1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Mexico in 1970. 16 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after beating Italy in the final. Djibouti did not participate, as it was not yet a country.

Participants

Africa

• Morocco (MAR) • Squad

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• Czechoslovakia (TCH) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Israel (ISR) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Soviet Union (URS) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad

North and Central America

• El Salvador (SLV) • Squad
• Mexico (MEX) • Squad

South America

• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Peru (PER) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	URS	MEX	BEL	SLV	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Soviet Union	-	0-0	4-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	6	1	5	Round 2
2	Mexico	0-0	-	1-0	4-0	3	2	1	0	5	0	5	Round 2
3	Belgium	1-4	0-1	-	3-0	3	1	0	2	4	5	2
4	El Salvador	0-2	0-4	0-3	-	3	0	0	3	0	9	0

Group B

Pos	Team	ITA	URU	SWE	ISR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Italy	-	0-0	1-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	1	0	4	Round 2
2	Uruguay	0-0	-	0-1	2-0	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	Round 2
3	Sweden	0-1	1-0	-	1-1	3	1	1	1	2	2	3
4	Israel	0-0	0-2	1-1	-	3	0	2	1	1	3	2

Group C

Pos	Team	BRA	ENG	ROU	TCH	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-0	3-2	4-1	3	3	0	0	8	3	6	Round 2
2	England	0-1	-	1-0	1-0	3	2	0	1	2	1	4	Round 2
3	Romania	2-3	0-1	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	4	5	2
4	Czechoslovakia	1-4	0-1	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	2	7	0

Group D

Pos	Team	FRG	PER	BUL	MAR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	West Germany	-	3-1	5-2	2-1	3	3	0	0	10	4	6	Round 2
2	Peru	1-3	-	3-2	3-0	3	2	0	1	7	5	4	Round 2
3	Bulgaria	2-5	2-3	-	1-1	3	0	1	2	5	9	1
4	Morocco	1-2	0-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	2	6	1

Round 2

Quarterfinals

• Italy 4-1 Mexico
• Brazil 4-2 Peru
• West Germany 3-2 England
• Uruguay 1-0 Soviet Union

Semifinals

• Italy 4-3 West Germany
• Brazil 3-1 Uruguay

3rd place

• West Germany 1-0 Uruguay

Final

• Brazil 4-1 Italy

Brazil won the championship.

References

• FIFA