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Results Group 1

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

Results Group 2

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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.

Results Group 3(C)

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 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 *

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* Enrique Raymondi * Pedro Pablo León ;2 goals * Raúl Bernao *

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* Rubén Marcos * Eugenio Méndez *

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* Antonio Rada * Hermenegildo Segrera * Alberto Pedro Spencer * Luis Zavalla ;1 goal * Fortunato Castillo * Ramón Quevedo * Rolando Vargas * Romulo Gómez *

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* Juan Carlos Rojas *

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* Jesús Peláez Miranda * Víctor Zegarra * Danilo Menezes *

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* Humberto Francisco Scovino * Argenis Tortolero ;1 own goal * José Ramos Delgado (playing against Bolivia) * Ricardo González (playing against

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