finals
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
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Format
Among the 7 teams,
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
were drawn to play in the
CONMEBOL / CCCF / NAFC Intercontinental Play-off
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Surina ...
. The remaining 6 teams were divided into 3 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
Brazil
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did not participate, as they qualified automatically after winning the 1958 World Cup while
Chile
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qualified automatically as hosts.
Venezuela
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did not enter the tournament.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Inter-confederation play-offs
Goalscorers
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Oreste Corbatta
Oreste Omar Corbatta Fernández (11 March 1936 – 5 December 1991) was an Argentine footballer who played as right winger. Corbatta is regarded as the greatest idol in the history of Racing Club.
Dubbed '' Arlequín''Martín Pando
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José Sanfilippo
José Francisco "El Nene" Sanfilippo (born 4 May 1935) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Sanfilippo was born in Buenos Aires. During his club career he played for San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and Banfield in ...
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Rubén Héctor Sosa
Rubén Héctor Sosa (14 November 1936 – 13 September 2008) was an Argentine football forward who played for Argentina in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He was nicknamed ''Marqués'' ( Marquis). He also played in Argentina for Racing Club, Platen ...
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Carlos Alberto Raffo
Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an Argentine football striker who played international football for Ecuador. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87.
Club career
Born ...
Máximo Alcócer
Máximo Luis Alcócer (15 April 1933 – 13 May 2014) was a Bolivian footballer whose career lasted for almost ten years. His career debut began in 1954. He retired in 1964.
Club career
Alcócer played for Club Union Maestranza, Club Wilste ...
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Wilfredo Camacho
Wilfredo Camacho (born 21 June 1935) is a Bolivian former footballer. He played in nine matches for the Bolivia national football team from 1963 to 1967. He was also part of Bolivia's squad that won the 1963 South American Championship
The 1 ...
Alberto Spencer
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera (6 December 1937 – 3 November 2006) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time He is probably best known for his still-standi ...
Ángel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera (; born 12 September 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as ''"El Pato"'' in Spanish ''("The Duck")'' for his waddling gait. He is a two-tim ...
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Luis Cubilla
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida (28 March 1940 – 3 March 2013) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American ...
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Guillermo Escalada
Guillermo Escalada (born 24 April 1936) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Escalada began playing club football with Club Nacional de Football, where he would win league titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. He also playe ...
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...