Football World Cup 1970

1970 Football World Cup - Mexico Mexico 70
Missing image 1970_Football_World_Cup_poster.jpg 1970 Football World Cup poster Official 1970 Football World Cup poster
Participant teams	70 (final tournament: 16)
Host	Mexico
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Matches played	32
Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
Attendance	1,673,975 (52,312 per match)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller (FRG) 10 goals

The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. It was Pelé's third and final World Cup victory.

The format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals.

Since this was the third win for the Brazilian team (they had already won 1958 and 1962), they were entitled to keep the Jules Rimet trophy. Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo was the first footballer to become World champion as player (1958, 1962) and coach.

Brazilian right winger Jairzinho scored at least one goal in each of the six games played by the Brazilian team in the World Cup (in the first game, against Czechoslovakia, he scored two), a feat which has never been repeated. However, the striker of the tournament was West Germany's Gerd Müller, with impressive 10 goals in the competition. Müller incredibly made a hat-trick in two consecutive games, against Bulgaria and Peru in the Group Stage. But he didn't score in Germany's last game (the 3rd place match) against Uruguay.

The most memorable match of the tournament, and by many regarded as one of the greatest matches in World Cup history, may have been the Italian 4-3 win after extra time over West Germany in the semifinal. Italy led by 1-0 until the 90th minute when Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored the equaliser during injury time. Then, during extra time, the lead changed from a German 2-1 to an Italian 3-2, when Gerd Müller equalized again before Gianni Rivera scored the winning goal in the 111th minute.

The qualification tournament for this World Cup was the cause of the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.

Contents

1 First round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Quarterfinals 3 Semifinals 4 Third place match 5 Final

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png USSR 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 Missing image Mexico_flag_large.png Mexico 5 3 2 1 0 5 0 Missing image Belgium_flag_large.png Belgium 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 Missing image El_salvador_flag_large.png El Salvador 0 3 0 0 3 0 9

Mexico 0 - 0 USSR Belgium 3 - 0 El Salvador USSR 4 - 1 Belgium Mexico 4 - 0 El Salvador USSR 2 - 0 El Salvador Mexico 1 - 0 Belgium

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 Missing image Uruguay_flag_large.png Uruguay 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 Missing image Sweden_flag_large.png Sweden 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 Missing image Israel_flag_large.png Israel 2 3 0 2 1 1 3

Uruguay 2 - 0 Israel Italy 1 - 0 Sweden Italy 0 - 0 Uruguay Sweden 1 - 1 Israel Sweden 1 - 0 Uruguay Italy 0 - 0 Israel

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 6 3 3 0 0 8 3 Missing image England_flag_large.png England 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 Missing image Romania_flag_large.png Romania 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 Missing image Czech_republic_flag_large.png Czechoslovakia 0 3 0 0 3 2 7

England 1 - 0 Romania Brazil 4 - 1 Czechoslovakia Romania 2 - 1 Czechoslovakia Brazil 1 - 0 England Brazil 3 - 2 Romania England 1 - 0 Czechoslovakia

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany 6 3 3 0 0 10 4 Missing image Peru_flag_large.png Peru 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 Missing image Bulgaria_flag_large.png Bulgaria 1 3 0 1 2 5 9 Missing image Morocco_flag_large.png Morocco 1 3 0 1 2 2 6

Peru 3 - 2 Bulgaria West Germany 2 - 1 Morocco Peru 3 - 0 Morocco West Germany 5 - 2 Bulgaria West Germany 3 - 1 Peru Morocco 1 - 1 Bulgaria

Quarterfinals

June 14, 1970
Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 4 - 2 Missing image Peru_flag_large.png Peru Missing image Uruguay_flag_large.png Uruguay 1 - 0 (AET) Missing image Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png USSR	Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy 4 - 1 Missing image Mexico_flag_large.png Mexico Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany 3 - 2 (AET) Missing image England_flag_large.png England

Semifinals

June 17, 1970
Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 3 - 1 Missing image Uruguay_flag_large.png Uruguay	Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy 4 - 3 (AET) Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany

Third place match

June 20, 1970

Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany 1 - 0 Missing image Uruguay_flag_large.png Uruguay

Final

June 21, 1970

Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 4 - 1 Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy

FIFA (Men's) World Cup

Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | South Africa 2010 | South America 2014

FIFA Women's World Cup

China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007

International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

See also: Football World Cup 1970, 1970, African Nations Cup, Asian Cup, Asian Football Confederation, Belgium national football team, Brazil national football team