1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico

1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico

• When: 31 May 1970 to 21 June 1970
• Final: 21 June 1970
• Matches: 32
• Goals Scored: 95 (average 3.0 per match)
• Attendance: 1603975 (average 50124)
• Teams: 16

1. Morocco
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Czechoslovakia
5. England
6. Germany FR
7. Israel
   
8. Italy
9. Romania
10. Soviet Union
11. Sweden
12. El Salvador
13. Mexico
14. Brazil
15. Peru
16. Uruguay

Final
Brazil (1) 4-1 (1) Italy

Third Place
Germany FR (1) 1-0 (0) Uruguay

Semifinal
Italy (1 [1st]) (1 [2nd]) 4-3 a.e.t (1 [2nd]) (0 [1st]) Germany FR
Brazil (2) 5-2 (1) Uruguay

• Winner: Brazil
• Runners-Up: Italy
• Third: Germany FR
• Fourth: Uruguay

• Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (10 goals) (Germany FR)
• JAIRZINHO (7 goals) (Brazil)
• Teofilo CUBILLAS (5 goals) (Peru)
• Anatoly BISHOVETS (4 goals) (Soviet Union)
• PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (4 goals) (Brazil)

FOR YOUR INFO

1. In between five sending-offs at both the 1966 and 1974 competitions, Mexico 70 produced no dismissals, an all-time low for a 16-or-more-team finals.
2. With a coin toss four minutes away from settling their quarter-final with the Soviet Union, Victor Esparrago netted a 116th minute winner for Uruguay.
3. After a change against the hosts, ten of Belgium's team were at Anderlecht or Standard Liege. Their 11th man, Jean Dockx, joined the former in 1971.
4. Martin and Jose Vantolra are the only father and son to play for different nations at the finals; Spain in 1934 and Mexico in 1970 respectively.
5. Mexico's Group 1 encounter against El Salvador was the first between two nations from the same continent other than Europe or South America.

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