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 for winning the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
Group 1
Uruguay qualified.
Group 2
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.
Group 3
Argentina qualified.
Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 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.
Goalscorers
5 goals Héctor Silva
4 goals Pedro Rocha
3 goals
Luis Artime Ermindo Onega Alberto Fouilloux Leonel Sánchez Enrique Raymondi Pedro Pablo León
2 goals
Raúl Bernao Carlos Campos Sánchez Rubén Marcos Eugenio Méndez Ignacio Prieto Antonio Rada Hermenegildo Segrera Alberto Spencer Luis Zavalla
1 goal
Fortunato Castillo Ramón Quevedo Rolando Vargas Romulo Gómez Washington Muñoz Celino Mora Vicente Rodríguez Juan Carlos Rojas Nemesio Mosquera Jesús Peláez Miranda Víctor Zegarra Danilo Menezes José Urruzmendi Freddy Elie Rafael Santana Humberto Francisco Scovino Argenis Tortolero
1 own goal José Ramos Delgado (playing against Bolivia) Ricardo González (playing against Argentina)
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