April 24 in Caracas
Venezuela 0 Uruguay 2 (Otero 54, Poyet 71). Half: 0-0. Att.: 12,000.
Venezuela — Angelucci, Filosa, W. Gonzales, Tortolero, L. Gonzales, Vallenilla, Valiente (Macintosh, 74), Hernandez, Castellin, Diaz (Rivas, 55), Guerra.
Uruguay — Arbiza, Olivera, Herrera, Moas, Montero, Saralegui, Gutierrez, Bengoechea (Abeijon, 90), Poyet, Otero (Cedres, 87), Fonseca.
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru).
April 24 in Buenos Aires
Argentina 3 (Ortega 8, 18, Batistuta 49) Bolivia 1 (Baldivieso 42). Half: 2-1. Att.: 60,000.
Argentina — Passet, Zanetti, Ayala, Sensini, Chamot, Simeone, Almeyda, Ortega, Morales, Caniggia (Balbo, 72), Batistuta (Lopez, 87).
Bolivia — Barrero, Rimba, Pena, Paraba, O. Sanchez, Ramos (Castillo, 80), Coimbra, (Paniagua, 77), Tufino, Baldivieso, Etcheverry (Suarez, 78), Castillo.
Referee: Mario Sanchez (Chile).
April 24 in Guayaquil
Ecuador 4 (E. Hurtado 54, 90, Tenorio 65, Gavica 77) Peru 1 (Palacios 62). Half:
0-0. Att.: 85,000.
Ecuador — Morales, Rivera, Montano, I. Hurtado (Obregon, 84), Capurro, De Souza, Tenorio, W. Carabali (H. Carabali, 46), Aguinaga, Fernandez (Gavica, 76), E. Hurtado.
Peru — Miranda, Solano, Reynoso, Marengo, Ferrari (Magallanes, 67), Carranza, Jayo, Del Solar, Palacios, Maestri, Guadalupe (Ramirez, 68).
Referee: Jorge Matto (Uruguay).
April 24 in Barranquilla
Colombia 1 (Asprilla 53) Paraguay 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 60,000.
Colombia — Mondragon, Perez (Estrada), Bermudez, Mendoza, Moreno, Alvarez, Serna, Valderrama, Rincon, Valenciano (Valencia), Asprilla.
Paraguay — Chilavert, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Rivarola, Jara (Sarabia), Acuna, Sotelo, Struway, Ferreira (Benitez), Campos.
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina).
Standings
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
The top four teams qualify for France ’98. Brazil (defending champion) qualifies automatically.
Next Matches
June 2 — Ecuador vs. Argentina, Uruguay vs. Paraguay, Venezuela vs. Chile, Peru vs. Colombia.