Bayern Munich's Julio Dos Santos unlocked the door to goal for the South Americans in the 25th minute, his effort backheaded into Kelvin Jack's goal by T&T defender Brent Sancho.

Second half substitute Nelson Cuevas secured Paraguay's third place finish in Group G with his first goal of the tournament four minutes from the end.

It means T&T, the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup, leave their debut without scoring a goal but with their heads held high after holding Sweden to a draw and losing 2-0 to England in the last 10 minutes.

To have any chance of qualifying Trinidad needed to beat Paraguay and also hope for an England victory over Sweden in Group B's other fixture at Cologne.

However, despite a brave performance which seen Leo Beenhakker's West Indians come close to levelling in an entertaining second half it was not to be.

Paraguay found reward for their domination in the 25th minute after midfielder Roberto Acuna fired in a freekick from 25 yards. Dos Santos headed the ball on, and, unfortunately for Trinidad, so did Sancho as the ball found its way past Jack into the net.

Paraguay soaked up some rival pressure well, and in the 85th minute they went on the offensive, eventually finding the net when second half substitute Cuevas beat Jack easily after a nice one-two.