1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup
Mexico 70
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
Fourth place Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 95  (2.97 per match)
Attendance 1,603,975  (50,124 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of West Germany Gerd Müller (10 goals)

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as hosts by FIFA in October 1964. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1. With their third World Cup triumph, Brazil 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 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.

Contents

Qualification

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
Qualifying countries

A total of 75 teams entered the qualifying tournament. Those who failed to qualify included France, Portugal, Hungary, Argentina and Spain. Meanwhile, Morocco became the first African nation to reach the World Cup finals since the Second World War.

Summary

First Round

The 1970 World Cup is now remembered as a classic - but, as usual, the tournament was preceded by disputes over the organisation of the event. This World Cup was 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.

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 tournament format. There were no seeds, instead the organizers formed geographical ‘sections’ from which the four groups were drawn in Mexico City, on 10 January 1970.[1] 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.

Controversy surrounded the world cup before a ball was even kicked. For England, the build-up to the tournament took a bizarre turn when their captain was accused of theft. While England were in Colombia for a pre-tournament friendly, Bobby Moore was arrested for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop. He was released on bail to allow him to appear in the World Cup finals, and the charges were later quietly dropped.

In Group 1, hosts Mexico lived up to the expectations of an entire nation by advancing along with the Soviet Union, though there was controversy over the home side's 1-0 victory over Belgium and their 4-0 win over El Salvador.

Group 2 of the opening round produced just six goals in six games as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, 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 former World champion Brazil were pooled with the current world champions England and solid European sides Czechoslovakia and Romania. In the rematch of the 1962 World Cup final, they fell behind early in their opening game against Czechoslovakia, but fought back strongly and eventually won 4-1. Pelé scored one of their goals, but a goal attempt that in which Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missed the goal by a whisker. The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations. The match is best remembered for a Pelé near-miss. His powerful close-range downward header was kept out by an amazing save from Gordon Banks, who somehow managed to get down to the ball and flick it upwards and over the bar. In the end, a single Jairzinho goal was enough to win the game for Brazil. Romania ran Brazil close in their third game, but were finally beaten 3-2. England joined Brazil with two 1-0 victories over Romania and Czechoslovakia.

In Group 4, Peru and its attacking style created a sensation by beating established side Bulgaria 3-2 after trailing 0-2 at halftime. Morocco also got off to a bright start, taking the lead against West Germany in their first match, but the Germans came back to win 2-1. West Germany also went behind against Bulgaria in their second match, but a Gerd Muller hat-trick helped them fight back to win 5-2. Muller hit another hat-trick in the Germans' last group game, scoring all their goals in a 3-1 win over Peru. In the end, Peru eventually advanced along with West Germany after scoring three times in 11 second-half minutes to beat Morocco 3-0.

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and third-place match

The quarter-finals saw a transformed Italy prevail 4-1 over Mexico after trailing 0-1. The host took the lead against Italy with a Jose Gonzales goal, but his team-mate Gustavo Pena equalised with an own goal before half-time. Italy then took over, and dominated the second half. Two goals from Luigi Riva and one from Gianni Rivera saw them go through 4-1. In Guadalajara, Peru's World Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals, where they lost 4-2 to Brazil after an entertaining and dramatic match between two equally attacking teams.

The game between Uruguay and the Soviet Union was goalless until five minutes from the end of extra time, when Victor Esparrago struck to send the South Americans through. The last quarter-final, a rematch of the 1966 World Cup final between England and West Germany, produced one of the great matches of World Cup history. England suffered a serious blow before the game, when their great goalkeeper Gordon Banks was taken ill with food poisoning. His deputy Peter Bonetti stepped into the breach, and early in the second half England had a 2-0 lead and seemed to have West Germany firmly in its grasp. However, West Germany pulled one back with a goal from Beckenbauer in the 68th minute. In a panic, England coach Alf Ramsey decided then to substitute the tiring Bobby Charlton. Without Charlton, England lost its ability to set its own pace on the game and could not contain the relentless German attacks which eventually resulted in West Germany equalizing eight minutes from time with an Uwe Seeler header. 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, thus, ending England's reign as world champions.

The semi-finals featured an exciting final four, all four having won the World Cup in the past: Brazil vs Uruguay, in a rematch of the 1950 World Cup final, and Italy vs West Germany. In the all-South American match, Brazil managed to defeat Uruguay 3-1 despite falling behind 20 minutes into the match. The game was evenly matched for 70 minutes but the Uruguayans found Brazil's attack too much to overcome. This match also 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, all-European semi-final 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 sustained a broken clavicle after trying to gain a foul by diving during extra time. As Helmut Schön, the West German manager, had already used the two permitted substitutes, Beckenbauer 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. West Germany went on to win the 3rd place match against Uruguay (1-0).

Final

In the final, Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivelino 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. Pelé 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.

A total of 8 outfield players from Brazil passed the ball until Captain Carlos Alberto hammered the ball into the corner of the Italian goal following an inch perfect pass across the Italian 18 yard box from Pelé, prompted by the intelligent Tostão, who, with his back to the goal, told Pelé that Alberto was steaming in on the right flank. Tostão started the move 5 yards from the left of the Brazilian 18 yard box, then ran the length of the field to the Italian box without touching the ball again to tell Pelé to lay it off for Alberto. The players involved in the passes in order were Tostão, Brito, Clodoaldo, Pelé, Gérson, defender Clodoaldo beat 4 Italian players in his own half before passing to Rivelino who hit a perfect pass down the wing to Jairzinho. Jairzinho crossed from the wing to the centre of the box to Pelé who held the ball up to play a pass for Alberto to smash it home. The only outfield players not involved in the move were Everaldo and Piazza. The full team was Carlos Alberto, Felix, Piazza, Brito, Clodoaldo, Everaldo Antonio, Jairzinho, Gérson, Tostão, Pelé and Rivelino. Brazil won the World Cup with 19 goals scored by 7 players, all of whom featured in the Carlos Alberto goal. Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play the qualifying rounds against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior winning all 6 games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only 2. In the last match of the qualifying rounds Brazil beat Paraguay 1 - 0 and had the largest official audience ever recorded for a football match, with 183,341 spectators in Brazil's Maracanã Stadium. In total the Brazilian team won all 12 games , scoring 42 goals and conceding only 8.

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.

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Juanito, a boy wearing Mexico's uniform and a sombrero.

Venues

Five cities hosted the tournament:

Match officials

Flag of Argentina Argentina
  • Angel Norberto Coerezza
Flag of Austria Austria
  • Ferdinand Marschall
Flag of Belgium Belgium
  • Vital Loraux
Flag of Brazil Brazil
  • Antônio de Moraês
Flag of Chile Chile
  • Rafael Hormázabal
Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
  • Rudi Glöckner
Flag of Egypt Egypt
  • Ali Kandil
Flag of England England
  • Jack Taylor
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
  • Seyoum Tarekegn
Flag of France France
  • Roger Machin
Flag of Israel Israel
  • Abraham Klein
Flag of Italy Italy
  • Antonio Sbardella
Flag of Mexico Mexico
  • Abel Aguilar Elizalde
  • Diego De Leo
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
  • Laurens van Ravens
Flag of Peru Peru
  • Arturo Yamasaki
Flag of Portugal Portugal
  • Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha
Flag of Romania Romania
  • Andrei Rǎdulescu
Flag of Scotland Scotland
  • Bob Davidson
Flag of Spain Spain
  • Ortíz de Mendibil
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • Tofik Bakhramov
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
  • Rudolf Scheurer
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
  • Ramón Barreto
Flag of the United States United States of America
  • Henry Landauer
Flag of West Germany West Germany
  • Kurt Tschenscher

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1970 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

First round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg USSR 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 5
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 2
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
31 May 1970
12:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 0 – 0 Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg USSR Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 107,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
(Report)

3 June 1970
16:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 3 – 0 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
Van Moer Scored in the 12th minute 12' Scored in the 54th minute 54'
Lambert Scored in the 76th minute 76' (pen.)
(Report)

6 June 1970
16:00
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg 4 – 1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Byshovets Scored in the 14th minute 14' Scored in the 63rd minute 63'
Asatiani Scored in the 57th minute 57'
Khmelnitsky Scored in the 76th minute 76'
(Report) Lambert Scored in the 86th minute 86'

7 June 1970
12:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 4 – 0 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 103,000
Referee: Ali Kandil (Egypt)
Valdivia Scored in the 45th minute 45' Scored in the 46th minute 46'
Fragoso Scored in the 58th minute 58'
Basaguren Scored in the 83rd minute 83'
(Report)

10 June 1970
16:00
USSR Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg 2 – 0 Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 89,000
Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile)
Byshovets Scored in the 51st minute 51' Scored in the 74th minute 74' (Report)

11 June 1970
16:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Angel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
Peña Scored in the 14th minute 14' (pen.) (Report)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 3
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
2 June 1970
16:00
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg 2 – 0 Flag of Israel.svg Israel Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)
Maneiro Scored in the 23rd minute 23'
Mujica Scored in the 50th minute 50'
(Report)

3 June 1970
16:00
Italy Flag of Italy.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Domenghini Scored in the 10th minute 10' (Report)

6 June 1970
16:00
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg 0 – 0 Flag of Italy.svg Italy Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
(Report)

7 June 1970
12:00
Israel Flag of Israel.svg 1 – 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
Spiegler Scored in the 56th minute 56' (Report) Turesson Scored in the 53rd minute 53'

10 June 1970
16:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)
Grahn Scored in the 90th minute 90' (Report)

11 June 1970
16:00
Italy Flag of Italy.svg 0 – 0 Flag of Israel.svg Israel Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Antonio De Moraes (Brazil)
(Report)

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 6
Flag of England.svg England 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 2
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
2 June 1970
16:00
England Flag of England.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 50,560
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Hurst Scored in the 65th minute 65' (Report)

3 June 1970
16:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 4 – 1 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 52,897
Referee: Ramon Barreto (Uruguay)
Rivelino Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Pelé Scored in the 59th minute 59'
Jairzinho Scored in the 61st minute 61' Scored in the 81st minute 81'
(Report) Petráš Scored in the 11th minute 11'

6 June 1970
16:00
Romania Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg 2 – 1 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 56,818
Referee: Diego De Leo (Mexico)
Neagu Scored in the 52nd minute 52'
Dumitrache Scored in the 75th minute 75' (pen.)
(Report) Petráš Scored in the 5th minute 5'

7 June 1970
12:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 1 – 0 Flag of England.svg England Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 66,834
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
Jairzinho Scored in the 59th minute 59' (Report)

10 June 1970
16:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 3 – 2 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 50,804
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Pelé Scored in the 19th minute 19' Scored in the 67th minute 67'
Jairzinho Scored in the 22nd minute 22'
(Report) Dumitrache Scored in the 34th minute 34'
Dembrovschi Scored in the 84th minute 84'

11 June 1970
16:00
England Flag of England.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 49,262
Referee: Roger Machin (France)
Clarke Scored in the 50th minute 50' (pen.) (Report)

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 6
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 5 9 -4 1
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
2 June 1970
16:00
Peru Flag of Peru.svg 3 – 2 Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Bulgaria Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 13,765
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
Gallardo Scored in the 50th minute 50'
Chumpitaz Scored in the 55th minute 55'
Cubillas Scored in the 73rd minute 73'
(Report) Dermendzhiev Scored in the 13th minute 13'
Bonev Scored in the 49th minute 49'

3 June 1970
16:00
West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 12,942
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Seeler Scored in the 56th minute 56'
Müller Scored in the 78th minute 78'
(Report) Houmane Scored in the 21st minute 21'

6 June 1970
16:00
Peru Flag of Peru.svg 3 – 0 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 13,537
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
Cubillas Scored in the 65th minute 65' Scored in the 75th minute 75'
Challe Scored in the 67th minute 67'
(Report)

7 June 1970
12:00
West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 5 – 2 Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Bulgaria Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Ortíz de Mendibil (Spain)
Libuda Scored in the 20th minute 20'
Müller Scored in the 27th minute 27' Scored in the 52nd minute 52' (pen.) Scored in the 88th minute 88'
Seeler Scored in the 67th minute 67'
(Report) Nikodimov Scored in the 12th minute 12'
Kolev Scored in the 89th minute 89'

10 June 1970
16:00
West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3 – 1 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 17,875
Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)
Müller Scored in the 19th minute 19' Scored in the 26th minute 26' Scored in the 39th minute 39' (Report) Cubillas Scored in the 44th minute 44'

11 June 1970
16:00
Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg 1 – 1 Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg Bulgaria Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 12,299
Referee: Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)
Ghazouani Scored in the 61st minute 61' (Report) Zhechev Scored in the 40th minute 40'

Knockout stage

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
14 June - Mexico City        
 Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg USSR  0
17 June - Guadalajara
 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (aet)  1  
 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay  1
14 June - Guadalajara
   Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil  3  
 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil  4
21 June - Mexico City
 Flag of Peru.svg Peru  2  
 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil  4
14 June - Toluca
   Flag of Italy.svg Italy  1
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy  4
17 June - Mexico City
 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico  1  
 Flag of Italy.svg Italy (aet)  4 Third place
14 June - León
   Flag of Germany.svg West Germany  3  
 Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (aet)  3  Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay  0
 Flag of England.svg England  2    Flag of Germany.svg West Germany  1
20 June - Mexico City

Quarter-finals

14 June 1970
12:00
West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Flag of England.svg England Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 23,357
Referee: Angel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
Beckenbauer Scored in the 68th minute 68'
Seeler Scored in the 76th minute 76'
Müller Scored in the 108th minute 108'
(Report) Mullery Scored in the 31st minute 31'
Peters Scored in the 49th minute 49'

14 June 1970
12:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 4 – 2 Flag of Peru.svg Peru Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 54,270
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Rivelino Scored in the 11th minute 11'
Tostão Scored in the 15th minute 15' Scored in the 52nd minute 52'
Jairzinho Scored in the 75th minute 75'
(Report) Gallardo Scored in the 28th minute 28'
Cubillas Scored in the 70th minute 70'

14 June 1970
12:00
Italy Flag of Italy.svg 4 – 1 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca
Attendance: 26,851
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Peña Scored in the 25th minute 25' (o.g.)
Riva Scored in the 63rd minute 63' Scored in the 76th minute 76'
Rivera Scored in the 70th minute 70'
(Report) González Scored in the 13th minute 13'

14 June 1970
12:00
Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg USSR Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 24,550
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Espárrago Scored in the 116th minute 116' (Report)

Semi-finals

17 June 1970
16:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 3 – 1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 51,261
Referee: Ortíz De Mendibil (Spain)
Clodoaldo Scored in the 44th minute 44'
Jairzinho Scored in the 76th minute 76'
Rivelino Scored in the 89th minute 89'
(Report) Cubilla Scored in the 19th minute 19'

17 June 1970
16:00
Italy Flag of Italy.svg 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 102,444
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Boninsegna Scored in the 8th minute 8'
Burgnich Scored in the 98th minute 98'
Riva Scored in the 104th minute 104'
Rivera Scored in the 111th minute 111'
(Report) Schnellinger Scored in the 90th minute 90'
Müller Scored in the 94th minute 94' Scored in the 110th minute 110'

Third place match

20 June 1970
16:00
West Germany Flag of Germany.svg 1 – 0 Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 104,403
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
Overath Scored in the 26th minute 26' (Report)

Final

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup Final
21 June 1970
12:00
Brazil Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg 4 – 1 Flag of Italy.svg Italy Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 107,412
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Pelé Scored in the 18th minute 18'
Gérson Scored in the 66th minute 66'
Jairzinho Scored in the 71st minute 71'
Carlos Alberto Scored in the 86th minute 86'
(Report) Boninsegna Scored in the 37th minute 37'
 1970 FIFA World Cup Winners 
Flag of Brazil
Brazil
Third title

Scorers

10 goals
7 goals
  • Flag of Brazil Jairzinho
5 goals
4 goals
  • Flag of Brazil Pelé
  • Flag of the Soviet Union Anatoliy Byshovets
3 goals
2 goals
  • Flag of Belgium Raoul Lambert
  • Flag of Belgium Wilfried Van Moer
  • Flag of Brazil Tostão
  • Flag of Czechoslovakia Ladislav Petráš
  • Flag of Italy Roberto Boninsegna
  • Flag of Italy Gianni Rivera
  • Flag of Mexico Javier Valdivia
  • Flag of Peru Alberto Gallardo
  • Flag of Romania Florea Dumitrache
1 goal
  • Flag of Brazil Carlos Alberto
  • Flag of Brazil Clodoaldo
  • Flag of Brazil Gérson
  • Flag of Bulgaria Hristo Bonev
  • Flag of Bulgaria Dinko Dermendzhiev
  • Flag of Bulgaria Todor Kolev
  • Flag of Bulgaria Asparuh Nikodimov
  • Flag of Bulgaria Dobromir Zhechev
  • Flag of England Allan Clarke
  • Flag of England Geoff Hurst
  • Flag of England Alan Mullery
  • Flag of England Martin Peters
  • Flag of West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
  • Flag of West Germany Reinhard Libuda
  • Flag of West Germany Wolfgang Overath
  • Flag of West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
  • Flag of Israel Mordechai Spiegler
  • Flag of Italy Tarcisio Burgnich
  • Flag of Italy Angelo Domenghini
  • Flag of Morocco Maouhoub Ghazouani
  • Flag of Morocco Mohammed Houmane
  • Flag of Mexico Juan Ignacio Basaguren
  • Flag of Mexico Javier Fragoso
  • Flag of Mexico José Luis González
  • Flag of Mexico Gustavo Peña
  • Flag of Peru Roberto Challe
  • Flag of Peru Héctor Chumpitaz
  • Flag of Romania Emerich Dembrovschi
  • Flag of Romania Alexandru Neagu
  • Flag of the Soviet Union Kakhi Asatiani
  • Flag of the Soviet Union Vitaly Khmelnitsky
  • Flag of Sweden Ove Grahn
  • Flag of Sweden Tom Turesson
  • Flag of Uruguay Luis Cubilla
  • Flag of Uruguay Víctor Espárrago
  • Flag of Uruguay Ildo Maneiro
  • Flag of Uruguay Juan Mujica
Own goals
  • Flag of Mexico Gustavo Peña (for Italy)

Notable innovations

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 Serebryanikov was the first player to be replaced, by Anatoliy 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 expulsions already existed prior to 1970.) Five yellow cards were shown in the opening Mexico vs USSR match, while no red cards were given in the tournament. These were thought of when the coach attempted to warn off an offending player in the previous World Cup; allegedly, when he saw the traffic lights, he thought of them as a means of communicating a warning to the player.

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