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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
| dates = {{nowrap|28 March 2000 – 25 November 2001}}
| matches = 90
| goals = 232
| num_teams = 10
| confederations = 1
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|ARG|1861}} [[Hernán Crespo]]<br>{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Agustín Delgado]]<br>{{nowrap|(9 goals each)}}
|attendance = 3431386
| nextseason = [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2006]]
| prevseason = [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1998]]
}} {{Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)}}
Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[2002 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]]''' rounds for the '''South American zone ([[CONMEBOL]])'''. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]''.

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.

The 10 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams qualified. The 5th-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

== Standings ==
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|show_matches=yes
|teamwidth=110
|source=<ref name="soccer365 CONMEBOL 2002">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualifiction (CONMEBOL) 2002, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/741/2002/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

<!--UPDATE standings below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_ARG=13|draw_ARG=4 |loss_ARG=1 |gf_ARG=42|ga_ARG=15
|win_BOL=4 |draw_BOL=6 |loss_BOL=8 |gf_BOL=21|ga_BOL=33
|win_BRA=9 |draw_BRA=3 |loss_BRA=6 |gf_BRA=31|ga_BRA=17
|win_CHI=3 |draw_CHI=3 |loss_CHI=12|gf_CHI=15|ga_CHI=27
|win_COL=7 |draw_COL=6 |loss_COL=5 |gf_COL=20|ga_COL=15
|win_ECU=9 |draw_ECU=4 |loss_ECU=5 |gf_ECU=23|ga_ECU=20
|win_PAR=9 |draw_PAR=3 |loss_PAR=6 |gf_PAR=29|ga_PAR=23
|win_PER=4 |draw_PER=4 |loss_PER=10|gf_PER=14|ga_PER=25
|win_URU=7 |draw_URU=6 |loss_URU=5 |gf_URU=19|ga_URU=13
|win_VEN=5 |draw_VEN=1 |loss_VEN=12|gf_VEN=18|ga_VEN=44

<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team1=ARG |team2=ECU |team3=BRA |team4=PAR |team5=URU |team6=COL|team7=BOL |team8=PER |team9=VEN |team10=CHI

<!--Update results below-->
|match_ARG_BOL=[[#Argentina v Bolivia|1–0]]
|match_ARG_BRA=[[#Argentina v Brazil|2–1]]
|match_ARG_CHI=[[#Argentina v Chile|4–1]]
|match_ARG_COL=[[#Argentina v Colombia|3–0]]
|match_ARG_ECU=[[#Argentina v Ecuador|2–0]]
|match_ARG_PAR=[[#Argentina v Paraguay|1–1]]
|match_ARG_PER=[[#Argentina v Peru|2–0]]
|match_ARG_URU=[[#Argentina v Uruguay|2–1]]
|match_ARG_VEN=[[#Argentina v Venezuela|5–0]]

|match_BOL_ARG=[[#Bolivia v Argentina|3–3]]
|match_BOL_BRA=[[#Bolivia v Brazil|3–1]]
|match_BOL_CHI=[[#Bolivia v Chile|1–0]]
|match_BOL_COL=[[#Bolivia v Colombia|1–1]]
|match_BOL_ECU=[[#Bolivia v Ecuador|1–5]]
|match_BOL_PAR=[[#Bolivia v Paraguay|0–0]]
|match_BOL_PER=[[#Bolivia v Peru|1–0]]
|match_BOL_URU=[[#Bolivia v Uruguay|0–0]]
|match_BOL_VEN=[[#Bolivia v Venezuela|5–0]]

|match_BRA_ARG=[[#Brazil v Argentina|3–1]]
|match_BRA_BOL=[[#Brazil v Bolivia|5–0]]
|match_BRA_CHI=[[#Brazil v Chile|2–0]]
|match_BRA_COL=[[#Brazil v Colombia|1–0]]
|match_BRA_ECU=[[#Brazil v Ecuador|3–2]]
|match_BRA_PAR=[[#Brazil v Paraguay|2–0]]
|match_BRA_PER=[[#Brazil v Peru|1–1]]
|match_BRA_URU=[[#Brazil v Uruguay|1–1]]
|match_BRA_VEN=[[#Brazil v Venezuela|3–0]]

|match_CHI_ARG=[[#Chile v Argentina|0–2]]
|match_CHI_BOL=[[#Chile v Bolivia|2–2]]
|match_CHI_BRA=[[#Chile v Brazil|3–0]]
|match_CHI_COL=[[#Chile v Colombia|0–1]]
|match_CHI_ECU=[[#Chile v Ecuador|0–0]]
|match_CHI_PAR=[[#Chile v Paraguay|3–1]]
|match_CHI_PER=[[#Chile v Peru|1–1]]
|match_CHI_URU=[[#Chile v Uruguay|0–1]]
|match_CHI_VEN=[[#Chile v Venezuela|0–2]]

|match_COL_ARG=[[#Colombia v Argentina|1–3]]
|match_COL_BOL=[[#Colombia v Bolivia|2–0]]
|match_COL_BRA=[[#Colombia v Brazil|0–0]]
|match_COL_CHI=[[#Colombia v Chile|3–1]]
|match_COL_ECU=[[#Colombia v Ecuador|0–0]]
|match_COL_PAR=[[#Colombia v Paraguay|0–2]]
|match_COL_PER=[[#Colombia v Peru|0–1]]
|match_COL_URU=[[#Colombia v Uruguay|1–0]]
|match_COL_VEN=[[#Colombia v Venezuela|3–0]]

|match_ECU_ARG=[[#Ecuador v Argentina|0–2]]
|match_ECU_BOL=[[#Ecuador v Bolivia|2–0]]
|match_ECU_BRA=[[#Ecuador v Brazil|1–0]]
|match_ECU_CHI=[[#Ecuador v Chile|1–0]]
|match_ECU_COL=[[#Ecuador v Colombia|0–0]]
|match_ECU_PAR=[[#Ecuador v Paraguay|2–1]]
|match_ECU_PER=[[#Ecuador v Peru|2–1]]
|match_ECU_URU=[[#Ecuador v Uruguay|1–1]]
|match_ECU_VEN=[[#Ecuador v Venezuela|2–0]]

|match_PAR_ARG=[[#Paraguay v Argentina|2–2]]
|match_PAR_BOL=[[#Paraguay v Bolivia|5–1]]
|match_PAR_BRA=[[#Paraguay v Brazil|2–1]]
|match_PAR_CHI=[[#Paraguay v Chile|1–0]]
|match_PAR_COL=[[#Paraguay v Colombia|0–4]]
|match_PAR_ECU=[[#Paraguay v Ecuador|3–1]]
|match_PAR_PER=[[#Paraguay v Peru|5–1]]
|match_PAR_URU=[[#Paraguay v Uruguay|1–0]]
|match_PAR_VEN=[[#Paraguay v Venezuela|3–0]]

|match_PER_ARG=[[#Peru v Argentina|1–2]]
|match_PER_BOL=[[#Peru v Bolivia|1–1]]
|match_PER_BRA=[[#Peru v Brazil|0–1]]
|match_PER_CHI=[[#Peru v Chile|3–1]]
|match_PER_COL=[[#Peru v Colombia|0–1]]
|match_PER_ECU=[[#Peru v Ecuador|1–2]]
|match_PER_PAR=[[#Peru v Paraguay|2–0]]
|match_PER_URU=[[#Peru v Uruguay|0–2]]
|match_PER_VEN=[[#Peru v Venezuela|1–0]]

|match_URU_ARG=[[#Uruguay v Argentina|1–1]]
|match_URU_BOL=[[#Uruguay v Bolivia|1–0]]
|match_URU_BRA=[[#Uruguay v Brazil|1–0]]
|match_URU_CHI=[[#Uruguay v Chile|2–1]]
|match_URU_COL=[[#Uruguay v Colombia|1–1]]
|match_URU_ECU=[[#Uruguay v Ecuador|4–0]]
|match_URU_PAR=[[#Uruguay v Paraguay|0–1]]
|match_URU_PER=[[#Uruguay v Peru|0–0]]
|match_URU_VEN=[[#Uruguay v Venezuela|3–1]]

|match_VEN_ARG=[[#Venezuela v Argentina|0–4]]
|match_VEN_BOL=[[#Venezuela v Bolivia|4–2]]
|match_VEN_BRA=[[#Venezuela v Brazil|0–6]]
|match_VEN_CHI=[[#Venezuela v Chile|0–2]]
|match_VEN_COL=[[#Venezuela v Colombia|2–2]]
|match_VEN_ECU=[[#Venezuela v Ecuador|1–2]]
|match_VEN_PAR=[[#Venezuela v Paraguay|3–1]]
|match_VEN_PER=[[#Venezuela v Peru|3–0]]
|match_VEN_URU=[[#Venezuela v Uruguay|2–0]]

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|name_BOL={{fb|BOL}}
|name_BRA={{fb|BRA}}
|name_CHI={{fb|CHI}}
|name_COL={{fb|COL}}
|name_ECU={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|name_PAR={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|name_PER={{fb|PER}}
|name_URU={{fb|URU}}
|name_VEN={{fb|VEN|1930}}

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|res_col_header=Q
|result1=WC |result2=WC |result3=WC |result4=WC |result5=PO
|col_WC=green1 |text_WC=[[2002 FIFA World Cup]]
|col_PO=blue1  |text_PO=[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|Inter-confederation play-offs]]

}}</onlyinclude>

== Matches ==

=== Matchday 1 ===
{{football box
| id = Colombia v Brazil
| date = 28 March 2000
| time = 21:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080416134147/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19318/report.html (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
| attendance = 42,000
| referee = [[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
| event = 
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| score1 = 
| score2 = 
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| location = 
| aet = 
}}
----
{{football box
| id = Ecuador v Venezuela
| date = 29 March 2000
| time = 12:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080414212407/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19321/report.html (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
| goals1 = [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|18}} <br />[[Álex Aguinaga|Aguinaga]] {{goal|57}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria|Estadio Casa Blanca]], [[Quito]]
| attendance = 37,288
| referee = Eduardo Gamboa ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| penaltyscore = 
| penalties1 = 
| penalties2 = 
| location = 
| aet = 
}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Bolivia
|date=29 March 2000
|time=19:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080013/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19317/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Pablo Gabriel García|García]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=49,811
|referee=[[Antônio Pereira|Antonio Pereira da Silva]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Paraguay
|date=29 March 2000
|time=21:45 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081002162239/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19319/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|55|pen.}} <br />[[Roberto Palacios|Palacios]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=45,042
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Chile
|date=29 March 2000
|time=21:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=4–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131216/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19320/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|9}} <br />[[Juan Sebastián Verón|Verón]] {{goal|33||71|pen.}} <br />[[Claudio López (footballer)|C. López]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2=[[Rodrigo Tello|Tello]] {{goal|29}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=46,374
|referee=[[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}

=== Matchday 2 ===
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Colombia
|date=26 April 2000
|time=12:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423011307/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19326/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Erwin Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2=[[Jairo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=35,500
|referee=José Arana ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Argentina
|date=26 April 2000
|time=19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=0–4
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162630/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19322/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Roberto Ayala|Ayala]] {{goal|8}} <br />[[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] {{goal|24||77}} <br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance=19,355
|referee=[[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box
| id = Paraguay v Uruguay
| date = 26 April 2000
| time = 19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104208/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19324/report.html (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = [[Celso Ayala|Ayala]] {{goal|35}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
| attendance = 18,350
| referee = [[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Peru
|date=26 April 2000
|time=21:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091509/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19325/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Javier Margas|Margas]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2=[[Juan José Jayo|Jayo]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=44,979
|referee=[[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Ecuador
|date=26 April 2000
|time=21:50 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416134152/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19323/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|18||51}} <br />[[Antônio Carlos Zago|Zago]] {{goal|43}}
|goals2=[[Álex Aguinaga|Aguinaga]] {{goal|12}} <br />[[Ulises de la Cruz|De la Cruz]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance=64,738
|referee=Henry Cervantes ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}

=== Matchday 3 ===
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Chile
|date=3 June 2000
|time=17:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081002162249/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19330/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|35}} <br />[[Paolo Montero|Montero]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2=[[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{goal|39|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=Robert Troxler Ayala ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Ecuador
|date=3 June 2000
|time=18:15 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080613023152/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19329/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Delio Toledo|Toledo]] {{goal|10}} <br />[[Hugo Brizuela|Brizuela]] {{goal|42||63}}
|goals2=[[Ariel Graziani|Graziani]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=22,000
|referee=Gustavo Gallesio Greco ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Bolivia
|date=4 June 2000
|time=15:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021307/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19328/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Gustavo Adrián López|G. López]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=50,669
|referee=[[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Brazil
|date=4 June 2000
|time=15:15 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416134157/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19327/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}} 
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Antônio Carlos Zago|Zago]] {{goal|34}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=45,000
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Colombia v Venezuela
|date=4 June 2000
|time=17:45 [[UTC-05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416004213/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19331/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Alexander Viveros|Viveros]] {{goal|27}} <br />[[Iván Córdoba|Córdoba]] {{goal|42|pen.}} <br />[[Iván Valenciano|Valenciano]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=20,854
|referee=Oscar Godoi ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}

=== Matchday 4 ===
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Bolivia
|date=28 June 2000
|time=19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=4–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104213/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19334/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Miguel Mea Vitali|Mea Vitali]] {{goal|24}} <br />[[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|38}} <br />[[Giovanni Savarese|Savarese]] {{goal|61}} <br />[[Edson Tortolero|Tortolero]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Jaime Moreno (footballer, born 1974)|Moreno]] {{goal|49}} <br />[[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance=7,000
|referee=Rogger Zambrano ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Uruguay
|date=28 June 2000
|time=21:45 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020004958/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19332/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|85|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|5}}
|stadium=[[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Peru
|date=29 June 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121124936/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19336/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Cléber Chalá|Chalá]] {{goal|14}} <br />[[Eduardo Hurtado|Hurtado]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2=[[Juan Pajuelo|Pajuelo]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=40,167
|referee=[[Carlos Eugênio Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Paraguay
|date=29 June 2000
|time=19:45 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121130029/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19335/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Denis Caniza|Caniza]] {{goal|19|o.g.}} <br />[[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|35}} <br />[[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{goal|80|pen.}}
|goals2=[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile]], [[Santiago]] 
|attendance=53,970
|referee=Claudio Martin ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Colombia v Argentina
|date=29 June 2000
|time=20:30 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=1–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504220012/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19333/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Frankie Oviedo|Oviedo]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=[[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|23||44}} <br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=43,246
|referee=[[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}

=== Matchday 5 ===
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Venezuela
|date=18 July 2000
|time=19:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080610102300/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19341/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Nicolas Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|28||90+2}}<br />[[Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)|Rodríguez]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=[[Daniel Noriega|Noriega]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=58,000
|referee=[[René Ortubé]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Brazil
|date=18 July 2000
|time=21:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615174155/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19337/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Jorge Luis Campos|Campos]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2=[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Chile
|date=19 July 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131221/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19339/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Roger Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=35,412
|referee=[[John Toro Rendón]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Ecuador
|date=19 July 2000
|time=21:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080613023158/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19338/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Claudio López (footballer)|C. López]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=44,199
|referee=Daniel Bello ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Colombia
|date=19 July 2000
|time=21:10 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104218/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19340/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=32,207
|referee=[[Mario Sánchez Yanten]] ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])}}

=== Matchday 6 ===
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Colombia
|date=25 July 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104223/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19346/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=37,617
|referee=[[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Chile
|date=25 July 2000
|time=20:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201185508/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19344/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Héctor Tapia|Tapia]] {{goal|70}} <br /> [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Venezuela|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance=14,880
|referee=[[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Peru
|date=26 July 2000
|time=19:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080023/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19345/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=54,345
|referee=Oscar Godoi ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Argentina
|date=26 July 2000
|time=21:45 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005003/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19342/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Alexandro de Souza|Alex]] {{goal|5}} <br /> [[Vampeta]] {{goal|45||50}}
|goals2=[[Matias Almeyda|Almeyda]] {{goal|45+1}}
|stadium=[[Estadio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Paraguay
|date=27 July 2000
|time=16:10 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080018/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19343/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=39,142
|referee=Luciano Almeida ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}

=== Matchday 7 ===
{{football box |id=Colombia v Uruguay
|date=15 August 2000
|time=18:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]] 
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080028/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19347/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=[[Jairo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=31,000
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Brazil
|date=15 August 2000
|time=21:30 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416135259/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19348/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Fabián Estay|Estay]] {{goal|25}}<br /> [[Iván Zamorano|Zamorano]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
|attendance=64,671
|referee=[[Epifanio González]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Bolivia
|date=16 August 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091011122237/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19349/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|17||59}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria|Estadio Casa Blanca]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Luis Solórzano ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Paraguay
|date=16 August 2000
|time=21:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080129021909/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19350/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Pablo Aimar|Aimar]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=[[Roberto Acuña|Acuña]] {{goal|60}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=46,000
|referee=[[Antônio Pereira|Antônio Pereira da Silva]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Venezuela
|date=16 August 2000
|time=21:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081004190217/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19351/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Roberto Palacios|Palacios]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=41,084
|referee=[[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}

=== Matchday 8 ===
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Venezuela
|date=2 September 2000
|time=18:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080415080534/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19356/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Gabriel González (Paraguayan footballer)|González]] {{goal|30}}<br /> [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|34}}<br /> [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|43}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=Juan Paniagua ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Colombia
|date=2 September 2000
|time=20:30 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916161105/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19355/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Jairo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=Gustavo Gallesio Greco ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Ecuador
|date=3 September 2000
|time=15:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123022721/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19354/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Federico Magallanes|Magallanes]] {{goal|15}}<br /> [[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|37}}<br /> [[Nicolas Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|50}}<br /> [[Gabriel Cedrés|Cedrés]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=62,000
|referee=Henry Cervantes ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Argentina
|date=3 September 2000
|time=17:45 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504230953/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19352/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Walter Samuel|Samuel]] {{goal|68|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|25}} <br /> [[Juan Sebastián Verón|Verón]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=43,951
|referee=[[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Bolivia
|date=3 September 2000
|time=21:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=5–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080510064535/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19353/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Romário]] {{goal|11|pen.|77||80}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Marco Antonio Sandy|Sandy]] {{goal|88|o.g.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=55,000
|referee=Guido Alvarado ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])}}

=== Matchday 9 ===
{{football box |id=Colombia v Paraguay
|date=7 October 2000
|time=20:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072016/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19359/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|3}}<br /> [[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=42,330
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Brazil
|date=8 October 2000
|time=15:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=0–6
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131227/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19358/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Euller (footballer, born 1971)|Euller]] {{goal|20}}<br /> [[Juninho Paulista|Juninho]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Romário]] {{goal|31||36||38|pen.|63}}
|stadium=[[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance=6,350
|referee=[[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Chile
|date=8 October 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131232/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19360/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=28,556
|referee=[[John Toro Rendón]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Peru
|date=8 October 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005070032/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19361/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Roger Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=21,791
|referee=José Carpio ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Uruguay
|date=8 October 2000
|time=20:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020014157/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19357/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{goal|27}}<br /> [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|41}}
|goals2=[[Roberto Ayala|Ayala]] {{goal|49|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=48,792
|referee=[[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}

=== Matchday 10 ===
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Uruguay
|date=15 November 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623064801/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19362/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=29,112
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Colombia
|date=15 November 2000
|time=16:00 [[UTC−02:00|UTC−2]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080610102305/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19363/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Roque Júnior]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance=56,213
|referee=[[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Peru
|date=15 November 2000
|time=19:45 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=5–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081004190232/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19364/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|15}} <br /> [[José del Solar|Del Solar]] {{goal|25|o.g.}} <br /> [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|45}} <br />[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|65}} <br />[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Pedro Alejandro García|García]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Ecuador
|date=15 November 2000
|time=19:45 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416004217/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19366/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Juan Enrique García|García]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=[[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|3}} <br /> [[Wellington Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium=[[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance=6,500
|referee=Eduardo Lecca ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Argentina
|date=15 November 2000
|time=21:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131237/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19365/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] {{goal|27}} <br /> [[Claudio Husaín|Husaín]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
|attendance=56,529
|referee=[[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])}}

=== Matchday 11 ===
{{football box |id=Colombia v Bolivia
|date=27 March 2001
|time=19:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080033/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19371/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|52||73|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=29,998
|referee=Wilson de Souza Mendonça ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Chile
|date=27 March 2001
|time=21:30 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091514/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19370/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Flavio Maestri|Maestri]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)|Mendoza]] {{goal|72}}<br />[[Claudio Pizarro|Pizarro]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2=[[Reinaldo Navia|Navia]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=38,901
|referee=[[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Brazil
|date=28 March 2001
|time=15:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071109000319/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19368/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=40,800
|referee=[[Felipe Ramos]] (Mexico)}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Paraguay
|date=28 March 2001
|time=19:30 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104228/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19369/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Guido Alvarenga|Alvarenga]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[José María García Aranda]] (Spain)}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Venezuela
|date=28 March 2001
|time=21:45 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=5–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162635/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19367/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Sorín|Sorín]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Juan Sebastián Verón|Verón]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{goal|60}}<br /> [[Walter Samuel|Samuel]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=32,000
|referee=Gilberto Hidalgo ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])}}

=== Matchday 12 ===
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Paraguay
|date=24 April 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080417031150/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19374/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|44||52}}
|goals2=[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=30,145
|referee=[[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Colombia
|date=24 April 2001
|time=19:15 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=2–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080414212412/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19376/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Alexander Rondón|Rondón]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=[[Gerardo Bedoya|Bedoya]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Víctor Bonilla|Bonilla]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance=19,000
|referee=Guido Aros ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Uruguay
|date=24 April 2001
|time=21:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122131243/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19375/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ítalo Díaz|Díaz]] {{goal|12|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=45,676
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Argentina
|date=25 April 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=3–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091011122423/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19373/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Líder Paz|Paz]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Percy Colque|Colque]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Joaquín Botero|Botero]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2=[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|44||87}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Sorín|Sorín]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee=[[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Peru
|date=25 April 2001
|time=21:45 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080603032340/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19372/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Romário]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2=[[Juan Pajuelo|Pajuelo]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium=[[Estadio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance=55,000
|referee=[[Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])}}

=== Matchday 13 ===
{{football box |id=Peru v Ecuador
|date=2 June 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=1–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121124941/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19381/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Claudio Pizarro|Pizarro]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2=[[Édison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental "U"]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=54,236
|referee=Antonio Marrufo ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Chile
|date=2 June 2001
|time=19:15 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121130034/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19380/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee=[[Rodrigo Badilla]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Colombia
|date=3 June 2001
|time=15:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080324032449/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19378/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Kily González|González]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Claudio López (footballer)|López]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=46,500
|referee=[[Mario Sánchez Yanten]] ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Venezuela
|date=3 June 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=5–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081006075302/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19379/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Julio Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] {{goal|32||68}}<br />[[Joaquín Botero|Botero]] {{goal|35||50}}<br />[[Raúl Justiniano|Justiniano]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=José Carpio ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Brazil
|date=1 July 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005008/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19377/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Federico Magallanes|Magallanes]] {{goal|33|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=61,249
|referee=[[Hugh Dallas]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])}}

=== Matchday 14 ===
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Uruguay
|date=14 August 2001
|time=19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080414212422/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19386/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=[[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|52}}<br /> [[Alexander Rondón|Rondón]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance=8,500
|referee=Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico)}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Bolivia
|date=14 August 2001
|time=21:30 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=2–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005070037/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19384/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|35||75}}
|goals2=[[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] {{goal|19|pen.}}<br />[[Milton Coimbra|Coimbra]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=34,657
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Argentina
|date=15 August 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080417213847/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19383/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Juan Sebastián Verón|Verón]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|34|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=38,156
|referee=[[Stefano Braschi]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Paraguay
|date=15 August 2001
|time=21:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071231220245/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19382/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Marcelinho Paraíba]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Olímpico Monumental]], [[Porto Alegre]]
|attendance=48,000
|referee=[[Hellmut Krug]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Colombia v Peru
|date=16 August 2001
|time=20:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104238/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19385/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|47}} 
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=33,875
|referee=[[Felipe Ramos]] (Mexico)}}

=== Matchday 15 ===
{{football box |id=Chile v Venezuela
|date=4 September 2001
|time=20:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071201204301/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19389/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Ricardo Páez|Páez]] {{goal|56}}<br /> [[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[René Ortubé]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Peru v Uruguay
|date=4 September 2001
|time=21:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123025906/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19390/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] {{goal|45}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=36,226
|referee=[[Anders Frisk]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Bolivia
|date=5 September 2001
|time=19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=5–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120720213325/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19388/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|45||89}}<br />[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2=[[Líder Paz|Paz]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Luis Solórzano ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Brazil
|date=5 September 2001
|time=20:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005014/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19387/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Marcelo Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{goal|76}}<br />[[Cris (footballer, born 1977)|Cris]] {{goal|84|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Roberto Ayala|Ayala]] {{goal|2|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=51,000
|referee=[[Urs Meier]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Colombia v Ecuador
|date=5 September 2001
|time=20:30 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104243/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19391/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=28,487
|referee=Youssouf Al-Aqili (Saudi Arabia)}}

=== Matchday 16 ===
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Ecuador
|date=6 October 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=1–5
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080417030109/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19394/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1=[[Gonzalo Galindo|Galindo]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2=[[Ulises de la Cruz|de la Cruz]] {{goal|13}}<br /> [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|23}}<br /> [[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|56}}<br /> [[Ángel Fernández|Fernández]] {{goal|89}}<br /> [[Luis Gómez (footballer)|Gómez]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=8,000
|referee=[[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Peru
|date=6 October 2001
|time=19:30 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080416004228/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19396/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Wilfredo Alvarado|Alvarado]] {{goal|54||77}}<br />[[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance=17,220
|referee=[[Mario Sánchez Yanten]] ([[Chilean Football Federation|Chile]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Colombia
|date=7 October 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080038/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19392/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=[[Federico Magallanes|Magallanes]] {{goal|34|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Arnulfo Valentierra|Valentierra]] {{goal|67}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=[[Pierluigi Collina]] (Italy)}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Chile
|date=7 October 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615175049/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19393/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Edílson]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Couto Pereira]], [[Curitiba]]
|attendance=52,000
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Argentina
|date=7 October 2001
|time=18:15 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=2–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071231220255/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19395/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[José Luis Chilavert|Chilavert]] {{goal|51|pen.}}<br /> [[Gustavo Morínigo|Morínigo]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=[[Mauricio Pochettino|Pochettino]] {{goal|67}}<br /> [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance=45,000
|referee=Gilberto Hidalgo ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])}}

=== Matchday 17 ===
{{football box |id=Colombia v Chile
|date=7 November 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|COL}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080043/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19400/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|CHI}}
|goals1=[[Freddy Grisales|Grisales]] {{goal|19}}<br /> [[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|67|pen.}}<br /> [[Jersson González|González]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=[[Jaime Riveros|Riveros]] {{goal|39}}
|stadium=[[Estadio El Campín|Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance=16,050
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Ecuador v Uruguay
|date=7 November 2001
|time=16:00 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123025911/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19399/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|URU}}
|goals1=[[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2=[[Nicolas Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|43|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Felipe Ramos]] (Mexico)}}
----
{{football box |id=Bolivia v Brazil
|date=7 November 2001
|time=20:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919095336/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19398/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Líder Paz|Paz]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] {{goal|70||89|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Edílson]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance=32,574
|referee=Luis Solórzano ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Argentina v Peru
|date=8 November 2001
|time=18:00 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423021312/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19397/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PER}}
|goals1=[[Walter Samuel|Samuel]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Claudio López (footballer)|C. López]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=18,901
|referee=[[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Venezuela v Paraguay
|date=8 November 2001
|time=19:00 [[UTC−04:00|UTC−4]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score=3–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071231220300/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19401/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|2}}<br /> [[Daniel Noriega|Noriega]] {{goal|22}}<br /> [[Héctor González (Venezuelan footballer)|González]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2=[[Francisco Arce|Arce]] {{goal|28|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance=22,500
|referee=[[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}

=== Matchday 18 ===
{{football box |id=Peru v Bolivia
|date=14 November 2001
|time=20:30 [[UTC−05:00|UTC−5]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PER}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327060549/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19406/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Piero Alva|Alva]] {{goal|8}}
|goals2=[[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Monumental "U"]], [[Lima]]
|attendance=2,374
|referee=[[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Uruguay v Argentina
|date=14 November 2001
|time=20:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=1–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071020014202/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19402/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|19}}
|goals2=[[Claudio López (footballer)|C. López]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=48,100
|referee=[[Markus Merk]] (Germany)}}
----
{{football box |id=Chile v Ecuador
|date=14 November 2001
|time=20:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080623080048/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D4395/preliminaries/preliminary%3D3889/matches/match%3D19405/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 =
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance=19,237
|referee=Juan Paniagua ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Paraguay v Colombia
|date=14 November 2001
|time=20:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score=0–4
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072026/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19404/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|COL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Víctor Aristizábal|Aristizábal]] {{goal|24||34|pen.|62}}<br />[[Rafael Arlex Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]] 
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Graham Poll]] ([[The Football Association|England]])}}
----
{{football box |id=Brazil v Venezuela
|date=14 November 2001
|time=20:40 [[UTC−03:00|UTC−3]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score=3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071109000324/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3889/matches/match=19403/report.html (Report)]
|team2={{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1=[[Luizão (footballer, born 1975)|Luizão]] {{goal|12||19}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|34}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Castelão (Maranhão)|Estadio Governador João Castelo]], [[São Luís, Maranhão|São Luís]]
|attendance=65,000
|referee=Daniel Giménez ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}

==Intercontinental play-off==
{{main article|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)}}
{{#lst:2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff2}}

==Qualified teams==
The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|ARG|1861}} || {{sort|1|Winners}} || {{dts|15 August 2001|addkey=2}} || 12 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], '''''[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]''''', [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], '''[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]''', [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|-
| {{fb|ECU|1900}} || {{sort|2|Runners-up}} || {{dts|14 November 2001}} || 0 (debut)
|-
| {{fb|BRA}} || {{sort|3|Third place}} || {{dts|14 November 2001}} || 16 (all) ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], ''[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]'', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]''', '''[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]''', [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], '''[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]''', [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], '''[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]''', [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|-
| {{fb|PAR|1990}} || {{sort|4|Fourth place}} || {{dts|8 November 2001}} || 5 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|-
| {{fb|URU}} || {{sort|PO|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off)|OFC v CONMEBOL play-off]] winners}} || {{dts|25 November 2001}} || 9 ('''''[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]''''', '''[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]''', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=232 |matches=90

|9 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Hernán Crespo]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Agustín Delgado]]

|8 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]

|6 goals=
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Julio César Baldivieso]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Claudio López (footballer)|Claudio López]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Juan Sebastián Verón]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Carlos Humberto Paredes]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Darío Silva]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Marcelo Salas]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Iván Zamorano]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Juan Pablo Ángel]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Luis Chilavert]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Nicolás Olivera]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Ruberth Morán]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Marcelo Gallardo]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Ariel Ortega]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Joaquín Botero]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Líder Paz]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Víctor Aristizábal]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Jairo Castillo]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Iván Kaviedes]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Roque Santa Cruz]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Federico Magallanes]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Walter Samuel]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Juan Pablo Sorín]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Roger Suárez]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Edílson]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Luizão (footballer, born 1975)|Luizão]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Vampeta]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Antônio Carlos Zago]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Álex Aguinaga]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Ulises de la Cruz]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Hugo Brizuela]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Juan Pajuelo]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Roberto Palacios]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Claudio Pizarro]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Nolberto Solano]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Wilfredo Alvarado]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Juan Arango]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Daniel Noriega]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Alexander Rondón]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Aimar]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Matias Almeyda]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Roberto Ayala]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Kily González]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Claudio Husaín]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Gustavo Adrián López]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Mauricio Pochettino]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[José Alfredo Castillo]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Milton Coimbra]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Percy Colque]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Gonzalo Galindo]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Raúl Justiniano]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Jaime Moreno (footballer, born 1974)|Jaime Moreno]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Erwin Sánchez]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Alexsandro de Souza]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Euller (footballer, born 1971)|Euller]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Juninho Paulista]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Marcelinho Paraíba]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Roque Júnior]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Fabián Estay]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Javier Margas]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Reinaldo Navia]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Riveros]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Héctor Tapia]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Rodrigo Tello]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Gerardo Bedoya]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Víctor Bonilla]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Rafael Arlex Castillo]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Iván Córdoba]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Jersson González]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Freddy Grisales]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Frankie Oviedo]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Iván Valenciano]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Arnulfo Valentierra]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Alexander Viveros]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Cléber Chalá]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Ángel Fernández]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Luis Gómez (footballer)|Luis Gómez]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Ariel Graziani]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Eduardo Hurtado]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Édison Méndez]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Wellington Sánchez]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Roberto Acuña]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Francisco Arce]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Celso Ayala]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Jorge Luis Campos]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Gabriel González (Paraguayan footballer)|Gabriel González]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Gustavo Morínigo]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Delio Toledo]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Guido Alvarenga]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Piero Alva]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Pedro Alejandro García]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Juan José Jayo]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Flavio Maestri]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)|Andrés Mendoza]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Gabriel Cedrés]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Pablo Gabriel García]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Paolo Montero]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Álvaro Recoba]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)|Darío Rodríguez]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Juan Enrique García]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Héctor González (Venezuelan footballer)|Héctor Gonzalez]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Miguel Mea Vitali]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Ricardo Páez]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Giovanni Savarese]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Edson Tortolero]]

|1 own goal=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Walter Samuel]] (against Peru)
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Cris (footballer, born 1977)|Cris]] (against Argentina)
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Ítalo Díaz]] (against Uruguay)
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Marco Antonio Sandy]] (against Brazil)
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Denis Caniza]] (against Chile)
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[José del Solar]] (against Paraguay)

|2 own goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Roberto Ayala]] (against Uruguay and Brazil)
}}

== Notes ==
*This was the first time that Brazil lost more than 2 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification. That would happen again in the qualification to the 2026 World Cup.

== See also ==
* [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
* [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
* [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
* [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers}}
{{CONMEBOL World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Conmebol)}}
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|CONMEBOL]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
[[Category:2000 in South American football|World]]
[[Category:2001 in South American football|World]]

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