CONMEBOL Qualification

The format for CONMEBOL's 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament was identical to the previous four editions. 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. In this edition, nine teams played against each other. The top four teams automatically qualified for the finals. The fifth-place team will compete in the intercontinental play-offs against the fifth-place team from the Asian Football Confederation's World Cup qualifying tournament. After all the matches concluded, Argentina finished in first place with 32 points, Colombia in second place with 30 points, Chile in third with 28 points, Ecuador in fourth place with 25 points, Uruguay in fifth place with 25 place, Venezuela in the sixth place with 20 points, Peru in the seventh place with 15 points, Bolivia in the eighth place with 12 points and finally Paraguay in the last place with 12 points.