1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

South America's qualifying berths were taken by Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay.

Tournament Structure

The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:

Group 1 had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify. The runner-up and 3rd-placed team would advance to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.
Groups 2 and 3 had 3 teams each. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.

In the Play-offs, the 4 teams played a in knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner would qualify.

Key to colours in group tables
	Team qualifies for the World Cup
	Team advances to the play-offs

Group 1

Team^[1]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	9
Peru	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	8
Colombia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
Venezuela	6	0	1	5	5	15	−10	1


Argentina	–	1–0	2–2	3–0
Colombia	1–3	–	1–0	2–0
Peru	1–0	0–0	–	4–1
Venezuela	2–3	2–2	0–1	–

Group 2

Team^[1]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Chile	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	5
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1


Chile	–	6–2	2–0
Ecuador	1–1	–	0–2
Uruguay	2–1	2–1	–

Group 3

Team^[1]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
Paraguay	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	4
Bolivia	4	0	2	2	2	7	−5	2


Bolivia	–	0–2	1–1
Brazil	1–1	–	1–1
Paraguay	3–0	0–2	–

Play-offs

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paraguay	4–2	Colombia	3–0	1–2
Chile	5–2	Peru	4–2	1–0

First leg

27 October 1985

Paraguay	3 – 0	Colombia
Hicks 15' Romero 70' (pen.) Cabañas 79'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

27 October 1985

Chile	4 – 2	Peru
Aravena 6', 64' (pen.) Rubio 8' Hisis 15'	Report	Navarro 45', 76'

Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Attendance: 40,340

Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

Second leg

3 November 1985

Colombia	2 – 1	Paraguay
Angulo 66' Ortiz 88'	Report	Ferreira 57'

Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Paraguay won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

3 November 1985

Peru	0 – 1	Chile
	Report	Aravena 64'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 42,244

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paraguay	5–2	Chile	3–0	2–2

First leg

10 November 1985

Paraguay	3 – 0	Chile
Cabañas 9' Delgado 46' Garrido 85' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Second leg

17 November 1985

Chile	2 – 2	Paraguay
Rubio 13' Muñoz 80'	Report	Schettina 22' Romero 39'

Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Paraguay won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the World Cup.

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Argentina	Group 1 winners	30 June 1985	8 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982)
Uruguay	Group 2 winners	7 April 1985	7 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974)
Brazil	Group 3 winners	30 June 1985	12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982)
Paraguay	Final round winners	17 November 1985	3 (1930, 1950, 1958)