How many South American teams qualify for the World Cup?
SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL 4.5 PLACES) The top four nations qualify directly to the finals. The fifth-place team will go into an intercontinental playoff (draw to be determined). The first four rounds of qualifiers in March and September 2020 were suspended and it finally began in October 2020.
When was World Cup held in Brazil?
2014
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™
Has Argentina ever missed a World Cup?
Argentina has been runners up three times: in 1930, 1990 and 2014. The team was present in all but four of the World Cups, being behind only Brazil, Italy and Germany in number of appearances.
Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2014?
2014 FIFA World Cup
| Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Germany (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Argentina |
| Third place | Netherlands |
| Fourth place | Brazil |
Is Colombia qualified?
Colombia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth in CONMEBOL qualifying with seven wins, six draws and five losses and drew a challenging group; playing with Japan, Poland and Senegal.
How many South American teams qualified for the 2014 World Cup?
The South American Zone of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification saw nine teams competing for 4 or 5 berths in the finals. Brazil automatically qualified for the World Cup as the host nation so were not involved in CONMEBOL qualifying.
How does a CONMEBOL team qualify for the World Cup?
All CONMEBOL national teams played against each other twice on a home-and-away basis in a single group for 4 or 5 allotted berths. The top four teams automatically qualified for the finals. The fifth-placed team competed in the intercontinental play-offs against the fifth-placed team from the AFC’s World Cup qualifying tournament.
How did Uruguay qualify for the World Cup?
While the top four teams in CONMEBOL qualification tournament qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the fifth-placed team, Uruguay, played against the fifth-placed team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Jordan, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off, Uruguay, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.
How is the FIFA World Cup qualification going?
On 24 January 2019, the CONMEBOL Council decided to maintain the same qualification structure used for the previous six tournaments. The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches.
