1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)


Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.
This was the first World Cup qualifying competition to involve all of the yet-unqualified teams in the confederation playing against each other home and away to decide places in the tournament, a format that was replicated for subsequent World Cup qualifying competitions between CONMEBOL members.

Final standings


Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Matches

Round [|1]

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Qualified teams

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1
15
11
4
3
6

Goalscorers

;12 goals
;11 goals
;7 goals
;6 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;1 own goal

CONMEBOL and CONCACAF