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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 (footballer)|Zico]] <br>(5 goals)
| nextseason = [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1986]]
| prevseason = [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1978]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)}}
Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[1982 FIFA World Cup]] [[FIFA World Cup qualification|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 national football team|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==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) 1982, football - table and standings, match results, schedule, stats, videos, news |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/741/1982/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=soccer365.me}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=World Cup 1982 qualifications |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/82qual.html |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
!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}}
|- 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||&minus;1
|-
|'''3'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|VEN|1930}}
|'''2'''||4||1||0||3||1||9||&minus;8
|}

{{Football box
|date = 8 February 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|BRA|1968}}
|goals2 = [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]] {{Goal|82|pen.}}
|location = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
|stadium = [[Olympic Stadium (Caracas)|Olympic Stadium]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Ramón Barreto|Barreto Ruiz]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 15 February 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Miguel Aguilar (Bolivian footballer)|Aguilar]] {{goal|38}}  <br/> [[Carlos Aragonés|Aragonés]] {{goal|67}} <br/> [[Jesús Reynaldo|Reynaldo]] {{goal|84}}
|location = [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Valdez Barrios ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 22 February 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{Fb|BRA|1968}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Aragonés|Aragonés]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2 = [[Sócrates]] {{goal|6}} <br/> [[José Reinaldo de Lima|Reinaldo]] {{goal|60}}
|location = [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Enrique Labo Revoredo|Labo Revoredo]] ([[Federación Peruana de Fútbol|Peru]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 15 March 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Pedro Acosta (footballer)|Acosta]] {{goal|42}}
|location = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
|stadium = [[Olympic Stadium (Caracas)|Olympic Stadium]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Elías Jácome|Jacome Guerrero]] ([[Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol|Ecuador]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 22 March 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]] {{Goal|26|pen.|62||85}}
|goals2 = [[Carlos Aragonés|Aragonés]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|location = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|stadium = [[Maracanã Stadium]]
|attendance = 121,773
|referee = [[Gastón Castro|Castro Makuc]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 29 March 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|BRA|1968}}
|score = 5 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Tita (footballer, born 1958)|Tita]] {{Goal|35||57}}<br />[[Sócrates]] {{Goal|55}}<br />[[Zico (footballer)|Zico]] {{Goal|72|pen.}}<br />[[Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior|Júnior]] {{Goal|84}}
|location = [[Goiânia]], [[Brazil]]
|stadium = [[Estádio Serra Dourada]]
|attendance = 34,229
|referee = Romero ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]])
}}

'''Brazil''' qualified.

==Group 2==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!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}}
|- 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||&minus;3
|}

{{Football box
|date = 26 July 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Darío Herrera|Herrera]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Guillermo La Rosa|La Rosa]] {{goal|86}}
|location = [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|stadium = [[Estadio El Campín]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Arturo Ithurralde|Ithurralde]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 9 August 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{Fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Rubén Paz|Paz]] {{goal|20}} <br/> [[Julio Morales (Uruguayan footballer)|Morales]] {{goal|80||88|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Pedro Sarmiento|Sarmiento]] {{goal|40}} <br/> [[Hernán Darío Herrera|Herrera]] {{goal|59}}
|location = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]]
|attendance = 68,000
|referee = Scolfaro ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 16 August 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Gerónimo Barbadillo|Barbadillo]] {{goal|5}} <br/> [[Julio César Uribe|Uribe]] {{goal|72|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|location = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
|stadium = [[National Stadium of Peru|Estadio Nacional]]
|attendance = 43,942
|referee = Llobregat Vicedo ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 23 August 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|team2 = {{Fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Waldemar Victorino|Victorino]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = [[Guillermo La Rosa|La Rosa]] {{goal|39}} <br/> [[Julio César Uribe|Uribe]] {{goal|47}}
|location = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]]
|attendance = 67,938
|referee = Silvagno Cavanna ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 6 September 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|URU}}
|location = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
|stadium = [[National Stadium of Peru|Estadio Nacional]]
|attendance = 44,325
|referee = [[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho|Coelho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 13 September 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Darío Herrera|Herrera]] {{goal|12|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Waldemar Victorino|Victorino]] {{goal|43|pen.}}
|location = [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]
|stadium = [[Estadio El Campín]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[José Roberto Wright|Wright]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

'''Peru''' qualified.

==Group 3==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=30|Rank
!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!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}}
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|CHI}}
|'''7'''||4||3||1||0||6||0||+6 
|-
|'''2'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|ECU}}
|'''3'''||4||1||1||2||2||5||&minus;3 
|-
|'''3'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Fb|PAR|1954}}
|'''2'''||4||1||0||3||3||6||&minus;3
|}

{{Football box
|date = 17 May 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|ECU}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|PAR|1954}}
|goals1 = [[Orly Klinger|Klinger]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2 =
|location = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera|Estadio Modelo]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Luis Barrancos|Barrancos]] ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 24 May 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|ECU}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|CHI}}
|location = [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera|Estadio Modelo]]
|attendance = 48,000
|referee = [[Juan Daniel Cardellino|Cardellino]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 31 May 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PAR|1954}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|ECU}}
|goals1 = [[Miguel María Michelagnoli|Michelagnoli]] {{goal|47}} <br/> [[Eugenio Morel|Morel]] {{goal|64}} <br/> [[Julio César Romero|Romero]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Wilson Nieves|Nieves]] {{goal|88}}
|location = [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Cerullo Giuliano ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 7 June 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|PAR|1954}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|team2 = {{Fb|CHI}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Patricio Yáñez|Yáñez]] {{goal|70}}
|location = [[Asunción]], [[Paraguay]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Carlos Espósito|Espósito]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 14 June 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|ECU}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1953)|Rivas]] {{goal|10}} <br/> [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
|location = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]]
|attendance = 79,209
|referee = [[Gilberto Aristizábal|Aristizábal Murcia]] ([[Federación Colombiana de Fútbol|Colombia]])
}}
---- 
{{Football box
|date = 21 June 1981
|team1 = {{Fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|team2 = {{Fb|PAR|1954}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Caszely|Caszely]] {{goal|10}} <br/> [[Patricio Yáñez|Yáñez]] {{goal|11}} <br/> [[Miguel Ángel Neira|Neira]] {{goal|28}}
|location = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]]
|attendance = 75,075
|referee = [[Romualdo Arppi Filho|Arppi Filho]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

'''Chile''' qualified.

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|ARG}} || {{sort|2|Defending champions}} || {{dts|25 June 1978}} || 7 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], '''''[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]''''')
|-
| {{fb|BRA}} || {{sort|2|[[#CONMEBOL Group 1|Group 1]] winners}} || {{dts|29 March 1981}} || 11 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], ''[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]'', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]''', '''[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]''', [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], '''[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]''', [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]])
|-
| {{fb|PER}} || {{sort|1|[[#CONMEBOL Group 2|Group 2]] winners}} || {{dts|6 September 1981}} || 3 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]])
|-
| {{fb|CHI}} || {{sort|1|[[#CONMEBOL Group 3|Group 3]] winners}} || {{dts|21 June 1981}} || 5 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], ''[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]'', [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]])
|-
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Goalscorers==

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Carlos Aragonés]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernán Darío Herrera]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Sócrates]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Tita (footballer, born 1958)|Tita]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Carlos Caszely]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Patricio Yáñez]]
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Guillermo La Rosa]]
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Julio César Uribe]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Julio Morales (Uruguayan footballer)|Julio Morales]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Waldemar Victorino]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miguel Aguilar (Bolivian footballer)|Miguel Aguilar]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Jesús Reynardo]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior|Júnior]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[José Reinaldo de Lima|Reinaldo]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miguel Ángel Neira]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1953)|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 (footballer)|Pedro Acosta]]
{{div col end}}

==See also==
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)]]
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)]]
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}

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