1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

{{Single source|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

| dates = {{nowrap|8 February 1981 – 13 September 1981}}

| num_teams = 9

| confederations = 1

| matches = 18

| goals = 42

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Zico
(5 goals)

| nextseason = 1986

| prevseason = 1978

}}

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Argentina, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 3 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Group 1

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style="background:#ccffcc;" \|1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|BRA\|1968}} \|8	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9
2 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|BOL}} \|2	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1
3 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|VEN\|1930}} \|2	4	1	0	3	1	9	−8

{{Footballbox

|date = 8 February 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|VEN|1930}}

|score = 0 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|BRA|1968}}

|goals2 = Zico {{Goal|82|pen.}}

|location = Caracas, Venezuela

|stadium = Olympic Stadium

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 15 February 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BOL}}

|score = 3 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|VEN|1930}}

|goals1 = Aguilar {{goal|38}}
Aragonés {{goal|67}}
Reynaldo {{goal|84}}

|location = La Paz, Bolivia

|stadium = Estadio Hernando Siles

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Valdez Barrios (Paraguay)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 22 February 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BOL}}

|score = 1 – 2

|team2 = {{Fb|BRA|1968}}

|goals1 = Aragonés {{goal|27}}

|goals2 = Sócrates {{goal|6}}
Reinaldo {{goal|60}}

|location = La Paz, Bolivia

|stadium = Estadio Hernando Siles

|attendance = 50,000

|referee = Labo Revoredo (Peru)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 15 March 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|VEN|1930}}

|score = 1 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|BOL}}

|goals1 = Acosta {{goal|42}}

|location = Caracas, Venezuela

|stadium = Olympic Stadium

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Jacome Guerrero (Ecuador)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 22 March 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BRA|1968}}

|score = 3 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|BOL}}

|goals1 = Zico {{Goal|26|pen.|62||85}}

|goals2 = Aragonés {{goal|68|pen.}}

|location = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|stadium = Maracanã Stadium

|attendance = 121,773

|referee = Castro Makuc (Chile)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 29 March 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BRA|1968}}

|score = 5 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|VEN|1930}}

|goals1 = Tita {{Goal|35||57}}
Sócrates {{Goal|55}}
Zico {{Goal|72|pen.}}
Júnior {{Goal|84}}

|location = Goiânia, Brazil

|stadium = Estádio Serra Dourada

|attendance = 34,229

|referee = Romero (Argentina)

|nobars = 1

}}

Brazil qualified.

Group 2

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2 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|URU}} \|4	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
3 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|COL}} \|2	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3

{{Footballbox

|date = 26 July 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|COL}}

|score = 1 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|PER}}

|goals1 = Herrera {{goal|64}}

|goals2 = La Rosa {{goal|86}}

|location = Bogotá, Colombia

|stadium = Estadio El Campín

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Ithurralde (Argentina)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 9 August 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|URU}}

|score = 3 – 2

|team2 = {{Fb|COL}}

|goals1 = Paz {{goal|20}}
Morales {{goal|80||88|pen.}}

|goals2 = Sarmiento {{goal|40}}
Herrera {{goal|59}}

|location = Montevideo, Uruguay

|stadium = Estadio Centenario

|attendance = 68,000

|referee = Scolfaro (Brazil)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 16 August 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PER}}

|score = 2 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|COL}}

|goals1 = Barbadillo {{goal|5}}
Uribe {{goal|72|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|location = Lima, Peru

|stadium = Estadio Nacional

|attendance = 43,942

|referee = Llobregat Vicedo (Venezuela)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 23 August 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|URU}}

|score = 1 – 2

|team2 = {{Fb|PER}}

|goals1 = Victorino {{goal|67}}

|goals2 = La Rosa {{goal|39}}
Uribe {{goal|47}}

|location = Montevideo, Uruguay

|stadium = Estadio Centenario

|attendance = 67,938

|referee = Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 6 September 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PER}}

|score = 0 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|URU}}

|location = Lima, Peru

|stadium = Estadio Nacional

|attendance = 44,325

|referee = Coelho (Brazil)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 13 September 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|COL}}

|score = 1 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|URU}}

|goals1 = Herrera {{goal|12|pen.}}

|goals2 = Victorino {{goal|43|pen.}}

|location = Bogotá, Colombia

|stadium = Estadio El Campín

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Wright (Brazil)

|nobars = 1

}}

Peru qualified.

Group 3

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2 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|ECU}} \|3	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3
3 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|PAR\|1954}} \|2	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3

{{Footballbox

|date = 17 May 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|ECU}}

|score = 1 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|PAR|1954}}

|goals1 = Klinger {{goal|48}}

|goals2 =

|location = Guayaquil, Ecuador

|stadium = Estadio Modelo

|attendance = 55,000

|referee = Barrancos (Bolivia)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 24 May 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|ECU}}

|score = 0 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|CHI}}

|location = Guayaquil, Ecuador

|stadium = Estadio Modelo

|attendance = 48,000

|referee = Cardellino (Uruguay)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 31 May 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PAR|1954}}

|score = 3 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|ECU}}

|goals1 = Michelagnoli {{goal|47}}
Morel {{goal|64}}
Romero {{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Nieves {{goal|88}}

|location = Asunción, Paraguay

|stadium = Estadio Defensores del Chaco

|attendance = 40,000

|referee = Cerullo Giuliano (Uruguay)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 7 June 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PAR|1954}}

|score = 0 – 1

|team2 = {{Fb|CHI}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Yáñez {{goal|70}}

|location = Asunción, Paraguay

|stadium = Estadio Defensores del Chaco

|attendance = 50,000

|referee = Espósito (Argentina)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 14 June 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHI}}

|score = 2 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|ECU}}

|goals1 = Rivas {{goal|10}}
Caszely {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

|location = Santiago, Chile

|stadium = Estadio Nacional

|attendance = 79,209

|referee = Aristizábal Murcia (Colombia)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date = 21 June 1981

|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHI}}

|score = 3 – 0

|team2 = {{Fb|PAR|1954}}

|goals1 = Caszely {{goal|10}}
Yáñez {{goal|11}}
Neira {{goal|28}}

|location = Santiago, Chile

|stadium = Estadio Nacional

|attendance = 75,075

|referee = Arppi Filho (Brazil)

|nobars = 1

}}

Chile qualified.

Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"\|Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
class="wikitable sortable"
{{fb\|ARG}}	{{sort\|2\|Defending champions}}	{{dts\|25 June 1978}}	7 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, *1978*)
{{fb\|BRA}}	{{sort\|2\|Group 1 winners}}	{{dts\|29 March 1981}}	11 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978)
{{fb\|PER}}	{{sort\|1\|Group 2 winners}}	{{dts\|6 September 1981}}	3 (1930, 1970, 1978)
{{fb\|CHI}}	{{sort\|1\|Group 3 winners}}	{{dts\|21 June 1981}}	5 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;5 goals

{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Zico

;3 goals

{{flagicon|BOL}} Carlos Aragonés
{{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Darío Herrera

;2 goals

{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Sócrates
{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Tita
{{flagicon|CHI}} Carlos Caszely
{{flagicon|CHI}} Patricio Yáñez
{{flagicon|PER}} Guillermo La Rosa
{{flagicon|PER}} Julio César Uribe
{{flagicon|URU}} Julio Morales
{{flagicon|URU}} Waldemar Victorino

;1 goal

{{flagicon|BOL}} Miguel Aguilar
{{flagicon|BOL}} Jesús Reynardo
{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Júnior
{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Reinaldo
{{flagicon|CHI}} Miguel Ángel Neira
{{flagicon|CHI}} Carlos Rivas
{{flagicon|COL}} Pedro Sarmiento
{{flagicon|ECU}} Wilson Nieves
{{flagicon|ECU}} Lupo Quiñónez
{{flagicon|PAR}} Miguel María Michelagnoli
{{flagicon|PAR}} Eugenio Morel
{{flagicon|PAR}} Julio César Romero
{{flagicon|PER}} Gerónimo Barbadillo
{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Paz
{{flagicon|VEN|1954}} Pedro Acosta

References

External links

CONMEBOL

Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

World

width=30\|Rank !width=165 style="text-align:left;"\|Team !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Matches played}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=20\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|1 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|PER}} \|6	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3
2 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|URU}} \|4	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
3 \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{Fb\|COL}} \|2	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3

Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! data-sort-type="number"\|Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
class="wikitable sortable"
{{fb\|ARG}}	{{sort\|2\|Defending champions}}	{{dts\|25 June 1978}}	7 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, *1978*)
{{fb\|BRA}}	{{sort\|2\|Group 1 winners}}	{{dts\|29 March 1981}}	11 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978)
{{fb\|PER}}	{{sort\|1\|Group 2 winners}}	{{dts\|6 September 1981}}	3 (1930, 1970, 1978)
{{fb\|CHI}}	{{sort\|1\|Group 3 winners}}	{{dts\|21 June 1981}}	5 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974)

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Qualified teams

Goalscorers

See also

References

External links