1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol México 70
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	31 May – 21 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	West Germany
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
Attendance	1,604,065 (50,127 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gerd Müller (10 goals)
Best young player	Teófilo Cubillas
Fair play award	Peru
	← 1966 1974 →

The 1970 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Mexico in 1970. 16 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after beating Italy in the final. Djibouti did not participate, as it was not yet a country.

Participants

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (1)

Israel

CAF (1)

Morocco

OFC (0)

None qualified

CONCACAF (2)

El Salvador
Mexico (hosts)

CONMEBOL (3)

UEFA (9)

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	URS	MEX	BEL	SLV	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Soviet Union	-	0-0	4-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	6	1	5	Round 2
2	Mexico	0-0	-	1-0	4-0	3	2	1	0	5	0	5	Round 2
3	Belgium	1-4	0-1	-	3-0	3	1	0	2	4	5	2
4	El Salvador	0-2	0-4	0-3	-	3	0	0	3	0	9	0

Group B

Pos	Team	ITA	URU	SWE	ISR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Italy	-	0-0	1-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	1	0	4	Round 2
2	Uruguay	0-0	-	0-1	2-0	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	Round 2
3	Sweden	0-1	1-0	-	1-1	3	1	1	1	2	2	3
4	Israel	0-0	0-2	1-1	-	3	0	2	1	1	3	2

Group C

Pos	Team	BRA	ENG	ROU	TCH	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-0	3-2	4-1	3	3	0	0	8	3	6	Round 2
2	England	0-1	-	1-0	1-0	3	2	0	1	2	1	4	Round 2
3	Romania	2-3	0-1	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	4	5	2
4	Czechoslovakia	1-4	0-1	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	2	7	0

Group D

Pos	Team	FRG	PER	BUL	MAR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	West Germany	-	3-1	5-2	2-1	3	3	0	0	10	4	6	Round 2
2	Peru	1-3	-	3-2	3-0	3	2	0	1	7	5	4	Round 2
3	Bulgaria	2-5	2-3	-	1-1	3	0	1	2	5	9	1
4	Morocco	1-2	0-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	2	6	1

Round 2

Brazil won the championship.

References

FIFA Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine