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South American World Cup qualifying down to four

Argentina beat Brazil to end the group stage and advance. (Photo: CONMEBOL)

Argentina beat Brazil to end the group stage and advance. (Photo: CONMEBOL)

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador advanced the final round of CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying. Two of the four teams will advance directly to the 2015 World Cup, while the third-place finisher will advance to an intercontinental playoff against CONCACAF’s fourth-place finisher.

The winner of the Copa America will qualify for the 2016 Olympics, unless Brazil wins, in which case the second-place finisher will advance to the Olympics. Brazil is already guaranteed a spot in 2016 with the Olympics taking place in Rio de Janeiro.

Colombia was the only team to go through the group stage with a perfect record, picking up 12 points from four matches. Ecuador finished second with 6 points.

Argentina ended Group B play on Saturday with a 2-0 win over defending champion Brazil.

By advancing, all four teams have earned spots in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

The final phase is a round-robin format:

DAY DATE TIME HEADQUARTERS PARTY
WEDNESDAY Sep 24 16:00 QUITO COLOMBIA vs. ARGENTINA
18:10 QUITO BRAZIL vs. ECUADOR
FRIDAY Sep 26 16:00 SANGOLQUI COLOMBIA vs. ECUADOR
18:10 SANGOLQUI BRAZIL vs. ARGENTINA
SUNDAY Sep 28 10:00 QUITO ARGENTINA vs. ECUADOR
12:10 QUITO COLOMBIA vs. BRAZIL

 

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