México 1970
In celebration of the
1970 World Cup (Mexico '70) the Mexican Football Federation held a tournament in two phases, before the world cup (Feb. 4 - May 10) and after the world cup (July 8 - Oct. 11).
Sixteen teams were seeded in two groups of eight teams, first four places of each group advanced to the "Championship Group"
and the last four teams of each group played in a "Consolation Group".
Laguna
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last place of the 1969-70 season, was scheduled to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a
playoff relegation series, but due to expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, there was no relegation.
Overview
This tournament was contested by 16 teams, and
Cruz Azul won the championship.
After this tournament
Oro
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changed its name to
Jalisco
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Teams
First stage
Group 1
Top four teams from each group advance to Championship Group.
The bottom four plays in Consolation Group.
Results
Group 2
Results
Second stage
Championship group
Results
Consolation group
Results
Notes
References
Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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Liga MX seasons
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1969–70 in Mexican football
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1970–71 in Mexican football