1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Tournament details
Teams	75 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	172
Goals scored	542 (3.15 per match)

A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England 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 (UEFA): 9 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier England, while the other 8 places were contested by 29 teams.
South America (CONMEBOL): 3 places, contested by 10 teams.
North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF): 2 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier Mexico, 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 finals.
Teams highlighted in red in the same table finished level on points and advanced to a play-off on neutral ground.

Qualified teams

FIFA World Cup qualification 1970

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals	Consecutive Streak	Previous best performance
Mexico	*Host !Host	008 October 1964	07 !7th	021966 !6	09 !Group Stage (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966)
England	*Holders !Holders	0130 July 1966	06 !6th	061966 !6	04 !Winners (1966)
Belgium	UEFA 6 !UEFA Group 6 Winners	0230 April 1969	05 !5th	011954 !1 (Last: 1954)	10 !Group Stage (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954)
Uruguay	CONMEBOL 3 !CONMEBOL Group 3 Winners	0310 August 1969	06 !6th	031962 !3	01 !Winners (1930, 1950)
Brazil	CONMEBOL 2 !CONMEBOL Group 2 Winners	0424 August 1969	09 !9th	092006 !9	01 !Winners (1958, 1962)
Peru	CONMEBOL 1 !CONMEBOL Group 1 Winners	0531 August 1969	02 !2nd	011930 !1 (Last: 1930)	13 !Group Stage (1930)
El Salvador	CONCACAF !CONCACAF Winners	068 October 1969	01 !1st	010000 !1	–
Sweden	UEFA 5 !UEFA Group 5 Winners	0715 October 1969	05 !5th	011958 !1 (Last: 1958)	06 !Runners-Up (1958)
West Germany	UEFA 7 !UEFA Group 7 Winners	0822 October 1969	07 !7th	051966 !5	04 !Winners (1954)
Morocco	CAF !CAF Winners	0926 October 1969	01 !1st	010000 !1	–
Soviet Union	UEFA 4 !UEFA Group 4 Winners	104 November 1969	04 !4th	041966 !4	08 !Fourth Place (1966)
Romania	UEFA 1 !UEFA Group 1 Winners	1116 November 1969	04 !4th	011938 !1 (Last: 1938)	11 !Group Stage (1930, 1934, 1938)
Italy	UEFA 3 !UEFA Group 3 Winners	1222 November 1969	07 !7th	031966 !3	01 !Winners (1934, 1938)
Czechoslovakia	UEFA 2 !UEFA Group 2 Winners	133 December 1969	06 !6th	011962 !1 (Last: 1962)	06 !Runners-Up (1962)
Bulgaria	UEFA 8 !UEFA Group 8 Winners	147 December 1969	03 !3rd	031966 !3	12 !Group Stage (1962, 1966)
Israel	AFC !AFC/OFC Winners	1514 December 1969	01 !1st	010000 !1	–

Europe (UEFA)

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

(30 teams competing for 8 berths)

FIFA rejected the entry of Albania and both Iceland and Malta withdrew before the draw. 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.

Group 1

Team	Pld	Pts
Romania	6	8
Greece	6	7
Switzerland	6	5
Portugal	6	4

Group 2

Team	Pld	Pts
Czechoslovakia	6	9
Hungary	6	9
Denmark	6	5
Republic of Ireland	6	1

Group 3

Team	Pld	Pts
Italy	4	7
East Germany	4	5
Wales	4	0

Group 4

Team	Pld	Pts
Soviet Union	4	7
Northern Ireland	4	5
Turkey	4	0

Group 5

Team	Pld	Pts
Sweden	4	6
France	4	4
Norway	4	2

Group 6

Team	Pld	Pts
Belgium	6	9
Yugoslavia	6	7
Spain	6	6
Finland	6	2

Group 7

Team	Pld	Pts
West Germany	6	11
Scotland	6	7
Austria	6	6
Cyprus	6	0

Group 8

Team	Pld	Pts
Bulgaria	6	9
Poland	6	8
Netherlands	6	7
Luxembourg	6	0

South America (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

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Peru	5	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3
2	Bolivia	4	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1
3	Argentina	3	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2

27 July 1969	Bolivia	3–1	Argentina	La Paz, Bolivia
	Diaz 18' Blacutt 51' Alvarez 70'		Tarabini 43'	Referee: Sosa Miranda (Paraguay)

3 August 1969	Peru	1–0	Argentina	Lima, Peru
	Leon 52'			Referee: De Moraes (Brazil)

10 August 1969	Bolivia	2–1	Peru	La Paz, Bolivia
	Alvarez Chumpitáz o.g.'		Challe	Referee: Chechelev (Venezuela)

17 August 1969	Peru	3–0	Bolivia	Lima, Peru
	Cruzado Cubillas Gallardo			Referee: Ramirez (Colombia)

24 August 1969	Argentina	1–0	Bolivia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Albrecht			Referee: Pena Rocha (Uruguay)

31 August 1969	Argentina	2–2	Peru	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Albrecht 80' Rendo 89'		O. Ramirez 70', 81'	Referee: Diaz (Chile)

Peru qualified.

This has been to date, the only time that Argentina failed to qualify.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	12	6	6	0	0	23	2	+21
2	Paraguay	8	6	4	0	2	6	5	+1
3	Colombia	3	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5
4	Venezuela	1	6	0	1	5	1	18	−17

27 July 1969	Colombia	3–0	Venezuela	Bogotá, Colombia
	J. Gonzalez 34', 56' Segrera 76' (pen)			Referee: Murgueytio (Ecuador)

2 August 1969	Venezuela	1–1	Colombia	Caracas, Venezuela
	Mendoza		Tamayo	Referee: Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)

6 August 1969	Colombia	0–2	Brazil	Bogotá, Colombia
			Tostão 37', 44'	Referee: Tejada Burga (Peru)

6 August 1969	Venezuela	0–2	Paraguay	Caracas, Venezuela
			J. Rojas	Referee: Palacio (Chile)

10 August 1969	Colombia	0–1	Paraguay	Bogotá, Colombia
			Martinez 57'	Referee: Pedraza (Peru)

10 August 1969	Venezuela	0–5	Brazil	Caracas, Venezuela
			Tostão Pelé	Referee: Villacis (Ecuador)

17 August 1969	Paraguay	0–3	Brazil	Asunción, Paraguay
			Edu Jairzinho Mendoza (o.g.)	Referee: Conley (Chile)

21 August 1969	Brazil	6–2	Colombia	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Tostão Edu Jairzinho Pelé Rivelino		Gallego Mesa	Attendance: 99,947^[1] Referee: Comesana (Argentina)

21 August 1969	Paraguay	1–0	Venezuela	Asunción, Paraguay
	Gimenez			Referee: Otero (Uruguay)

24 August 1969	Brazil	6–0	Venezuela	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Tostão 3', 22', 24' Jairzinho 30' Pelé 45', 69'			Referee: Ortube Vargas (Bolivia)

24 August 1969	Paraguay	2–1	Colombia	Ascuncion, Paraguay
	Arrua		Segrera	Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)

31 August 1969	Brazil	1–0	Paraguay	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Pelé 78'			Referee: Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

Brazil qualified.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Uruguay	7	4	3	1	0	5	0	+5
2	Chile	4	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
3	Ecuador	1	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6

6 July 1969	Ecuador	0–2	Uruguay	Guayaquil, Ecuador
			Bareño 31' Zubía 60'	Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

13 July 1969	Chile	0–0	Uruguay	Santiago, Chile
				Referee: Bossolino (Argentina)

20 July 1969	Uruguay	1–0	Ecuador	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Ancheta 76'			Referee: Osorio (Paraguay)

27 July 1969	Chile	4–1	Ecuador	Santiago, Chile
	Olivares 55', 77' Valdez 63', 84'		Macías 88'	Referee: Ramírez (Colombia)

3 August 1969	Ecuador	1–1	Chile	Guayaquil, Ecuador
	T. Rodríguez 10'		Olivares 58'	Referee: Angeles (Peru

10 August 1969	Uruguay	2–0	Chile	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Cortés 44' Rocha 90'			Referee: Marques (Brazil)

Uruguay qualified.

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

FIFA rejected the entry of Cuba. 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

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	United States	6	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5
2	Canada	5	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5
3	Bermuda	1	4	0	1	3	2	12	−10

6 October 1968	Canada	4–0	Bermuda	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Zanatta Kerr Vigh			Referee: Segura (Mexico)

13 October 1968	Canada	4–2	United States	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	McPate Patterson Vigh		Roy Stritzl	Referee: Figaroa (Netherlands Antilles)

20 October 1968	Bermuda	0–0	Canada	Hamilton, Bermuda
				Referee: Koetsier (Netherlands Antilles)

26 October 1968	United States	1–0	Canada	Atlanta, United States
	Albrecht			Referee: Soto Paris (Costa Rica)

2 November 1968	United States	6–2	Bermuda	Kansas City, United States
	Millar Baker Roy		Best	Referee: Fingal (Netherlands Antilles)

11 November 1968	Bermuda	0–2	United States	Hamilton, Bermuda
			Albrecht Roy	Referee: Felipe (Mexico)

United States advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Haiti	5	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4
2	Guatemala	4	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	4	1	1	2	4	10	−6

17 November 1968	Guatemala	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Pena Stokes			Referee: Araya Muñoz (Costa Rica)

20 November 1968	Guatemala	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Guatemala City, Guatemala^[2]
				Referee: Osorio Castillo (Mexico)

23 November 1968	Haiti	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	G. St.-Vil Barthelemy Obas			Referee: Gamboa (Costa Rica)

25 November 1968	Haiti	2–4	Trinidad and Tobago	Port-au-Prince, Haiti^[2]
	Obas St.-Sorin		Cummings Archibald Cave	Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

8 December 1968	Haiti	2–0	Guatemala	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	Guillaume St.-Sorin			Referee: Molina (Costa Rica)

23 February 1969	Guatemala	1–1	Haiti	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	E. Gonzalez		Obas	Referee: Chaplin (Jamaica)

Haiti advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Honduras	7	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
2	Costa Rica	5	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4
3	Jamaica	0	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9

27 November 1968	Costa Rica	3–0	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica
	L. Hernandez Saenz Vaughns			Referee: De Oca (Guatemala)

1 December 1968	Costa Rica	3–1	Jamaica	San José, Costa Rica^[3]
	Chavarria Nunez Vega		Dunkley	Referee: Archundia (Mexico)

5 December 1968	Honduras	3–1	Jamaica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Bran Gómez Urquia		Dunkley	Referee: King (United States)

8 December 1968	Honduras	2–0	Jamaica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[3]
	Bran Urquia			Referee: Lee (Canada)

22 December 1968	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Gómez			Referee: Wuertz (United States)

29 December 1968	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
	Chavarria		Gómez	Referee: Cumberbatch (Trinidad and Tobago)

Honduras advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	El Salvador	6	4	3	1	10	5	+5
2	Dutch Guyana	4	4	2	2	10	9	+1
3	Netherlands Antilles	2	4	1	3	3	9	−6

24 November 1968	Dutch Guyana	6–0	Netherlands Antilles	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Corte Schoonhoven Vanenburg			Referee: King (United States)

1 December 1968	El Salvador	6–0	Dutch Guyana	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Azucar Valiente Cabezas (pen.) Quintanilla			Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)

5 December 1968	Netherlands Antilles	2–0	Dutch Guyana	Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles
	Brokke Martina			Referee: King (Canada)

12 December 1968	El Salvador	1–0	Netherlands Antilles	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Quintanilla			Referee: Di Salvatore (United States)

15 December 1968	El Salvador	2–1	Netherlands Antilles	San Salvador, El Salvador^[4]
	Barranza Valiente		Martina	Referee: De Gourville (Trinidad and Tobago)

22 December 1968	Dutch Guyana	4–1	El Salvador	Paramaribo, Suriname
	Lagadean Oosthuizen Schal		Azucar	Referee: Downer (Trinidad and Tobago)

El Salvador advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Semifinal Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Haiti	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
2	United States	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3

20 April 1969	Haiti	2–0	United States	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	G. St.-Vil Obas			Referee: Segura (Mexico)

11 May 1969	United States	0–1	Haiti	San Diego, United States
			G. St.-Vil	Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

Haiti advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	El Salvador	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
1=	Honduras	2	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2

8 June 1969	Honduras	1–0	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Welch			Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)

15 June 1969	El Salvador	3–0	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Acevedo Martinez (pen.) Rodriguez			Referee: Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

26 June 1969	El Salvador	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Honduras	Mexico City, Mexico
	Martínez 10' 29' Rodríguez 101'		Gómez 25' Gómez 51'	Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)

El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War.

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Haiti	2	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
1=	El Salvador	2	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2

21 September 1969	Haiti	1–2	El Salvador	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
	François		Acevedo Rodríguez	Referee: Yamasaki (Mexico)

28 September 1969	El Salvador	0–3	Haiti	San Salvador, El Salvador
			Barthelemy Desir Vorbe	Referee: Elizalde (Mexico)

El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

8 October 1969	El Salvador	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Haiti	Kingston, Jamaica
	Martinez 104'			Referee: Dunstan (Bermuda)

El Salvador qualified.

Africa (CAF)

FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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 aggregate score) 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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Zambia	6–6	Sudan	4–2	2–4 (aet)
Morocco	4–2	Senegal	1–0	1–2	2–0
Algeria	1–2	Tunisia	1–2	0–0
Nigeria	4–3	Cameroon	1–1	3–2
Libya	3–5	Ethiopia	2–0	1–5

27 October 1968	Zambia	4–2	Sudan	Ndola, Zambia
	Kapengwe Kaposa Makwaza		Osman	Referee: Mutombo (Zaire)

8 November 1968	Sudan	4 – 2 (a.e.t.) (6 – 6 agg.)	Zambia	Khartoum, Sudan
	Gagdoul Kafi Sonto		Chitalu Kapengwe	Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.

3 November 1968	Morocco	1–0	Senegal	Casablanca, Morocco
	Benkhrif			Referee: Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

5 January 1969	Senegal	2 – 1 (2 – 2 agg.)	Morocco	Dakar, Senegal
	Dieme Dip		Akesbi

The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.

13 February 1969	Morocco	2–0	Senegal	Las Palmas, Spain
	Bamous Hefnaoui			Referee: Pintado Viu (Spain)

Morocco advanced to the Second Round, via the play-off.

17 November 1968	Algeria	1–2	Tunisia	Algiers, Algeria
	Amirouche 29' (pen.)		Chakroun 73', 75'	Referee: Barde (France)

29 December 1968	Tunisia	0 – 0 (2 – 1 agg.)	Algeria	Tunis, Tunisia
				Referee: Monti (Italy)

Tunisia advanced to the Second Round.

7 December 1968	Nigeria	1–1	Cameroon	Lagos, Nigeria
	Salami		Owona	Referee: Robinson (Liberia)

22 December 1968	Cameroon	2 – 3 (3 – 4 agg.)	Nigeria	Douala, Cameroon
	Ayo Bessanguen		Anieke Lawal Ofuokwu	Referee: Angaud (Congo)

Nigeria advanced to the Second Round.

26 January 1969	Libya	2–0	Ethiopia	Benghazi, Libya
	Jahani M. Koussa			Referee: El-Attar (United Arab Republic)

9 February 1969	Ethiopia	5 – 1 (5 – 3 agg.)	Libya	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Feseha Germa Geremew		A. Souid	Referee: El-Kholy (United Arab Republic)

Ethiopia advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Tunisia	2–2	Morocco	0–0	0–0 (aet)	2–2 (aet)
Ethiopia	2–4	Sudan	1–1	1–3
Nigeria	3–2	Ghana	2–1	1–1

27 April 1969	Tunisia	0–0	Morocco	Tunis, Tunisia
				Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

18 May 1969	Morocco	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (0 – 0 agg.)	Tunisia	Casablanca, Morocco
				Referee: Garay (Spain)

The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

13 June 1969	Morocco	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia	Marseille, France
	Khanousi 27' Jarir 53'		Chaibi 3' Cheman 87'	Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.

4 May 1969	Ethiopia	1–1	Sudan	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Menguistou		Bakeit	Referee: Touati (Tunisia)

11 May 1969	Sudan	3 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Ethiopia	Khartoum, Sudan
	El-Fadil Hider Wahba		T. Asfaw	Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

Sudan advanced to the Final Round.

10 May 1969	Nigeria	2–1	Ghana	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Olayombo Sessi		Addoquaie	Referee: N'Diaye (Senegal)

18 May 1969	Ghana	1 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Nigeria	Accra, Ghana
	Ola		Okoye	Referee: Nahounou (Côte d'Ivoire)

Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Morocco	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2
2	Nigeria	4	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1
3	Sudan	3	4	0	3	1	5	8	−3

13 September 1969	Nigeria	2–2	Sudan	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Okoye 7', 30'		Jaxa 33' El-Sid 43'	Referee: Mohandi (Algeria)

21 September 1969	Morocco	2–1	Nigeria	Casablanca, Morocco
	El Filali 50' Faras 63'		Lawal 53'	Referee: Mâchin (France)

3 October 1969	Sudan	3–3	Nigeria	Khartoum, Sudan
	Jaxa Wahba Koka		Igwe Okoye Lawal	Referee: Angonese (Italy)

10 October 1969	Sudan	0–0	Morocco	Khartoum, Sudan
				Referee: Kandil (United Arab Republic)

26 October 1969	Morocco	3–0	Sudan	Casablanca, Morocco
	Jarir 7', 86' El Filali 41'			Referee: Lamptey (Ghana)

8 November 1969	Nigeria	2–0	Morocco	Ibadan, Nigeria
	Okoye Lawal			Referee: Tarekegn (Ethiopia)

Morocco qualified.

Asia and Oceania (AFC/OFC)

Main article: 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play Israel. There would be three rounds of play:

First Round: Israel, New Zealand 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

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Australia	6	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3
2	South Korea	4	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1
3	Japan	2	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4

10 October 1969	Australia	3–1	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Baartz McColl Ogi o.g.'		Watanabe	Referee: Nice (Malaysia)

12 October 1969	South Korea	2–2	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Lee Lee-Woo Park Soo-Il		Matsumoto Sugiyama	Referee: Cheung Tang-Sun (China Republic)

14 October 1969	South Korea	1–2	Australia	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Lee Lee-Woo		McColl Watkiss	Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)

16 October 1969	Australia	1–1	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
	McColl		Miyamoto	Referee: Suvaree (Thailand)

18 October 1969	South Korea	2–0	Japan	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Hong In-Woong Jung Byung-Tak			Referee: Lee Kan Chi (Hong Kong)

20 October 1969	South Korea	1–1	Australia	Seoul, Korea Republic
	Park Soo-Il		Baartz	Referee: Nice (Malaysia)

Australia advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Australia	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
1=	Rhodesia	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0

23 November 1969	Rhodesia	1–1	Australia	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^[5]
	Chalmers 63'		McColl 68'	Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

27 November 1969	Rhodesia	0–0	Australia	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^[5]
				Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

29 November 1969	Rhodesia	1–3	Australia	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^[5]
	Chalmers 49'		Rutherford 12' Tigere 22' (o.g.) Warren 56'	Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Israel	4	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
2	New Zealand	0	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
—	North Korea	withdrew

28 September 1969	Israel	4–0	New Zealand	Tel-Aviv, Israel^[6]
	Spiegler 48' Spiegel 65' Feigenbaum 72', 86'			Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

1 October 1969	Israel	2–0	New Zealand	Tel-Aviv, Israel^[6]
	Spiegler 24' Spiegel 33'			Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

Israel advanced to the Final Round. North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel.^[7]

Final Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Israel	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
2	Australia	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

4 December 1969	Israel	1–0	Australia	Tel-Aviv, Israel
	Spiegel 18'			Referee: Marschall (Austria)

14 December 1969	Australia	1–1	Israel	Sydney, Australia
	Watkiss 87'		Spiegler 82'	Referee: Marschall (Austria)

Israel qualified.

Notes

In the African zone, aggregate score 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 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 nowadays compete in the European zone as they are now a member of UEFA.
This was the first and, to date, only time that Argentina failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.

References

↑ http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1970/PROTOCOL/QUALIF/CONMEBOL/G2/BRAVSCOL.HTM
1 2 Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and New Zealand played all of their matches away. Rhodesia and Australia played their matches at a neutral venue.
1 2 Jamaica played all of its matches away.
↑ Netherlands Antilles played its "home" game away in El Salvador.
1 2 3 All matches were played on neutral ground due to the boycott of Rhodesia.
1 2 Both matches were played in Israel.
↑ Fifa.com: preliminaries 1970

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