Brazil win 4-2 to keep Chile waiting for World Cup berth

SALVADOR, Striker Nilmar scored a hat-trick as World Cup finalists Brazil beat Chile 4-2 in their qualifier on Wednesday. The defeat keeps Marcelo Bielsa's Chile team still waiting for a place in the 2010 finals in South Africa. Brazil qualified with three games to spare when they beat Argentina 3-1 away on Saturday and Paraguay made it to their fourth successive finals when they beat Diego Maradona's team 1-0 earlier on Wednesday. Chile, who could have qualfied for their first finals since 1998 had they won, remain third in the South American group four points ahead of fourth-placed Ecuador with two games to go in October. The top four go through to South Africa while the fifth-placed team, at present Argentina, get a second chance in a two-leg playoff against the CONCACAF's fourth-placed team.