Brazil striker Adriano scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Chile on Sunday to guarantee the world champions a place at next year’s finals in Germany while Marcelo Zalayeta emulated him to give Uruguay a dramatic 3-2 win over Colombia.Brazil's win means they keep up their record as the only country to have played at all World Cup finals while Uruguay's victory lifted them into the fifth-place play-off. Uruguay's win also helped Ecuador and Paraguay, third and fourth, respectively. Ecuador need only a draw next month to qualify while a win in Venezuela will be enough for Paraguay. After 16 rounds, Argentina, who qualified last June and lost 1-0 to Paraguay on Saturday, lead with 31 points followed by Brazil on 30.The top four teams qualify directly for Germany while the fifth spot, occupied by Uruguay on 21 points, earns a play-off over two legs against the Oceania region winners, almost certainly Australia.Colombia and Chile, on 20 points, could still finish fifth and Venezuela, who have 18 points, also have an outside chance, although their final match is away to Brazil.Brazil, who became the first defending champions forced to qualify for the subsequent tournament under a new FIFA ruling, raced to a four-goal lead in less than half an hour against bemused opponents.Juan made the breakthrough after 11 minutes with a close-range header from a corner and Robinho added the second 11 minutes later as he finished off a sweeping move which went from one end of the field to the other.Adriano then added two more goals in a three-minute spell, the first a low shot into the far corner from Robinho's pass in the 27th minute and the second a header from a corner.QualifiersSouth America — Brazil and Argentina: Two more from the 10-nation group. Fifth go into playoff vs Oceania winners.Concacaf — USA: Two more from the six-nation final group. Fourth go into double-leg playoff vs Asia winners.Europe: Ukraine (Group 2), Germany (hosts): Seven more winners plus two best second-placed qualify automatically. Six more runners-up into playoffs in November.Asia: Japan, S Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan vs Bahrain playoff to be decided on Tuesday's second leg (Uzbekistan 1-0 up after first). Winners into playoff vs fourth in Concacaf.Oceania: Australia vs Solomon Islands playoff to be decided in Wednesday's second leg (Australia 7-0 up). Winners into playoff vs fifth-placed in South America.Africa: Winners of all five groups to be decided next month.
