Tourney Name: | FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) |
Num Teams: | 9 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Matches: | 18 |
Goals: | 61 |
Attendance: | 659802 |
Top Scorer: | Héctor Silva (5 Goals) |
Prevseason: | 1962 |
Nextseason: | 1970 |
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. Brazil did not participate, as they were granted a spot in the finals after winning the 1962 World Cup.
See main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 1).
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1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | |||||||||||
2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | |||||||||||
3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Uruguay qualified.
See main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2).
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1= | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | |||||||||||
1= | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |||||||||||
3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
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Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Chile qualified.
See main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 3).
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1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | |||||||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | |||||||||||
3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 |
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Argentina qualified.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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7 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962) | ||||
3 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962) | ||||
3 (1930, 1950, 1962) | ||||
4 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962) | ||||
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.