1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup



1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico
Mexico 70


Teams 16 (from 75 entrants)

Host Mexico

Champions Brazil (3rd title)

Matches played 32
Goals scored 95 (average 2.969 per match)
Attendance 1,603,975 (average 50,124 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gerd Müller
10 goals



Qualifying countries
The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The decision was made by FIFA in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, with Mexico beating out Argentina's bid to organize the event. Two years later Argentina was chosen to celebrate the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The 1970 World Cup was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. This tournament saw the return of free-flowing, attacking play after the physical battles of 1962 and 1966, and is still considered by many fans to be the finest World Cup in history. The event featured the first ever use of red and yellow cards for misconduct by players, although no red cards were actually issued in the competition. The Brazilian team, featuring Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Jairzinho, Rivelino and Tostão, is often regarded as the greatest team ever.
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The main surprises were the absences in the final 16 of perennial South American contender Argentina, 1968 European Championship runners-up Yugoslavia, and World Cup 1966 third-place finisher Portugal. Holland was still to become a major football power--this would happen four years later--and France, mired in a decade-long slump, had been eliminated.
The qualification tournament for this World Cup was the cause of the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.

Summary
The format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four playing each other once in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


Official program of the World Cup
In Group 1, host Mexico lived up to the expectations of an entire nation by advancing along with the Soviet Union, though the home side's 1-0 victory over Belgium on the last day resulted from a questionable penalty.
Group 2 saw Uruguay and the reigning European Champions Italy prevail over Sweden and surprise qualifier Israel after a series of dull, uninspired games. Italy would, however, show the true measure of its talent in the knock-out phase.
The first great moments of this memorable World Cup happened in Group 3, where two-time World Cup winner Brazil was pooled with defending World Champions England and solid European sides Czechoslovakia and Romania. In Brazil's opening match against Czechoslovakia, Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missing the goal by a whisker. The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations, Brazil winning 1-0 after a high-quality game in which England goalkeeper Gordon Banks made arguably the greatest save ever from a Pelé header on the six-yard line.
In Group 4, Peru and its attacking style created a sensation by beating established side Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing 0-2 at halftime. Peru eventually advanced along with 1966 runners-up West Germany.
The quarter-finals saw a transformed Italy prevail 4-1 over host Mexico after trailing 0-1. Brazil beat Peru 4-2 after an entertaining match between two equally attacking teams. Uruguay defeated a superior Soviet Union side after extra time and a refereeing error, as the linesman did not see that the ball was out of play for the cross that led to the winning goal. The last quarter-final, a rematch of the 1966 final between England and West Germany, was one of the great moments of World Cup history. After fifty minutes, England had a 2-0 lead and seemed to have West Germany firmly in its grasp. England coach Sir Alf Ramsey, sensing that victory was in hand, decided then to substitute playmaker Bobby Charlton 'to spare him for the rest of the tournament.' Without Charlton, England lost its ability to set its own pace on the game and could not contain the relentless German attacks. After Beckenbauer made it 2-1 with a fine shot, West Germany equalized eight minutes from time with an Uwe Seeler header and a fateful hesitation by second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who stood in for the food-poisoned Gordon Banks. Momentum had irrevocably shifted and West Germany avenged the 1966 final loss with Gerd Müller's winning goal in extra time after another Bonetti error.
The semi-final between Italy and West Germany went beyond history and into the legend as arguably the greatest game ever. Italy took a 1-0 lead through Roberto Boninsegna on 8 minutes after an excellent "one-two" combination with Luigi Riva. West Germany pressed to equalize for the rest of the game, until the very end when sweeper Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, then with Italy's AC Milan, scored in injury time. In extra time, Gerd Müller brought Germany the lead on 94 minutes before Italy defender Tarcisio Burgnich leveled the score with a rare international goal. On 104 minutes, Luigi Riva made it 3-2 past 'keeper Sepp Maier, only for Müller to equalize six minutes later. The TV cameras were still replaying this goal when Italy midfielder Gianni Rivera, left unmarked near the penalty spot, volleyed a fine Boninsegna cross past Sepp Maier for the winning goal in the 111th minute. Franz Beckenbauer refused to stop playing after sustaining a broken clavicle from an Italian foul during extra time: as Schön, the West German manager, had already used one of the two permitted substitutes Beckenbauer (who was critical to the German side) stayed on with his arm in a sling. This match is known as the 'Game of the Century' (Jahrhundertspiel) in Germany, and a marker at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City commemorates it.
The other semi-final paled by comparison (in all fairness, most matches would have) and saw Brazil defeat Uruguay 3-1.
In the final, Italy contained Brazil during the first half, Boninsegna answering Pelé's 18th-minute goal. In the second half, Brazil's firepower was simply too much for a tired Italian side, and three goals by Gerson, Jairzinho, and Carlos Alberto consecrated the first tri-campeão (three-time champions) in football history.
With this third win (after 1958 and 1962), Brazil earned the right to retain the Jules Rimet trophy permanently. Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo was the first footballer to become World champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach.
Brazilian right winger Jairzinho scored at least one goal in each of the six games that Brazil played 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 an impressive 10 goals in the competition. Müller incredibly scored hat-tricks in two consecutive games, against Bulgaria and Peru in the Group Stage. He did not score in Germany's last game (the 3rd place match) against Uruguay (1-0), however.

Notes
• For the first time in the World Cup finals, teams level on points at the end of the group stage were separated by goal difference (replacing play-offs and goal average) and where two or more teams had equal goal difference, by the drawing of lots. If a quarter-final or semi-final match resulted in a draw after extra time the referee would have drawn the name of the team to progress to the next round out of a hat.
• The rules on substitution were relaxed. In previous tournaments only injured players could be substituted. This tournament allowed up to two outfield players to be replaced at any time and for the goalkeeper to be replaced if injured.
• Red and yellow cards were used in a major tournament for the first time. However, the red card was never pulled out as not a single player had to be sent off in the tournament.
• It was the first World Cup to be televised in colour.
• Ironically, the Jules Rimet trophy, Brazil's to keep forever, was stolen in 1983 while on display in Rio de Janeiro. It has never been recovered. See main article.

Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1970 FIFA World Cup squads

First round

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
USSR
5 3 2 1 0 6 1 5
Mexico
5 3 2 1 0 5 0 5
Belgium
2 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
El Salvador
0 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9
May 31, 1970

Mexico
0–0 USSR
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Tschenscher (West Germany)
Attendance: 107,000

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June 3, 1970

Belgium
3–0 El Salvador
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Rădulescu (Romania)
Attendance: 92,000
Van Moer 13', 55'
Lambert 80' pen

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June 6, 1970

USSR
4–1 Belgium
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Schürer (Switzerland)
Attendance: 59,000
Byshovets 14', 63'
Asatiani 57'
Khmelnitsky 78'
Lambert 86'

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June 7, 1970

Mexico
4–0 El Salvador
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Kandil (Egypt)
Attendance: 103,000
Valdivia 45', 46'
Fragoso 58'
Basaguren 83'

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June 10, 1970

USSR
2–0 El Salvador
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Hermazábal (Chile)
Attendance: 89,000
Byshovets 51', 74'

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June 11, 1970

Mexico
1–0 Belgium
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Coerezza (Argentina)
Attendance: 105,000
Peña 14' pen


Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Italy
4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1
Uruguay
3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Sweden
3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
Israel
2 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2
June 2, 1970

Uruguay
2–0 Israel
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Davidson (Scotland)
Attendance: 20,000
Maneiro 23'
Mujica 81'

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June 3, 1970

Italy
1–0 Sweden
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal
Ref: Taylor (England)
Attendance: 14,000
Domenghini 11'

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June 6, 1970

Uruguay
0–0 Italy
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance: 30,000

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June 7, 1970

Israel
1–1 Sweden
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal
Ref: Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Attendance: 10,000
Spiegler 56'
Turesson 53'

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June 10, 1970

Sweden
1–0 Uruguay
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Ref: Landauer (United States)
Attendance: 18,000
Grahn 90'

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June 11, 1970

Italy
0–0 Israel
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal
Ref: De Moraes (Brazil)
Attendance: 10,000

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Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Brazil
6 3 3 0 0 8 3 5
England
4 3 2 0 1 2 1 1
Romania
2 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
Czechoslovakia
0 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5
June 2, 1970

England
1–0 Romania
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Loraux (Belgium)
Attendance: 50,000
Hurst 65'

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June 3, 1970

Brazil
4–1 Czechoslovakia
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Barreto (Uruguay)
Attendance: 52,000
Rivelino 24'
Pelé 60'
Jairzinho 64', 83'
Petráš 12'

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June 6, 1970

Romania
2–1 Czechoslovakia
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: De Leo (Mexico)
Attendance: 56,000
Neagu 53'
Dumitrache 76' pen
Petráš 4'

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June 7, 1970

Brazil
1–0 England
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Klein (Israel)
Attendance: 66,000
Jairzinho 60'

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June 10, 1970

Brazil
3–2 Romania
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Marschall (Austria)
Attendance: 50,000
Pelé 20', 66'
Jairzinho 22'
Dumitrache 33'
Dembrowski 83'

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June 11, 1970

England
1–0 Czechoslovakia
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Machin (France)
Attendance: 49,000
Clarke 49' pen


Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
West Germany
6 3 3 0 0 10 4 6
Peru
4 3 2 0 1 7 5 2
Bulgaria
1 3 0 1 2 5 9 -4
Morocco
1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
June 2, 1970

Peru
3–2 Bulgaria
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Sbardella (Italy)
Attendance: 14,000
Gallardo 51'
Chumpitaz 56'
Cubillas 73'
Dzermendziev 12'
Bonev 50'

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June 3, 1970

West Germany
2–1 Morocco
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance: 9,000
Seeler 56'
Müller 80'
Houmane 21'

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June 6, 1970

Peru
3–0 Morocco
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Bakhramov (USSR)
Attendance: 13,500
Cubillas 65', 75'
Challe 68'

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June 7, 1970

West Germany
5–2 Bulgaria
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Ortiz de Mendebil (Spain)
Attendance: 12,700
Libuda 20'
Müller 28', 52' pen, 87'
Seeler 69'
Nikodimov 12'
Kolev 88'

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June 10, 1970

West Germany
3–1 Peru
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Aguilar (Mexico)
Attendance: 18,000
Müller 20', 26', 39'
Cubillas 44'

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June 11, 1970

Morocco
1–1 Bulgaria
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Ribeiro (Portugal)
Attendance: 12,000
Ghazouani 60'
Zhechev 40'


Knockout stages
Quarter finals Semi finals Final

14 June - Mexico City

Uruguay (aet)
1
17 June - Guadalajara
USSR
0
Uruguay
1
14 June - Guadalajara
Brazil
3
Brazil
4
21 June - Mexico City
Peru
2
Brazil
4
14 June - Toluca
Italy
1
Mexico
1
17 June - Mexico City
Italy
4
Italy (aet)
4 Third place
14 June - Leon
West Germany
3
West Germany (aet) 3 West Germany
1

England
2 Uruguay
0

20 June - Mexico City

Quarter-finals
June 14, 1970

West Germany
3–2 (AET) England
León, Estadio Nou Camp
Ref: Coerezza (Argentina)
Attendance: 24,000
Beckenbauer 68'
Seeler 76'
Müller 108'
Mullery 31'
Peters 49'

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June 14, 1970

Brazil
4–2 Peru
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Loraux (Belgium)
Attendance: 54,000
Rivelino 11'
Tostão 15', 58'
Jairzinho 75'
Gallardo 28'
Cubillas 70'

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June 14, 1970

Italy
4–1 Mexico
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal
Ref: Schürer (Belgium)
Attendance: 27,000
Peña 26' (og)
Riva 64', 76'
Rivera 69'
Gonzalez 13'

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June 14, 1970

Uruguay
1–0 (AET) USSR
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance: 45,000
Espárrago 117'


Semi-finals
June 17, 1970

Brazil
3–1 Uruguay
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
Ref: Ortiz De Mendibil (Spain)
Attendance: 51,000
Clodoaldo 45'
Jairzinho 76'
Rivelino 90'
Cubilla 19'

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June 17, 1970

Italy
4–3 (AET) West Germany
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance: 80,000
Boninsegna 7'
Burgnich 98'
Riva 103'
Rivera 112'
Schnellinger 90'
Müller 95', 110'


Third place match
June 20, 1970

West Germany
1–0 Uruguay
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Sbardella (Italy)
Attendance: 104,000
Overath 27'


Final
June 21, 1970

Brazil
4–1 Italy
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
Ref: Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance: 108,000
Pelé 18'
Gérson 65'
Jairzinho 70'
Carlos Alberto 86'
Boninsegna 37'


Awards
1970 World Cup Winners:

Brazil
Third title

Scorers
10 goals
• Gerd Müller
7 goals
• Jairzinho
5 goals
• Teófilo Cubillas
4 goals
• Anatoly Byshovets
• Pelé
3 goals
• Rivelino
• Uwe Seeler
• Luigi Riva
2 goals
• Javier Valdivia
• Wilfried Van Moer
• Raoul Lambert
• Ladislav Petras
• Florea Dumitrache
• Tostao
• Alberto Gallardo
• Gianni Rivera
• Roberto Boninsegna
1 goal
• Gustavo Peña
• Javier Fragoso
• Ignacio Basaguren
• Jose Luis Gonzalez
• Kakhi Asatiani
• Vitali Kmelnitski
• Ildo Maneiro
• Juan Mujica
• Víctor Espárrago
• Luís Cubilla
• Angelo Domenghini
• Tarcisio Burgnich
• Tom Turesson
• Ove Grahn
• Mordechai Spiegler
• Geoff Hurst
• Allan Clarke
• Alan Mullery
• Martin Peters
• Alexandru Neagu
• Emerich Dembrowski
• Dinko Dermendjev
• Hristo Bonev
• Asparuch Nikodimov
• Todor Kolev
• Dobromir Jetchev
• Hector Chumpitaz
• Roberto Challe
• Maouhoub Ghazouani
• Mohammed Houmane
• Reinhard Libuda
• Franz Beckenbauer
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
• Wolfgang Overath
• Clodoaldo
• Gérson
• Carlos Alberto

Own goals
• Gustavo Peña (for Italy)

Firsts
• For the first time, substitutions were allowed in World Cup play. The Soviet Union were the first team to make a substitution in World Cup history against Mexico in the inaugural match. Viktor Serebrjanikov was the first player to be replaced, by Anatoli Puzach after 45 minutes.
• Yellow card and red cards were introduced, for cautions and expulsions respectively. The first yellow card was shown during the Mexico-USSR match.[1]

References and footnotes
1. ^ According to the FIFA's official match report, 5 players were cautioned in the match, but it is unclear who was carded first.


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