| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 October 2020 – 29 March 2022 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 89 |
| Goals scored | 223 (2.51 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,369,058 (15,383 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Marcelo Moreno(10 goals) |
← 2018 2026 → | |
| Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL) |
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The South American section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). A total of 4.5 slots (4 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament were available for CONMEBOL teams.[1]
The qualification process began on 8 October 2020 and ended on 29 March 2022. Uruguay's Luis Suárez scored the first goal of the round-robin. This was the third time Suárez had opened scoring in the group (after 2010 and 2014), as well as the fourth consecutive time a Uruguayan player had done so (Martín Cáceres scored the first goal of the 2018 process).[2]
- ^ "Current allocation of FIFA World Cup confederation slots maintained". FIFA. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Clasificatorias Sudamericanas: Selección que anotó el primer gol siempre fue al Mundial". Gol Perú (in Spanish). 8 October 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2020.