Histora.org newsletter November 15, 2000 The South American qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup is well underway, and the usual suspects are in the lead. Argentina has a 5 point lead over Brazil and Paraguay after 10 matches, with Ecuador, Uruguay, and Colombia fighting for 4th place. The top 4 teams will book their tickets to Japan and South Korea, while the 5th place team will have to take their chances against the winner of the Oceania qualifying tournament. Here are the current standings after 10 matches, with 8 more to go: ============================================= # Nation Pts GD P W D L GF GA = ========= === == = = = = == == 1. Argentina 25 +15 10 8 1 1 23 8 2. Brazil 20 +12 10 6 2 2 21 9 3. Paraguay 20 +9 10 6 2 2 18 9 4. Ecuador 16 -2 10 5 1 4 12 14 5. Uruguay 15 +5 10 4 3 3 12 7 6. Colombia 15 +1 10 4 3 3 8 7 7. Chile 10 -3 10 3 1 6 11 14 8. Bolivia 9 -9 10 2 3 5 5 14 9. Peru 8 -6 10 2 2 6 7 13 10. Venezuela 3 -22 10 1 0 9 6 28 ============================================= Here are the match scores thus far : (Horizontal scores are for home teams, vertical for away teams) ============================================================= Arg Bra Par Ecu Uru Col Chi Bol Per Ven === === === === === === === === === === Argentina ___ ___ 1-1 2-0 2-1 ___ 4-1 1-0 ___ ___ Brazil 3-1 ___ ___ 3-2 1-1 1-0 ___ 5-0 ___ ___ Paraguay ___ 2-1 ___ 3-1 1-0 ___ ___ ___ 5-1 3-0 Ecuador ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 Uruguay ___ ___ ___ 4-0 ___ ___ 2-1 1-0 0-0 3-1 Colombia 1-3 0-0 0-2 ___ 1-0 ___ ___ ___ ___ 3-0 Chile 0-3 3-0 3-1 ___ ___ 0-1 ___ ___ 1-1 ___ Bolivia ___ ___ 0-0 ___ 0-0 1-1 1-0 ___ 1-0 ___ Peru 1-2 0-1 2-0 ___ ___ 0-1 ___ ___ ___ 1-0 Venezuela 0-4 0-6 ___ 1-2 ___ ___ 0-2 4-2 ___ ___ ============================================================= Being that there are only ten nations in South America to fight it out for every international tournament, each nation has played every other nation in South America many times. Here are the nation records against each other since 1910 including the Copa America, the World Cup qualifiers and finals: (wins - draws - losses) =========================================================== Nation Arg Bol Bra Chi Col ====== === === === === === Argentina _______ 17- 1- 5 15- 8-11 24- 7- 0 9- 3- 3 Bolivia 5- 1-17 _______ 3- 1-14 4- 4- 8 3- 7- 3 Brazil 11- 8-15 14- 1- 3 _______ 17- 3- 4 11- 3- 1 Chile 0- 7-24 8- 4- 4 4- 3-17 _______ 8- 2- 4 Colombia 3- 3- 9 3- 7- 3 1- 3-11 4- 2- 8 _______ Ecuador 1- 5-13 3- 6- 3 0- 2-12 2- 6-17 4- 5-10 Paraguay 0- 9-19 11- 5- 2 7- 8-17 16- 1-10 13- 4- 6 Peru 5- 5-15 10- 3- 7 2- 4-14 9- 8-11 7- 9- 6 Uruguay 14- 5-14 15- 4- 6 10- 8-10 22- 4- 8 8- 6- 6 Venezuela 0- 0- 9 3- 1- 7 0- 0-14 0- 3-10 0- 3- 7 Nation Ecu Par Per Uru Ven ====== === === === === === Argentina 13- 5- 1 19- 9- 0 15- 5- 5 14- 5-14 9- 0- 0 Bolivia 3- 6- 3 2- 5-11 7- 3-10 6- 4-15 7- 1- 3 Brazil 12- 2- 0 17- 8- 7 14- 4- 2 10- 8-10 14- 0- 0 Chile 17- 6- 2 10- 1-16 11- 8- 9 8- 4-22 10- 3- 0 Colombia 10- 5- 4 6- 4-13 6- 9- 7 6- 6- 8 7- 3- 0 Ecuador _______ 6- 2-13 3- 4- 9 4- 2-21 6- 0- 1 Paraguay 13- 2- 6 _______ 10- 7- 4 9- 5-13 9- 0- 0 Peru 9- 4- 3 4- 7-10 _______ 7- 3-17 8- 2- 0 Uruguay 21- 2- 4 13- 5- 9 17- 3- 7 _______ 13- 2- 0 Venezuela 1- 0- 6 0- 0- 9 0- 2- 8 0- 2-13 _______ =========================================================== South American nations have enjoyed a great deal of success in the World Cup, with Brazil having an unmatched four World Cup titles and Argentina and Uruguay with two each. Here is the chronological performance of all South American nations in the World Cup finals: =========================================================== Year Nation RA TPts Finishing round W D L GF GA ==== ====== == ==== =============== = = = == == 1930 Uruguay 4 32 Winner 4 0 0 15 3 Argentina 3 16 Final 4 0 1 18 9 Paraguay 0 4 Quarter-Finals 1 0 1 1 3 Brazil 0 4 Quarter-Finals 1 0 1 5 2 Chile 0 4 Quarter-Finals 2 0 1 5 3 Peru 0 2 Quarter-Finals 0 0 2 1 4 Bolivia 0 2 Quarter-Finals 0 0 2 0 8 1934 Argentina 0 2 First Round 0 0 1 2 3 Brazil 0 2 First Round 0 0 1 1 3 1938 Brazil 2 8 Semi-Finals 2 1 1 10 9 1950 Uruguay 3 32 Winner 3 1 0 15 5 Brazil 2 16 Final 4 1 1 22 6 Bolivia 0 4 Quarter-Finals 0 0 1 0 8 Paraguay 0 2 Quarter-Finals 0 1 1 2 4 Chile 0 2 Quarter-Finals 1 0 2 5 6 1954 Uruguay 3 8 Semi-Finals 3 0 1 15 6 Brazil 2 4 Quarter-Finals 1 1 1 8 5 1958 Brazil 5 32 Winner 5 1 0 16 4 Paraguay 0 2 First Round 1 0 2 5 10 Argentina 0 2 First Round 1 0 2 5 10 1962 Brazil 5 32 Winner 5 1 0 14 5 Chile 2 8 Semi-Finals 3 0 2 9 8 Argentina 0 2 First Round 1 1 1 2 3 Colombia 0 2 First Round 0 1 2 5 11 Uruguay 0 2 First Round 1 0 2 4 6 1966 Argentina 1 4 Quarter-Finals 2 1 1 4 2 Uruguay 1 4 Quarter-Finals 1 2 1 2 5 Chile 0 2 First Round 0 1 2 2 5 Brazil 0 2 First Round 1 0 2 4 6 1970 Brazil 5 32 Winner 6 0 0 19 7 Uruguay 2 8 Semi-Finals 3 1 1 4 3 Peru 1 4 Quarter-Finals 2 0 2 9 9 1974 Brazil 1 8 Semi-Finals 3 2 1 6 3 Argentina 1 4 Semi-Finals 1 2 3 9 12 Uruguay 0 2 First Round 0 1 2 1 6 Chile 0 2 First Round 0 2 1 1 2 1978 Argentina 4 32 Winner 5 1 1 15 4 Brazil 1 8 Semi-Finals 3 3 0 8 2 Peru 2 4 Semi-Finals 2 1 3 7 12 1982 Brazil 2 4 Quarter-Finals 4 0 1 15 6 Argentina 1 2 Quarter-Finals 1 1 3 7 8 Chile 0 1 First Round 0 0 3 3 8 Peru 0 1 First Round 0 2 1 2 6 1986 Argentina 6 32 Winner 6 1 0 14 5 Brazil 3 4 Quarter-Finals 4 1 0 10 1 Uruguay 1 2 Second Round 0 2 2 2 8 Paraguay 1 2 Second Round 1 2 1 4 6 1990 Argentina 4 16 Final 2 3 2 5 4 Uruguay 1 2 Second Round 1 1 2 2 5 Colombia 1 2 Second Round 1 1 2 4 4 Brazil 2 2 Second Round 3 0 1 4 2 1994 Brazil 6 32 Winner 5 2 0 11 3 Argentina 1 2 Second Round 2 0 2 8 6 Bolivia 0 1 First Round 0 1 2 1 4 Colombia 0 1 First Round 1 0 2 4 5 1998 Brazil 5 16 Final 4 1 2 14 10 Argentina 3 4 Quarter-Finals 3 1 1 10 4 Paraguay 1 2 Second Round 1 2 1 3 2 Chile 1 2 Second Round 0 3 1 5 8 Colombia 0 1 First Round 1 0 2 1 3 =========================================================== RA = number of rounds advanced in tournament TPts = number of "Tournament Points" earned, where a nation gets 32 such points for winning the World Cup, 16 for losing in the final, 8 for the semi-finals, 4 for the quarter-finals, etc to 1 point. Here is a ranking of these aforementioned Tournament Points, including all nations to ever participate in the World Cup: ================================================================ # Nation TPts Apps 1 2 SF QF W D L GF GA = ================ ==== ==== = = == == == == == === === 1. Brazil 206 16 4 2 3 4 51 14 12 167 74 2. Germany 186 14 3 3 3 4 44 17 15 162 95 3. Italy 162 14 3 2 2 2 37 16 11 101 59 4. Argentina 118 12 2 2 _ 3 28 11 18 99 70 5. Uruguay 92 9 2 _ 2 1 16 8 11 60 47 6. France 70 10 1 _ 3 1 19 6 13 74 50 7. England 68 10 1 _ 1 6 20 13 11 62 41 8. Sweden 53 9 _ 1 3 2 12 9 15 59 57 9. The Netherlands 50 7 _ 2 1 1 14 9 8 55 34 10. Hungary 50 9 _ 2 _ 3 15 4 13 86 53 11. Czech Republic 47 8 _ 2 _ 2 11 5 14 44 45 12. Yugoslavia 39 9 _ _ 2 5 17 6 13 62 43 13. Spain 31 10 _ _ 1 3 16 10 14 61 48 14. Russia 28 8 _ _ 1 4 16 6 11 60 39 15. Austria 28 7 _ _ 2 2 11 4 12 37 42 16. Mexico 26 11 _ _ _ 2 8 10 19 38 73 17. Belgium 25 10 _ _ 1 _ 9 7 15 38 52 18. Poland 24 5 _ _ 2 1 11 5 7 35 27 19. Chile 21 7 _ _ 1 1 6 6 12 30 40 20. Switzerland 20 7 _ _ _ 3 6 3 13 33 51 ================================================================ Abrev Statistic ===== ====================== TPts Tournament Points Apps Appearances 1 Titles 2 Final exits SF Semi-final exits QF Quarter-final exits W Match Victories D Draws L Losses GF Goals for GA Goals against ============================ The South American qualifiers resume in March of 2001, and will be completed in that November.