Tourney Name: | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) |
Num Teams: | 9 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Matches: | 21 |
Goals: | 55 |
Top Scorer: | Zico (5 goals) |
Nextseason: | 1982 |
Prevseason: | 1974 |
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American Zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 3.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. Argentina, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 2.5 spots open for competition between 9 teams.
There would be two rounds of play:
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 |
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Brazil advanced to the Final Round.
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1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | |||||||||||
3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 |
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Bolivia advanced to the Final Round.
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |||||||||||
2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |||||||||||
3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 |
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Peru advanced to the Final Round.
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1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | |||||||||||
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
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Brazil and Peru qualified.Bolivia advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.
See main article: article and 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off).
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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6 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974) | ||||
10 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974) | ||||
2 (1930, 1970) | ||||
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.