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La Verde
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Federación Boliviana<br>de Fútbol
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Ramiro Blacut
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Marco Sandy (93)
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Victor Ugarte (16)
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Chile 7 - 1 Bolivia<br/>( Santiago , Chile 12 October , 1926 )
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Bolivia 7 - 0 Venezuela <br/>( La Paz, Bolivia 22 August , 1993 )<br>Bolivia 9 - 2 Haiti <br/>( La Paz, Bolivia 5 March , 2000 )
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Peru 9 - 0 Bolivia<br/>( Lima , Peru 6 November , 1927 )<br> Brazil 10 - 1 Bolivia<br/>( Sao Paulo , Brazil 10 April , 1949 )
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3
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1930
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Round 1, 1930 , 1950 , 1994
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Copa América
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The is the national team of
Bolivia and is controlled by the
Federación Boliviana De Fútbol . It is historically one of the weakest teams in
CONMEBOL . After playing in the
1930 and
1950 World Cups , they qualified just once -- in
1994 . There, playing champions
Germany in the tournament's opening game in
Chicago , Bolivia lost 1-0 as
Marco Etcheverry , considered the nation's best player of the
1990s , got sent off just three minutes after coming on as a sub. They never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, but did win the
Copa América once, in
1963 .
Although one of the weaker teams in South America, Bolivia has long provided tough opposition on home soil to more illustrious opponents. The
1958 ,
1962 and
1970 World Cup qualifying campaigns saw Bolivia only narrowly fail to qualify with a
Copa America win in 1963. Notable players of this period included Maximo Alcocer and Ramiro Blacutt. In the
1978 qualifying campaign, Bolivia topped their group but were then heavily beaten by
Brazil and
Peru , and subsequently by
Hungary in an intercontinental play-off. Bolivia would not come close to qualifying until the
1990 campaign, finishing runners-up on goal difference to
Uruguay .
The
1994 campaign saw Bolivia qualify after an absence of 44 years. They have not qualified since, but continue to provide difficult opposition for teams like Brazil (who were beaten in the 2002 campaign) and Argentina at home.
