2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Dates	6 September 2003 – 12 October 2005
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	90
Goals scored	235 (2.61 per match)
Attendance	3,016,252 (33,514 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo (10 goals)
← 2002 2010 →

Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)
FIFA World Cup 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from Oceania, with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions Brazil was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  Brazil 18 9 7 2 35 17 +18 34[a] 2006 FIFA World Cup — 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–3 0–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2  Argentina 18 10 4 4 29 17 +12 34[a] 3–1 — 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–0 3  Ecuador 18 8 4 6 23 19 +4 28[b] 1–0 2–0 — 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 4  Paraguay 18 8 4 6 23 23 0 28[b] 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 5  Uruguay 18 6 7 5 23 28 −5 25 Inter-confederation play-off 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 5–0 6  Colombia 18 6 6 6 24 16 +8 24 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 — 1–1 0–1 5–0 1–0 7  Chile 18 5 7 6 18 22 −4 22 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 2–1 3–1 8  Venezuela 18 5 3 10 20 28 −8 18[c] 2–5 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 4–1 2–1 9  Peru 18 4 6 8 20 28 −8 18[c] 1–1 1–3 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 — 4–1 10  Bolivia 18 4 2 12 20 37 −17 14 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 — Source: [1] Rules for classification: Tiebreakers Notes: ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Ecuador +2, Paraguay −2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Venezuela 4, Peru 1.

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The fifth-placed team then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, Australia, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uruguay	1–1 (2–4 p)	Australia	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Brazil	Winners	5 September 2005	17 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Argentina	Runners-up	8 June 2005	13 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Ecuador	Third place	8 October 2005	1 (2002)
Paraguay	Fourth place	8 October 2005	6 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002)

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

There were 235 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.61 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)