Note: The top four teams join defending champion Brazil as South America’s entrants at France ’98.

Results

April 24 in Caracas

Venezuela 0 Uruguay 2. Goals: Otero 54, Poyet 71. Att.: 12,000.

April 24 in Buenos Aires

Argentina 3 Bolivia 1. Goals: Ortega 8, 18, Batistuta 49; Baldivieso 42. Att.:
60,000.

April 24 in Guayaquil

Ecuador 4 Peru 1. Goals: E. Hurtado 54, 90, Tenorio 65, Gavica 77; Palacios 62. Att.: 85,000.

April 24 in Barranquilla

Colombia 1 Paraguay 0. Goal: Asprilla 53. Half: 0-0. Att.: 60,000.

June 2 in Quito

Ecuador 2 Argentina 0. Goals: Montano 51, E. Hurtado 90. Att.: n/a.

June 2 in Montevideo

Uruguay 0 Paraguay 2. Goals: Arce 10, Rojas 89. Att.: 60,000.

June 2 in Lima

Peru 1 Colombia 1. Goals: Reynoso 48; Aristizabal 60. Att.: 45,000.

June 2 in Barinas

Venezuela 1 Chile 1. Goals: Guerra 9; Margas 90. Att.: 9,850.

July 6 in Santiago

Chile 4 Ecuador 1. Goals: Zamorano 21, 85, Salas 75, Estay 83; Aguinaga 74. Att.: 75,000.

July 7 in Barranquilla

Colombia 3 Uruguay 1. Goals: Asprilla 10, Valderrama 23, De Avila 77; Cedres 55. Att.: 40,000.

July 7 in La Paz

Bolivia 6 Venezuela 1. Goals: Sandy 2, Etcheverry pen. 41, Baldivieso 61, Coimbra 67, Suarez 76, Paniagua 80; Tortolero pen. 65. Att.: 45,000.

July 7 in Lima

Peru 0 Argentina 0. Att.: 45,000.

Sept. 1 in Quito

Ecuador 1 Venezuela 0. Goal: Aguinaga 4. Att.: 45,000.

Sept. 1 in La Paz

Bolivia 0 Peru 0. Att.: 45,000.

Sept. 1 in Buenos Aires

Argentina 1 Paraguay 1. Goals: Batistuta 26; Chilavert 42. Att.: 57,886.

Sept. 1 in Barranquilla

Colombia 4 Chile 1. Goals: Asprilla 3, 31, 47, Bermudez 43; Zamorano pen. 55. Att.: 50,000.

Oct. 8 in Montevideo

Uruguay 1 Bolivia 0. Goal: Own goal 62. Att.: 70,000.

Oct. 9 in Quito

Ecuador 0 Colombia 1. Goal: Asprilla 72. Att.: 45,000.

Oct. 9 in Asuncion

Paraguay 2 Chile 1. Goals: Gamarra 24, Rivarola 63; Margas 22. Att.: 40,000.

Oct. 9 in San Cristobal

Venezuela 2 Argentina 5. Goals: Savarese 7, Dudamel 87; Ortega 35, Sorin 69, Simeone 77, Morales 86, Albornoz 90. Att.: 30,000.

Nov. 10 in La Paz

Bolivia 2 Colombia 2. Goals: Sandy 15, Moreno 44; Serna pen. 40, Rincon 54. Att.: 45,000.

Nov. 10 in Lima

Peru 4 Venezuela 1. Goals: Reynoso 5, Julinho 22, Palacios 49, 82; Vera 77. Att.: 31,000.

Nov. 10 in Asuncion

Paraguay 1 Ecuador 0. Goal: Benitez 23. Att.: 37,000.

Nov. 12 in Santiago

Chile 1 Uruguay 0. Goal: Salas 59. Att.: 70,000.

Dec. 15 in La Paz

Bolivia 0 Paraguay 0. Att.: 45,000.

Dec. 15 in San Cristobal

Venezuela 0 Colombia 2. Goals: Bermudez 7, Valenciano 50. Att.: 25,000.

Dec. 15 in Buenos Aires

Argentina 1 Chile 1. Goals: Batistuta pen. 70; Cornejo 49. Att.: 60,000.

Dec. 15 in Montevideo

Uruguay 2 Peru 0. Goals: Montero 2 Bengoechea 39. Att.: 50,000.

Jan. 12 in Merida

Venezuela 0 Paraguay 2. Goals: Benitez 5, Enciso 62. Att.: 11,000.

Jan. 12 in La Paz

Bolivia 2 Ecuador 0. Goals: Moreno 7, Etcheverry 12 Att.: 37,000.

Jan. 12 in Montevideo

Uruguay 0 Argentina 0. Att.: 67,000.

Jan. 12 in Lima

Peru 2 Chile 1. Goals: Maestri 14, Palacios 34; Zamorano 88. Att.: 40,000.

Standings

Team GP W T L GF GA P
Colombia 7 5 2 0 14 5 17
Paraguay 7 4 2 1 8 3 14
Argentina 7 2 4 1 10 7 10
Uruguay 7 3 1 3 6 6 10
Bolivia 7 2 3 2 11 7 9
Ecuador 7 3 0 4 8 9 9
Peru 7 2 3 2 8 9 9
Chile 7 2 2 3 10 11 8
Venezuela 8 0 1 7 5 23 1

Schedule

Feb. 12

  • Bolivia vs. Chile
  • Colombia vs. Argentina
  • Ecuador vs. Uruguay
  • Paraguay vs. Peru

April 2

  • Bolivia vs. Argentina
  • Paraguay vs. Colombia
  • Peru vs. Ecuador
  • Uruguay vs. Venezuela

April 30

  • Argentina vs. Ecuador
  • Chile vs. Venezuela
  • Colombia vs. Peru
  • Paraguay vs. Uruguay

June 8

  • Argentina vs. Peru
  • Ecuador vs. Chile
  • Uruguay vs. Colombia
  • Venezuela vs. Bolivia

July 6

  • Chile vs. Colombia
  • Paraguay vs. Argentina
  • Peru vs. Bolivia
  • Venezuela vs. Ecuador

July 20

  • Argentina vs. Venezuela
  • Bolivia vs. Uruguay
  • Chile vs. Paraguay
  • Colombia vs. Ecuador

Aug. 20

  • Colombia vs. Bolivia
  • Ecuador vs. Paraguay
  • Uruguay vs. Chile
  • Venezuela vs. Peru

Sept. 10

  • Chile vs. Argentina
  • Colombia vs. Venezuela
  • Paraguay vs. Bolivia
  • Peru vs. Uruguay

Oct. 12

  • Argentina vs. Uruguay
  • Chile vs. Peru
  • Ecuador vs. Bolivia
  • Paraguay vs. Venezuela

Nov. 16

  • Argentina vs. Colombia
  • Chile vs. Bolivia
  • Peru vs. Paraguay
  • Uruguay vs. Ecuador