1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

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 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, 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
Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay	Chile  Colombia  Peru	Bolivia  Ecuador  Venezuela

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Uruguay 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 6  Bolivia 4 3 0 1 6 5 +1 6  Peru 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0

BOL – 2–1 2–1  PER 1–2 – 0–2  URU 2–0 2–0 –

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

20 August 1989

Bolivia	2–1	Peru
Melgar 45' (pen.) Ramallo 53'		del Solar 43'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

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27 August 1989

Peru	0–2	Uruguay
		Sosa 46' Alzamendi 69'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Carlos Esposito (Argentina)

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3 September 1989

Bolivia	2–1	Uruguay
Domínguez 38' (o.g.) Peña 47'		Sosa 49'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: José Vergara Guerrero (Venezuela)

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10 September 1989

Peru	1–2	Bolivia
González 53'		Montaño 45' Sánchez 77'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Carlos Maciel (Paraguay)

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17 September 1989

Uruguay	2–0	Bolivia
Sosa 31' Francescoli 39'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)

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24 September 1989

Uruguay	2–0	Peru
Sosa 45', 58'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Colombia 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5  Paraguay 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 4  Ecuador 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3

COL – 2–0 2–1  ECU 0–0 – 3–1  PAR 2–1 2–1 –

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

20 August 1989

Colombia	2–0	Ecuador
Iguarán 32', 72'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

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27 August 1989

Paraguay	2–1	Colombia
Ferreira 48' Chilavert 90' (pen.)		Iguarán 87'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

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3 September 1989

Ecuador	0–0	Colombia

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ricardo Calabria (Argentina)

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10 September 1989

Paraguay	2–1	Ecuador
Cabañas 36' Ferreira 67'		Avilés 84'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: José Ramírez Calle (Peru)

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17 September 1989

Colombia	2–1	Paraguay
Iguarán 56' Hernández 67'		Mendoza 45'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

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24 September 1989

Ecuador	3–1	Paraguay
Aguinaga 26' Marsetti 72' Avilés 82'		Neffa 18'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 7  Chile 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 5  Venezuela 4 0 0 4 1 18 −17 0

BRA – 2–0 6–0  CHI 1–1 – 5–0  VEN 0–4 1–3 –

Brazil qualified with the best record among the group winners.

30 July 1989

Venezuela	0–4	Brazil
		Branco 5' Romário 65' Bebeto 79', 81'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

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6 August 1989

Venezuela	1–3	Chile
Fernández 65'		Aravena 5', 33' Zamorano 71'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Antenor Montalván Miranda (Peru)

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13 August 1989

Chile	1–1	Brazil
Basay 81'		González 56' (o.g.)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 60,697

Referee: Jesús Díaz Palacios (Colombia)

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20 August 1989

Brazil	6–0	Venezuela
Careca 10', 17', 80', 86' Silas 37' Acosta 39' (o.g.)

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 106,462

Referee: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)

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27 August 1989

Chile	5–0	Venezuela
Letellier 14', 34', 69' Yáñez 44' Vera 84'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza[1]

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Elías Jácome Guerrero (Ecuador)

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3 September 1989

Brazil	2–0^1	Chile
Careca 49'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 141,072

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

^1The 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.

Inter-confederation play-offs

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	1–0	Israel	1–0	0–0

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup^1
Argentina	Defending champions	29 June 1986	9 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Uruguay	Group 1 winners	24 September 1989	8 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986)
Brazil	Group 3 winners	13 September 1989	13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Colombia	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

• Careca
• Rubén Sosa

4 goals

• Arnoldo Iguarán

3 goals

• Juan Carlos Letelier

2 goals

• Bebeto
• Jorge Aravena
• Raúl Aviles
• Javier Ferreira

1 goal

• José Milton Melgar
• Tito Montaño
• Álvaro Peña
• William Ramallo
• Erwin Sánchez
• Branco
• Romário
• Paulo Silas
• Ivo Basay
• Jaime Vera
• Patricio Yáñez
• Iván Zamorano
• Rubén Darío Hernández
• Albeiro Usuriaga
• Álex Aguinaga
• Pietro Marsetti
• Roberto Cabañas
• José Luis Chilavert
• Alfredo Mendoza
• Gustavo Neffa
• Andrés Aurelio González
• José del Solar
• Antonio Alzamendi
• Enzo Francescoli
• Ildemaro Fernández

1 own goal

• Hugo González (playing against Brazil)
• Alfonso Domínguez (playing against Bolivia)
• Pedro Acosta (playing against Brazil)

Notes

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.

External links

• South American zone at FIFA.com