Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 28 March 2000 – 25 November 2001 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 232 (2.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,431,386 (38,127 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Hernán Crespo Agustín Delgado(9 goals each) |
← 1998 2006 → | |
A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.
The 10 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams qualified. The 5th-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.
Standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina
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18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 43 | 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Ecuador
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18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 31 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Brazil
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18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 30 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Paraguay
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18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 30 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Uruguay
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18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 27 | Inter-confederation play-offs | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| 6 | Colombia
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18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 27 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 7 | Bolivia
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18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 18 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 8 | Peru
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18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 16 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 9 | Venezuela
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18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 16 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | ||
| 10 | Chile
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18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 12 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches
editMatchday 1
edit| Argentina | 4–1 | Chile |
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Batistuta  9' Verón 33', 71' (pen.) C. López 87' |
(Report) | Tello 29' |
Attendance: 46,374
Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
Matchday 2
editMatchday 3
edit| Argentina | 1–0 | Bolivia |
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| G. López 83' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 50,669
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Matchday 4
edit| Venezuela | 4–2 | Bolivia |
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| Mea Vitali 24' Morán 38' Savarese 61' Tortolero 68' (pen.) |
(Report) | Moreno 49' Baldivieso 58' |
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Matchday 5
edit| Argentina | 2–0 | Ecuador |
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| Crespo 29' C. López 49' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 44,199
Referee: Daniel Bello (Uruguay)
Matchday 6
edit| Venezuela | 0–2 | Chile |
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| (Report) | Tapia 70' Zamorano 89' |
Attendance: 14,880
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
Matchday 7
edit| Argentina | 1–1 | Paraguay |
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| Aimar 66' |
(Report) | Acuña 60' |
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Matchday 8
editMatchday 9
edit| Colombia | 0–2 | Paraguay |
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| (Report) | Santa Cruz 3' Chilavert 89' |
| Argentina | 2–1 | Uruguay |
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| Gallardo 27' Batistuta 41' |
(Report) | Ayala 49' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 48,792
Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
Matchday 10
edit| Brazil | 1–0 | Colombia |
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| Roque Júnior 90+3' |
(Report) |
| Paraguay | 5–1 | Peru |
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| Santa Cruz 15' Del Solar 25' (o.g.) Cardozo 45' Paredes 65' Chilavert 83' (pen.) |
(Report) | García 76' |
Matchday 11
edit| Colombia | 2–0 | Bolivia |
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| Ángel 52', 73' (pen.) |
(Report) |
Attendance: 29,998
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
| Argentina | 5–0 | Venezuela |
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| Crespo 13' Sorín 31'Verón 51'Gallardo 60'Samuel 85' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Gilberto Hidalgo (Peru)
Matchday 12
editMatchday 13
edit| Argentina | 3–0 | Colombia |
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| González 22' López 35'Crespo 38' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)
| Bolivia | 5–0 | Venezuela |
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| Baldivieso 32', 68' Botero 35', 50'Justiniano 38' |
(Report) |
| Uruguay | 1–0 | Brazil |
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| Magallanes 33' (pen.) |
(Report) |
Matchday 14
edit| Brazil | 2–0 | Paraguay |
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| Marcelinho Paraíba 4' Rivaldo 69' |
(Report) |
Matchday 15
edit| Argentina | 2–1 | Brazil |
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| Gallardo 76' Cris 84' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Ayala 2' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Matchday 16
edit| Bolivia | 1–5 | Ecuador |
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| Galindo 59' |
(Report) | de la Cruz 13' Delgado 23'Kaviedes 56'Fernández 89'Gómez 90' |
| Venezuela | 3–0 | Peru |
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| Alvarado 54', 77' Morán 80' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 17,220
Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Colombia |
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| Magallanes 34' (pen.) |
(Report) | Valentierra 67' |
Matchday 17
edit| Argentina | 2–0 | Peru |
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| Samuel 46' C. López 84' |
(Report) |
Attendance: 18,901
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| Venezuela | 3–1 | Paraguay |
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| Morán 2' Noriega 22'González 40' |
(Report) | Arce 28' (pen.) |
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Matchday 18
editIntercontinental play-off
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia 
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1–3 | Uruguay
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1–0 | 0–3 |
Qualified teams
editThe following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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| Argentina |
Winners | 15 August 2001 | 12 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
| Ecuador |
Runners-up | 14 November 2001 | 0 (debut) |
| Brazil |
Third place | 14 November 2001 | 16 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
| Paraguay |
Fourth place | 8 November 2001 | 5 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998) |
| Uruguay |
OFC v CONMEBOL play-off winners | 25 November 2001 | 9 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
editThere were 232 goals scored in 90 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Pablo Aimar
- Matias Almeyda
- Roberto Ayala
- Kily González
- Claudio Husaín
- Gustavo Adrián López
- Mauricio Pochettino
- José Alfredo Castillo
- Milton Coimbra
- Percy Colque
- Gonzalo Galindo
- Raúl Justiniano
- Jaime Moreno
- Erwin Sánchez
- Alexsandro de Souza
- Euller
- Juninho Paulista
- Marcelinho Paraíba
- Roque Júnior
- Fabián Estay
- Javier Margas
- Reinaldo Navia
- Jaime Riveros
- Héctor Tapia
- Rodrigo Tello
- Gerardo Bedoya
- Víctor Bonilla
- Rafael Arlex Castillo
- Iván Córdoba
- Jersson González
- Freddy Grisales
- Frankie Oviedo
- Iván Valenciano
- Arnulfo Valentierra
- Alexander Viveros
- Cléber Chalá
- Ángel Fernández
- Luis Gómez
- Ariel Graziani
- Eduardo Hurtado
- Édison Méndez
- Wellington Sánchez
- Roberto Acuña
- Francisco Arce
- Celso Ayala
- Jorge Luis Campos
- Gabriel González
- Gustavo Morínigo
- Delio Toledo
- Guido Alvarenga
- Piero Alva
- Pedro Alejandro García
- Juan José Jayo
- Flavio Maestri
- Andrés Mendoza
- Gabriel Cedrés
- Pablo Gabriel García
- Paolo Montero
- Álvaro Recoba
- Darío Rodríguez
- Juan Enrique García
- Héctor Gonzalez
- Miguel Mea Vitali
- Ricardo Páez
- Giovanni Savarese
- Edson Tortolero
1 own goal
- Walter Samuel (against Peru)
- Cris (against Argentina)
- Ítalo Díaz (against Uruguay)
- Marco Antonio Sandy (against Brazil)
- Denis Caniza (against Chile)
- José del Solar (against Paraguay)
2 own goals
- Roberto Ayala (against Uruguay and Brazil)
Notes
edit- This was the first and, to date, only time that Brazil lost more than 2 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualifiction (CONMEBOL) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 21 April 2024.