2010 World Cup: South America Upcoming Fixtures

The 2010 World Cup qualifiers are approaching for the South American nations as the seventh and eighth matches are taking place in the sole CONMEBOL group. The race to secure qualification could not be more competitive as the top seven countries are separated by a mere six points - the table could be completely transformed after these two matches. A clash of the leading countries takes place between surprise leaders Paraguay and Argentina, allowing the chasing pack of Columbia, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay to close the deficit at the top of the group. Brazil’s bid to qualify has been sub-standard to date and Dunga will need two victories to relieve the pressure he is under. Currently lying 5th and consequently in the last qualification position, the Brazilian faithful not only expect their country to qualify but to do so dominantly and ahead of Argentina. Bolivia will hope to continue their rise up the table by beating Ecuador away, but expectations will need to be lowered in their daunting trip to Brazil. Columbia will defend their position as the only remaining unbeaten nation when they welcome Uruguay and then travel to Chile in an away fixture. Contrastingly, Peru hope to salvage their campaign by gaining their first victory in the qualifiers as they host Venezuela and Argentina in two successive home matches.

Matchday 7

September 6th 2008
Argentina V Paraguay
Ecuador V Bolivia
Columbia V Uruguay
Peru V Venezuela

September 7th 2008
Chile V Brazil

Matchday 8

September 9th 2008
Paraguay V Venezuela

September 10th 2008
Uruguay V Ecuador
Chile V Columbia
Brazil V Bolivia
Peru V Argentina


The South American Qualifying group table can be found here.