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Host · Mexico

1970

1970 FIFA Men's World Cup · 31 May 1970 – 21 June 1970

Champion

Brazil

4–1

Runner-up

Italy

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

16 nations qualified for this tournament.

Belgium

BEL

Brazil

BRA

Bulgaria

BGR

Czechoslovakia

CSK

El Salvador

SLV

England

ENG

Israel

ISR

Italy

ITA

Mexico

MEX

Morocco

MAR

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (32 total).

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group stage · 24 matches
31 May 1970

Mexico v Soviet Union

0–0

Estadio Azteca
2 June 1970

Uruguay v Israel

2–0

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
2 June 1970

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Gerd MüllerWest Germany

10 goals

2

JairzinhoBrazil

7 goals

3

Teófilo CubillasPeru

5 goals

4

Anatoliy ByshovetsSoviet Union

4 goals

5

PeléBrazil

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerTeófilo CubillasPeru
Bronze BootTeófilo CubillasPeru
Golden BootGerd MüllerWest Germany
Silver BootJairzinhoBrazil

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

No match at this tournament was decided by a penalty shootout.

16

Teams

32

Matches

95

Goals

52

Cards

208

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

4

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Peru

PER

Romania

ROU

Soviet Union

SUN

Sweden

SWE

Uruguay

URY

West Germany

DEU

England v Romania

1–0

Estadio Jalisco
2 June 1970

Peru v Bulgaria

3–2

Estadio Nou Camp
3 June 1970

Belgium v El Salvador

3–0

Estadio Azteca
3 June 1970

Italy v Sweden

1–0

La Bombonera
3 June 1970

Brazil v Czechoslovakia

4–1

Estadio Jalisco
3 June 1970

West Germany v Morocco

2–1

Estadio Nou Camp
6 June 1970

Soviet Union v Belgium

4–1

Estadio Azteca
6 June 1970

Uruguay v Italy

0–0

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
6 June 1970

Romania v Czechoslovakia

2–1

Estadio Jalisco
6 June 1970

Peru v Morocco

3–0

Estadio Nou Camp
7 June 1970

Mexico v El Salvador

4–0

Estadio Azteca
7 June 1970

Sweden v Israel

1–1

La Bombonera
7 June 1970

Brazil v England

1–0

Estadio Jalisco
7 June 1970

West Germany v Bulgaria

5–2

Estadio Nou Camp
10 June 1970

Soviet Union v El Salvador

2–0

Estadio Azteca
10 June 1970

Sweden v Uruguay

1–0

Estadio Cuauhtémoc
10 June 1970

Brazil v Romania

3–2

Estadio Jalisco
10 June 1970

West Germany v Peru

3–1

Estadio Nou Camp
11 June 1970

Mexico v Belgium

1–0

Estadio Azteca
11 June 1970

Italy v Israel

0–0

La Bombonera
11 June 1970

England v Czechoslovakia

1–0

Estadio Jalisco
11 June 1970

Bulgaria v Morocco

1–1

Estadio Nou Camp
quarter-finals · 4 matches
14 June 1970

Brazil v Peru

4–2

Estadio Jalisco
14 June 1970

Italy v Mexico

4–1

La Bombonera
14 June 1970

Soviet Union v Uruguay

0–1

Estadio Azteca
14 June 1970

West Germany v England

3–2

Estadio Nou Camp
semi-finals · 2 matches
17 June 1970

Brazil v Uruguay

3–1

Estadio Jalisco
17 June 1970

Italy v West Germany

4–3

Estadio Azteca
third-place match · 1 match
20 June 1970

West Germany v Uruguay

1–0

Estadio Azteca
final · 1 match
21 June 1970

Brazil v Italy

4–1

Estadio Azteca