguay)
Chile 4–1 Ecuador
Olivares 55', 79'
Valdéz 62', 86'		 Macías 89'
Referee: Ramírez (Colombia)
Ecuador 1–1 Chile
Rodríguez 14' Olivares 61'
Referee: Angeles (Peru
Uruguay 2–0 Chile
Cortés 44'
Rocha 90'
Referee: Marques (Brazil)

Uruguay qualified.

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 Peru Group 1 winners 31 August 1969 1 (1930)
 Brazil Group 2 winners 31 August 1969 8 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966)
 Uruguay Group 3 winners 10 August 1969 5 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 65 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

10 goals

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ The Bolivia v Peru match on 10 August 1969 is infamous for being fixed by Argentina in favour of Bolivia. Match referee Sergio Chechelev annulled a valid goal from Peru without any justification, allowing Bolivia to win 2–1. Years later, Chechelev excused himself saying that Argentina had paid him to favour Bolivia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Horacio Zimmerman (8 March 2012). "Escándalos arbitrales que marcaron el futuro de equipos peruanos" (in Spanish). El Comercio.pe. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ WORLD CUP 1970
  3. ^ Partidos de la Roja - Partidos de selección de fútbol de Chile