Bolivian national soccer team / world championships
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World Cup record goalscorer: | Erwin Sanchez (1) |
World Cup record players: | 8 players (3 each) |
Rank : | 69 |
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6 World Cup games 0 wins 1 draw 5 defeats 1:20 goals |
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statistics | |
First World Cup game Bolivia 0: 4 Kgr. Yugoslavia Montevideo ( URY ); 17th July 1930![]() ![]() |
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Biggest World Cup defeat Bolivia 0: 8 Uruguay Belo Horizonte ( BRA ); 2nd July 1950![]() ![]() |
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successes
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World Championship | |
Participation in the finals | 3 ( first : 1930 ) |
Best results | Round 1, 1930, 1950, 1994 |
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup | |
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(As of July 2018 ) |
This article contains a detailed description of the Bolivian national soccer team at world championships .
Overview
Bolivia has so far only been able to qualify for a World Cup finals. In the first final round you took part by invitation, in 1950 because Argentina did not take part.
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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1930 | Uruguay | Preliminary round | Yugoslavia , Brazil | 12. | Ulises Saucedo | The game against Yugoslavia was the first against a European team. Bolivia had also not played against Brazil before. |
1934 | Italy | not participated | ||||
1938 | France | not participated | ||||
1950 | Brazil | Preliminary round | Uruguay | 13. |
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1 game only |
1954 | Switzerland | Registration refused by FIFA | ||||
1958 | Sweden | not qualified | In the qualification of Argentina failed | |||
1962 | Chile | not qualified | In the qualification of Uruguay failed | |||
1966 | England | not qualified | In the qualification of Argentina failed | |||
1970 | Mexico | not qualified | In the qualification of Peru failed | |||
1974 | Germany | not qualified | In the qualification of Argentina failed | |||
1978 | Argentina | not qualified | In the qualification of Brazil and Peru failed | |||
1982 | Spain | not qualified | In the qualification of Brazil failed | |||
1986 | Mexico | not qualified | In the qualification of Brazil failed | |||
1990 | Italy | not qualified | In the qualification of Uruguay failed | |||
1994 | United States | Preliminary round | Germany , South Korea , Spain | 21st |
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0: 1 in the opening game against reigning world champions Germany. |
1998 | France | not qualified | In the South American qualification , which was held for the first time in the league system between the South American applicants - with the exception of Brazil, which was directly qualified as world champion - Bolivia only finished 8th. The first four could qualify. | |||
2002 | South Korea / Japan | not qualified | In the South America qualification , which was again played in the league system, Bolivia only finished 7th. The first four were able to qualify, Uruguay fifth in the play-offs against Australia . | |||
2006 | Germany | not qualified | In the South America qualification , Bolivia only finished 10th and last. The first four were able to qualify directly, Uruguay in fifth this time failed in the play-offs against Australia . | |||
2010 | South Africa | not qualified | In the South America qualification , Bolivia only finished 9th, while Argentina suffered one of the biggest defeats with 6: 1. The first four were able to qualify directly, Uruguay came fifth in the play-offs against Costa Rica . | |||
2014 | Brazil | not qualified | After two wins, four draws and eight defeats in the South America qualification , Bolivia had no chance to qualify on September 6, 2013. | |||
2018 | Russia | not qualified | In the qualification , the team had no chance to qualify after the sixth from last game. |
Statistics (data including 2018: 21 World Championships; percentages are rounded)
- Waiver of participation: twice (10%; 1934 and 1938)
- Not permitted: once (5%; 1954)
- Unqualified: 15 times (71%; 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018)
- Athletic qualification: once (5% or 6% of the attempts)
- Participation without qualification: twice (10%; 1930, 1950)
- Preliminary round: three times (14%; 1930, 1950 and 1994)
The 1930 World Cup
Like all other South American teams that had already played international matches, Bolivia took part in the first World Cup in Uruguay. Bolivia was drawn into a group with Brazil and Yugoslavia and lost both games 4-0. Ulises Saucedo , the Bolivian coach, also had a role as a referee at this tournament: on July 19, 1930 in the preliminary round match between the teams from Argentina and Mexico (6: 3), with the Romanian coach assisting him as linesman.
The World Cup in 1934 and 1938
Bolivia did not take part in the World Championships in Italy and France in 1934 and 1938.
The 1950 World Cup
Bolivia should qualify for the World Cup in neighboring Brazil by playing against Argentina and Chile . With Argentina withdrawing, Bolivia and Chile qualified without a fight. In Brazil, the Bolivians were drawn into the only group of two and met the eventual world champion Uruguay . After a 0: 8, the team was able to return home after just one game and disappeared from the World Cup stage for 44 years.
The 1954 World Cup
Like many other countries, Bolivia had registered too late for the World Cup in Switzerland and was not allowed.
The 1958 World Cup
For the first time Bolivia competed in World Cup qualifiers and had to play against Argentina and Chile . Bolivia won both home games at the height of La Paz , but lost the away games. Since Argentina won in Chile, the Argentinians were able to qualify.
The 1962 World Cup
Had for the World Cup Chile in two games against Uruguay compete . After a 1-1 draw in La Paz they lost 2-1 in Montevideo, which meant that Uruguay qualified.
The 1966 World Cup
For the World Cup in the "motherland of football" to Bolivia should by games against Argentina and Paraguay qualify . Bolivia could only win the home game against Paraguay, the other games were lost and so Bolivia was eliminated from the bottom of the group.
The 1970 World Cup
For the first World Cup in Central America , the Bolivians Argentina and Peru were drawn as the football World Cup 1970 / qualifying opponents and Bolivia again used the height advantage of La Paz and won both home games. But since Peru won against Argentina in Lima and fought for a draw in Buenos Aires , the Peruvians went to Mexico and Bolivia was even ahead of Argentina.
The 1974 World Cup
For the first World Cup in Germany , Bolivia had to compete in a qualifying group with Argentina and Paraguay, lost all four games and was eliminated from the bottom of the group.
The 1978 World Cup
Qualification for the 1978 World Cup went a little better . In the first round, Bolivia surprisingly prevailed against Uruguay and Venezuela . In the second round the two games against Brazil and Peru were lost at a tournament in Cali , which qualified them for the World Cup in Argentina . But Bolivia still had the chance to qualify in the intercontinental playoff CONMEBOL / UEFA against Hungary . In the first game in Budapest they lost 6-0, the biggest defeat in an intercontinental playoff game. And the height of La Paz could not be used: the home game was lost 2: 3.
The 1982 World Cup
In qualifying for the 1982 World Cup , Bolivia failed against the finalists Brazil and could only win the home game against Venezuela.
The 1986 World Cup
Brazil and Paraguay were the opponents in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup . Bolivia couldn't win a game, but at least won a point in Rio de Janeiro . Another point in the home game against Paraguay brought only the last place in the group.
The 1990 World Cup
The qualification for the second World Cup in Italy went a little better, because in the end Bolivia and Uruguay were tied on points. The Uruguayans had the better goal difference, as Bolivia couldn't win a game without conceding a goal, while Uruguay had three wins without conceding a goal. Peru was only a point supplier this time.
The 1994 World Cup
In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup , Bolivia took second place in a group of five behind Brazil, but ahead of Uruguay, Ecuador and Venezuela, and was qualified for a World Cup for the first time. The 7-0 win against Venezuela was the biggest win in an international match.
At the finals in the United States , the Bolivians faced defending champions Germany in the opening game and were the first team to lose to the defending champions in the opening game. Bolivia was able to keep the 0-0 up until the 61st minute, before Jürgen Klinsmann scored the 1-0 winning goal for the defending champions after a misunderstanding between goalkeeper Carlos Trucco and defensive boss Gustavo Quinteros . In the 82nd minute the Bolivians lost Marco Etcheverry to a red card . In the second game Bolivia fought 0-0 against South Korea, the only point so far in a World Cup and in the last game against the compatriots of their Spanish coach, Erwin Sánchez scored their first World Cup goal at 1: 3 . With this, Bolivia said goodbye to the World Cup for at least 28 years.
The 1998 World Cup
With the exception of world champions Brazil, all other CONMEBOL members played out four finalists in a group of nine. Bolivia only ended up in 8th place and therefore missed qualifying for the 1998 World Cup . It was only possible to get a point in the away games in Venezuela. In the home games Bolivia remained undefeated, but could not win all of them.
The 2002 World Cup
This time, all ten CONMEBOL members competed against each other in the South America qualification . Bolivia couldn't win an away game and lost 5-1 to Ecuador in La Paz, so that in the end they only finished 7th.
The 2006 World Cup
In the qualification for the 2006 World Cup , Bolivia took last place in the South America qualification, for which all CONMEBOL members competed against each other again, with the home games against Argentina, Chile and Ecuador and all away games being lost.
The 2010 World Cup
On May 27, 2007, FIFA decided to ban official games in stadiums above 2,500 meters above sea level. In Bolivia, the stadiums in La Paz , Cochabamba , Sucre , Potosí and Oruro were affected. After violent protests, however, the altitude limit was changed to 3,000 meters in June 2007, and a special permit for La Paz (3,600 meters) was later issued.
So Bolivia was able to play in the qualification for the first World Cup in Africa in La Paz. The qualification went a little better than four years before, including a goalless draw in Rio de Janeiro against record world champions Brazil and Argentina in La Paz 6: 1 and Brazil 2: 1, but otherwise all away and home games were lost to Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela , it was only enough for the penultimate place.
The 2014 World Cup
In qualifying for the second World Cup in neighboring Brazil , Bolivia only finished penultimate. No away game and only the home games against Paraguay and Uruguay were won.
The 2018 World Cup
In the qualification all 10 CONMEBOL members joined from October 2015 again in home and away matches against each other. The best four teams qualified directly, the fifth had to play against a member of another confederation in playoff games. Bolivia started with a home defeat against two-time world champions Uruguay and then lost in Ecuador, which was the only team to win the first four games. Then they won a home win against Venezuela, which was the only team to lose their first four games. At the end of the games played in 2015, Bolivia lost in Paraguay. Even after that, things did not go well for the Bolivians and before the last four games they were only in penultimate place with ten points, 13 points behind a direct qualifying place. Since the fifth Argentina (22 points) and the sixth Ecuador (20 points) still had to play against each other, Bolivia had no chance of reaching the playoff place. Another decisive factor in the early qualification was the fact that the Bolivians played against Peru (2-0) and Chile (0-0) in September 2016 against Nelson Cabrera , who was not eligible to play , and who had already played for Paraguay once. FIFA drew 3-0 in Bolivia in both games on November 1, 2016, losing four points. These sanctions were then decisive in ensuring that the Peruvians instead of the Chileans reached the playoffs against the winner of the Oceania qualification, as Peru, which had lost to Bolivia, gained three additional points by this measure, while Chile only received two additional points because they had had drawn against Bolivia. For Bolivia itself, the point deduction was ultimately irrelevant, they would have been second to last in the table with 18 instead of 14 points, behind third from bottom Ecuador (20 points) and before bottom of the table Venezuela (12 points).
Ranking of the Bolivian World Cup players with the most appearances
- Carlos Fernando Borja , José Milton Melgar , William Ramallo , Miguel Rimba , Erwin Sánchez , Marco Sandy , Vladimir Soria , Carlos Trucco - all 3 in one tournament 1.
Ranking of the Bolivian World Cup players with the most goals
- 1. Erwin Sánchez - 1 goal
World Cup captains
- 1930: Rafael Méndez
- 1950: José Bustamante-Nava
- 1994: Carlos Fernando Borja
Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad
Bolivia only deployed legionaries in 1994 .
Year (games) | Number (countries) | Players (stakes) |
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1930 (2) | 0 | |
1950 (1) | 0 | |
1994 (3) | 6 (1 in Argentina, 2 in Chile, 2 in Colombia, 1 in Portugal) | Ramiro Castillo (1); Marco Etcheverry (1), Álvaro Peña (1); Juan Manuel Peña (1), Modesto Soruco (1); Erwin Sánchez (3) |
Players banned from World Championships
- 1994: Marco Etcheverry received the red card in the opening game against Germany three minutes after being substituted on and was then no longer used. Luis Cristaldo saw the yellow-red card in the game against South Korea and was suspended for the last game against Spain, as was Julio César Baldivieso, who received the second yellow card .
Games
Bolivia has played 6 World Cup games so far, none of which have been won, one has ended in a draw and five have been lost. At world championships Bolivia played once against the eventual world champions 1950 / Uruguay and once against the defending champions: 1994 / Germany . Bolivia did not meet any opponent in World Cup finals several times, all six encounters are still unique.
All World Cup games | |||||||||
No. | date | Result | opponent | venue | occasion | Remarks | |||
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1. | 17th July 1930 | 0: 4 (0: 0) |
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* | Montevideo ( URY ) | Preliminary round | First game against Yugoslavia | ||
2. | July 20, 1930 | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
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* | Montevideo ( URY ) | Preliminary round | First game against Brazil | ||
3. | 2nd July 1950 | 0: 8 (0: 4) |
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* | Belo Horizonte ( BRA ) | Group game | |||
4th | June 17, 1994 | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
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* | Chicago ( USA ) | Opening game | First game against Germany | ||
5. | June 23, 1994 | 0-0 |
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* | Boston ( USA ) | Group game | First game against South Korea | ||
6th | June 27, 1994 | 1: 3 (1: 0) |
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* | Chicago ( USA ) | Group game | First game against Spain |
Biggest defeats
The Bolivian team suffered their biggest defeats against the following teams at World Cup tournaments:
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Germany : preliminary round 1994 - 0: 1 (only game against Germany)
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Yugoslavia : preliminary round 1930 - 4-0 (only defeat against Yugoslavia)
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Spain : Preliminary round 1994 - 1: 3 (also a 0: 2 in a friendly match)
Records
- The longest run without a goal of their own: 5 games 1930–1994
- The biggest defeat in a World Cup tournament until 1954: Bolivia - Uruguay 0: 8 (1950). But this is not the biggest defeat against Uruguay. At the Campeonato Sudamericano in Peru in 1927 there was a 9-0 defeat.
- Highest location for qualifying matches: La Paz , 3,600 m
- Biggest defeat in intercontinental playoffs: Bolivia - Hungary 0: 6 on October 29, 1977 in Budapest
- First team to lose an opening game against the defending champions: 1994 0-1 against Germany
Negative record
- Fastest red card after substitution: Marco Etcheverry 82nd minute - 3 minutes after substitution, in 1994 in the game against Germany (as well as Ion Vlădoiu / Romania, who in 1994 against Switzerland in the 73rd and Morten Wieghorst / Denmark, who in 1998 against South Africa received the red card in the 85th minute)
See also
- Football World Cups - Statistics - Bolivia on fifa.com
References and footnotes
- ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
- ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 325 kB), p. 10
- ↑ 25 FACTS ABOUT THE FIFA World Cup ™ (PDF; 317 kB) - page 4, fact 24.
- ↑ fifa.com: "In the light of the 57th FIFA Congress"
- ↑ bbc.co: "Fifa relents on altitude ruling"
- ↑ fifa.com: "Sanction against Bolivia for using a player who is not eligible to play"
- ↑ In all three match reports, FIFA names Borja as captain, in the rsssf.com statistics he is only named in the first game, while José Milton Melgar is named as the captain in the 2nd and 3rd game.