Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. Teams played against each other in a home-and-away basis, the four teams with most points qualifying to the World Cup. The fifth ranked team entered a play-off against the best team from Oceania, winner of this play-off also qualifying.

Tiebreakers

Final standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	18	9	7	2	35	17	+18	34
	18	10	4	4	29	17	+12	34
	18	8	4	6	23	19	+4	28
	18	8	4	6	23	23	0	28
	18	6	7	5	23	28	-5	25
	18	6	6	6	24	16	+8	24
	18	5	7	6	18	22	-4	22
	18	5	3	10	20	28	-8	18
	18	4	6	8	20	28	-8	18
	18	4	2	12	20	37	-17	14

Results

Round 1

September 6, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2 - 2

September 6, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - 2 - 0

September 6, 2003, Lima, Peru - 4 - 1

September 6, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - 5 - 0

September 7, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - 1 - 2

Round 2

September 9, 2003, Caracas, Venezuela - 0 - 3

September 9, 2003, Santiago, Chile - 2 - 1

September 9, 2003, La Paz, Bolivia - 4 - 0

September 10, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - 4 - 1

September 10, 2003, Manaus, Brazil - 1 - 0

Round 3

November 15, 2003, Asunción, Paraguay - 2 - 1

November 15, 2003, Montevideo, Uruguay - 2 - 1

November 15, 2003, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 3 - 0

November 15, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - 0 - 1

November 16, 2003, Lima, Peru - 1 - 1

Round 4

November 18, 2003, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 2 - 1

November 18, 2003, Santiago, Chile - 0 - 1

November 19, 2003, Curitiba, Brazil - 3 - 3

November 19, 2003, Quito, Ecuador - 0 - 0

November 19, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia - 2 - 1

Round 5

March 30, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1 - 0

March 30, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - 0 - 2

March 31, 2004, Lima, Peru - 0 - 2

March 31, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - 0 - 0

March 31, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - 0 - 3

Round 6

June 1, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - 1 - 3

June 1, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - 0 - 1

June 1, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - 2 - 1

June 2, 2004, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 3 - 1

June 2, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - 2 - 1

Round 7

June 5, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - 3 - 2

June 6, 2004, Santiago, Chile - 1 - 1

June 6, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - 5 - 0

June 6, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 0 - 0

June 6, 2004, Lima, Peru - 0 - 0

Round 8

September 4, 2004, Lima, Peru - 1 - 3

September 5, 2004, Santiago, Chile - 0 - 0

September 5, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - 1 - 0

September 5, 2004, São Paulo, Brazil - 3 - 1

September 5, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - 1 - 0

Round 9

October 9, 2004, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 2 - 5

October 9, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - 1 - 1

October 9, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 4 - 2

October 9, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - 1 - 0

October 10, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - 2 - 0

Round 10

October 12, 2004, La Paz, Bolivia - 0 - 0

October 13, 2004, Maceió, Brazil - 0 - 0

October 13, 2004, Asunción, Paraguay - 1 - 1

October 13, 2004, Santiago, Chile - 0 - 0

October 14, 2004, San Cristóbal, Venezuela - 3 - 1

Round 11

November 17, 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay - 1 - 0

November 17, 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 3 - 2

November 17, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia - 1 - 0

November 17, 2004, Quito, Ecuador - 1 - 0

November 17, 2004, Lima, Peru - 2 - 1

Round 12

March 26, 2005, Santiago, Chile - 1 - 1

March 26, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - 1 - 2

March 26, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 0 - 0

March 27, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - 5 - 2

March 27, 2005, Goiânia, Brazil - 1 - 0

Round 13

March 29, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - 3 - 1

March 30, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - 2 - 1

March 30, 2005, Lima, Peru - 2 - 2

March 30, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - 1 - 1

March 30, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1 - 0

Round 14

June 4, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - 5 - 0

June 4, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - 2 - 0

June 4, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 1 - 1

June 4, 2005, Santiago, Chile - 3 - 1

June 5, 2005, Porto Alegre, Brazil - 4 - 1

Round 15

June 7, 2005, Lima, Peru - 0 - 0

June 8, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 3 - 1

June 8, 2005, Santiago, Chile - 2 - 1

June 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - 3 - 0

June 8, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - 4 - 1

Round 16

September 3, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 4 - 1

September 3, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - 1 - 2

September 3, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - 1 - 0

September 4, 2005, Brasília, Brazil - 5 - 0

September 4, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - 3 - 2

Round 17

October 8, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela - 0 - 1

October 8, 2005, Quito, Ecuador - 0 - 0

October 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia - 1 - 1

October 9, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2 - 0

October 9, 2005, La Paz, Bolivia - 1 - 1

Round 18

October 12, 2005, Belém, Brazil - 3 - 0

October 12, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay - 1 - 0

October 12, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay - 0 - 1

October 12, 2005, Tacna, Peru - 4 - 1

October 12, 2005, Santiago, Chile - 0 - 0

Comments

As in the 2002 Qualifications, the last match for Argentina was against Uruguay, and on both occasions Uruguay needed a favourable result to reach the 5th place and to then playoff for a place in the World Cup.

See also

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
• 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)