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

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did not participate, as they were granted a spot in the finals after winning the 1962 World Cup.

Group 1

Results

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Uruguay qualified.

Group 2

Results

---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Play-off

Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Chile qualified.

Group 3

Results

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Argentina qualified.

Qualified Teams

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Héctor Silva ;4 goals * Pedro Virgilio Rocha ;3 goals *

Luis Artime Luis Artime (born 2 December 1938) is an Argentine former association football, footballer, who played as a Striker (association football), striker, and scored more than 1,000 goals during his career. His son Luis Fabián Artime is also a retired ...

* Ermindo Onega * Alberto Fouilloux * Leonel Sánchez * Enrique Raymondi * Pedro Pablo León ;2 goals * Raúl Bernao * Carlos Campos Sánchez * Rubén Marcos *

Eugenio Méndez Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez (born 23 November 1941) is a Chilean former football winger who played professionally in Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia. Club career Born in Valparaíso, Méndez began playing football as a right winger wi ...

* Ignacio Prieto * Antonio Rada * Hermenegildo Segrera * Alberto Pedro Spencer * Luis Zavalla ;1 goal * Fortunato Castillo * Ramón Quevedo * Rolando Vargas * Romulo Gómez * Washington Muñoz * Celino Mora *

Vicente Rodríguez Vicente Rodríguez Guillén (; born 16 July 1981), known simply as Vicente, nicknamed ''El puñal de Benicalap'' (''The dagger of Benicalap''), is a Spanish former professional footballer. A left winger with outstanding technique, pace and s ...

* Juan Carlos Rojas * Nemesio Mosquera * Jesús Peláez Miranda * Víctor Zegarra * Danilo Menezes * José Urruzmendi * Freddy Elie * Rafael Santana * Humberto Francisco Scovino * Argenis Tortolero ;1 own goal *

José Ramos Delgado José Manuel Ramos Delgado (25 August 1935 – 3 December 2010) was an Argentina, Argentine Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), manager. He played for the Argentina national football team in two FIFA World Cup, ...

(playing against

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

) * Ricardo González (playing against

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)

References

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FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)