World Cup qualification South America standings. Why is the US team not at the World Cup in Russia? Who has been selected
By October 11, 2017, 23 teams have already been determined that will definitely play at the World Cup. At night, a quartet of American teams from North, Central and South America was added to the already existing 19 teams.
First and Top news- in the summer of 2018, the Argentine team will definitely come to Russia. The leader of the Argentines, Lionel Messi, decided to personally take the issue of getting into the final tournament of the 2018 World Cup into his own hands. Leo scored three goals against Ecuador in the decisive game. Argentina won 3-1 and entered the 2018 World Cup.
The arrival of the Argentines in the final part of the 2018 World Cup was made possible thanks to a number of other results that became known at the end of the last round. In particular, the Colombian team played a 1:1 draw with the team of Peru.
And now the Peruvians will fight for getting into Russia for the World Cup in the play-offs with New Zealand. But the Colombians will definitely play next summer on Russian fields.
Two accurate strikes in this game are on account of Barcelona forward Luis Suarez. The “superfluous” team in South America turned out to be the team of Chile. IN last round they lost to Brazil 0-3 and did not qualify for the final round or the play-offs.
When the meetings in South America died down that night, the fate of two direct vouchers from CONCACAF was decided. And the first and loudest sensation - the US team will not be in Russia next summer.
In the last round, they just needed not to lose to the Trinidad and Tobago team, which had already lost all chances of getting into final tournament World Cup 2018. However, the Americans did manage to lose with a score of 1:2 to their rivals. And for the first time since 1986, there will be no US team at the World Cup.
The Panama team took full advantage of the misfire of the US team. The Panamanians played with the Costa Rica national team, which had already made it to the 2018 World Cup and achieved a strong-willed victory with a score of 2: 1.
And as a result qualifying round in CONCACAF she took third place, having received a direct ticket to the World Cup in Russia. But the national team of Honduras beat Mexico with a score of 3:2. And now, on November 6 and 14 this year, Australia and Honduras will compete for a ticket to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Thus, the number of participants in the 2018 World Cup on October 11 is 23. There are still nine places left to play.
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Brazil
Iran
Japan
Mexico
Belgium
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Germany
England
Spain
Nigeria
Costa Rica
Poland
Egypt
Iceland
Serbia
France
Portugal
Argentina
Colombia
In the CONMEBOL zone in South America, the 2018 World Cup follows a simple pattern: all 10 teams that make up the South American Football Confederation play home and away matches in two rounds. The top four go directly, and the fifth place gets a chance to fight in the intercontinental playoffs with the best team in Oceania, presumably New Zealand.
Such a rich scheme qualifying tournament makes teams from South America start playing as early as October 2015 in order to identify the lucky ones who will get to the World Cup. During this time, several teams have already managed to change coaches, two teams - Bolivia and Venezuela have lost all chances for a trip to Russia, but Brazil was the first to secure a ticket to the World Cup.
South America 2018 World Cup qualifiers: contenders overview
The Brazilian national team, after the failure at the 2014 home World Cup in the semifinal match with Germany, was in a state of shock, which can explain the bet on Dungu as the head coach of the Selesao. Nothing good came of it, and after the unsuccessful Copa America, the former captain of the team that won the 2002 World Cup was replaced by a little-known in Europe, but with extensive experience in Brazil, specialist Tite.
Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay on fire
Tite has worked with many teams in Brazil, won trophies with Corinthians and Gremio, Internacional, and in addition, he knows Brazilian football from the inside, as well as those players who are now playing in Europe. With his arrival, the Canarinha began to play bright attacking football, and Neymar revealed himself for the first time in a long time as a mature team leader, in partnership with Felipe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino. The Brazilians butchered Argentina, gave out a winning streak under Tita, which guaranteed them a ticket to the 2018 World Cup four rounds before the finish line.
In second place is José Pekerman's Colombia, who enjoyed the previous World Cup a lot, but have since disappointed somewhat at the Copa America. Now the Colombians have Falcao, who is resurrected again, and Bacca with him. Teofilo Gutierrez and James Rodriguez. A strong line of attack is based on a solid defense, where new leaders have appeared - newcomer Tottenham Davinson Sanchez, Santiago Arias from PSV, Yerry Mina from Palmeiras.
The third contender to go to the World Cup in Russia is Uruguay Oscar Tabares, who invariably relies on the attacking talent of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani in attack and rational, pragmatic play in defense. Veterans Diego Godin, Martin Caceres, Maxi Pereira, Egidio Arevalo Rios, Fernando Muslera are in the ranks, but there are also new players. In particular, it is worth noting the progress of Jose Maria Jimenez from Atlético Madrid, Matias Vecino from Inter and forward Diego Roland from Bordeaux.
Chile plays unstable
The best South American team in the last two Copa Americas, Chile, is having some trouble qualifying for the World Cup and is playing erratically. The Chileans are well known to Russian football fans in the Confederations Cup, where they represented South America and lost to the Germans in the final. Their leaders are traditional - goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, defenders Gary Medel and Mauricio Isla, Arturo Vidal with Alexis Sanchez and Eduardo Vargas. There are also new faces - Charles Arangis from Bayer, Felipe Gutierrez from the Brazilian Inter.
Argentine national team crisis
But the most attention is drawn to the Argentina national team, which had big problems in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup after a big disappointment experienced by the silver at the Copa America. Then Leo Messi announced that he no longer wanted to play in the national team, then changed his mind, but all this turbulence in the national team camp could not but affect its results. After Gerardo Martino, the national team of Argentina was accepted by the local specialist Bausa, but he failed to bring one of the favorites of the selection in South America back to life and now the “albi-celeste” is coached by Jorge Sampaoli. The same man who beat Argentina in the final of the Copa America in Chile as the head coach of the Chilean national team, and then successfully managed the Spanish Sevilla.
Under Sampaoli, Argentina were able to get some important victories and are now in the very fifth place, which gives the right to play in the playoffs with New Zealand. The prospect is not too daunting, but there are four more games ahead that Messi and company should use to spare themselves the extra burden.
Under Argentina are the teams of Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay, who have not lost their chances of qualifying for Russia, but frankly in their class they are inferior to the teams named above and getting one of them into the top five will be a real miracle and at the same time a tragedy for fans of one of the "big" teams from South America. Bolivia and Venezuela have already lost all chances to play in the World Cup and are playing out qualifying matches as extras.
The US national football team is not participating in the 2018 World Cup, which takes place from June 14 to July 15 in Russia, because it failed to qualify for the tournament. The Americans failed to reach the final stage of the championship for the first time since 1986.
The team successfully completed the fourth round of qualifying for its region (CONCACAF) and advanced to the last, fifth. 6 got there the best teams who played each other in two rounds. In the match of the final round of qualifying, it was enough for the Americans to defeat the outsiders - the team of Trinidad and Tobago - and then they would go directly to the championship. However, they could not even achieve a draw (this result would have allowed them to get into the play-offs). The game, which took place on October 10, 2017, ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of the Trinidadians. As a result, the teams of Panama, Mexico and Costa Rica made it to the final tournament.
How did the US team perform at the last championship?
At the last tournament in Brazil, Team USA lost to Belgium in the round of 16 after extra time.
Team USA is considered one of the strongest in CONCACAF. The team occupied the highest position in the FIFA ranking in April 2006 (4th place). In June 2018, the national team ranked 25th. highest achievement national team recent years is the quarter-final at the 2002 World Championship held in Japan and South Korea.
The Brazilian national team advanced to the 2018 World Cup ahead of schedule, and the Argentine national team is again stormy. Summing up the results of the 14th round of the South American qualification.
The games of the 14th round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup South America have ended. The Brazilian national team confidently defeated the Paraguayan national team and guaranteed a trip to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Since the arrival of Tite (real name Adenor Leonardo Bakshi) as head coach, the Brazilian national team has played in a completely different way. There was lightness and ease in the game, in the attack the long-forgotten style returned, for which everyone admires the five-time world champions.
The victory at the Arena Corinthians for the Brazilian national team was the 8th victory in a row and the Brazilians do not intend to stop there. Well, well, we just have to count matches, balls and once again admire the magnificent feints performed by pentacampeons.
Review of the match Brazil - Paraguay from 03/29/2017
Argentina sensationally lost to the Bolivian team with a score of 2-0 and went down in the standings to 5th place.
After the disqualification of Lionel Messi for 4 matches for insulting the referee, the Argentina national team lost significantly in creation on the field and the match at the largest stadium in Bolivia was a vivid example of this. Argentina didn't look confident and the players made a lot of mistakes.
After the defeat to Bolivia, there were rumors in the football space that the Argentine national team would not be able to come to Russia at all. The psychological uncertainty of a team without a leader leaves a ghostly chance of getting out of the group stage.
Here is how the game was commented Main coach Argentina national team Edgardo Baus:
Bolivia played well and now we need to think about future matches. We did not lose heart and believe that we will win a ticket to the World Cup.
As for the prospects. For a direct ticket to the 2018 World Cup, the Argentina national team needs to win 3 matches. And will the wards of Edgardo Baus be able to put this into practice? We'll see...
Review of the match Bolivia - Argentina from 03/28/2017
Results of other matches:
- Peru 2 - 1 Uruguay
- Ecuador 0 - 2 Colombia
- Chile 3 - 1 Venezuela
Tournament table after 14 rounds:
| # | Team | AND | IN | H | P | R | ABOUT |
| 1 | Brazil | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35-10 | 33 |
| 2 | Colombia | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18-15 | 24 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26-17 | 23 |
| 4 | Chile | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24-19 | 23 |
| 5 | Argentina | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15-14 | 22 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23-20 | 20 |
| 7 | Peru | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22-23 | 18 |
| 8 | Paraguay | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13-21 | 18 |
| 9 | Bolivia | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12-32 | 10 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17-34 | 6 |
There are 4 rounds left until the end of the 2018 World Cup qualification in South America, and the first 8 teams apply for a ticket to Russia. The situation is confusing and all the more interesting to observe it.
The rest of the teams, to participate in the largest football festival, go through a qualifying tournament. All teams are divided into confederations, each delegates to the World Cup a certain amount of participants.
Today we will talk about the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup South America.
Qualifier Structure
CONMEBOL did not "bother" like many, and made a simple two-round tournament, where each participant plays with everyone, at home and away, during the entire qualifying round. In many ways, this is due to the small number of participants, only 10 teams. Nevertheless, the South American teams are considered one of the strongest in the world.
We list all the participants in the qualifying tournament:
- Bolivia
- Ecuador
- Paraguay
- Venezuela
Only 4 teams will receive a guaranteed ticket to the World Cup. Another ticket will go to the winning team in the play-off. Recall that the intercontinental play-off match, the fifth South American team will play with the strongest OFC team (New Zealand).
2018 World Cup Qualifiers South America
The current qualifying matches of the 2018 World Cup South America will be remembered by the fans for the disastrous performances of the Argentines and the triumphal procession of the Brazilians. Let's try to highlight the most significant results during the qualifying round.
- 1 round. Chile - Brazil 2:0. The sensation struck where they were not expected, the favorites of the qualifying tournament stumbled in the first match. We note right away that this is the only defeat of the Brazilians in qualifying. The Chileans from the very first round indicated that they were ready to fight for the top four.
- 1 round. Argentina - Ecuador 0:2. Argentina lost in the first meeting, but unlike Brazil, they still have not found an antidote against most teams. Many did not attach importance to this defeat, after all kickoff match, but over time, many realized that the loss was not accidental. Argentina still has a chance to "fly" past the World Cup.
- 11 rounds Brazil - Argentina 3:0. The Argentines needed to score points, but the hosts simply crushed Lionel Messi's team. The defeat had a positive effect on Argentina, in the next two matches they defeated Colombia and, respectively, 3:0 and 2:0.
- 14 tour. Brazil - Paraguay 3:0. The defeat inflicted on the Paraguayans was life-changing for Brazil, the team became the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. There were 4 matches left until the end of the qualifying round.
Who has been selected
To date, not all participants in the World Cup are clear. It is known for sure that the Brazilian national team will perform there. High chances, located on the second line of Colombia.
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador are in a dense stream, so it is still difficult to determine which of them will not go to the World Cup. The Chileans and Uruguayans have the greatest chances to hit, they have shown that they are able to beat any opponents. In addition, it is difficult to imagine the World Cup without them.
Most likely, Argentina and will fight for the last ticket. Argentina, of course, has a stronger squad, but in the final games, they will play without their leader Lionel Messi, who is serving a six-match suspension. Ecuador doesn't have many chances to take fifth place, but if they win the remaining matches, they will certainly get to a big tournament.
South America at the World Championships
South America has always been famous for its football achievements. Teams from this continent have repeatedly won world trophies. What is only the Brazilian national team, which five times became the strongest in the world championships. True, the last time was only in 2002. Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho shone at that tournament. The team confidently beat rivals, both in the group and in the playoffs. In the final they beat the German team 2:0.
We can also recall another victor, the team of Uruguay, they won the world championship twice, and they managed to win the very first world championship, which was held in Uruguay in 1930. Then in the final match they met with the Argentines, who were beaten by Argentina 4:2. Uruguay won its second gold in 1950 when the tournament was held in Brazil. They started their victory march with the destruction of Bolivia 8:0, and ended with a victory over Brazil 2:1.
Speaking about the success of South American football, one cannot but mention Argentina, the team has repeatedly taken part in the World Cup finals, the last one happened not so long ago, in 2014. Argentina held its best world championships in 1978 and 1986. In 1978, the tournament was held in Argentina, and the hosts confidently dealt with all rivals. On the first group stage they lost to Italy, and in the second they drew with Brazil, they won all other meetings, including the final match with Holland 3:1 (a.e.). The 1986 tournament is considered the best in the history of Argentina, then the magnificent Diego Maradona led the team to victory. On the way to the championship, the Argentines beat the USSR, South Korea, Uruguay, Germany and Bulgaria. Only the Italians managed to draw in the group stage.
South American chances at the 2018 World Cup
South America has a great chance of winning the 2018 World Cup. Several teams will claim the highest success at once. First of all, this concerns Brazil, which, under the leadership of Neymar, is able to take its sixth World Cup. They showed their class in the qualifying tournament.
We also note the teams of Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. This trinity proved to be excellent at the previous World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The squads have changed little since then, but the players have gained even more international experience in matches for the top clubs in Europe.
It is impossible not to say a few words about Argentina, the team of Lionel Messi, if selected for the World Cup, is unlikely to claim serious achievements, its maximum in its current state to crawl to the semi-finals.
