1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)


The South American zone of qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup saw 9 teams competing for 2 direct places at the finals, with one extra place potentially on offer to the winner of a play-off. CONMEBOL member Argentina qualified automatically as reigning World Cup champions.

Format

Teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The 2 group winners with the best record qualified directly while the group winner with the worst record advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 12 December 1987. During the draw teams were drawn from 3 seeded pots into the 3 qualifying groups.
Pot APot BPot C




Groups

Group 2


Group 3


Ranking of first-placed teams

The two group winners with the best records qualify directly for the 1990 FIFA World Cup while the group winner with the worst record entered the CONMEBOL–OFC play-offs.

Inter-confederation play-offs

The winner of this play-off qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1
9
8
13
1

Goalscorers

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