1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American Zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification.
The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 3 teams each and [|1] group of 4 teams. 3 spots were open for competition. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis.

Groups

Group 1

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Peru qualified.
This has been the only time that Argentina failed to qualify to a World Cup tournament.

Group 2

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Brazil qualified.

Group 3

Rank	Team
1		7	4	3	1	0	5	0	+5
2		4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
3		1	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6

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Uruguay qualified.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
			1
			8
			5