1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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.

Results
Uruguay qualified.

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
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


 * 🇦🇷 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 Pedro 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)