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== World Cup 1970 Qualifying ==
Qualified as hosts: Mexico
Qualified as holders: England
Europe Group 1 [Romania]
12.10.68 Basel Switzerland 1-0 Greece 1.ROMANIA 6 3 2 1 7- 6 8
27.10.68 Lisboa Portugal 3-0 Romania 2.Greece 6 2 3 1 13- 9 7
23.11.68 Bucuresti Romania 2-0 Switzerland 3.Switzerland 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5
11.12.68 Athinai Greece 4-2 Portugal 4.Portugal 6 1 2 3 8-10 4
16.04.69 Lisboa Portugal 0-2 Switzerland
16.04.69 Athinai Greece 2-2 Romania
04.05.69 Porto Portugal 2-2 Greece
14.05.69 Lausanne Switzerland 0-1 Romania
12.10.69 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 Portugal
15.10.69 Thessaloniki Greece 4-1 Switzerland
02.11.69 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Portugal
16.11.69 Bucuresti Romania 1-1 Greece
Europe Group 2 [Czechoslovakia]
25.09.68 København Denmark 0-3 Czechoslovakia 1.CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
20.10.68 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1-0 Denmark Hungary 6 4 1 1 16- 7 9
04.05.69 Dublin Ireland 1-2 Czechoslovakia 3.Denmark 6 2 1 3 6-10 5
25.05.69 Budapest Hungary 2-0 Czechoslovakia 4.Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-14 1
27.05.69 København Denmark 2-0 Ireland
08.06.69 Dublin Ireland 1-2 Hungary
15.06.69 København Denmark 3-2 Hungary
14.09.69 Praha Czechoslovakia 3-3 Hungary
07.10.69 Praha Czechoslovakia 3-0 Ireland
15.10.69 Dublin Ireland 1-1 Denmark
22.10.69 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Denmark
05.11.69 Budapest Hungary 4-0 Ireland
Playoff:
03.12.69 Marseille Czechoslovakia 4-1 Hungary
Europe Group 3 [Italy]
23.10.68 Cardiff Wales 0-1 Italy 1.ITALY 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7
29.03.69 Berlin East Germany 2-2 Italy 2.East Germany 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5
16.04.69 Dresden East Germany 2-1 Wales 3.Wales 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
22.10.69 Cardiff Wales 1-3 East Germany
04.11.69 Roma Italy 4-1 Wales
22.11.69 Napoli Italy 3-0 East Germany
Europe Group 4 [Soviet Union]
23.10.68 Belfast Northern Ireland 4-1 Turkey 1.SOVIET UNION 4 3 1 0 8- 1 7
11.12.68 Istanbul Turkey 0-3 Northern Ireland 2.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
10.09.69 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Soviet Union 3.Turkey 4 0 0 4 2-13 0
15.10.69 Kiev Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey
22.10.69 Moskva Soviet Union 2-0 Northern Ireland
16.11.69 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 Soviet Union
Europe Group 5 [Sweden]
09.10.68 Stockholm Sweden 5-0 Norway 1.SWEDEN 4 3 0 1 12- 5 6
06.11.68 Strasbourg France 0-1 Norway 2.France 4 2 0 2 6- 4 4
19.06.69 Oslo Norway 2-5 Sweden 3.Norway 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
10.09.69 Oslo Norway 1-3 France
15.10.69 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 France
01.11.69 Paris France 3-0 Sweden
Europe Group 6 [Belgium]
19.06.68 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Belgium 1.BELGIUM 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9
25.09.68 Beograd Yugoslavia 9-1 Finland 2.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7
09.10.68 Waregem Belgium 6-1 Finland 3.Spain 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6
16.10.68 Brussel Belgium 3-0 Yugoslavia 4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2
27.10.68 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-0 Spain
11.12.68 Madrid Spain 1-1 Belgium
23.02.69 Liège Belgium 2-1 Spain
30.04.69 Barcelona Spain 2-1 Yugoslavia
04.06.69 Helsinki Finland 1-5 Yugoslavia
25.06.69 Helsinki Finland 2-0 Spain
15.10.69 Cádiz Spain 6-0 Finland
19.10.69 Skopje Yugoslavia 4-0 Belgium
Europe Group 7 [West Germany]
19.05.68 Wien Austria 7-1 Cyprus 1.WEST GERMANY 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11
13.10.68 Wien Austria 0-2 West Germany 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7
06.11.68 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 Austria 3.Austria 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6
23.11.68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-1 West Germany 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0
11.12.68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-5 Scotland
16.04.69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 West Germany
19.04.69 Nicosia Cyprus 1-2 Austria
10.05.69 Nürnberg West Germany 1-0 Austria
17.05.69 Glasgow Scotland 8-0 Cyprus
21.05.69 Essen West Germany 12-0 Cyprus
22.10.69 Hamburg West Germany 3-2 Scotland
05.11.69 Wien Austria 2-0 Scotland
Europe Group 8 [Bulgaria]
04.09.68 Rotterdam Luxembourg 0-2 Netherlands 1.BULGARIA 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9
27.10.68 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands 2.Poland 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8
26.03.69 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-0 Luxembourg 3.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7
20.04.69 Kraków Poland 8-1 Luxembourg 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0
23.04.69 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Luxembourg
07.05.69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-0 Poland
15.06.69 Sofia Bulgaria 4-1 Poland
07.09.69 Chorzów Poland 2-1 Netherlands
12.10.69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-5 Poland
22.10.69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 Bulgaria
09.11.69 Warszawa Poland 3-0 Bulgaria
07.12.69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Bulgaria
South America Group 9 [Peru]
27.07.69 La Paz Bolivia 3-1 Argentina 1.PERU 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
03.08.69 Lima Peru 1-0 Argentina 2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 5- 6 4
10.08.69 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Peru 3.Argentina 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
17.08.69 Lima Peru 3-0 Bolivia
24.08.69 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Bolivia
31.08.69 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Peru
South America Group 10 [Brazil]
27.07.69 Bogotá Colombia 3-0 Venezuela 1.BRAZIL 6 6 0 0 23- 2 12
02.08.69 Caracas Venezuela 1-1 Colombia 2.Paraguay 6 4 0 2 6- 5 8
06.08.69 Caracas Venezuela 0-2 Paraguay 3.Colombia 6 1 1 4 7-12 3
06.08.69 Bogotá Colombia 0-2 Brazil 4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 1-18 1
10.08.69 Caracas Venezuela 0-5 Brazil
10.08.69 Bogotá Colombia 0-1 Paraguay
17.08.69 Asunción Paraguay 0-3 Brazil
21.08.69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-2 Colombia
21.08.69 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Venezuela
24.08.69 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia
24.08.69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-0 Venezuela
31.08.69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-0 Paraguay
South America Group 11 [Uruguay]
06.07.69 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-2 Uruguay 1.URUGUAY 4 3 1 0 5- 0 7
13.07.69 Santiago Chile 0-0 Uruguay 2.Chile 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
20.07.69 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Ecuador 3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
27.07.69 Santiago Chile 4-1 Ecuador
03.08.69 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-1 Chile
10.08.69 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Chile
North and Central America Group 12 [El Salvador]
1st round
Subgroup 1
06.10.68 Toronto Canada 4-0 Bermuda 1.USA 4 3 0 1 11- 6 6
13.10.68 Toronto Canada 4-2 USA 2.Canada 4 2 1 1 8- 3 5
20.10.68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-0 Canada 3.Bermuda 4 0 1 3 2-12 1
26.10.68 Atlanta USA 1-0 Canada
03.11.68 Kansas City USA 6-2 Bermuda
11.11.68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-2 USA
Subgroup 2
17.11.68 Guatemala Guatemala 4-0 Trinidad/Tobago 1.Haiti 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5
20.11.68 Guatemala Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Guatemala 2.Guatemala 4 1 2 1 5- 3 4
23.11.68 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 0-4 Haiti 3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 1 1 2 4-10 3
25.11.68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-4 Trinidad/Tobago
08.12.68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 Guatemala
23.02.69 Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Haiti
Subgroup 3
27.11.68 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Jamaica 1.Honduras 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7
01.12.68 San José Jamaica 1-3 Costa Rica 2.Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
05.12.68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 3-1 Jamaica 3.Jamaica 4 0 0 4 2-11 0
08.12.68 Tegucigalpa Jamaica 0-2 Honduras
22.12.68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 Costa Rica
29.12.68 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras
Subgroup 4
24.11.68 Paramaribo Surinam 6-0 Dutch Antilles 1.El Salvador 4 3 0 1 10- 5 6
01.12.68 San Salvador El Salvador 6-0 Surinam 2.Surinam 4 2 0 2 10- 9 4
05.12.68 Oranjestad Dutch Antilles 2-0 Surinam 3.Dutch Antilles 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2
12.12.68 San Salvador El Salvador 1-0 Dutch Antilles
15.12.68 San Salvador Dutch Antilles 1-2 El Salvador
22.12.68 Paramaribo Surinam 4-1 El Salvador
2nd round
20.04.69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 USA
11.05.69 San Diego USA 0-1 Haiti
NB: matches doubled as qualified for ‹1969 CONCACAF Nations Cup, see page conca69›
08.06.69 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 El Salvador
15.06.69 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Honduras
Playoff:
26.06.69 Cd. de Mexico El Salvador 3-2 Honduras [aet]
3rd round
21.09.69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-2 El Salvador
28.09.69 San Salvador El Salvador 0-3 Haiti
Playoff:
08.10.69 Kingston El Salvador 1-0 Haiti [aet]
Africa Group 13 [Morocco]
1st round
17.11.68 Alger Algeria 1-2 Tunisia
29.12.68 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Algeria
03.11.68 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Senegal
05.01.69 Dakar Senegal 2-1 Morocco
Playoff (because referee had not added extra time in second match):
13.02.69 Las Palmas Morocco 2-0 Senegal
26.01.69 Tripoli Libya 2-0 Ethiopia
09.02.69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 5-1 Libya
27.10.68 Ndola Zambia 4-2 Sudan
08.11.68 Khartoum Sudan 4-2 Zambia [aet]
Sudan progresses by virtue of scoring more goals in the second match.
07.12.68 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 Cameroon
22.12.68 Douala Cameroon 2-3 Nigeria
Ghana bye.
2nd round
27.04.69 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Morocco
18.05.69 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 Tunisia [aet]
Playoff:
13.06.69 Marseille Morocco 2-2 Tunisia [aet]
Morocco progresses on coin toss.
04.05.69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 1-1 Sudan
11.05.69 Khartoum Sudan 3-1 Ethiopia
10.05.69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-1 Ghana
18.05.69 Accra Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
3rd round
13.09.69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-2 Sudan 1.MOROCCO 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
21.09.69 Casablanca Morocco 2-1 Nigeria 2.Nigeria 4 1 2 1 8- 7 4
03.10.69 Khartoum Sudan 3-3 Nigeria 3.Sudan 4 0 3 1 5- 8 3
10.10.69 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 Morocco
26.10.69 Casablanca Morocco 3-0 Sudan
08.11.69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-0 Morocco
Asia and Oceania Group 14 [Israel]
1st round
10.10.69 Seoul Australia 3-1 Japan 1.Australia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6
12.10.69 Seoul Japan 2-2 South Korea 2.South Korea 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4
14.10.69 Seoul Australia 2-1 South Korea 3.Japan 4 0 2 2 4- 8 2
16.10.69 Seoul Japan 1-1 Australia
18.10.69 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Japan
20.10.69 Seoul South Korea 1-1 Australia
2nd round
Subgroup A
23.11.69 Lourenço Marques Australia 1-1 Rhodesia
27.11.69 Lourenço Marques Rhodesia 0-0 Australia [aet]
Playoff:
29.11.69 Lourenço Marques Australia 3-1 Rhodesia
Subgroup B
North Korea withdrew.
28.09.69 Ramat Gan Israel 4-0 New Zealand
01.10.69 Ramat Gan New Zealand 0-2 Israel
3rd round
04.12.69 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 Australia
14.12.69 Sydney Australia 1-1 Israel
‹Detailed Infos, see page 70qual›
‹1970 Final Tournament, see page 70f›
‹Overview File, see page worldcup›
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