Qualified: Brazil

CONMEBOL - 10 teams competing for 4.5 places

ASIDE from Neymar (left) leading Brazil to Russia, this remains an intriguing and perhaps shocking group. With one round of matches to come on Tuesday, Uruguay (28 points, home to Bolivia) are likely to book one place. Chile (26, away to Brazil), Colombia (26, away to Peru), Peru (25), Argentina (24, away in Ecuador) and Paraguay (24, home to Venezuela) are the five teams chasing two more berths and a play-off. There is a very realistic chance Lionel Messi could miss next year’s World Cup.