Football World Cup 1970 / qualification

Overview

Participant in qualifying for the 1970 World Cup

For the Soccer World Cup in Mexico in 1970 , 71 teams had registered, including

• 30 teams from Europe
• 12 teams from Africa (Rhodesia in the Asia-Oceania group for political reasons)
• 4 teams from Asia
• 2 teams from Oceania
• 10 teams from South America and
• 13 teams from North and Central America

Since defending champions England and organizers Mexico were directly qualified and the World Cup finals were played with 16 teams, there were 14 free places in the finals for the remaining 69 teams. These were distributed as follows:

Defending champion:	England		Host:	Mexico
8 to Europe	Romania	Czechoslovakia	Italy	Soviet Union
	Sweden	Belgium	BR Germany	Bulgaria
3 to South America	Peru	Brazil	Uruguay
1 to North and Central America	El Salvador
1 to Africa	Morocco
1 to Asia and Oceania	Israel

Only North Korea withdrew its report, so that a total of 68 teams played qualifying games, which meant a new participation record.

European Zone / UEFA

30 teams from Europe registered for qualifying for the 1970 World Cup. England were automatically qualified as defending champions. The remaining 29 teams were divided into eight groups, including five groups of four and three groups of three. The eight group winners qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. If there was a tie on first rank, the goals weren't decisive, but a deciding game on neutral ground.

Group 1

Portugal, who were third in the 1966 World Cup , were considered the big favorites of this group. At most, Switzerland was given outsider opportunities. The Portuguese , who competed with world star Eusébio , won their first game against Romania 3-0 as planned. But already the next game against Greece was lost 2-4. A bitter home defeat against Switzerland, which was beaten 2-0 despite oppressive superiority and 19: 1 corners, finally ushered in the decline.

On the last day of the match in Bucharest there was a real final between Romania (7: 3 points) and Greece (6: 4 points). In front of over 100,000 enthusiastic spectators, they split 1: 1. Romania had qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time since 1938. Portugal, the big favorites, finished last in the group.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	07: 06	8: 4
2	Greece	13: 09	7: 5
3	Switzerland	05: 08	5: 7
4th	Portugal	08:10	4: 8

Game results:

October 12, 1968	Basel	Switzerland	-	Greece	1-0
October 27, 1968	Lisbon	Portugal	-	Romania	3-0
11/23/1968	Bucharest	Romania	-	Switzerland	2-0
December 11, 1968	Athens	Greece	-	Portugal	4: 2
04/16/1969	Lisbon	Portugal	-	Switzerland	0: 2
04/16/1969	Athens	Greece	-	Romania	2: 2
05/04/1969	postage	Portugal	-	Greece	2: 2
05/14/1969	Lausanne	Switzerland	-	Romania	0: 1
10/12/1969	Bucharest	Romania	-	Portugal	1-0
10/15/1969	Thessaloniki	Greece	-	Switzerland	4: 1
11/02/1969	Bern	Switzerland	-	Portugal	1: 1
11/16/1969	Bucharest	Romania	-	Greece	1: 1

Group 2

The undisputed favorites of Group 2 were Hungarians, who were rated as equally strong, and Czechoslovakia. Hungary had left Brazil behind in 1966, and the ČSSR had become runner-up in 1962 .

After completing the group games, both teams were tied at the top. According to the regulations at the time, a playoff was required on a neutral pitch. In the event of a tie, the goal difference in the final table would decide and Hungary would qualify. In front of only 8,000 spectators in Marseille, Hungary appeared emphatically defensive. Shortly before half-time the Czechoslovaks took the lead. The Hungarians did not recover from the shock and in the end lost clearly 1: 4.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Czechoslovakia	12: 06	9: 03
2	Hungary	16: 07	9: 03
3	Denmark	06:10	5: 07
4th	Ireland	03:14	1:11

Game results:

09/25/1968	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 3
10/20/1968	Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	-	Denmark	1-0
05/04/1969	Dublin	Ireland	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 2
05/25/1969	Budapest	Hungary	-	Czechoslovakia	2-0
05/27/1969	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Ireland	2-0
06/08/1969	Dublin	Ireland	-	Hungary	1: 2
06/15/1969	Copenhagen	Denmark	-	Hungary	3: 2
09/14/1969	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	3: 3
07.10.1969	Prague	Czechoslovakia	-	Ireland	3-0
10/15/1969	Dublin	Ireland	-	Denmark	1: 1
10/22/1969	Budapest	Hungary	-	Denmark	3-0
05/11/1969	Budapest	Hungary	-	Ireland	4-0
Playoff :
December 3rd, 1969	Marseille	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	4: 1

Group 3

The reigning European champions Italy met in Group 3 on Wales (last World Cup participation in 1958) and the GDR, which had never qualified for a World Cup before. The southern Europeans won their first game in Cardiff with difficulty against the almost non-stop attacking Welsh with 1-0. A counterattack by Luigi Riva brought the decision. In the second game against the GDR they fell behind twice, but could equalize each time. With a little luck, Italy would have survived the two away games. The qualification could then be secured just before the GDR through harmless home wins.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Italy	10: 03	7: 1
2	GDR	07: 07	5: 3
3	Wales	03:10	0: 8

Game results:

October 23, 1968	Cardiff	Wales	-	Italy	0: 1
03/29/1969	East Berlin	GDR	-	Italy	2: 2
04/16/1969	Dresden	GDR	-	Wales	2: 1
10/22/1969	Cardiff	Wales	-	GDR	1: 3
04/11/1969	Rome	Italy	-	Wales	4: 1
11/22/1969	Naples	Italy	-	GDR	3-0

Group 4

The USSR team was the clear favorite of Group 4. However, after Northern Ireland, which had to compete without its injured star George Best , surprisingly won the away game against Turkey 3-0, the outcome of the qualification was open. In Belfast, the favored USSR selection then achieved a happy 0-0 against the non-stop storming Northern Irish, who scored two crossbars. The remaining games were won smoothly by the Soviet team, so that they could ultimately qualify for the World Cup finals.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	8: 01	7: 1
2	Northern Ireland	7: 03	5: 3
3	Turkey	2:13	0: 8

Game results:

October 23, 1968	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	Turkey	4: 1
December 11, 1968	Istanbul	Turkey	-	Northern Ireland	0: 3
09/10/1969	Belfast	Northern Ireland	-	USSR	0-0
10/15/1969	Kiev	USSR	-	Turkey	3-0
10/22/1969	Moscow	USSR	-	Northern Ireland	2-0
11/16/1969	Istanbul	Turkey	-	USSR	1: 3

Group 5

The preliminary decision on group victory was made in the second game when France suffered a sensational home defeat against third-class Norway. Since the Swedes had won their two games against Norway, a home win in the penultimate group game against France would be enough to win the group. The Scandinavians managed to get clearances for their foreign legionnaires and had little trouble beating France 2-0. The final group game in Paris was insignificant, Sweden qualified as unassailable group winners for Mexico.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	12: 05	6: 2
2	France	06: 04	4: 4
3	Norway	04:13	2: 6

Game results:

10/09/1968	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Norway	5-0
06/11/1968	Strasbourg	France	-	Norway	0: 1
06/19/1969	Oslo	Norway	-	Sweden	2: 5
09/10/1969	Oslo	Norway	-	France	1: 3
10/15/1969	Stockholm	Sweden	-	France	2-0
11/02/1969	Paris	France	-	Sweden	3-0

Group 6

In Group 6, two of the strongest European teams, Spain and Yugoslavia, fought for group victory. But first Belgium took over the championship lead with two victories over the blatant underdog Finland. A hard-fought home win against Yugoslavia strengthened this position. The Belgians initially took the lead 1-0. The Yugoslavs reacted with extreme severity. There were three dismissals. In the end, even the police had to intervene.

In the next encounter, the Belgians, who had to do without their injured star Paul van Himst , defied the Spaniards in Madrid with a draw and thus finally established themselves at the top of the table. The decision was made eight weeks later in the second leg. In a highly dramatic match, the Belgians were able to save a narrow 2: 1 advantage over the continuously running Spaniards over time. Since Spain and Yugoslavia took each other's points away, Belgium had qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time since 1958.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Belgium	14: 08	9: 03
2	Yugoslavia	19: 07	7: 05
3	Spain	10: 06	6: 06
4th	Finland	06:28	2:10

Game results:

06/19/1968	Helsinki	Finland	-	Belgium	1: 2
09/25/1968	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Finland	9: 1
10/09/1968	Commodity	Belgium	-	Finland	6: 1
10/16/1968	Brussels	Belgium	-	Yugoslavia	3-0
October 27, 1968	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	0-0
December 11, 1968	Madrid	Spain	-	Belgium	1: 1
02/23/1969	Liege	Belgium	-	Spain	2: 1
04/30/1969	Barcelona	Spain	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1
06/04/1969	Helsinki	Finland	-	Yugoslavia	1: 5
06/25/1969	Helsinki	Finland	-	Spain	2-0
10/15/1969	Cadiz	Spain	-	Finland	6-0
October 19, 1969	Skopje	Yugoslavia	-	Belgium	4-0

Group 7

The Federal Republic of Germany was the clear favorite of Group 7, but had never won against Scotland before. The Austrian Football Association had only decided in early September 1967 to participate in the World Cup.

The foundation stone for the West German team to participate again in the World Cup was laid in Vienna on October 13, 1968, when a weakened German team struggled to win 2-0 against Austria. In the second away game against Cyprus, the reigning vice world champion , who had played without Franz Beckenbauer , achieved a lucky 1-0 win with a goal scored by Gerd Müller in stoppage time. Due to a postal strike on the Mediterranean island, the result could only be transmitted several hours late.

In the third away game in a row, the German national team defied the Scots, who had previously defeated Austria 2-1, in a hard-fought game at Hampden Park . Gerd Müller took the lead shortly before half-time, the equalizer fell just before the end of the game. In the second leg against Austria, the German team unexpectedly had a lot of trouble with their opponents. The narrow victory could only be secured by another Müller goal two minutes before the end.

On October 22, 1969, the decisive encounter against Scotland took place in Hamburg. After a mistake by Sepp Maier , Germany fell behind in the third minute. The equalization could only be achieved half an hour later. An interim German leadership was practically offset by Scotland in return. Reinhard Libuda scored the winning goal with a remarkable solo effort in the 78th minute.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	BR Germany	20: 03	11: 01
2	Scotland	18: 07	07: 05
3	Austria	12: 07	06: 06
4th	Cyprus	02:35	00:12

Game results:

05/19/1968	Vienna	Austria	-	Cyprus	07: 1
10/13/1968	Vienna	Austria	-	BR Germany	00: 2
06/11/1968	Glasgow	Scotland	-	Austria	02: 1
11/23/1968	Nicosia	Cyprus	-	BR Germany	00: 1
December 11, 1968	Nicosia	Cyprus	-	Scotland	00: 5
04/16/1969	Glasgow	Scotland	-	BR Germany	01: 1
04/19/1969	Nicosia	Cyprus	-	Austria	01: 2
05/10/1969	Nuremberg	BR Germany	-	Austria	01-0
05/17/1969	Glasgow	Scotland	-	Cyprus	08-0
05/21/1969	eat	BR Germany	-	Cyprus	12: 0
10/22/1969	Hamburg	BR Germany	-	Scotland	03: 2
05/11/1969	Vienna	Austria	-	Scotland	02-0

Group 8

Group 8 did not have a clear favorite. Bulgaria, Poland and the Netherlands were viewed as roughly equal, Luxembourg was only considered a point supplier. After the favorites had each won their home games, it came on October 22, 1969 in Rotterdam to decide whether to win the group when Bulgaria reached a 1-1 draw. The Dutch had done without their young star Johan Cruyff , who was internally banned for lack of discipline. Despite the following 3-0 defeat in Poland, a win against Luxembourg in the last game was enough for the Bulgarians to qualify for the World Cup for the third time in a row after 1962 and 1966. The losing teams, Poland and the Netherlands, were to play a major role at the next World Cup in 1974 in Germany.

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Bulgaria	12: 07	9: 03
2	Poland	19: 08	8: 04
3	Netherlands	09: 05	7: 05
4th	Luxembourg	04: 024	0:12

Game results:

04.09.1968	Rotterdam	Luxembourg	-	Netherlands	0: 2
October 27, 1968	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Netherlands	2-0
03/26/1969	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Luxembourg	4-0
04/20/1969	Krakow	Poland	-	Luxembourg	8: 1
04/23/1969	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Luxembourg	2: 1
05/07/1969	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Poland	1-0
06/15/1969	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Poland	4: 1
07.09.1969	Chorzów	Poland	-	Netherlands	2: 1
10/12/1969	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Poland	1: 5
10/22/1969	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Bulgaria	1: 1
11/09/1969	Warsaw	Poland	-	Bulgaria	3-0
December 07, 1969	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Bulgaria	1: 3

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

All ten South American national teams took part in qualifying for the 1970 World Cup. The game was played in two groups of three and one group of four. The three group winners qualified for the World Cup in Mexico.

Group 1

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Peru	7: 4	5: 3
2	Bolivia	5: 6	4: 4
3	Argentina	4: 6	3: 5

Game results:

07/27/1969	La Paz	Bolivia	-	Argentina	3: 1
08/03/1969	Lima	Peru	-	Argentina	1-0
08/10/1969	La Paz	Bolivia	-	Peru	2: 1
08/17/1969	Lima	Peru	-	Bolivia	3-0
08/24/1969	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Bolivia	1-0
08/31/1969	Buenos Aires	Argentina	-	Peru	2: 2

Group 2

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Brazil	23: 02	12: 00
2	Paraguay	06: 05	08: 04
3	Colombia	07:12	03: 09
4th	Venezuela	01:18	01:11

Game results:

07/27/1969	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Venezuela	3-0
08/02/1969	Caracas	Venezuela	-	Colombia	1: 1
08/06/1969	Caracas	Venezuela	-	Paraguay	0: 2
08/06/1969	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Brazil	0: 2
08/10/1969	Caracas	Venezuela	-	Brazil	0: 5
08/10/1969	Bogotá	Colombia	-	Paraguay	0: 1
08/17/1969	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Brazil	0: 3
08/21/1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	-	Colombia	6: 2
08/21/1969	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Venezuela	1-0
08/24/1969	Asunción	Paraguay	-	Colombia	2: 1
08/24/1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	-	Venezuela	6-0
08/31/1969	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	-	Paraguay	1-0

Group 3

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Uruguay	5-0	7: 1
2	Chile	5: 4	4: 4
3	Ecuador	2: 8	1: 7

Game results:

07/06/1969	Guayaquil	Ecuador	-	Uruguay	0: 2
07/13/1969	Santiago	Chile	-	Uruguay	0-0
07/20/1969	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Ecuador	1-0
07/27/1969	Santiago	Chile	-	Ecuador	4: 1
08/03/1969	Guayaquil	Ecuador	-	Chile	1: 1
08/10/1969	Montevideo	Uruguay	-	Chile	2-0

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

In the CONCACAF zone, twelve teams played in four groups of three. The four group winners qualified for the semi-finals. Semi-finals and finals were played in home and away matches. The winner of the final qualified for the World Cup finals. Host Mexico automatically qualified for the 1970 World Cup. Ultimately, the El Salvador team was able to get a free starting place under lucky circumstances, after they only prevailed in the semi-finals against Honduras and in the final against Haiti in the extension of a playoff.

The qualifying matches between El Salvador and Honduras formed the trigger for the so-called football war , a military conflict between the two countries from July 14th to 18th, 1969, which killed around 2000 people on both sides.

Group 1

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	United States	11: 06	6: 2
2	Canada	08: 03	5: 3
3	Bermuda	02:12	1: 7

Game results:

06.10.1968	Toronto	Canada	-	Bermuda	4-0
10/13/1968	Toronto	Canada	-	United States	4: 2
10/20/1968	Hamilton	Bermuda	-	Canada	0-0
10/26/1968	Atlanta	United States	-	Canada	1-0
03/11/1968	Kansas City	United States	-	Bermuda	6: 2
11/11/1968	Hamilton	Bermuda	-	United States	0: 2

Group 2

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Haiti	9: 05	5: 3
2	Guatemala	5: 03	4: 4
3	Trinidad & Tobago	4:10	3: 5

Game results:

11/17/1968	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Trinidad & Tobago	4-0
11/20/1968	Guatemala City	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Guatemala	0-0
11/23/1968	Port-au-Prince	Trinidad & Tobago	-	Haiti	0: 4
11/25/1968	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Trinidad & Tobago	2: 4
December 8, 1968	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Guatemala	2-0
02/23/1969	Guatemala City	Guatemala	-	Haiti	1: 1

Group 3

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Honduras	7: 02	7: 1
2	Costa Rica	7: 03	5: 3
3	Jamaica	2:11	0: 8

Game results:

11/27/1968	San Jose	Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	3-0
December 01, 1968	San Jose	Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	1: 3
05.12.1968	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Jamaica	3: 1
December 8, 1968	Tegucigalpa	Jamaica	-	Honduras	0: 2
December 22, 1968	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	Costa Rica	1-0
December 29, 1968	San Jose	Costa Rica	-	Honduras	1: 1

Group 4

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	El Salvador	10: 5	6: 2
2	Dutch Guiana	10: 9	4: 4
3	Netherlands Antilles	03: 9	2: 6

Game results:

11/24/1968	Paramaribo	Netherlands Guiana	-	Netherlands Antilles	6-0
December 01, 1968	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Netherlands Guiana	6-0
05.12.1968	Oranjestad	Netherlands Antilles	-	Netherlands Guiana	2-0
12/12/1968	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Netherlands Antilles	1-0
December 15, 1968	San Salvador	Netherlands Antilles	-	El Salvador	1: 2
December 22, 1968	Paramaribo	Netherlands Guiana	-	El Salvador	4: 1

Semifinals

04/20/1969	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	United States	2-0
05/11/1969	San Diego	United States	-	Haiti	0: 1

06/08/1969	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	-	El Salvador	1-0
06/15/1969	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Honduras	3-0
Playoff:
06/26/1969	Mexico city	El Salvador	-	Honduras	3: 2 a.d.

final

09/21/1969	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	El Salvador	1: 2
09/28/1969	San Salvador	El Salvador	-	Haiti	0: 3
Playoff:
10/08/1969	Kingston	El Salvador	-	Haiti	1: 0 a.d.

Asian Zone / AFC and Oceanic Zone / OFC

Only four Asian associations submitted a report for qualification. In addition, there were two associations from the Oceanic Zone, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, Rhodesia was assigned to the Asian zone due to its racial policy. The mode of competition stipulated that the teams played a home and a return leg in each group. If the two first-placed winners were tied, the goal difference was not taken into account, instead a playoff was played.

First, the Asian and Oceanic participants played against each other in two groups of three. Australia defeated both Japan and South Korea and then met Rhodesia as group A winners. After the Australians were able to prevail in this duel too, they faced the winner of Group B Israel. They only had to assert themselves in their group against the team from New Zealand, as North Korea refused to play in Israel and was then disqualified by FIFA. Israel was able to prevail against Australia in the fight for the only starting place.

Group A

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Australia	7: 4	6: 2
2	South Korea	6: 5	4: 4
3	Japan	4: 8	2: 6

Game results:

10/10/1969	Seoul	Australia	-	Japan	3: 1
10/12/1969	Seoul	Japan	-	South Korea	2: 2
10/14/1969	Seoul	Australia	-	South Korea	2: 1
10/16/1969	Seoul	Japan	-	Australia	1: 1
October 18, 1969	Seoul	South Korea	-	Japan	2-0
10/20/1969	Seoul	South Korea	-	Australia	1: 1

11/23/1969	Lourenço Marques	Australia	-	Rhodesia	1: 1
11/27/1969	Lourenço Marques	Rhodesia	-	Australia	0-0
Playoff :
11/29/1969	Lourenço Marques	Australia	-	Rhodesia	3: 1

Group B

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Israel	6-0	4-0
2	New Zealand	0: 6	0: 4
3	North Korea	disqualified

Game results:

09/28/69	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	New Zealand	4-0
10/01/69	Tel Aviv	New Zealand	-	Israel	0: 2

final

December 04, 1969	Ramat Gan	Israel	-	Australia	1-0
December 14, 1969	Sydney	Australia	-	Israel	1: 1

African Zone / CAF

Eleven African teams played off three participants in the final round in two knockout rounds . African champions Ghana had a bye in the first round. Morocco was able to assert itself in the finals against the teams from Nigeria and Sudan and thus qualified for the World Cup finals in Mexico.

First round

Game results:

11/17/1968	Algiers	Algeria	-	Tunisia	1: 2
December 29, 1968	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Algeria	0-0

03/11/1968	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Senegal	1-0
01/05/1969	Dakar	Senegal	-	Morocco	2: 1
Playoff:
02/13/1969	Las Palmas	Morocco	-	Senegal	2-0

01/26/1969	Tripoli	Libya	-	Ethiopia	2-0
02/09/1969	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia *	-	Libya	5: 1

* Ethiopia winner due to goal difference

October 27, 1968	Ndola	Zambia	-	Sudan	4: 2
11/08/1968	Khartoum	Sudan *	-	Zambia	4: 2 a.d.

* Sudan winners due to the higher number of goals scored in the second game

December 07, 1968	Lagos	Nigeria	-	Cameroon	1: 1
December 22, 1968	Douala	Cameroon	-	Nigeria	2: 3

Second round

Game results:

04/27/1969	Tunis	Tunisia	-	Morocco	0-0
05/18/1969	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Tunisia	0: 0 a.d.
Playoff:
06/13/1969	Marseille	Morocco*	-	Tunisia	2: 2 a.d.

* Morocco winner on coin toss

05/04/1969	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	-	Sudan	1: 1
05/11/1969	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Ethiopia	3: 1

05/10/1969	Ibadan	Nigeria	-	Ghana	2: 1
05/18/1969	Accra	Ghana	-	Nigeria	1: 1

Finals

Closing table
Pl.	country	Gates	Pt.
1	Morocco	5: 3	5: 3
2	Nigeria	8: 7	4: 4
3	Sudan	5: 8	3: 5

Game results:

09/13/1969	Ibadan	Nigeria	-	Sudan	2: 2
09/21/1969	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Nigeria	2: 1
10/03/1969	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Nigeria	3: 3
10/10/1969	Khartoum	Sudan	-	Morocco	0-0
10/26/1969	Casablanca	Morocco	-	Sudan	3-0
11/08/1969	Ibadan	Nigeria	-	Morocco	2-0

Best goal scorers

Fat players were able to qualify for the World Cup with their teams.

rank	Surname	Association	Gates	Games
01	Tostao	CONMEBOL	10	06th
02	Gerd Müller	UEFA	09	06th
03	Włodzimierz Lubański	UEFA	07th	06th
	Luigi Riva	UEFA	07th	04th
05	Johan Devrindt	UEFA	06th	04th
	Pelé	CONMEBOL	06th	06th
	Ove Kindvall	UEFA	06th	04th
	Kazimierz Deyna	UEFA	06th	06th
Source: IX. Soccer World Cup Mexico 1970 by Hennes Weisweiler, Bertelsmann Sachbuchverlag 1970

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The game was originally scheduled for December 4, 1968, but had to be stopped after 50 minutes due to fog at the score of 1: 1 and was repeated on October 15, 1969. ( dbu.dk: Danmark - Ireland 1 - 1 )
2. ↑ Middle: “The Innsbruckers have to pay. 40,000 shillings fine »; 1st contribution . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 2, 1967, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

Web links

• RSSSF - Qualification for the Football World Cup 1970