Listed below are the dates and results for the
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for
South America
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. 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
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. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from
Oceania
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, with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions
Brazil
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was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament.
Standings
Matches
Matchday 1
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Matchday 2
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Matchday 3
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Matchday 4
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Matchday 5
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Matchday 6
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Matchday 7
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Matchday 8
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Matchday 9
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Matchday 10
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Matchday 11
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Matchday 12
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Matchday 13
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Matchday 14
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Matchday 15
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Matchday 16
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Matchday 17
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Matchday 18
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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
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...
finals.
Qualified teams
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
References
See also
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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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CONMEBOL
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FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
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