1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Template:Infobox international football competition Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) The South American (CONMEBOL) 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.^[1]

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 A	Pot B	Pot C
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Groups

Group 1

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Template:Fb	4	3	1	6	5	+1	6
Template:Fb	4	0	4	2	8	−6	0

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Uruguay qualified with the second-best record among the group winners.

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Group 2

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Colombia advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off with the worst record among the group winners.

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Group 3

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Template:Fb	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	5
Template:Fb	4	0	0	4	1	18	−17	0

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Brazil qualified with the best record among the group winners.

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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. Script error: No such module "sports table".

Inter-confederation play-offs

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Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team 1	Template:Abbrlink	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	9 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	8 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	13 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	1 (1962)