1970 FIFA World Cup
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| 1970 FIFA World Cup - Mexico Mexico 70 |
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| 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 Müller10 goals |
The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. Mexico was chosen as hosts by FIFA in October 1964. In a match-up of teams that had won the World Cup twice, the final was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1. This means Brazil were the first three-time champion and were allowed to keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. The Brazilian team, featuring the likes of Pelé (who was in his fourth and final World Cup), Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivelino, and Tostão, is usually regarded as the greatest attacking World Cup team ever. This tournament also 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.
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[edit] Qualification
The major surprise absences in the finals were perennial South American contender Argentina, 1968 European Championship runners-up Yugoslavia, 1966 World Cup third-place finisher Portugal, and France, who were mired in a decade-long slump.
The qualification matches between Honduras and El Salvador was a prelude to the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.
[edit] 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. However, 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.
For the first time, substitutions were allowed in World Cup play. Each team were allowed to make two substitutions during a match. The Soviet Union were the first team to make a substitution in World Cup history against Mexico in the opening match. Viktor Serebrjanikov was the first player to be replaced, by Anatoli Puzach after 45 minutes.
This World Cup also featured the first ever use of yellow and red cards for cautions and expulsions respectively. (Note that cautions and explusions already existed prior to 1970.) Five yellow cards were shown in the opening Mexico vs USSR match, while no red cards were given throughout the whole tournament.
This World Cup was also the first one to be televised in colour. However, to fit into the European viewing schedules, some matches kicked off at noon, This was an unpopular decision with many players and managers because of the intense heat in Mexico at that time of day.
In Group 1, hosts 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 were pooled with defending 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, with 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, produced one of the great matches 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 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 Franz 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.
Brazil defeated Uruguay 3-1 in one semi-final, which featured another bright moment by Pelé: upon holding possession near the box, he managed to rush all alone up to Uruguayan goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz and, tipping the ball through his left side, the Brazilian ran through the right side, catching the ball on the run and then taking a shot to the empty goal. Unfortunately, Pelé missed by a sliver again. The other semi-final, between Italy and West Germany, was regarded by many as the greatest World Cup 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, Riva made it 3-2 past goalkeeper Sepp Maier, only for Müller to equalize six minutes later. Television cameras were still replaying this goal when Italy midfielder Gianni Rivera, left unmarked near the penalty spot, volleyed a fine Boninsegna cross past 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 Helmut Schön, the West German manager, had already used the two permitted substitutes, Beckenbauer (who was critical to the German side) stayed on with his arm in a sling. This match is regarded as the "Game of the Century", also known as the Partita del Secolo in Italy and Jahrhundertspiel in Germany. A monument at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City commemorates it.
In the final, Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Revelino at the 18th minute. Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a blunder in the Brazilian defence. In the second half, Brazil's firepower and creativity was too much for an Italian side that clung to their cautious defensive system. Gérson fired in a powerful shot for the second goal, and then helped provide the third, with a long free kick to Pelé who headed down into the path of the onrushing Jairzinho. Pele capped his superb performance by drawing the Italian defence in the center and feeding captain Carlos Alberto on the right flank for the final score. Carlos Alberto's goal, after a series of moves by the Brazilian team from the left to the center, is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the tournament. This victory 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. (Ironically, it was stolen in 1983 while on display in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered.) Brazilian coach Mário Zagallo was the first footballer to become World Cup champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach, and Pelé ended his World Cup playing career as the first (and so far only) three-time winner.
Brazilian right winger Jairzinho scored at least one goal in each of the six games that Brazil played (in the first game, against Czechoslovakia, he scored two), a feat which has never been repeated. However, the top scorer 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.
[edit] Venues
Five cities hosted the tournament:
- Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco
- León, Estadio Nou Camp
- Mexico City, Estadio Azteca
- Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc
- Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal
[edit] Match officials
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[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1970 FIFA World Cup squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Group 1
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 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 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
0–0 | USSR |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Tschenscher (West Germany) Attendance: 107,000 |
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| June 3, 1970 16:00 |
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| Belgium |
3–0 | El Salvador |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Rǎdulescu (Romania) Attendance: 92,000 |
| Van Moer 12', 54' Lambert 76' pen |
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| June 6, 1970 16:00 |
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| USSR |
4–1 | Belgium |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Scheurer (Switzerland) Attendance: 59,000 |
| Byshovets 14', 63' Asatiani 57' Kmelnitsky 76' |
(Report) | Lambert 86' |
| June 7, 1970 12:00 |
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| Mexico |
4–0 | El Salvador |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Kandil (Egypt) Attendance: 103,000 |
| Valdivia 45', 46' Fragoso 58' Basaguren 83' |
(Report) |
| June 10, 1970 16:00 |
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| USSR |
2–0 | El Salvador |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Díaz (Chile) Attendance: 89,000 |
| Byshovets 51', 74' | (Report) |
| June 11, 1970 16:00 |
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| Mexico |
1–0 | Belgium |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Coerezza (Argentina) Attendance: 105,000 |
| Peña 14' pen | (Report) |
[edit] Group 2
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 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 16:00 |
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| Uruguay |
2–0 | Israel |
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc Ref: Davidson (Scotland) Attendance: 20,000 |
| Maneiro 23' Mujica 50' |
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| June 3, 1970 16:00 |
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| Italy |
1–0 | Sweden |
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal Ref: Taylor (England) Attendance: 14,000 |
| Domenghini 10' | (Report) |
| June 6, 1970 16:00 |
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| Uruguay |
0–0 | Italy |
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc Ref: Glöckner (East Germany) Attendance: 30,000 |
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| June 7, 1970 12:00 |
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| Israel |
1–1 | Sweden |
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal Ref: Tarekegn (Ethiopia) Attendance: 10,000 |
| Spiegler 56' | (Report) | Turesson 53' |
| June 10, 1970 16:00 |
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| Sweden |
1–0 | Uruguay |
Puebla, Estadio Cuauhtémoc Ref: Landauer (United States) Attendance: 18,000 |
| Grahn 90' | (Report) |
| June 11, 1970 16:00 |
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| Italy |
0–0 | Israel |
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal Ref: Moraes (Brazil) Attendance: 10,000 |
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[edit] Group 3
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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 16:00 |
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| England |
1–0 | Romania |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Loraux (Belgium) Attendance: 95,261 |
| Hurst 65' | (Report) |
| June 3, 1970 16:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–1 | Czechoslovakia |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Barreto (Uruguay) Attendance: 95,261 |
| Rivelino 24' Pelé 59' Jairzinho 61', 81' |
(Report) | Petráš 11' |
| June 6, 1970 16:00 |
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| Romania |
2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Diego De Leo |
| Neagu 52' Dumitrache 75' pen |
(Report) | Petráš 5' |
| June 7, 1970 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
1–0 | England |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Klein (Israel) Attendance: 66,834 |
| Jairzinho 59' | (Report) |
| June 10, 1970 16:00 |
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| Brazil |
3–2 | Romania |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Marschall (Austria) Attendance: 50,804 |
| Pelé 19', 67' Jairzinho 22' |
(Report) | Dumitrache 34' Dembrovschi 84' |
| June 11, 1970 16:00 |
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| England |
1–0 | Czechoslovakia |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Machin (France) Attendance: 49,262 |
| Clarke 50' pen | (Report) |
[edit] Group 4
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 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 16:00 |
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| Peru |
3–2 | Bulgaria |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Sbardella (Italy) Attendance: 14,000 |
| Gallardo 50' Chumpitaz 55' Cubillas 73' |
(Report) | Dermendzhiev 13' Bonev 49' |
| June 3, 1970 16:00 |
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| West Germany |
2–1 | Morocco |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Van Ravens (Netherlands) Attendance: 9,000 |
| Seeler 56' Müller 78' |
(Report) | Houmane 21' |
| June 6, 1970 16:00 |
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| Peru |
3–0 | Morocco |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Bakhramov (USSR) Attendance: 13,500 |
| Cubillas 65', 75' Challe 67' |
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| June 7, 1970 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
5–2 | Bulgaria |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Ortíz de Mendebil |
| Libuda 20' Müller 27', 52' pen, 88' Seeler 67' |
(Report) | Nikodimov 12' Kolev 89' |
| June 10, 1970 16:00 |
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| West Germany |
3–1 | Peru |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Aguilar (Mexico) Attendance: 18,000 |
| Müller 19', 26', 39' | (Report) | Cubillas 44' |
| June 11, 1970 16:00 |
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| Morocco |
1–1 | Bulgaria |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Saldanha (Portugal) Attendance: 12,000 |
| Ghazouani 61' | (Report) | Zhechev 40' |
[edit] Knockout stage
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| 14 June - Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Uruguay (aet) |
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| 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 - León | ||||||||||
| West Germany |
3 | |||||||||
| West Germany (aet) |
3 | West Germany |
1 | |||||||
| England |
2 | Uruguay |
0 | |||||||
| 20 June - Mexico City | ||||||||||
[edit] Quarter-finals
| June 14, 1970 12:00 |
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| West Germany |
3–2 (AET) | England |
León, Estadio Nou Camp Ref: Coerezza (Argentina) Attendance: 24,000 |
| Beckenbauer 68' Seeler 76' Müller 108' |
(Report) | Mullery 31' Peters 49' |
| June 14, 1970 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–2 | Peru |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Loraux (Belgium) Attendance: 54,233 |
| Rivelino 11' Tostão 15', 52' Jairzinho 75' |
(Report) | Gallardo 28' Cubillas 70' |
| June 14, 1970 12:00 |
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| Italy |
4–1 | Mexico |
Toluca, Estadio Luis Dosal Ref: Scheurer (Switzerland) Attendance: 27,000 |
| Peña 25' (og) Riva 63', 76' Rivera 70' |
(Report) | González 13' |
| June 14, 1970 12:00 |
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| Uruguay |
1–0 (AET) | USSR |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Ravens (Netherlands) Attendance: 45,000 |
| Espárrago 116' | (Report) |
[edit] Semi-finals
| June 17, 1970 16:00 |
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| Brazil |
3–1 | Uruguay |
Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco Ref: Mendibil (Spain) Attendance: 51,000 |
| Clodoaldo 44' Jairzinho 76' Rivelino 89' |
(Report) | Cubilla 19' |
| June 17, 1970 16:00 |
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| Italy |
4–3 (AET) | West Germany |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Yamasaki (Peru) Attendance: 80,000 |
| Boninsegna 8' Burgnich 98' Riva 104' Rivera 111' |
(Report) | Schnellinger 90' Müller 94', 110' |
[edit] Third place match
| June 20, 1970 16:00 |
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| West Germany |
1–0 | Uruguay |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Sbardella (Italy) Attendance: 104,000 |
| Overath 26' | (Report) |
[edit] Final
| June 21, 1970 12:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–1 | Italy |
Mexico City, Estadio Azteca Ref: Glöckner (East Germany) Attendance: 108,000 |
| Pelé 18' Gérson 66' Jairzinho 71' Carlos Alberto 86' |
(Report) | Boninsegna 37' |
[edit] Awards
| 1970 World Cup Winners |
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 Brazil Third title |
[edit] Scorers
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[edit] Trivia
- The official mascot of this World Cup was Juanito, a boy wearing Mexico's uniform and a sombrero.
- The 1970 World Cup was the first and only World Cup where a player scored in every round, including the final, accomplished by Brazilian striker Jairzinho.
- The 1970 World Cup was the first to feature official match balls made and provided by Adidas; the firm has made official match balls for every World Cup since.
- The group game match between Mexico and El Salvador was the first match to feature two nations from a single continental federation other than UEFA or CONMEBOL.
[edit] External links
- Brazil's heroes of 1970 relive their days of glory
- FIFA report on the 1970 World Cup Final, with video clip
- 1970 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
- Details at RSSSF
