Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from Oceania, with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions Brazil was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament.
Standings
Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Uruguay advanced to the CONMEBOL/OFC play-off.
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Inter-confederation play-offs
The fifth-placed team then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, Australia, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.
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
There were 236 goals scored in 92 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.57 goals per match. 10 goals
Ronaldo
7 goals
Hernán Crespo
José Cardozo
Jefferson Farfán
6 goals
Adriano
Diego Forlán
Ruberth Morán
5 goals
Joaquín Botero
José Alfredo Castillo
Kaká
Agustín Delgado
Edison Méndez
Javier Chevantón
4 goals
Ronaldinho
Juan Pablo Ángel
Roque Santa Cruz
Nolberto Solano
Juan Arango
3 goals
Pablo Aimar
Luciano Figueroa
Juan Román Riquelme
Mauricio Pinilla
Tressor Moreno
Luis Gabriel Rey
Antonio Valencia
Carlos Gamarra
Carlos Humberto Paredes
Marcelo Zalayeta
Giancarlo Maldonado
2 goals
Juan Pablo Sorín
Luis Cristaldo
Limberg Gutiérrez
Roberto Carlos
Robinho
Luis Fuentes
Luis Antonio Jiménez
Milovan Mirošević
Reinaldo Navia
Freddy Grisales
Frankie Oviedo
Víctor Pacheco
John Restrepo
Elkin Soto
Marlon Ayoví
Ulises de la Cruz
Paolo Guerrero
Andrés Mendoza
Jorge Soto
Carlos Bueno
José Torrealba
Gabriel Urdaneta
1 goal
Fabricio Coloccini
Andrés D'Alessandro
César Delgado
Luciano Galletti
Kily González
Lucho González
Mauro Rosales
Javier Saviola
Javier Zanetti
Julio César Baldivieso
Gonzalo Galindo
Roger Suárez
Doyle Vaca
Joselito Vaca
Emerson
Juan
Luís Fabiano
Juninho
Rivaldo
Zé Roberto
Mark González
Sebastián González
Rodrigo Meléndez
Arturo Norambuena
Ricardo Francisco Rojas
Marcelo Salas
Moisés Villarroel
Martín Arzuaga
Sergio Herrera
Edixon Perea Valencia
Mario Yepes
Giovanny Espinoza
Iván Kaviedes
Christian Lara
Franklin Salas
Carlos Tenorio
Julio César Cáceres
Diego Gavilán
Gustavo Morínigo
Jorge Martín Núñez
Nelson Valdez
Salvador Cabañas
Santiago Acasiete
Claudio Pizarro
Gustavo Vassallo
Nelson Abeijon
Paolo Montero
Álvaro Recoba
Mario Regueiro
Cristian Rodríguez
Darío Rodríguez
Adrián Romero
Héctor González
José Manuel Rey
Leonel Vielma
1 own goal
Hermán Solíz (against Ecuador) Gilberto Silva (against Uruguay) Luis Guadalupe (against Argentina) Alejandro Cichero (against Bolivia) José Manuel Rey (against Argentina)
References
See also
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
CONMEBOL
FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) World World World