| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 25 August 1976 – 4 December 1977 |
| Edition | 66th |
| Teams | 55 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | Australia |
| ← 1976 1978 → |
| First Round 8 October–1 November 1976 |
Qualifying Round 3–14 November 1976 |
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| Brazil | ||||||||
| São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||
| La Paz, Bolivia (clay) | ||||||||
| Bolivia | 0 | |||||||
| Bolivia | 4 | |||||||
| Peru | 1 | |||||||
| Argentina | ||||||||
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||
| Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | ||||||||
| Ecuador | 1 | |||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | |||||||
| Ecuador | 3 | |||||||
| Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 4 | |||||||
| Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||
| Colombia | 0 |