The CONMEBOL (South America) region finished is qualification on Wednesday as the top four teams will be in South Africa next summer. The fifth place team will play the fourth place team in a two legged play-off in November. Overall, the two favorites of Brazil and Argentina are there but Chile surprised with their first World Cup Finals since 1998. Paraguay has qualified for their fourth straight and has made the round of 16 in two of their previous three World Cups.
Here are the final 2010 World Cup Qualification standings for the CONMEBOL region.
| Qualifying Stage Table | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
| 1 |  | Brazil | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 2 |  | Chile | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 3 |  | Paraguay | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 4 | | Argentina | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 28 | |||
| 5 | | Uruguay | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 6 | | Ecuador | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -4 | 23 | |||
| 7 | | Colombia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 23 | |||
| 8 | | Venezuela | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 22 | |||
| 9 | | Bolivia | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 24 | -14 | 15 | |||
| 10 | | Peru | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 13 | |||
| Qualifies for World Cup: 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th Play-off with a nation from CONCACAF: 5th |
