World Cup 1970

The World Cup 1970 was played in Mexico (31 May – 21 June). 16 teams played 32 matches and scored 95 goals — 2.97 per match; 1,603,975 spectators attended.

Brazil won the title, beating Italy in the final (4–1) at Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, referee Rudi Glöckner.

Also in the last four: West Germany and Uruguay.

Top scorer: Gerd Müller with 8 goals.

Player of the tournament: Pelé (Brazil); best young player: Teófilo Cubillas.

MexicoHosts

32Matches

95Goals

2.97Goals per match

1,603,975Attendance

Knockout matches

Final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
21 June 1970	Brazil – Italy	4–1	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Third-place match

Date	Match	Score	Venue
20 June 1970	Uruguay – West Germany	0–1	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Semi-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
17 June 1970	Italy – West Germany	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
17 June 1970	Uruguay – Brazil	1–3	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara{{efn-ua\|This match was originally scheduled in Mexico City, Estadio Azteca. Three days before the semi-final the venue was changed to Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco, despite Uruguayan appeals.}}

Quarter-final

Date	Match	Score	Venue
14 June 1970	Brazil – Peru	4–2	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
14 June 1970	West Germany – England	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Estadio Nou Camp, León
14 June 1970	Italy – Mexico	4–1	Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
14 June 1970	Soviet Union – Uruguay	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Groups and tables

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6–1	5
2	Mexico	3	2	1	0	5–0	5
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	4–5	2
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	0–9	0

Results (6)

31 May 1970 — Mexico 0–0 Soviet Union
3 June 1970 — Belgium 3–0 El Salvador
6 June 1970 — Soviet Union 4–1 Belgium
7 June 1970 — Mexico 4–0 El Salvador
10 June 1970 — Soviet Union 2–0 El Salvador
11 June 1970 — Mexico 1–0 Belgium

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Italy	3	1	2	0	1–0	4
2	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2–1	3
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	2–2	3
4	Israel	3	0	2	1	1–3	2

Results (6)

2 June 1970 — Uruguay 2–0 Israel
3 June 1970 — Italy 1–0 Sweden
6 June 1970 — Uruguay 0–0 Italy
7 June 1970 — Sweden 1–1 Israel
10 June 1970 — Uruguay 0–1 Sweden
11 June 1970 — Israel 0–0 Italy

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Brazil	3	3	0	8–3	6
2	England	3	2	1	2–1	4
3	Romania	3	1	2	4–5	2
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	2–7	0

Results (6)

2 June 1970 — Romania 0–1 England
3 June 1970 — Czechoslovakia 1–4 Brazil
6 June 1970 — Romania 2–1 Czechoslovakia
7 June 1970 — England 0–1 Brazil
10 June 1970 — Romania 2–3 Brazil
11 June 1970 — England 1–0 Czechoslovakia

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	West Germany	3	3	0	0	10–4	6
2	Peru	3	2	0	1	7–5	4
3	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	5–9	1
4	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2–6	1

Results (6)

2 June 1970 — Peru 3–2 Bulgaria
3 June 1970 — Morocco 1–2 West Germany
6 June 1970 — Peru 3–0 Morocco
7 June 1970 — Bulgaria 2–5 West Germany
10 June 1970 — Peru 1–3 West Germany
11 June 1970 — Bulgaria 1–1 Morocco

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
Gerd Müller	West Germany	8
Jairzinho	Brazil	7
Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	5
Anatoliy Byshovets	Soviet Union	4
Pelé	Brazil	4
Rivellino	Brazil	3
Uwe Seeler	West Germany	3
Alberto Gallardo	Peru	2
Florea Dumitrache	Romania	2
Gigi Riva	Italy	2
Javier Valdivia	Mexico	2
Ladislav Petráš	Czechoslovakia	2
Raoul Lambert	Belgium	2
Tostão	Brazil	2
Wilfried Van Moer	Belgium	2

Stadiums

Venue	Matches
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	10
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara	7
Estadio Nou Camp, León	7
Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca	4
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla	3
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara{{efn-ua\|This match was originally scheduled in Mexico City, Estadio Azteca. Three days before the semi-final the venue was changed to Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco, despite Uruguayan appeals.}}	1

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