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rounds for the South American zone (

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). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification 121 teams entered the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 24 places in the final tournament. Mexico, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition. The draw ...

''. A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. South America's qualifying berths were taken by

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and

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

Tournament Structure

The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows: *Group 1 had 4 teams. The group winner qualified directly, while the runner-up and 3rd-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs. *Groups 2 and 3 had 3 teams each. The group winner qualified directly, while the runner-up advanced to the CONMEBOL Play-offs. In the Play-offs, the 4 teams played a in knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The tournament winner qualified.

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Play-offs

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Paraguay won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round. ---- Chile won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

First leg

Second leg

Paraguay won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the

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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

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;4 goals * Julio César Romero ;3 goals *

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* Pedro Pasculli * Hugo Rubio * Franco Navarro ;2 goals * Walter Casagrande * Carlos Caszely *

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* Hernán Darío Herrera * Willington Ortiz * Miguel Augusto Prince * Fernando Baldeón * Roberto Cabañas * Gerónimo Barbadillo * Venancio Ramos ;1 goal * Jorge Burruchaga * Néstor Clausen *

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* Miguel Ángel Russo *

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* Silvio Rojas * Juan Carlos Sánchez * Careca *

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* Zico * Juan Carlos Letelier * Jorge Muñoz * Héctor Puebla * Manuel Asisclo Cordoba * Sergio Angulo * Hamilton Cuvi Rivera * Hans Maldonado * Rogelio Delgado * Buenaventura Ferreira * Ramón Hicks * Justo Jacquet * Alfredo Mendoza * Jorge Martín Núñez *

Vladimiro Schettina Vladimiro Schetina Chepini (born 8 October 1955, in Asunción) is a Paraguayan former football defender. He played his club football for Club Guaraní and was also a regular international for his country, appearing in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. ...

* César Cueto * Jorge Hirano * Juan Carlos Oblitas * Julio César Uribe * José Manuel Velásquez * Carlos Aguilera * José Batista * Enzo Francescoli * Mario Saralegui * Bernardo Añor * Douglas Cedeño * Pedro Febles * Herbert Marquez * René Torres ;1 own goal * Miguel Ángel Noro (playing against

) * Lizardo Garrido (playing against

)

References

External links

FIFA.com Reports

Results and scorers
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Tournament Structure

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Play-offs

First round

First leg

Second leg

Final round

First leg

Second leg

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

See also

References

External links