A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup

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rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts

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and defending champions

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qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: * Europe (

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): ''9 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier

, while the other 8 places were contested by 29 teams. * South America ( CONMEBOL): ''3 places'', contested by 10 teams. *

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, Central America and Caribbean (

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): ''2 places'', 1 of them went to automatic qualifier

, while the other 1 place was contested by 13 teams. * Africa ( CAF): ''1 place'', contested by 13 teams. (13 teams applied, but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 teams. A 14th team from Africa, Rhodesia, entered through a non-CAF qualifying system.) * Asia and Oceania ( AFC/ OFC): ''1 place'', contested by 7 teams (including Rhodesia). A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Key: *Teams highlighted in green qualified for the

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. *Teams highlighted in red in the same table finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground.

Qualified teams

Qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup

Confederation qualification

AFC and OFC

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withdrew because they refused to play with

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. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round:

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and Rhodesia received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 3 teams, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 4 teams were divided into 2 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

First round

Second round

Final round

CAF

FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and

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. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round: Ghana received a bye and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners (determined by

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) would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 6 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 3 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

First round

Second round

Final round

Morocco qualified.

CONCACAF

FIFA rejected the entry of

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. There would be three rounds of play: *First Round: The remaining 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Semifinal Round. *Semifinal Round: The 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round. *Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

First round

=Group 1

=Group 2

=Group 3

=Group 4

Second round

=Group 1

=Group 2

Third round

CONMEBOL

The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

UEFA

''(30 teams competing for 8 berths)'' FIFA rejected the entry of

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. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (three groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.

Goalscorers

;10 goals *

Tostão Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade (born 25 January 1947), generally known as Tostão, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. Tostão was an intelligent, hardworking and prolific left-footed f ...

;9 goals * Gerd Müller ;7 goals * Juan Ramón Martínez *

Gigi Riva Luigi "Gigi" Riva (; born 7 November 1944) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Riva enjoye ...

Włodzimierz Lubański Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a former Polish football striker, the second all-time highest goal scorer for the Polish national team. For his national team, ...

;6 goals *

Johan Devrindt Johannes "Johan" Devrindt (born 14 April 1945) is a retired Belgian football player. Club career He played for Anderlecht, Dutch outfit PSV Eindhoven, Club Brugge, Lokeren, Winterslag and La Louviere before hanging up his boots after suffering ...

* Pelé *

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Kazimierz Deyna Kazimierz Deyna (; 23 October 1947 – 1 September 1989) was a Polish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vis ...

Colin Stein Colin Anderson Stein (born 10 May 1947) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Hibernian, Rangers (two spells), Coventry City and Kilmarnock. Stein was part of the Rangers team that won the 1971–72 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and he ...

Ove Kindvall Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he w ...

;5 goals *

Erich Hof Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach who played as a forward. Career Born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, Hof began playing football as a striker with FC Hochstädt. In 1952, he joined Wiener ...

Odilon Polleunis Odilon Polleunis (1 May 1943 – 20 September 2023), nicknamed Lon, was a Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1968 while at Sint-Truiden. He played 22 matches and scored 10 goals for the Belgium national team between 1968 and ...

* Jozef Adamec ;4 goals *

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* Helmut Redl *

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Hristo Bonev Hristo Atanasov Bonev ( bg, Христо Aтанасов Бонев; born 3 February 1947), also known as Zuma ( bg, Зума), is a Bulgarian footballer manager and former player who last managed Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A PFG. One o ...

Guy Saint-Vil Guy Saint-Vil (born 21 October 1942) is a Haitian football forward who played for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Racing CH. In the United States, he played for the Baltimore Bays in their inaugural year in 1967 for the NPS ...

* Garba Okoye * Andrzej Jarosik *

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Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest l ...

;3 goals *

Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of th ...

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* Ole Sørensen * Arto Tolsa *

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* Vasilis Botinos * Giorgos Sideris * Guy François * Joseph Obas *

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Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motaleh" Shpigler ( he, מרדכי "מוטל'ה" שפיגלר; born 19 August 1944) is a retired Israeli footballer, and manager. Shpigler is placed second in Israel's all time goalscoring list, with 32 goals in 83 caps. Early life ...

Houmane Jarir Mohammed Houmane Jarir (30 November 1944 – 19 May 2018) was a Moroccan people, Moroccan Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He represented the Morocco national football team, Moroccan nation ...

* Ola Dybwad-Olsen *

Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

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José Eulogio Gárate José Eulogio Gárate Ormaechea (born 20 September 1944) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for SD Eibar, SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid. Born in Argentina, he represented the Spain national team at international l ...

* Peter Millar *

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* Wolfgang Overath *

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Slaven Zambata Slaven Zambata (24 September 1940 – 29 October 2020) was a Croatian professional football player best known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb in the 1960s, for whom he appeared in 171 Yugoslav First League matches. He was also a Yugoslav interna ...

Emment Kapengwe Emment Kapengwe (27 April 1943 – 17 September 1988) was one of Zambia's leading footballers in the '60s and he represented the country at independence in October 1964. He was Kitwe United's key player and among the first Zambians to play pro ...

;2 goals *

Rafael Albrecht José Rafael Albrecht (23 August 1941 – 3 May 2021) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented Argentina at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. Career Albrecht was born in Tucumán. He started his career w ...

Ray Baartz Raymond Henry "Ray" Baartz (born 6 March 1947) is an Australian former soccer player. He represented Australia 48 times, scoring 18 goals, making him the 8th highest goal scorer of all time. Baartz was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and sp ...

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* Ralph McPate * Nick Papadakis * Tibor Vigh * Adolfo Olivares * Francisco Valdéz * Jaime González * Hermenegildo Segrera * Eduardo Chavarria * Vladimír Hagara *

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Andrej Kvašňák Andrej Kvašňák (19 May 1936 – 18 April 2007) was a Slovak football player. Born in Košice, he played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 47 matches and scored 13 goals. He is usually considered one of the best Czechoslovak footballers. ...

* Wolfram Löwe * Eberhard Vogel *

Elmer Acevedo Élmer Ángel Acevedo Aguilar (27 January 1949 – 30 August 2017) was a footballer from El Salvador. Club career Born in La Libertad Department, he moved to study in Santa Ana and joined the youth team of local club FAS, aged 16. After si ...

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Juan Francisco Barraza Juan Francisco Barraza Flores (March 12, 1935 – December 17, 1997) was a Salvadoran football player and manager. He is widely regarded one of the best Salvadoran footballers of all time. Career Born in the district of San Miguel as the ...

* Joel Estrada * José Quintanilla * Zerga Geremew * Asmeron Germa * Tommy Lindholm * Jean-Claude Bras * Giorgos Dedes * Hugues Guillaume * Rigoberto Gómez * Donaldo Rosales *

Lajos Kocsis Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp. Honvéd SE. He was an Olympic champion in 1968. Club career Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, ...

Don Givens Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens (born 9 August 1949) is an Irish former footballer and coach. A forward, Givens played club football for Manchester United, Luton Town, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, AFC Bournemouth, Sheffield United and ...

Yehoshua Feigenbaum Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum ( he, יהושע "שייע" פייגנבוים, born 5 December 1947) is a former Israeli football player. As a striker, he holds many records with Israel national football team. Honours As a Player *Israeli Premier ...

Giora Spiegel Giora Spiegel ( he, גיורא שפיגל), (born July 27, 1947) is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days. Biography Born in P ...

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Teruki Miyamoto was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Club career Miyamoto was born in Hiroshima on December 26, 1940. After graduating from high school, he joined Yawata Steel (later ''Nippon Steel'') in 1959. The clu ...

* Johny Léonard * Mohammed El Filali *

Theo Pahlplatz Theo Pahlplatz (born 3 April 1947 in Oldenzaal) is a Dutch retired footballer. He spent most of his career with FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internation ...

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* Olumuyiwa Oshode * Terry Harkin *

Saturnino Arrúa Saturnino 'Nino' Arrúa Molinas (born 7 April 1949) is a Paraguayan retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current coach. Considered one of the greatest footballers to ever come out of his nation, his 22-year professio ...

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Kakhi Asatiani Kakhi Asatiani ( ka, კახი ასათიანი, 1 January 1947 – 20 November 2002) was a Georgian association football player and manager. Career During his career he played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1965–1975), Asatiani earned 16 ...

* Volodymyr Muntyan *

Givi Nodia Givi Georgiyevich Nodia ( ka, გივი ნოდია; russian: Гиви Георгиевич Нодия; 2 January 1948 – 7 April 2005) was a Soviet Georgian association football player. Honours * Soviet Top League bronze: 1967, 1969, 1 ...

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* Nasr El-Din Abbas * Aboubakar Bakheit *

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* Abubakr Osman * Paul Ruben Corte * Jules Lagadeau * Ruud Schoonhoven *

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* Fritz Künzli *

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* Ezzedine Chakroun *

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;1 goal * Boualem Amirouche * Alberto Rendo * Aníbal Tarabini * Willie Rutherford * Johnny Warren * Wilhelm Kreuz * Helmut Siber * August Starek * Léon Semmeling * Clyde Best * Winston Trott (footballer), Winston Trott * Ramiro Blacut * Juan Américo Díaz * Rivelino * Dimitar Penev * Dimitar Yakimov * David Ayo * Dieudonné Bassanguen * Norbert Owona * Norman Patterson (soccer), Norman Patterson * Sergio Zanatta * Jorge Ramírez Gallego * Orlando Mesa * Javier Tamayo * Leonel Hernández * Edgar Núñez (Costa Rican footballer), Edgar Núñez * Roy Sáenz * Walford Vaughns * Mario Vega (Costa Rican footballer), Mario Vega * Panicos Efthimiadis * Nicos Kantzilieris * Dušan Kabát * František Veselý * Bent Jensen (footballer), Bent Jensen * Ulrik Le Fevre * Ole Madsen * Henning Frenzel * Hans-Jürgen Kreische * Peter Rock (footballer), Peter Rock * Félix Lasso * Tom Rodríguez * Mauricio Ernesto González * Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez * Kebede Asfaw * Emmanuel Feseha * Mengistu Worku * Turo Flink * Jean Djorkaeff * Abekah Ankrah * Emmanuel Ola * Mimis Domazos * Kostas Elefterakis * Giorgos Koudas * Mimis Papaioannou * Édgar González (Guatemalan footballer), Édgar González * Nelson Melgar * David Stokes (Guatemalan footballer), David Stokes * Claude Barthélemy * Jean-Claude Désir * Reynold Saint Surin * Philippe Vorbe * José Cardona * Rafael Dick * Reynaldo Mejia * Marco Antonio Mendoza (Honduran footballer), Marco Antonio Mendoza * José Urquia * Leonard Wells * Flórián Albert * János Farkas * László Fazekas * Zoltán Halmosi * Lajos Puskás * Lajos Szűcs (footballer, born 1943), Lajos Szűcs * Eamonn Rogers * Angelo Domenghini * Lascelles Dunkley * Evan Welsh * Yasuyuki Kuwahara * Masashi Watanabe * Mahmoud Al-Jahani * Ahmed Ben Soed * Mohamed Koussa * Josy Kirchens * Paul Philipp * Hassan Akesbi * Driss Bamous * Boujemaa Benkhrif * Ahmed Faras * Cherkaoui Hafnaoui * Moulay Khanousi * Johan Cruyff * Dick van Dijk * Willem van Hanegem * Wim Jansen * Sjaak Roggeveen * Wietse Veenstra * Henk Wery * Wouter Brokke * Antonio Martina * Elcio Martina * Joseph Aghoghovbia * Peter Anieke * Sam Garba * Sebastian Broderick Imasuen * Sunday Ineh * Augustine Ofuokwu * Samuel Opone * George Best * William Campbell (Northern Irish footballer), William Campbell * Derek Dougan * Eric McMordie * Jimmy Nicholson (Northern Irish footballer), Jimmy Nicholson * Odd Iversen * Lorenzo Gimenez * Aurelio Martínez (footballer), Aurelio Martínez * Pablo Rojas * Alcides Sosa * Roberto Challe * Luis Cruzado * Teófilo Cubillas * Alberto Gallardo * Pedro Pablo León * Bronisław Bula * Jerzy Wilim * José Augusto de Almeida * Jacinto João * Fernando Peres * Emerich Dembrovschi * Nicolae Dobrin * Flavius Domide * Billy Bremner * Tommy Gemmell * Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948), Eddie Gray * Willie Henderson * Jimmy Johnstone * Denis Law * Billy McNeill * Emile Pierre Diéme * Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop * Kim Ki-Bok * Lee Yi-Woo * Anatoliy Byshovets * Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi * Juan Manuel Asensi * Miguel Ángel Bustillo * Pirri * Joaquín Sierra * Manuel Velázquez * Gadalla Kheir El-Sayed Ali * Osman El-Fadil * Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul * Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh * Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil Jadallah * Awad Nasr Musa * Ahmed Bushara Wahba * Stuart Oosthuizen * Edwin Schal * Leif Eriksson (footballer), Leif Eriksson * Ove Grahn * Roland Grip * Örjan Persson * René-Pierre Quentin * Tahar Chaïbi * Abdesselem Cheman * Ender Konca * Ogün Altıparmak * Dietrich Albrecht * Siegfried Stritzl * Atilio Ancheta * Rúben Bareño * Julio César Cortés * Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer), Pedro Rocha * Oscar Zubía * Luis Mendoza Benedetto * Mike England * David Powell (footballer, born 1944), David Powell * John Toshack * Klaus Fichtel * Sigfried Held * Horst-Dieter Höttges * Reinhard Libuda * Max Lorenz (footballer), Max Lorenz * Rudolf Belin * Ivica Osim * Miroslav Pavlović * Denijal Pirić * Edin Sprečo * Godfrey Chitalu * Sandy Kaposa * Dickson Makwaza ;1 own goal * David Zeman (playing against

) * Johann Eigenstiller (playing against West Germany national football team, West Germany) * Rudolph Smith (footballer), Rudolph Smith (playing against the United States men's national soccer team, United States) * Ramiro Tobar (playing against Chile national football team, Chile) * Aritatsu Ogi (playing against Australia national soccer team, Australia) * Valentín Mendoza (playing against Brazil national football team, Brazil) * Héctor Chumpitaz (playing against Bolivia national football team, Bolivia) * José Torres (footballer, born 1938), José Torres (playing against Greece national football team, Greece) * Phillemon Tegire (playing against Australia national soccer team, Australia) * Bruno Michaud (footballer), Bruno Michaud (playing against Romania national football team, Romania) * Tyrone de la Bastide (playing against Guatemala national football team, Guatemala) * Selwyn Murren (playing against Guatemala national football team, Guatemala)

Notes

*In the African zone,

was used to determine the winners of two-legged ties. However, different tie-breakers were used in the matches when the aggregate score was tied. *Morocco was the first African team to qualify since Egypt in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934 World Cup. *As a result of the hostile relationship between El Salvador and Honduras, and rioting during the qualification matches between them, the short-lived Football War broke out between the two countries. *Israel qualified for their only World Cup to date as an Asian team. However, soon after this, they were expelled from the Asian Football Confederation, and now compete in the European zone as they are now a member of

References

External links

FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1970 World Cup Qualification

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