🏆 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup

📍 Host: Mexico
📅 31 May – 21 Jun 1970
🏆 Winner Flag Brazil
🥈 Runner-up Flag Italy
🥉 Third Place Flag Germany
TEAMS 👥
32
MATCHES ⚽
32
GOALS 🥅
94
GOALS / MATCH 📊
2.94
Overview Matches Groups Teams & Squads

Group Stage

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Group 1 Pts
1
Flag Soviet Union
5
2
Flag Mexico
5
3
Flag Belgium
2
4
Flag El Salvador
0
Group 2 Pts
1
Flag Italy
4
2
Flag Uruguay
3
3
Flag Sweden
3
4
Flag Israel
2
Group 3 Pts
1
Flag Brazil
6
2
Flag England
4
3
Flag Romania
2
4
Flag Czechoslovakia
0
Group 4 Pts
1
Flag West Germany
6
2
Flag Peru
4
3
Flag Bulgaria
1
4
Flag Morocco
1

Knockout Stage

quarter-finals

Flag Brazil 4
Flag Peru 2
Jun 14, 1970
Flag Italy 4
Flag Mexico 1
Jun 14, 1970
Flag Soviet Union 0
Flag Uruguay 1
Jun 14, 1970
Flag West Germany 3
Flag England 2
Jun 14, 1970

semi-finals

Flag Brazil 3
Flag Uruguay 1
Jun 17, 1970
Flag Italy 4
Flag West Germany 3
Jun 17, 1970

third-place match

Flag West Germany 1
Flag Uruguay 0
Jun 20, 1970

final

Flag Brazil 4
Flag Italy 1
Jun 21, 1970

🏅 Awards

Golden Boot
Gerd Müller
Silver Boot
Jairzinho
Best Young Player
Teófilo Cubillas

⚽ Top Scorers

GM
20
JA
7
US
Uwe Seeler
Flag Germany
6
TC
5
AB
4

🏆 Final Standings

1st Flag Brazil 🏆
2nd Flag Italy
3rd Flag Germany
3rd Flag West Germany
4th Flag Uruguay

🏟️ Stadiums

Estadio Azteca
📍 Mexico City 115,000 cap.
⚽ 10 matches played
Estadio Jalisco
📍 Guadalajara 71,000 cap.
⚽ 8 matches played
Estadio Nou Camp
📍 León 31,000 cap.
⚽ 7 matches played
La Bombonera
📍 Toluca 33,000 cap.
⚽ 4 matches played
Estadio Cuauhtémoc
📍 Puebla 46,000 cap.
⚽ 3 matches played
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