1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). 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 (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

The rules were very simple. The 9 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams would qualify.

Contents 1 Final standings 1.1 Round 1 1.2 Round 2 1.3 Round 3 1.4 Round 4 1.5 Round 5 1.6 Round 6 1.7 Round 7 1.8 Round 8 1.9 Round 9 1.10 Round 10 1.11 Round 11 1.12 Round 12 1.13 Round 13 1.14 Round 14 1.15 Round 15 1.16 Round 16 1.17 Round 17 1.18 Round 18 2 References 3 External links

Final standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	16	8	6	2	23	13	10	30
2	Paraguay	16	9	2	5	21	14	7	29
3	Colombia	16	8	4	4	23	15	8	28
4	Chile	16	7	4	5	32	18	14	25
5	Peru	16	7	4	5	19	20	-1	25
6	Ecuador	16	6	3	7	22	21	1	21
7	Uruguay	16	6	3	7	18	21	-3	21
8	Bolivia	16	4	5	7	18	21	-3	17
9	Venezuela	16	0	3	13	8	41	-33	3

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Round 1

1996-04-24 19:15	Venezuela	0 – 2	Uruguay	Estadio Brigido Iriarte, Caracas Attendance: 6,839 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
		(Report)	Otero  54' Poyet  77'

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1996-04-24 20:00	Ecuador	4 – 1	Peru	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Julio Matto Estoceres (Uruguay)
	Hurtado  54', 88' Tenorio  65' Gavica  78'	(Report)	Palacios  62'

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1996-04-24 21:00	Colombia	1 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 31,600 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Asprilla  53'	(Report)

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1996-04-24 21:10	Argentina	3 – 1	Bolivia	Monumental de Nuñez, Buenos Aires Attendance: 49,750 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	Ortega  8', 18' Batistuta  49'	(Report)	Baldivieso  42'

Round 2

1996-06-02 11:30	Ecuador	2 – 0	Argentina	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos (Colombia)
	Montaño  51' Hurtado  89'	(Report)

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1996-06-02 15:35	Uruguay	0 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 44,127 Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
		(Report)	Arce  10' Rojas  88'

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1996-06-02 16:00	Peru	1 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 43,345 Referee: Alfredo Rodas (Ecuador)
	Reynoso  47'	(Report)	Aristizábal  60'

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1996-06-02 17:00	Venezuela	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio La Carolina, Barinas Attendance: 8,074 Referee: Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)
	Guerra  8'	(Report)	Margas  89'

Round 3

1996-07-06 16:00	Chile	4 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,905[1] Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
	Zamorano  25', 86' Salas  75' Estay  83'	(Report)	Águinaga  73'

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1996-07-07 15:30	Colombia	3 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 36,169 Referee: Ruben Ruscio (Argentina)
	Asprilla  7' Valderrama  20' de Ávila  78'	(Report)	Cedrés  57'

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1996-07-07 15:30	Peru	0 – 0	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 43,675 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
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1996-07-07 16:00	Bolivia	6 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 43,822 Referee: Jose Luis da Rosa (Uruguay)
	Sandy  4' Etcheverry  41' Baldivieso  61' Coimbra  67' Suarez  78' Paniagua  85'	(Report)	Tortolero  65'

Round 4

1996-09-01 11:30	Ecuador	1 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 36,889 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
	Águinaga  4'	(Report)

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1996-09-01 15:00	Bolivia	0 – 0	Peru	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 48,304 Referee: Oscar Alvarenga (Paraguay)
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1996-09-01 16:00	Colombia	4 – 1	Chile	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Sidrack Marinho dos Santos (Brazil)
	Asprilla  3', 31', 47' Bermúdez  43'	(Report)	Zamorano  56'

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1996-09-01 18:10	Argentina	1 – 1	Paraguay	Monumental de Nuñez, Buenos Aires Attendance: 65,500 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
	Batistuta  27'	(Report)	Chilavert  47'

Round 5

1996-10-08 20:30	Uruguay	1 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela)
	Moas  72'	(Report)

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1996-10-09 11:30	Ecuador	0 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
		(Report)	Asprilla  72'

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1996-10-09 20:00	Venezuela	2 – 5	Argentina	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay)
	Savarese  7' Dudamel  87'	(Report)	Ortega  35' Sorín  65' Simeone  77' Morales  86' Albornoz  90+1'

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1996-10-09 21:00	Paraguay	2 – 1	Chile	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Gamarra  24' Rivarola  63'	(Report)	Margas  22'

Round 6

1996-11-10 15:00	Bolivia	2 – 2	Colombia	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 43,173 Referee: Jose Villamonte (Peru)
	Sandy  15' Moreno  44'	(Report)	Serna  40' Rincón  54'

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1996-11-10 15:30	Peru	4 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 31,036 Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Reynoso  4' Julinho  21' Palacios  49', 83'	(Report)	Díaz  78'

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1996-11-10 18:00	Paraguay	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 31,002 Referee: Daniel Gimenez (Argentina)
	Benítez  24'	(Report)

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1996-11-12 21:30	Chile	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 73,547[2] Referee: Angel Guevara (Ecuador)
	Salas  60'	(Report)

Round 7

1996-12-15 15:00	Bolivia	0 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 41,076 Referee: Jose Luis Parra (Uruguay)
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1996-12-15 16:00	Venezuela	0 – 2	Colombia	Estadio Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
		(Report)	Bermudez  7' Valenciano  50'

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1996-12-15 20:00	Argentina	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires Attendance: 59,970 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Batistuta  76'	(Report)	Cornejo  52'

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1996-12-15 21:15	Uruguay	2 – 0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 42,630 Referee: Felipe Paez (Colombia)
	Montero  2' Bengoechea  38'	(Report)

Round 8

1997-01-12 11:30	Venezuela	0 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Guillermo Soto Rosa, Mérida Attendance: 7,981 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
		(Report)	Benítez  6' Enciso  62'

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1997-01-12 15:00	Bolivia	2 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 39,968 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Moreno  7' Etcheverry  12'	(Report)

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1997-01-12 16:00	Peru	2 – 1	Chile	Estadio Nacional (Lima), Lima Attendance: 35,373 Referee: José Varela (Uruguay)
	Maestri  15' Palacios  34'	(Report)	Zamorano  88'

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1997-01-12 21:30	Uruguay	0 – 0	Argentina	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende (Brazil)
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Round 9

1997-02-12 11:30	Ecuador	4 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Aguinaga  6' Delgado  68', 76' Kleber Chala  87'	(Report)

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1997-02-12 15:00	Bolivia	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 41,908 Referee: Alberto Noriega (Peru)
	Soria  28'	(Report)	González  44'

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1997-02-12 16:00	Colombia	0 – 1	Argentina	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Antônio Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
		(Report)	López  10'

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1997-02-12 22:00	Paraguay	2 – 1	Peru	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	Rivarola  12' Rojas  40'	(Report)	Pereda  33'

Round 10

1997-04-02 16:10	Bolivia	2 – 1	Argentina	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 44,372 Referee: Sidrack Marinho (Brazil)
	Sandy  8' Ochoaizpur  48'	(Report)	Gorosito  41'

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1997-04-02 20:00	Peru	1 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 42,299 Referee: John Toro Redon (Colombia)
	Palacios  58'	(Report)	Aguinaga  78'

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1997-04-02 20:30	Uruguay	3 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 37,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	De Los Santos  29' Montero  46' Otero  59'	(Report)	Castellín  55'

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1997-04-02 21:00	Paraguay	2 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 37,297 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonça (Brazil)
	Galeano  30' (o.g.) Soto  82'	(Report)	Serna  80'

Round 11

1997-04-29 21:15	Chile	6 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 42,034 Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
	Zamorano  19', 27', 32', 47', 85' Reyes  66'	(Report)

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1997-04-30 21:10	Argentina	2 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 62,300 Referee: Félix Ramón Benegas Caballero (Paraguay)
	Ortega  18' Crespo  30'	(Report)	Aguinaga  73'

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1997-04-30 21:00	Paraguay	3 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 34,101 Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)
	Rojas  37' Cardozo  73' Soto  83' (pen.)	(Report)	Silva  87'

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1997-04-30 21:00	Colombia	0 – 1	Peru	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 22,172 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
		(Report)	Pereda  62'

Round 12

1997-06-08 11:30	Ecuador	1 – 1	Chile	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 42,225 Referee: Benito Armando Archundia (Mexico)
	Graziani  43'	(Report)	Salas  53'

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1997-06-08 18:10	Argentina	2 – 0	Peru	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 56,069 Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
	Crespo  30' Simeone  46'	(Report)

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1997-06-08 15:30	Uruguay	1 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
	Silva  6'	(Report)	Ricard  47'

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1997-06-08 16:00	Venezuela	1 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio Luis Loreto Lira, Valera Attendance: 3,352 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
	Savarese  70'	(Report)	Castillo  80'

Round 13

1997-07-05 20:30	Chile	4 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,617[3] Referee: Paolo Borgozano (Venezuela)
	Salas  16', 26', 41' Zamorano  90' (pen.)	(Report)	Ricard  52'

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1997-07-06 15:15	Paraguay	1 – 2	Argentina	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
	Acuña  59'	(Report)	Gallardo  30' Verón  41'

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1997-07-06 15:30	Peru	2 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 31,489 Referee: Wilson Mendonça (Brazil)
	Carty  9' Soto  53'	(Report)	Cristaldo  56'

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1997-07-06 16:00	Venezuela	1 – 1	Ecuador	Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo Attendance: 4,729 Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
	Miranda  75'	(Report)	Hurtado  55'

Round 14

1997-07-20 18:10	Argentina	2 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Wilson Mendonça (Brazil)
	Crespo  31' Paz  58'	(Report)

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1997-07-20 15:00	Bolivia	1 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Attendance: 27,874 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Etcheverry  75'	(Report)

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1997-07-20 15:30	Colombia	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
	De Ávila  83'	(Report)

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1997-07-20 20:30	Chile	2 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 75,143 Referee: Rafael Torrealba (Venezuela)
	Zamorano  9' (pen.), 51'	(Report)	Brizuela  61'

Round 15

1997-08-20 20:00	Uruguay	1 – 0	Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Antônio Pereira Da Silva (Brazil)
	Otero  20'	(Report)

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1997-08-20 21:00	Colombia	3 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 25,912 Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
	De Ávila  1' Valderrama  30' Asprilla  76'	(Report)

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1997-08-20 11:30	Ecuador	2 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Referee: Rodrigo Badilla Sequeira (Costa Rica)
	Aguinaga  53' Graziani  72'	(Report)	Báez  5'

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1997-08-20 18:00	Venezuela	0 – 3	Peru	Estadio La Carolina, Barinas Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
		(Report)	Marengo  14' Julinho  54' Maestri  81'

Round 16

1997-09-10 18:00	Chile	1 – 2	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 73,644 Referee: Francisco Mourão Dacildo (Brazil)
	Salas  34'	(Report)	Gallardo  25' López  86'

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1997-09-10 20:00	Peru	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 34,721 Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
	Palacios  57' Carty  60'	(Report)	Recoba  43'

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1997-09-10 21:00	Colombia	1 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Pimentel (Brazil)
	Cabrera  68'	(Report)

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1997-09-10 21:00	Paraguay	2 – 1	Bolivia	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 40,341 Referee: Benito Armando Archundia (Mexico)
	Benítez  26' Gamarra  37'	(Report)	Suárez  58'

Round 17

1997-10-12 18:15	Argentina	0 – 0	Uruguay	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Claudio Vinicius Cerdeira (Brazil)
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1997-10-12 21:00	Chile	4 – 0	Peru	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,219 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
	Salas  13', 82', 88' Reyes  58'	(Report)

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1997-10-12 18:00	Paraguay	1 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (USA)
	Torres  68'	(Report)

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1997-10-12 16:00	Ecuador	1 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil Attendance: 14,568 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
	Graziani  27'	(Report)

Round 18

1997-11-16 19:10	Argentina	1 – 1	Colombia	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
	Cáceres  69'	(Report)	Valderrama  20'

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1997-11-16 17:00	Uruguay	5 – 3	Ecuador	Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)
	Saralegui  3', 12' Abreu  48', 52' Aguilera  63'	(Report)	Graziani  2', 59', 68'

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1997-11-16 15:00	Peru	1 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Francisco Mourao Dacildo (Brazil)
	Soto  37'	(Report)

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1997-11-16 17:00	Chile	3 – 0	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 74,777 Referee: Wilson Mendonça Souza (Brazil)
	Barrera  23' Salas  40' Carreño  84'	(Report)

References

External links

• Eliminatoria Sudamericana Mundial Francia 1998 at Conmebol.com
• International Matches 1996 - South America at rsssf.com
• International Matches 1997 - South America at rsssf.com

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