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1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national footbal ...

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rounds for the South American zone (

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). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 109 teams entered the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 14 October 1979 at Zürich, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament, an increase from 16 in the pre ...

''. A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 4 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

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, 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

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Brazil qualified.

Group 2

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Peru qualified.

Group 3

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Chile qualified.

Qualified teams

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

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Zico ;3 goals * Carlos Aragonés * Hernán Darío Herrera ;2 goals *

Sócrates Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (19 February 1954 – 4 December 2011), simply known as Sócrates , was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. His medical degree and his political awareness, combined with s ...

* Tita * Carlos Caszely *

Patricio Yáñez Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia (born January 20, 1961) is a Chilean former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career Yáñez began his career in 1977 with San Luis de Quillota, San L ...

Guillermo La Rosa Guillermo Claudio La Rosa Laguna (born June 6, 1952) is a Peruvian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 FIFA Wo ...

* Julio César Uribe * Julio Morales *

Waldemar Victorino Waldemar Victorino Barreto (22 May 1952 – 29 August 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward. He played football in six countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Victorino is famous for scoring the wi ...

;1 goal * Miguel Aguilar * Jesús Reynardo * Júnior * Reinaldo * Miguel Ángel Neira * Carlos Rivas * Pedro Sarmiento * Wilson Nieves * Lupo Quiñónez * Miguel María Michelagnoli *

Eugenio Morel Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado (born 2 February 1950) is a former Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a left forward. He has been characterized as a very fast, talented left-footed player who scored many goals playing the left forw ...

* Julio César Romero * Gerónimo Barbadillo * Rubén Paz * Pedro Acosta

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FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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