The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth 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 as a result it was 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.
The tournament was won by Brazil, who defeated another two-time champion, and UEFA Euro 1968 winner Italy, by 4–1 in the final. Furthermore, during the tournament, Brazil also had to defeat another two-time champion (who were) South American champions Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and defending champions England 1–0 in the group stage. 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-ever football team. They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying fixtures.
Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. 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 and, in a few cases, in colour - the first time that this was the case.
GERMANY 1970 X BULGARIA, WORLD CUP MEXICO 70´
WORLD CUP 70´: GERMANY X BULGARIA
KLAUS FICHTEL, GERMANY 1970
GERMANY 1970 VS PERU, BECKEMBAUER, ALWAYS HIM..
GERMANY 1970 PERU, OVERATH AND CHUMPITAZ
GERMANY 1970 VS URUGUAY, WORLD CUP, MATCH FOR THE THIRD PLACE
MULLER (GERMANY), ANCHETTA (URUGUAY)
BORIS GAGANELOW (BULGARIA) & UWE SEELER (GERMANY)
BELL AND BECKEMBAUER, GERMANY X ENGLAND, 1970
EUROPEAN CLASSIC: ENGLAND X GERMANY
CAPTAINS: BOBBY MOORE, UWE SEELER
"THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY" IN MEXICO 70, SEMIFINALS BETWEEN GERMANY AND ITALY
GERMANS AND ITALIANS ENTER THE COURT FOR A MEMORABLE MATCH FOR THE 1970 WORLD CUP, IT WOULD GO IN HISTORY AS "THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY"
GERMANY 1970 X MOROCCO
Match Schedule GROUP A May 31 Mexico City Mexico v Soviet Union 0-0 Jun 03 Mexico City Belgium v El Salvador 3-0 Jun 06 Mexico City Soviet Union v Belgium 4-1 Jun 07 Mexico City Mexico v El Salvador 4-0 Jun 10 Mexico City El Salvador v Soviet Union 0-2 Jun 11 Mexico City Belgium v Mexico 0-1 P W D L Gls Pts SOVIET UNION 3 2 1 0 6-1 5 MEXICO 3 2 1 0 5-0 5 Belgium 3 1 0 2 4-5 2 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 0-9 0 GROUP B Jun 02 Puebla Uruguay v Israel 2-0 Jun 03 Toluca Italy v Sweden 1-0 Jun 06 Puebla Uruguay v Italy 0-0 Jun 07 Toluca Israel v Sweden 1-1 Jun 10 Puebla Sweden v Uruguay 1-0 Jun 11 Toluca Italy v Israel 0-0 P W D L Gls Pts ITALY 3 1 2 0 1-0 4 URUGUAY 3 1 1 1 2-1 3 Sweden 3 1 1 1 2-2 3 Israel 3 0 2 1 1-3 2 GROUP C Jun 02 Guadalajara England v Romania 1-0 Jun 03 Guadalajara Brazil v Czechoslovakia 4-1 Jun 06 Guadalajara Romania v Czechoslovakia 2-1 Jun 07 Guadalajara Brazil v England 1-0 Jun 10 Guadalajara Romania v Brazil 2-3 Jun 11 Guadalajara Czechoslovakia v England 0-1 P W D L Gls Pts BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 8-3 6 ENGLAND 3 2 0 1 2-1 4 Romania 3 1 0 2 4-5 2 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 2-7 0 GROUP D Jun 02 Leon Peru v Bulgaria 3-2 Jun 03 Leon Morocco v West Germany 1-2 Jun 06 Leon Peru v Morocco 3-0 Jun 07 Leon West Germany v Bulgaria 5-2 Jun 10 Leon West Germany v Peru 3-1 Jun 11 Leon Bulgaria v Morocco 1-1 P W D L Gls Pts WEST GERMANY 3 3 0 0 10-4 6 PERU 3 2 0 1 7-5 4 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 5-9 1 Morocco 3 0 1 2 2-6 1 QUARTERFINALS Jun 14 Leon West Germany v England aet 3-2 Jun 14 Toluca Italy v Mexico 4-1 Jun 14 Guadalajara Brazil v Peru 4-2 Jun 14 Mexico City Soviet Union v Uruguay aet 0-1 SEMIFINALS Jun 17 Mexico City West Germany v Italy aet 3-4 Jun 17 Guadalajara Brazil v Uruguay 3-1 3rd/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF Jun 20 Mexico City West Germany v Uruguay 1-0 WORLD CUP FINAL Jun 21 Mexico City Brazil v Italy 4-1