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1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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{{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

}}

{{Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)}}

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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!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}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|BRA|1968}}

|8

4400112+9
2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|BOL}}

|2

410356−1
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|VEN|1930}}

|2

410319−8

{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

Brazil qualified.

Group 2

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!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team

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!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}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|PER}}

|6

422052+3
2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|URU}}

|4

4121550
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|COL}}

|2

402247−3

{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

Peru qualified.

Group 3

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!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team

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!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}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|CHI}}

|7

431060+6
2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|ECU}}

|3

411225−3
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|PAR|1954}}

|2

410336−3

{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

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{{Football box

|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)

}}

Chile qualified.

Qualified teams

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

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Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1

{{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

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  • {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Zico

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;3 goals

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;2 goals

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;1 goal

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1982 Fifa World Cup Qualification (Conmebol)}}

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