1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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 qualified directly, while the runner-up and 3rd-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs.
• Groups 2 and 3 had 3 teams each. The group winner qualified directly, while the runner-up advanced 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 qualified.

Group stage

Group 1

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONMEBOL Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Play-offs

First round

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First leg

Romero Cabañas

Rubio Hisis

Second leg

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

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

Final round

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First leg

Delgado Garrido

Second leg

Muñoz Romero 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.

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

Goalscorers

;7 goals

• CHI Jorge Aravena

;4 goals

• PAR Julio César Romero

;3 goals

• ARG Diego Maradona
• ARG Pedro Pasculli
• CHI Hugo Rubio
• PER Franco Navarro

;2 goals

• BRA Walter Casagrande
• CHI Carlos Caszely
• CHI Alejandro Hisis
• COL Hernán Darío Herrera
• COL Willington Ortiz
• COL Miguel Augusto Prince
• ECU Fernando Baldeón
• PAR Roberto Cabañas
• PER Gerónimo Barbadillo
• URU Venancio Ramos

;1 goal

• ARG Jorge Burruchaga
• ARG Néstor Clausen
• ARG Ricardo Gareca
• ARG Daniel Passarella
• ARG Miguel Ángel Russo
• ARG Jorge Valdano
• BOL Silvio Rojas
• BOL Juan Carlos Sánchez
• BRA Careca
• BRA Sócrates
• BRA Zico
• CHI Juan Carlos Letelier
• CHI Jorge Muñoz
• CHI Héctor Puebla
• COL Manuel Asisclo Cordoba
• COL Sergio Angulo
• ECU Hamilton Cuvi Rivera
• ECU Hans Maldonado
• PAR Rogelio Delgado
• PAR Buenaventura Ferreira
• PAR Ramón Hicks
• PAR Justo Jacquet
• PAR Alfredo Mendoza
• PAR Jorge Martín Núñez
• PAR Vladimiro Schettina
• PER César Cueto
• PER Jorge Hirano
• PER Juan Carlos Oblitas
• PER Julio César Uribe
• PER José Manuel Velásquez
• URU Carlos Aguilera
• URU José Batista
• URU Enzo Francescoli
• URU Mario Saralegui
• VEN Bernardo Añor
• VEN Douglas Cedeño
• VEN Pedro Febles
• VEN Herbert Marquez
• VEN René Torres

;1 own goal

• BOL Miguel Ángel Noro (playing against Brazil)
• CHI Lizardo Garrido (playing against Paraguay)

References

References

1. "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1986, football - table and standings, match results, schedule, stats, videos, news".