Colombia shot into third place in the CONMEBOL qualifying section after two fine wins yesterday. Uruguay , who lost to Colombia on Friday scrambled to a home draw versus Ecuador. Largely thanks to a baffling referee performance.
Paraguay dropped out of contention with another loss to Venezuela and Peru recorded a fine draw against Argentina.
| Chile | 1 – 3 | Colombia | |
| Uruguay | 1 – 1 | Ecuador | |
| Paraguay | 0 – 2 | Venezuela | |
| Peru | 1 – 1 | Argentina |
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2 | Ecuador | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 3 | Colombia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | Uruguay | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | Chile | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Venezuela | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 | ||
| 7 | Peru | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Bolivia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Paraguay | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 4 |