1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
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A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup
qualification
rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts and defending champions qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Key:
Europe (UEFA
FIFA rejected the entry of . The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (three groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
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Romania qualified.
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Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Czechoslovakia qualified.
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Italy qualified.
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Soviet Union qualified.
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Sweden qualified.
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Belgium qualified.
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West Germany qualified.
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Bulgaria qualified.
South America (CONMEBOL
The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
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Peru qualified.
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Brazil qualified.
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Uruguay qualified.
North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF
FIFA rejected the entry of . There would be three rounds of play:
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United States advanced to the Semifinal Round.
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Haiti advanced to the Semifinal Round.
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Honduras advanced to the Semifinal Round.
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El Salvador advanced to the Semifinal Round.
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Haiti advanced to the Final Round.
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El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War
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El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
El Salvador qualified.
Africa (CAF
FIFA rejected the entries of and . There would be three rounds of play:
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The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
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Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.
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Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.
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Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.
Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.
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Sudan advanced to the Final Round.
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Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
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Morocco qualified.
Asia and Oceania (AFC
withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play . There would be three rounds of play:
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Australia advanced to the Second Round.
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Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
Australia advanced to the Final Round.
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Israel advanced to the Final Round.
North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel.
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Israel qualified.
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(h) – qualified automatically as hosts
(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions
1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...
qualification
FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...
rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts and defending champions qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
- Europe (UEFAUEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
): 9 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier , while the other 8 places were contested by 29 teams. - South America (CONMEBOLCONMEBOLThe South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
): 3 places, contested by 10 teams. - NorthNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAFCONCACAFThe Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
): 2 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier , while the other 1 place was contested by 13 teams. - Africa (CAFConfederation of African FootballThe Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...
): 1 place, contested by 13 teams. (13 teams applied, but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 teams. A 14th team from Africa, Rhodesia, entered through a non-CAF qualifying system.) - Asia and Oceania (AFCAsian Football ConfederationThe Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
/OFCOceania Football ConfederationThe Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...
): 1 place, contested by 7 teams (including ).
A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match).
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals1970 FIFA World CupThe 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...
. - Teams highlighted in red in the same table finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground.
Europe (UEFAUEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
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FIFA rejected the entry of . The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (three groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.Group 1
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
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| 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 |
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Romania qualified.
Group 2
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| 1= | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 1= | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 |
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Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
Czechoslovakia qualified.
Group 3
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
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Italy qualified.
Group 4
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 |
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Soviet Union qualified.
Group 5
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 |
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Sweden qualified.
Group 6
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| 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 28 | −22 |
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Belgium qualified.
Group 7
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| 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 35 | −32 |
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West Germany qualified.
Group 8
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| 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 24 | −20 |
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Bulgaria qualified.
South America (CONMEBOLCONMEBOLThe South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
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The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.Group 1
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
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Peru qualified.
Group 2
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| 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 |
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Brazil qualified.
Group 3
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
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Uruguay qualified.
North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAFCONCACAFThe Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
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FIFA rejected the entry of . There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Semifinal Round.
- Semifinal Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
Group 1
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
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United States advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Group 2
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 |
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Haiti advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Group 3
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| 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 |
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Honduras advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Group 4
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
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El Salvador advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Group 1
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| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
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Haiti advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
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| 1= | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1= | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
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El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War
Football War
The Football War , also known as the Soccer War or 100 hour War, was a four-day war fought by El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. It was caused by political conflicts between Hondurans and Salvadorans, namely issues concerning immigration from El Salvador to Honduras...
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Final Round
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| 1= | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1= | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
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El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.
El Salvador qualified.
Africa (CAFConfederation of African FootballThe Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...
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FIFA rejected the entries of and . There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by aggregate score) would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: The 6 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
First Round
The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.----
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.
Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.
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Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.
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Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.
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Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.
Second Round
The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.
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Sudan advanced to the Final Round.
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Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.
Final Round
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| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 |
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Morocco qualified.
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withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play . There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: , and received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 3 teams, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: The 4 teams were divided into 2 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
First Round
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | |
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Australia advanced to the Second Round.
Group 1
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| 1= | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1= | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.
Australia advanced to the Final Round.
Group 2
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| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | |
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Israel advanced to the Final Round.
North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel.
Final Round
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
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Israel qualified.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...
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| 5th | 1 | 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game... |
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| 9th | 9 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 3rd | 3 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 6th | 1 | 1962 1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final... |
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| (c) | 6th | 6 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 7th | 3 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| (h) | 7th | 6 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 2nd | 1 | 1930 1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930... |
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| 4th | 1 | 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:... |
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| 5th | 1 | 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final for their first title. To date, this marks the only occasion that a World Cup staged in Europe was not won by a European... |
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| 6th | 3 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 4th | 4 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
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| 7th | 5 | 1966 1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.-Host selection:England was chosen as... |
(h) – qualified automatically as hosts
(c) – qualified automatically as defending champions