football world cup 1970

olspan=2\|1970 Football World Cup - Mexico Mexico 70
olspan=2\| Official 1970 Football World Cup poster
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gcolor=#efefef\|Participant teams	70 (final tournament: 16)
gcolor=#efefef\|Host	Mexico
gcolor=#efefef\|Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
gcolor=#efefef\|Matches played	32
gcolor=#efefef\|Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
gcolor=#efefef\|Attendance	1,673,975 (52,312 per match)
gcolor=#efefef\|Top scorer	Gerd Mller (FRG) 10 goals

The 1970 Football World Cup was held in Mexico. It was won by Brazil, who beat Italy 4-1 in the final. It was Pel's third and final World Cup victory. The format of the competition stayed the same as 1966: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Top two teams in each group would advance to the quarterfinals. Since this was the third win for the Brazilian team (they had already won 1958 and 1962), they were entitled to keep the Jules Rimet trophy. Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo was the first footballer to become World champion as player (1958, 1962) and coach. Brazilian right winger Jairzinho scored at least one goal in each of the six games played by the Brazilian team in the World Cup (in the first game, against Czechoslovakia, he scored two), a feat which has never been repeated. However, the striker of the tournament was West Germany's Gerd Mller, with impressive 10 goals in the competition. Mller incredibly made a hat-trick in two consecutive games, against Bulgaria and Peru in the Group Stage. But he didn't score in Germany's last game (the 3rd place match) against Uruguay. The most memorable match of the tournament, and by many regarded as one of the greatest matches in World Cup history, may have been the Italian 4-3 win after extra time over West Germany in the semifinal. Italy led by 1-0 until the 90th minute when Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored the equaliser during injury time. Then, during extra time, the lead changed from a German 2-1 to an Italian 3-2, when Gerd Mller equalized again before Gianni Rivera scored the winning goal in the 111th minute. The qualification tournament for this World Cup was the cause of the brief Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.

First round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
20px USSR	5	3	2	1	0	6	1
20px Mexico	5	3	2	1	0	5	0
20px Belgium	2	3	1	0	2	4	5
20px El Salvador	0	3	0	0	3	0	9

Mexico	0 - 0	USSR
Belgium	3 - 0	El Salvador
USSR	4 - 1	Belgium
Mexico	4 - 0	El Salvador
USSR	2 - 0	El Salvador
Mexico	1 - 0	Belgium

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
20px Italy	4	3	1	2	0	1	0
20px Uruguay	3	3	1	1	1	2	1
20px Sweden	3	3	1	1	1	2	2
20px Israel	2	3	0	2	1	1	3

Uruguay	2 - 0	Israel
Italy	1 - 0	Sweden
Italy	0 - 0	Uruguay
Sweden	1 - 1	Israel
Sweden	1 - 0	Uruguay
Italy	0 - 0	Israel

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
20px Brazil	6	3	3	0	8	3
20px England	4	3	2	1	2	1
20px Romania	2	3	1	2	4	5
20px Czechoslovakia	0	3	0	3	2	7

England	1 - 0	Romania
Brazil	4 - 1	Czechoslovakia
Romania	2 - 1	Czechoslovakia
Brazil	1 - 0	England
Brazil	3 - 2	Romania
England	1 - 0	Czechoslovakia

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
20px West Germany	6	3	3	0	0	10	4
20px Peru	4	3	2	0	1	7	5
20px Bulgaria	1	3	0	1	2	5	9
20px Morocco	1	3	0	1	2	2	6

Peru	3 - 2	Bulgaria
West Germany	2 - 1	Morocco
Peru	3 - 0	Morocco
West Germany	5 - 2	Bulgaria
West Germany	3 - 1	Peru
Morocco	1 - 1	Bulgaria