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The [[CONMEBOL|South American section]] of the '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification]]''' saw 8 teams competing 3 berths in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|finals]].
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
| year           =
| dates          = April 13, 1957 - July 28, 1957
| num_teams      = 8<ref>Venezuela withdrew without playing any matches</ref>
| confederations = 1
| matches        = 14
| goals          = 39
| attendance     = 529460
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|ARG|alt}} [[Omar Oreste Corbatta]]<br>{{fbicon|ARG|alt}} [[Norberto Menéndez]]<br>{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Máximo Alcócer]]<br>
{{fbicon|PAR|1954}} [[Juan Bautista Agüero]]<br> {{fbicon|PAR|1954}} [[Florencio Amarilla]] (5 goals)
| prevseason     = [[1954 FIFA World Cup qualification#Group 11|1954]]
| nextseason     = [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|1962]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)}}
==Format==
The 9 teams were divided into 3 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis with the group winners qualifying for the final tournament.
==Groups==
===Group 1===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)}}
{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 1)}}
(Venezuela withdrew)
===Group 2===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)}}
{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 2)}}
===Group 3===
{{Main|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)}}
{{:1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL - Group 3)}}
==Qualified Teams==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|BRA}} || {{sort|1|[[#CONMEBOL Group 1|Group 1]] winners}} || {{dts|21 April 1957}} || 5 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], ''[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]'', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]])
|-
| {{fb|ARG|alt}} || {{sort|2|[[#CONMEBOL Group 2|Group 2]] winners}} || {{dts|27 October 1957}} || 2 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]])
|-
| {{fb|PAR|1954}} || {{sort|3| [[#CONMEBOL Group 3|Group 3]] winners}} || {{dts|8 July 1957}} || 2 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>
==Goalscorers==
;3 goals
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*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Omar Oreste Corbatta]]
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Norberto Menéndez]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Máximo Alcócer]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Juan Bautista Agüero]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Florencio Amarilla]]
{{div col end}}
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Roberto Zárate]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Ramírez (footballer, born 1931)|Jaime Ramírez]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Ángel Jara Saguier]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Enrique Jara Saguier]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Norberto Conde]]
*{{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Eliseo Prado]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Ricardo Alcón]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Ausberto García]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Índio (footballer, born 1931)|Índio]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Guillermo Díaz (footballer, born 1930)|Guillermo Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Arango]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Ricardo Díaz (footballer)|Ricardo Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Jaime Gutiérrez]]
*{{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Óscar Aguilera]]
*{{flagicon|PER}} [[Alberto Terry]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Javier Ambrois]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Eladio Benítez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[William Martínez (footballer)|William Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Óscar Míguez]]
{{div col end}}
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/58qual.html RSSF.com]
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