1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Template:Infobox international football competition Template:Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

This was the first World Cup qualifying competition to involve all of the yet-unqualified teams in the confederation playing against each other home and away to decide places in the tournament, a format that was replicated for subsequent World Cup qualifying competitions between CONMEBOL members.

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Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	15 (all) (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	11 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	4 (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	3 (1962, 1990, 1994)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	6 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1982)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.