World Cup 1970 Qualifying (original) (raw)
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
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
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