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Welcome! This blog is dedicated to everything that falls under the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

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The Copa América 2016 draw has been finalized and these are the four groups who will be competing for the Centenário and their initial fixtures.

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30.11.15 - FIFA released the finalists for the Ballon D’or and the Puskas Award, congrats to all nominees but especially to the South Americans on the shortlists.

Lionel Messi (ARG) and Neymar Jr. (BRA)

Wendell Lira (BRA) and Lionel Messi (ARG) - Vote

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19.11.15 - Corinthians became Brasileirão champions after drawing 1-1 with Vasco and after some help from São Paulo who beat second place Atlético Mineiro 4-2, the only team who could still threaten for the title.

This is their sixth Brasileirão (1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011 and now 2015) and also the sixth title won under the management of Tite.

Parabéns Corinthians!

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17.11.15 - Paraguay beat Bolívia 2-1 at Asunción with goals by Darío Lezcano and Lucas Barrios. From the four dates of fixtures, they have accumulated 7 points.

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17.11.15 - Uruguay beat Chile 3-0 at Montevideo and secure the #2 position on the WC qualifying table so far.

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Here’s how it all stands after the 4th date of fixtures for CONMEBOL’S World Cup 2018 Qualifiers. There’s 14 more dates to go.

The top 4 NTs will qualify directly for the World Cup and the 5th will face playoffs against a member of the Asian Football Confederation in order to qualify.

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FT: BRASIL 3 - 0 PERÚ

Goals: 1H ‘21 Douglas Costa, 2H ‘12 Renato Augusto, ‘31 Filipe Luís.

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FT: URUGUAY 3 - 0 CHILE

Goals: 1H ‘22 Diego Godín, 2H ‘16 Álvaro Pereira, ‘19 Martín Cáceres.

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FT: PARAGUAY 2 - 1 BOLÍVIA

Goals: 2H ‘13 Yasmani Duk, ‘16 Darío Lezcano, ‘19 Lucas Barrios.

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17.11.15 - Ecuador beat Venezuela 3-1 and secure their place as #1 on the qualifying table so far. In CONMEBOL history, all countries that started their campaign with 4 wins have qualified for the World Cup, will the same happen to Ecuador?

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17.11.15 - Lucas Biglia of Argentina celebrates scoring the only goal on their WC qualifying match against Colombia securing the first win of Albiceleste’s campaign.

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17.11.15 - Players from Argentina and Colombia during a minute of silence in solidarity towards the victims of terrorism before their WC qualifying match in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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FT: ECUADOR 3 - 1 VENEZUELA

Goals: 1H ‘14 Fidel Martínez, ‘22 Jefferson Montero, 2H ‘15 Felipe Caicedo; ‘38 Josef Martínez.

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FT: ARGENTINA 1 - 0 COLOMBIA

Goals: 1H ‘19 Lucas Biglia.

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17.11.15 - Colombian atmosphere before the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifier match against Argentina in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Here’s how it all stands after the third date of fixtures for CONMEBOL’S World Cup 2018 Qualifiers. There’s 15 more dates to go.

The top 4 NTs will qualify directly for the World Cup and the 5th will face playoffs against a member of the Asian Football Confederation in order to qualify.

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FT: PERÚ 1 - 0 PARAGUAY

Goal: 1H ‘19 Jefferson Farfán.