Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for South America. 10 teams took part, all in a single group. The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from Oceania, with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions Brazil was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament. Standings Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Uruguay advanced to the CONMEBOL/OFC play-off. Results Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Inter-confederation play-offs The fifth-placed team then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, Australia, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals. Qualified teams The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament. 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Goalscorers There were 236 goals scored in 92 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.57 goals per match. 10 goals Ronaldo 7 goals Hernán Crespo José Cardozo Jefferson Farfán 6 goals Adriano Diego Forlán Ruberth Morán 5 goals Joaquín Botero José Alfredo Castillo Kaká Agustín Delgado Edison Méndez Javier Chevantón 4 goals Ronaldinho Juan Pablo Ángel Roque Santa Cruz Nolberto Solano Juan Arango 3 goals Pablo Aimar Luciano Figueroa Juan Román Riquelme Mauricio Pinilla Tressor Moreno Luis Gabriel Rey Antonio Valencia Carlos Gamarra Carlos Humberto Paredes Marcelo Zalayeta Giancarlo Maldonado 2 goals Juan Pablo Sorín Luis Cristaldo Limberg Gutiérrez Roberto Carlos Robinho Luis Fuentes Luis Antonio Jiménez Milovan Mirošević Reinaldo Navia Freddy Grisales Frankie Oviedo Víctor Pacheco John Restrepo Elkin Soto Marlon Ayoví Ulises de la Cruz Paolo Guerrero Andrés Mendoza Jorge Soto Carlos Bueno José Torrealba Gabriel Urdaneta 1 goal Fabricio Coloccini Andrés D'Alessandro César Delgado Luciano Galletti Kily González Lucho González Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Javier Zanetti Julio César Baldivieso Gonzalo Galindo Roger Suárez Doyle Vaca Joselito Vaca Emerson Juan Luís Fabiano Juninho Rivaldo Zé Roberto Mark González Sebastián