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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 between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

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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 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.

CONMEBOL Group 1

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

CONMEBOL Group 2

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

CONMEBOL Group 3

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Goalscorers

;5 goals * Zico ;3 goals *

Carlos Aragonés Carlos Aragonés Espinoza (born 16 February 1956), nicknamed "Aragonez" in Brazil, is a former Bolivian football (soccer) midfielder, who is Bolivia national team's third-placed all-time goalscorer. He played for several top-level clubs of Bo ...

* 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 styl ...

* Tita *

Carlos Caszely Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born 5 July 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean former footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" ( en, King of the square meter, pt, O Rei do Metro Quadrado), who played as a forward. Regarded as one o ...

Patricio Yáñez Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia (born January 20, 1961) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Yáñez began his career in 1977 with San Luis and won the Copa Apertura Segunda División and Chilean Segunda Divisi� ...

Guillermo La Rosa Guillermo Claudio La Rosa Laguna (born June 6, 1952) is a retired football forward from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number nineteen jersey. He’s nicknamed the 'tan ...

Julio César Uribe Julio César Uribe Flores (born May 9, 1958 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He is the current manag ...

* Julio Morales *

Waldemar Victorino Waldemar Victorino (born 22 May 1952, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a forward; he played football in 6 countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Ecuador and Peru. Victorino is famous for scoring the winni ...

;1 goal * Miguel Aguilar * Jesús Reynardo * Júnior * Reinaldo *

Miguel Ángel Neira Miguel Ángel Neira Pincheira (born October 9, 1952) is a retired football midfielder from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number twenty jersey. He played club football for O'Higgins, Unió ...

* Carlos Rivas *

Pedro Sarmiento Pedro Enrique Sarmiento Solís (born 26 October 1956) is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. Playing career Club Born in Medellín, Sarmiento played for Atlético ...

* Wilson Nieves * Lupo Quiñónez * Miguel María Michelagnoli *

Eugenio Morel Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado (born 2 February 1950) is a retired professional footballer. He has been characterized as a very fast, talented left-footed player who scored many goals playing the left forward position. Childhood and youth Morel ...

Julio César Romero Julio César Romero Insfrán (born 28 August 1960), nicknamed ''Romerito'', is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, considered among the greatest players in Paraguayan football history. He is the only Paraguay ...

Gerónimo Barbadillo Gerónimo Barbadillo González (born September 29, 1954) is a retired Peruvian footballer. A right winger, he spent his best seasons with Tigres UANL of the Liga MX and was known for his speed, dribbling and goal-scoring ability. He also played ...

Rubén Paz Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez (born 8 August 1959) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Paz played at two FIFA World Cups for Uruguay and was also South American Footballer of the Year in 1988. He retired in 2 ...

* Pedro Acosta

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CONMEBOL Group 1

CONMEBOL Group 2

CONMEBOL Group 3

Goalscorers

See also

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