El Maracanazo
 The Maracanã Stadium, venue of the match | |||||||
| Event | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – South American zone – Group 3 | ||||||
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| Match abandoned in the 67th minute with Brazil leading 1–0 FIFA awarded Brazil a 2–0 victory Chile were banned from qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup | |||||||
| Date | 3 September 1989 | ||||||
| Venue | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| Referee | Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina) | ||||||
The Maracanazo of the Chilean team (Spanish: Maracanazo de la selección chilena), also known as the Condorazo or Bengalazo, was a scandal that occurred during a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Chile at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 3 September 1989. Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas feigned injury after a flare thrown by a Brazilian supporter landed near him, prompting the Chilean team to abandon the match in protest.
Photographic evidence quickly revealed that the flare had not struck Rojas, and he later confessed to having cut himself with a razor blade concealed in one of his gloves in order to simulate an attack. FIFA awarded Brazil a 2–0 victory and imposed severe penalties on Chile: the team was barred from qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and Rojas received a lifetime ban from football, effectively ending his career. Several Chilean officials and staff members were also sanctioned.
The incident is widely regarded as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the sport, and the word condoro — derived from Rojas' nickname El Cóndor — subsequently entered Chilean slang as a term for a grave, self-inflicted blunder.