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The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside Europe and South America, and also the first held in North America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage.

In the tournament final, Brazil won 4–1 against Italy, another FIFA two-time champion (and UEFA Euro 1968 winner). Brazil also overcame another two-time champion and South American champions Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and defending champions England 1–0 in the group stage as they were also eliminated by West Germany in the quarter-finals. This is currently the only time that the winning team defeated the European and South American champions alongside the tournament's defending champions.

The win gave Brazil its third World Cup title, which allowed them to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy, and a new trophy was introduced in 1974. The victorious team, led by Carlos Alberto and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest football team of all time.<ref name="BBC review">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Brazil poll">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Independent">Template:Cite news</ref> They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying fixtures.<ref name="Perfect record">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals.<ref name="Castrol">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Brasil 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Technical Report">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With the advancements in satellite communications, the 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup as games were broadcast live around the world<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and, in a few cases, in colour—the first time that this was the case.<ref name="FIFA overview">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Host selectionEdit

Template:Further Mexico was chosen as the host nation on 8 October 1964 vote at the FIFA congress in Tokyo, where the only other bid submitted was by Argentina, who would go on to host the 1978 World Cup.<ref name="Hosting">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 1970 selection of Mexico as host would mark several distinctions. It was the first World Cup that was staged in North America and the first to be staged outside of South America and Europe. Further distinction would come to Mexico at the 1986 World Cup when it became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup twice after stepping in as a substitute for Colombia, which was struggling financially.<ref name="Hosting"/>

QualificationEdit

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{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and 73 were required to qualify. Due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 68 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages, including eight for the first time.<ref name="Qualifying">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Qualifying stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mexico as the host nation and England as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.<ref name="Qualifying"/>

Eight places were available to teams from UEFA (Europe), three for CONMEBOL (South America), one for CAF (Africa), one for a team from either the AFC or the OFC (Asia/Oceania), and one for CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean).<ref name="Qualifying"/>

A place in the finals for an African team was guaranteed for the first time: this came in response to the events of 1966, where all 15 entered African nations boycotted the qualifying in protest after FIFA - who had combined the qualifying for Africa, Asia and Oceania into one group for only one place at the finals - declined CAF's requests to change the qualifying format and the allocation of places, citing competitive and logistical issues.<ref name="African history">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Qualifying draw">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Thus, while Morocco was the first African team to qualify for the World Cup since Egypt in 1934, they were the first to be assured qualification via their own continental zone, since Egypt had to play against the British-occupied Palestine to qualify for the 1934 tournament.

The draw for the qualifying stages was conducted on 1 February 1968 in Casablanca, Morocco,<ref name="Qualifying stats"/> with matches beginning in May 1968 and the final fixtures being concluded in December 1969. North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified during the process after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Glanville">Template:Cite book</ref> El Salvador qualified for the finals after beating Honduras in a play-off match, which was the catalyst for a four-day conflict in July 1969 known as the Football War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Half of the eventual qualifying teams had also been present at the previous World Cup, but three teams qualified for the first time: El Salvador, Israel and Morocco, while Peru, Romania, Belgium and Sweden made their first World Cup appearances since 1930, 1938, 1954 and 1958 respectively. Czechoslovakia returned to the World Cup stage after missing out in 1966.<ref name="Stat Kit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico - Qualifiers - Europe - FIFA.com</ref>

As of 2022, this was the only time Israel qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and also the only time Argentina failed to qualify (they declined to participate in 1938, 1950 and 1954). Chile, Spain and Switzerland all did not qualify for the first time since 1958, while Hungary did not qualify for the first time since 1950. France also failed to qualify, as did Portugal after finishing in third place at the 1966 tournament.

List of qualified teamsEdit

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VenuesEdit

Five stadiums in five cities were selected to host the World Cup matches. Alternative venues in Hidalgo state and the port city of Veracruz were also considered.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Each group was based solely in one city with exception of Group 2, which was staged in both Puebla and Toluca. Aside from the Estadio Luis Dosal, all the stadia had only been constructed during the 1960s, as Mexico prepared to host both the World Cup and the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The stadium construction cost for the four smaller venues were around US$11 million, while the final stadium in Mexico City cost US$20 million.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The altitude of the venues varied and the importance of acclimatisation was strongly considered by all the participating teams. As a result, in contrast to the previous tournament staged in England, most teams arrived in the region well in advance of their opening fixtures to prepare for this factor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Some teams had already experienced the local conditions when competing in the football competition at 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Technical Report"/> At an elevation in excess of Template:Convert above sea level, Toluca was the highest of the venues; Guadalajara was the lowest at Template:Convert. In addition to the altitude, all five locations had hot and rainy weather where temperatures would regularly go past 32 °C (90 °F).

Of the five stadia used for the 32 matches played, the largest and most utilised venue was the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, which hosted 10 total matches including the final and third place matches, and all of Group 1's matches (which included all of host Mexico's matches). The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted eight matches including all of Group 3's matches and a semi-final. The Nou Camp Stadium in Leon hosted seven matches, which consisted of all of Group 4's matches and a quarter-final match. The Luis Dosal stadium in Toluca hosted four matches, and Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla hosted three matches and was the only stadium of the five used for this tournament not to host any knockout rounds.

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FormatEdit

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four. Each group was played as a single round-robin in which each team would play each of the others in their group once. Teams were ranked by the number of points earned from their matches (two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw), and goal difference was used as the primary tie-breaker; if two teams finished level on both points and goal difference, lots were drawn to separate them. This method was used to separate the top two teams in Group 1 (Soviet Union and Mexico),<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> but it was not used to separate Bulgaria and Morocco in Group 4, despite them finishing level on points and goal difference, as their final positions did not have any implications for the knockout stage.

The top two teams from each group progressed to the knockout stage. In all knockout matches, extra time was played if the teams were drawn after 90 minutes. If teams were still tied after extra-time, drawing of lots would have been used in all matches other than the final. FIFA did not announce in advance what would happen if the final itself were to be drawn after extra time.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the event, all knockout matches were decided in either regular time or extra time.

Final drawEdit

Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Seeding criteria negotiaions"/> the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced on the same day of the draw, that there would be no seeding of teams due to failed attempts to reach a compromise for the seeding criteria.<ref name="FIFA seeding">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Instead, the 16 qualified teams were divided into four pots comprising 'geographical groupings' decided by a vote of the FIFA Organising Committee, which for the composition of pot 1, 3 and 4 also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations.<ref name="Seeding criteria negotiaions">Template:Cite news</ref> The tournament structure ensured that teams grouped within the same pot would not meet each other before the quarterfinals at the earliest. The system of politically decided pots hereby ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> if that were the case.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pot 1: European I Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: European II Pot 4: Rest of the World

The draw was staged in Mexico City, Mexico on 10 January 1970 in the Maria Isabel Hotel, which served as FIFA's headquarters during the competition.<ref name="Seeding criteria negotiaions"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The teams were drawn into the four groups, which had their locations defined in advance: Group 1 being staged in Mexico City, Group 2 in Puebla and Toluca, Group 3 in Guadalajara and Group 4 in León. Ahead of the draw, the FIFA regulations had predetermined that the hosts Mexico would be in Group 1 and so based in the capital city, and that England as holders would be based together with Group 3 in Guadalajara,<ref name="Seeding criteria negotiaions"/><ref name="Draw of Groups">Template:Cite AV media</ref> the tournament's second largest stadium.<ref name="Dawson">Template:Cite book</ref> Keeping the defending champion (holders) apart from meeting the hosts in the group stage either by seeding or predetermined group positions, was a practiced tradition throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 1934 and 1954 being the only two exceptions.<ref name="FIFA seeding"/>

The 10-year-old daughter of Guillermo Cañedo, president of the Mexican Football Federation and chief of the FIFA Organising Committee, drew out the teams from four silver cups, so that each of the four groups featured one drawn team respectively from pot 1, pot 2, pot 3 and pot 4.<ref name="Draw">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Draw of Groups"/>

Match officialsEdit

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SquadsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} A tournament squad was limited to no more than 22 players; Morocco named only 19 players in their squad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tournament reviewEdit

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Juanito was the official tournament mascot.

Group stageEdit

Following the opening ceremony host nation Mexico faced the Soviet Union; this was the last time until the 2006 World Cup that the host nation's first match rather than the World Cup holders' began the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both this opening match of Group 1 and many others during the competition kicked off at noon for the benefit of European television schedules, meaning play under the midday sun.<ref name="FIFA overview"/> The match produced a goalless draw, prompting some media to predict the entire tournament would be played at the slow tempo that featured in this game given the conditions involved.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following the half-time interval Anatoliy Puzach became the first substitute to be used in FIFA World Cup history as the Soviets made use of the new competition rule.<ref name="Stat Kit"/> Both teams won their remaining two games to progress from the group at the expense of Belgium and World Cup debutants El Salvador.

Group 2 was the lowest-scoring of the groups with only six goals in its six matches as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, and Italy, the reigning European champions, edged past Sweden and Israel. Sweden would have progressed if they had produced a two-goal victory against Uruguay in their final game, but it was not until the final minute that they scored the only goal of the game.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hours before the game FIFA elected to replace the scheduled referee after bribery rumours – later dismissed by FIFA<ref name="Lots draw">Template:Cite news</ref> – arose in Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The 1–0 result meant Uruguay advanced, to be joined by Italy after they avoided defeat in the group finale against Israel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Owing to the lack of a seeding system, Group 3 allowed the reigning World Cup holders England to be paired together with the two-time former champion Brazil, considered by many the pre-tournament favourites for the trophy.<ref name="FIFA seeding"/> England's preparations were hampered by the arrest of their captain Bobby Moore in Colombia for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the charges were later dropped.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The attitude of their manager Alf Ramsey and the English media in general was perceived by many locals as unfriendly and xenophobic toward Mexico's hosting of the competition, which meant the English team received a largely hostile response during the competition.<ref name="Dawson"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="English win first World Cup match">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Times review">Template:Cite news</ref>

With both having won their opening games – against Czechoslovakia and Romania, respectively<ref name="4 June">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – Brazil met England in the group's most famed match.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although Gordon Banks in the English goal denied Pelé from close range with a reflex save that Pelé himself cited as the greatest of his career,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a second half goal from Jairzinho won the match for Brazil, after which England squandered several excellent opportunities to equalise.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Both teams then won their final group games to progress to the knockout stage.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Play in Group 4 began with Bulgaria taking a two-goal lead against Peru, but a second half comeback gave the South Americans a 3–2 victory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Morocco, the first African World Cup representatives since 1934,<ref name="African history"/> also began strongly by taking the lead against the 1966 runners-up West Germany, but the Germans came back to win 2–1.<ref name="4 June"/> West Germany also went behind against Bulgaria in their second match, but a Gerd Müller hat-trick helped them recover and win 5–2; the eventual Golden Boot winner Müller hit another hat-trick – the only hat-tricks of the entire tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> – to win the group against Peru.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Knockout stageEdit

Quarter-finalsEdit

Mexico and the Soviet Union had finished tied at the top of Group 1 on both points and goal difference, meaning that the drawing of lots was required to rank them. On 12 June, the draw allocated the Soviet Union the group winners' berth, meaning that they would face Uruguay at the Estadio Azteca, while the host nation were paired against Italy in the smaller Toluca venue.<ref name="Lots draw"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Mexican officials unsuccessfully appealed to FIFA to stage their game in the capital to avoid traffic problems.<ref name="Lots draw"/> The hosts took the lead against Italy with a José Luis González goal, but his teammate Javier Guzmán equalised with an own goal before half-time. Italy then dominated the second half to progress to the semi-finals with a 4–1 win.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Soviet Union were also eliminated in their quarter-final when a Víctor Espárrago header three minutes from the end of extra-time sent Uruguay through.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Soviets had stopped play during Uruguay's attack leading to the goal, believing that the ball had crossed the touchline.

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Official poster

The all-South America tie in Guadalajara was the highest-scoring of the four quarter-finals as Brazil recorded a 4–2 triumph over Peru. The match is considered to be one of the most entertaining matches in World Cup history: Brazil shot 27 times; Peru, 22. Next came a rematch of the previous World Cup final between England and West Germany that took place in León. The reigning champions took a two-goal lead, but Franz Beckenbauer halved the deficit when his low shot beat England's second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who was playing after Gordon Banks suffered food poisoning the day before.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Eight minutes from time, an Uwe Seeler header levelled the score. England's Geoff Hurst then had an apparently legitimate goal ruled out for offside.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>England: The Official F.A History, Niall Edworthy, Virgin Publishers, 1997, Template:ISBN.</ref> An extra-time goal from Gerd Müller brought (West) Germany's first-ever competitive victory over England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Semi-finalsEdit

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Plaque commemorating the "Game of the Century"

All four of the semi-finalists were former world champions, with the line-up guaranteeing a final between Europe and South America. In the all-South American tie, controversially switched from the capital to the lower altitude of Guadalajara,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Brazil came from behind to defeat Uruguay 3–1 and earn the right to contest their fourth World Cup Final. Two Brazilian goals in the final 15 minutes decided a match that had been evenly-matched until that point.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The all-European meeting between Italy and West Germany produced a match regarded by many as one of the greatest World Cup games of all time. Having led from the eighth minute through Roberto Boninsegna's strike, Italy were pegged back in injury time when sweeper Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored his only international goal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Extra-time brought five more goals as the lead swung between the two sides until Gianni Rivera gave the Azzurri a decisive 4–3 lead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The match subsequently became known as the "Game of the Century",<ref name="Game of the Century">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and today has a plaque outside the Estadio Azteca to commemorate it. West Germany went on to defeat Uruguay 1–0 in the third-place match.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

FinalEdit

In the final, Brazil opened the scoring when Pelé headed in a cross from Rivellino in the 18th minute, but Roberto Boninsegna equalised for Italy after a series of blunders in the Brazilian defence.<ref name="Final">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The match remained level until the 65th minute when a powerful shot from Gérson restored the Brazilians' lead. Further goals from Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto rewarded Brazil's attacking play and secured a 4–1 victory and a record third World Cup triumph, which earned them the right to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy.<ref name="Final"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

LegacyEdit

Both the Brazilian team that were crowned champions of the 1970 World Cup and the tournament itself have become regarded as among the very finest in the history of the FIFA World Cup.<ref name="BBC review"/><ref name="Brazil poll"/><ref name="Herald">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In contrast to the more physical style of play that had dominated the previous two tournaments, the 1970 Finals are noted for the attacking play adopted by most teams.<ref name="Castrol"/><ref name="Brasil 2014"/><ref name="Technical Report"/>

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Adidas Telstar of 1974

For the first time at a World Cup Finals, referees could issue yellow and red cards (a system that is now commonplace at every level of football worldwide),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> yet, in contrast to the previous tournaments (besides the 1950 edition) and all subsequent tournaments to date, no player was expelled from play.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The officiating of the opening match, commentated by some media as overly strict,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> set a standard of discipline that instead helped protect skillful players in accordance with FIFA's stated wish.<ref name="Times review"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The eventual champions Brazil, led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring Pelé, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team.<ref name="BBC review"/><ref name="Brazil poll"/><ref name="Independent"/> They won all of their six games on the way to the title, and had also won every one of their qualifying fixtures.<ref name="Perfect record"/> Jairzinho's feat of scoring in every finals match likewise has yet to be equalled.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Coach Mário Zagallo became the first man to win the World Cup as both a player (1958, 1962) and coach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

This was the first World Cup to use the Telstar ball from Adidas (who have supplied every World Cup match ball to date), introduced as the "Telstar Erlast" for the 1968 European Football Championship. The Telstar was the first World Cup ball to use the now-familiar truncated icosahedron for its design, consisting of 12 black pentagonal and 20 white hexagonal panels.<ref name="fifalist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="soccerballworld">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 32-panel configuration had been introduced in 1962 by Select Sport,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Bernsen">Template:Cite journal</ref> and was also used in the official logo for the 1970 World Cup.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The black-and-white pattern, to aid visibility on black and white television broadcasts (which was still commonplace then, as colour television was rare in many parts of the world), was also well established before the Telstar.<ref name="Bernsen" /><ref>See Getty Images photos:

</ref> The name came from the Telstar communications satellite, which was roughly spherical and dotted with solar panels, somewhat similar in appearance to the football.<ref name="fifalist"/>

MerchandiseEdit

Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup, initiating a global craze for collecting and trading stickers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>"The Magic, Global Craze and Tradition of Panini's World Cup Sticker Albums". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 September 2018</ref> In 2017, a complete 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album signed by Pelé sold for a record £10,450.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Group stageEdit

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The first round, or group stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.

Tie-breaking criteria

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches (replacing the previous usage of goal average)
  3. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Group 1Edit

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Salvadoran captain Salvador Mariona (in white) and Mexican captain Gustavo Peña (in green) before their match.

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Group 2Edit

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Group 3Edit

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Fontana (yellow 15) and Everaldo (yellow 16) of Brazil playing against Nicolae Lupescu (white 3) and Alexandru Neagu (white 16) of Romania.

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Group 4Edit

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Knockout stageEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The eight teams that had advanced from the group stage entered a single-elimination style tournament, which also featured a third place play-off contested between the two losing semi-finalists. In this knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. In matches prior to the final, if the score was still level after extra time then a coin toss by the referee would determine the winner. If the final was still level after 120 minutes' play then the match would instead be replayed at a later date. Template:Round8

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Quarter-finalsEdit

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Semi-finalsEdit

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Match for third placeEdit

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FinalEdit

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StatisticsEdit

GoalscorersEdit

With 10 goals, Gerd Müller was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 55 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

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AwardsEdit

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FIFA retrospective rankingEdit

In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.<ref name="Stat Kit" /><ref name=fifa1986>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The rankings for the 1970 tournament were as follows:

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1 Template:Fb 3 6 6 0 0 19 7 +12 12
2 Template:Fb 2 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8
3 Template:Fb 4 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 10
4 Template:Fb 2 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 5
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5 Template:Fb 1 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 5
6 Template:Fb 1 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
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10 Template:Fb 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
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12 Template:Fb* 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
13 Template:Fb** 4 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
14 Template:Fb 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
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* Listed as #13 in one of the sources<ref name=fifa1986 />
** Listed as #12 in one of the sources<ref name=fifa1986 />

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  • 1 Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games
  • 2 There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.
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