| Details | |
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| Duration | 27 August 1977 – 10 December 1978 |
| Edition | 67th |
| Teams | 50 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | United States |
| ← 1977 1979 → |
| Semifinals 15–17 December 1977 |
Final 17–19 March |
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| United States | ||||||||
| bye | Nashville, TN, United States (indoor carpet) | |||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||
| Johannesburg, South Africa | South Africa | 1 | ||||||
| South Africa | 4 | |||||||
| Colombia | 1 |
| First Round 1–6 November 1977 |
Qualifying Round 9–11 December 1977 |
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| Chile | ||||||||
| Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Chile | 5 | |||||||
| Lima, Peru | ||||||||
| Bolivia | 0 | |||||||
| Peru | 0 |