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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: Mexico
Dates: 31-May-1970 to 21-June-1970
Teams: 16
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 16 teams split in 4 groups of 4
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
Round 2: 8 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • The qualification stages of the 1970 World Cup were the cause of the Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.
  • After Brazil won the World Cup for the 3rd time, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded permanently to Brazil.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Brazil 2011 19 7 +12 CONMEBOL
    2 Italy 2006 10 8 +2 UEFA
    3 West Germany 1991 17 10 +7 UEFA
    4 Uruguay 1848 4 5 -1 CONMEBOL
    5 England 2067 4 4 0 UEFA
    5 Mexico 1696 6 4 +2 CONCACAF
    5 Peru 1711 9 9 0 CONMEBOL
    5 Soviet Union 1977 6 2 +4 UEFA
    17 Belgium 1772 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Bulgaria 1810 5 9 -4 UEFA
    17 Czechoslovakia 1957 2 7 -5 UEFA
    17 El Salvador 1535 0 9 -9 CONCACAF
    17 Israel 1671 1 3 -2 AFC
    17 Morocco 1687 2 6 -4 CAF
    17 Romania 1793 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Sweden 1842 2 2 0 UEFA
    Top goal scorers:

    • 10 goals Gerd Müller
    • 7 goals Jairzinho
    • 5 goals Teófilo Cubillas
    • 4 goals Anatoliy Byshovets
    • 4 goals Pelé
    • 3 goals Luigi Riva
    • 3 goals Rivelino
    • 3 goals Uwe Seeler
    • 2 goals Alberto Gallardo
    • 2 goals Florea Dumitrache
    • 2 goals Gianni Rivera
    • 2 goals Javier Valdivia
    • 2 goals Ladislav Petráš
    • 2 goals Raoul Lambert
    • 2 goals Roberto Boninsegna
    • 2 goals Tostão
    • 2 goals Wilfried Van Moer
    • 1 goal Alan Mullery
    • 1 goal Alexandru Neagu
    • 1 goal Allan Clarke
    • 1 goal Angelo Domenghini
    • 1 goal Asparuh Nikodimov
    • 1 goal Carlos Alberto
    • 1 goal Clodoaldo
    • 1 goal Dinko Dermendzhiev
    • 1 goal Dobromir Zhechev
    • 1 goal Emerich Dembrovschi
    • 1 goal Franz Beckenbauer
    • 1 goal Geoff Hurst
    • 1 goal Gérson
    • 1 goal Gustavo Peña
    • 1 goal Héctor Chumpitaz
    • 1 goal Hristo Bonev
    • 1 goal Ildo Maneiro
    • 1 goal Javier Fragoso
    • 1 goal José Luis González
    • 1 goal Juan Ignacio Basaguren
    • 1 goal Juan Mujica
    • 1 goal Kakhi Asatiani
    • 1 goal Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
    • 1 goal Luis Cubilla
    • 1 goal Maouhoub Ghazouani
    • 1 goal Martin Peters
    • 1 goal Mohammed Houmane
    • 1 goal Mordechai Spiegler
    • 1 goal Ove Grahn
    • 1 goal Reinhard Libuda
    • 1 goal Roberto Challe
    • 1 goal Tarcisio Burgnich
    • 1 goal Todor Kolev
    • 1 goal Tom Turesson
    • 1 goal Víctor Espárrago
    • 1 goal Vitaly Khmelnitsky
    • 1 goal Wolfgang Overath


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Javier Guzmán