2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONMEBOL teams.[1]

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
DatesOctober 2020 – March 2022
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)

Format

On 24 January 2019, the CONMEBOL Council decided to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments.[2] The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches.

The fixtures were determined by a draw which was held on 17 December 2019, 10:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the Bourbon Asunción Convention Hotel in Luque, Paraguay.[3][4][5][6][7]

Originally, Brazil and Argentina were both to be drawn into either position 4 or 5 in the draw, thus ensuring that no team has to play both of them on any double matchday.[8] However, the decision was later reversed on 16 November 2019 by the CONMEBOL Council, making the draw completely open.[9]

The CONMEBOL Council approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the qualifiers.[10]

Entrants

All 10 national teams from CONMEBOL entered qualification.

Draw
position		 Team
1 Uruguay
2 Colombia
3 Peru
4 Brazil
5 Venezuela
6 Bolivia
7 Paraguay
8 Argentina
9 Chile
10 Ecuador

Schedule

The qualifying matches are played on dates that fall within the FIFA International Match Calendar.[2][11] There are a total of 18 matchdays. Originally eight matchdays would be in 2020 and ten would be in 2021.[12][13]

On 12 March 2020, FIFA announced that matches on matchdays 1–2 due to take place in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates to be confirmed.[14]

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022.[15]

On 10 July 2020, FIFA announced that the CONMEBOL qualifiers in September 2020 were postponed, with the qualifiers starting in October 2020. CONMEBOL also requested FIFA to include a replacement international window in January 2022 in order to complete the qualifiers in March 2022.[16] The proposal was approved by FIFA on 18 August 2020.[17]

Year Matchday Date Fixtures
2020 Matchday 1 8 October 2020 (originally 26 March 2020) 1 v 9, 2 v 5, 4 v 6, 7 v 3, 8 v 10
Matchday 2 13 October 2020 (originally 31 March 2020) 3 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8, 9 v 2, 10 v 1
Matchday 3 12 November 2020 (originally 3 September 2020) 2 v 1, 4 v 5, 6 v 10, 8 v 7, 9 v 3
Matchday 4 17 November 2020 (originally 8 September 2020) 1 v 4, 3 v 8, 5 v 9, 7 v 6, 10 v 2
2021 Matchday 5 25 March 2021 (originally 8 October 2020) 2 v 4, 5 v 10, 6 v 3, 8 v 1, 9 v 7
Matchday 6 30 March 2021 (originally 13 October 2020) 1 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8, 7 v 2, 10 v 9
Matchday 7 3 June 2021 (originally 12 November 2020) 1 v 7, 3 v 2, 4 v 10, 6 v 5, 8 v 9
Matchday 8 8 June 2021 (originally 17 November 2020) 2 v 8, 5 v 1, 7 v 4, 9 v 6, 10 v 3
Matchday 9 2 September 2021 (originally 25 March 2021) 3 v 1, 5 v 8, 6 v 2, 9 v 4, 10 v 7
Matchday 10 7 September 2021 (originally 30 March 2021) 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 4 v 3, 7 v 5, 8 v 6
Matchday 11 7 October 2021 (originally 3 June 2021) 1 v 2, 3 v 9, 5 v 4, 7 v 8, 10 v 6
Matchday 12 12 October 2021 (originally 8 June 2021) 2 v 10, 4 v 1, 6 v 7, 8 v 3, 9 v 5
Matchday 13 11 November 2021 (originally 2 September 2021) 1 v 8, 3 v 6, 4 v 2, 7 v 9, 10 v 5
Matchday 14 16 November 2021 (originally 7 September 2021) 2 v 7, 5 v 3, 6 v 1, 8 v 4, 9 v 10
2022 Matchday 15 27 January 2022 (originally 7 October 2021) 2 v 3, 5 v 6, 7 v 1, 9 v 8, 10 v 4
Matchday 16 1 February 2022 (originally 12 October 2021) 1 v 5, 3 v 10, 4 v 7, 6 v 9, 8 v 2
Matchday 17 24 March 2022 (originally 11 November 2021) 1 v 3, 2 v 6, 4 v 9, 7 v 10, 8 v 5
Matchday 18 29 March 2022 (originally 16 November 2021) 3 v 7, 5 v 2, 6 v 4, 9 v 1, 10 v 8

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — MD11 MD17 MD4 MD16 MD6 MD7 MD13 MD1 MD10
2  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD3 — MD15 MD5 MD1 MD17 MD14 MD8 MD10 MD12
3  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD9 MD7 — MD2 MD6 MD13 MD18 MD4 MD11 MD16
4  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD12 MD13 MD10 — MD3 MD1 MD16 MD6 MD17 MD7
5  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs MD8 MD18 MD14 MD11 — MD15 MD2 MD9 MD4 MD5
6  Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD14 MD9 MD5 MD18 MD7 — MD12 MD2 MD16 MD3
7  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD15 MD6 MD1 MD8 MD10 MD4 — MD11 MD13 MD17
8  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD5 MD16 MD12 MD14 MD17 MD10 MD3 — MD7 MD1
9  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD18 MD2 MD3 MD9 MD12 MD8 MD5 MD15 — MD14
10  Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD2 MD4 MD8 MD15 MD13 MD11 MD9 MD18 MD6 —
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: FIFA

Matches

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3
Chile v Peru
Report

Matchday 4

Matchday 5
Bolivia v Peru
Report

Matchday 6
Ecuador v Chile
Report

Matchday 7
Peru v Colombia
Report

Matchday 8
Chile v Bolivia
Report
Ecuador v Peru
Report

Matchday 9
Peru v Uruguay
Report
Chile v Brazil
Report

Matchday 10

Matchday 11
Peru v Chile
Report

Matchday 12

Matchday 13
Peru v Bolivia
Report

Matchday 14
Chile v Ecuador
Report

Matchday 15
Colombia v Peru
Report

Matchday 16
Peru v Ecuador
Report
Bolivia v Chile
Report

Matchday 17
Uruguay v Peru
Report

Matchday 18
Peru v Paraguay
Report
Chile v Uruguay
Report

Inter-confederation play-offs
Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)

The inter-confederation play-offs will be determined by another draw to be held at a later date. They are scheduled to be played in June 2022.

Notes

    References
    1. "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained". FIFA.com. 30 May 2015.
    2. "Clasificatorio sudamericano al Mundial de Qatar arrancará en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 24 January 2019.
    3. "FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers: draws to take centre stage in South America and Africa". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
    4. "Se viene el sorteo oficial de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA QATAR 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2019.
    5. "Eliminatorias sudamericanas 2022: cuándo empiezan, fechas y partidos" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 29 November 2019.
    6. "RELIVE: Preliminary Draw for CONMEBOL Qatar 2022 qualifiers". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    7. "El calendario de partidos de las Eliminatorias más emocionantes del mundo" [The calendar of matches of the most exciting qualifiers in the world] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    8. "Se sortean las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas al Mundial de la FIFA – Qatar 2022" [FIFA World Cup – Qatar 2022 South American Qualifiers to be drawn] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019.
    9. "El Sorteo de Eliminatorias CONMEBOL para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022 contará con bolillas indiferenciadas para todas las selecciones" [The CONMEBOL qualifying draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will feature undifferentiated balls for all teams] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    10. "Se aplicará el VAR en todos los encuentros clasificatorios para el Mundial FIFA Qatar 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 February 2020.
    11. "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2020-2024" (PDF). FIFA.
    12. "Clasificatorio de selecciones CONMEBOL al Mundial de Qatar arranca en marzo del 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 18 May 2019.
    13. "Preliminary draw (CONMEBOL)" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    14. "Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in South America". FIFA.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
    15. "FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan". FIFA.com. 25 June 2020.
    16. "South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers to begin in October". FIFA.com. 10 July 2020.
    17. "Further changes to the international match calendars due to the COVID-19 pandemic unanimously approved by the Bureau of the Council". FIFA.com. 18 August 2020.
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