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1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Field	Value
tourney_name	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
dates	20 February 1977 – 14 July 1977
num_teams	9
confederations	1
matches	21
goals	55
top_scorer	BRA Zico
(5 goals)
nextseason	[1982](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-conmebol)
prevseason	[1974](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification-conmebol)

(5 goals) 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.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

First Round: 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 advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other once in a neutral venue. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. The third-placed team would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Zico Marinho Rivellino

Brazil advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Jiménez Aguilar

Aragonés

Bolivia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 3

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Oblitas Luces

Castro

Oblitas

Peru advanced to the Final Round.

Final round

Rank	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	4	2	2	0	9	0	+9
2	2	2	1	1	5	1	+4
3	0	2	0	2	0	13	−13

Roberto Gil Cerezo Marcelo

José Velásquez Rojas

Brazil and Peru qualified. Bolivia advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Main article: 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup[1](1)
			6 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup), [1966](1966-fifa-world-cup), [1974](1974-fifa-world-cup))
			10 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1934](1934-fifa-world-cup), [1938](1938-fifa-world-cup), [1950](1950-fifa-world-cup), [1954](1954-fifa-world-cup), [1958](1958-fifa-world-cup), [1962](1962-fifa-world-cup), [1966](1966-fifa-world-cup), [1970](1970-fifa-world-cup), [1974](1974-fifa-world-cup))
			2 ([1930](1930-fifa-world-cup), [1970](1970-fifa-world-cup))

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals

BRA Zico

;4 goals

BRA Roberto Dinamite
PER Juan Carlos Oblitas

;3 goals

BOL Miguel Aguilar
BOL Carlos Aragonés
BOL Porfirio Jiménez
PER José Velásquez

;2 goals

BRA Gilberto Alves
BRA Marinho Chagas
CHI Elías Figueroa
PAR Carlos Jara Saguier
PER Teófilo Cubillas
URU Dario Pereyra
URU Nitder Pizzani

;1 goal

BOL Oviedo Mezza
BRA Toninho Cerezo
BRA Marcelo Oliveira
BRA Rivellino
CHI Sergio Ahumada
CHI Osvaldo Castro
CHI Miguel Ángel Gamboa
COL Eduardo Vilarete
ECU José Fabián Paz y Miño
PAR Carlos José Báez
PER Alejandro Luces
PER Juan José Muñante
PER Percy Rojas
PER Hugo Sotil
URU Washington Oliveira
VEN Vicente Flores
VEN Rafael Iriarte

;1 own goal

BOL Windsor del Llano (playing against Hungary)
PAR José Domingo Insfrán (playing against Brazil)

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