1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

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

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FIFA World Cup qualification 1970

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Streak	Previous best performance
Mexico	s	008 October 1964
England	Defending Champions	0130 July 1966
Belgium		0230 April 1969		(Last: 1954)
Uruguay		0310 August 1969
Brazil		0424 August 1969
Peru		0531 August 1969		(Last: 1930)
El Salvador		068 October 1969			—
Sweden		0715 October 1969		(Last: 1958)
West Germany		0822 October 1969
Morocco		0926 October 1969			—
Soviet Union		104 November 1969
Romania		1116 November 1969		(Last: 1938)
Italy		1222 November 1969
Czechoslovakia		133 December 1969		(Last: 1962)
Bulgaria		147 December 1969
Israel		1514 December 1969			—

Confederation qualification

AFC and OFC

• First Round: Australia, Japan, South Korea and Rhodesia were included in group A, but the other three countries involved refused to play against Rhodesia due to political concerns regarding apartheid. Australia, Japan and South Korea played against each other twice in South Korea and after the matches in Seoul were completed, FIFA determined that the winner would still have to meet Rhodesia in what resulted to be the second round of Group A. North Korea was included in Group B but withdrew for political reasons and the group was contested by only two teams. 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

Second round

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

Play-off

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

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

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

CAF

FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire. 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
Ghana	Bye

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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

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

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

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

Group 4

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	El Salvador	6	4	3	0	1	10	5	+5
2	Suriname	4	4	2	0	2	10	9	+1
3	Netherlands Antilles	2	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6

Second 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

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

Play-off

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

Third 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

Play-off

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

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

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

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

UEFA

(30 teams competing for 8 berths)

FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups, 3 groups with 3 teams and 5 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

Goalscorers

10 goals

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9 goals

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7 goals

• Template:Flagicon Juan Ramón Martínez
• Template:Flagicon Gigi Riva
• Template:Flagicon Włodzimierz Lubański

6 goals

• Template:Flagicon Johan Devrindt
• Template:Flagicon Pelé
• Template:Flagicon Ferenc Bene
• Template:Flagicon Kazimierz Deyna
• Template:Flagicon Colin Stein
• Template:Flagicon Ove Kindvall

5 goals

• Template:Flagicon Erich Hof
• Template:Flagicon Odilon Polleunis
• Template:Flagicon Jozef Adamec

4 goals

• Template:Flagicon Tom McColl
• Template:Flagicon Helmut Redl
• Template:Flagicon Georgi Asparuhov
• Template:Flagicon Hristo Bonev
• Template:Flagicon Guy Saint-Vil
• Template:Flagicon Garba Okoye
• Template:Flagicon Andrzej Jarosik
• Template:Flagicon Warren Archibald
• Template:Flagicon Dragan Džajić

3 goals

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• Template:Flagicon Karol Jokl
• Template:Flagicon Ole Sørensen
• Template:Flagicon Arto Tolsa
• Template:Flagicon Hervé Revelli
• Template:Flagicon Vasilis Botinos
• Template:Flagicon Giorgos Sideris
• Template:Flagicon Guy François
• Template:Flagicon Joseph Obas
• Template:Flagicon Antal Dunai
• Template:Flagicon Mordechai Spiegler
• Template:Flagicon Houmane Jarir
• Template:Flagicon Ola Dybwad-Olsen
• Template:Flagicon Eusébio
• Template:Flagicon Florea Dumitrache
• Template:Flagicon Alan Gilzean
• Template:Flagicon José Eulogio Gárate
• Template:Flagicon Peter Millar
• Template:Flagicon Willy Roy
• Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Overath
• Template:Flagicon Vahidin Musemić
• Template:Flagicon Slaven Zambata
• Template:Flagicon Emment Kapengwe

2 goals

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• Template:Flagicon Ray Baartz
• Template:Flagicon Johnny Watkiss
• Template:Flagicon Wilfried Puis
• Template:Flagicon Raúl Alvarez
• Template:Flagicon Eduardo Antunes Coimbra
• Template:Flagicon Dinko Dermendzhiev
• Template:Flagicon Ralph McPate
• Template:Flagicon Nick Papadakis
• Template:Flagicon Tibor Vigh
• Template:Flagicon Adolfo Olivares
• Template:Flagicon Francisco Valdéz
• Template:Flagicon Jaime González
• Template:Flagicon Hermenegildo Segrera
• Template:Flagicon Eduardo Chavarria
• Template:Flagicon Vladimír Hagara
• Template:Flagicon Ladislav Kuna
• Template:Flagicon Andrej Kvašňák
• Template:Flagicon Wolfram Löwe
• Template:Flagicon Eberhard Vogel
• Template:Flagicon Elmer Acevedo
• Template:Flagicon Víctor Azúcar
• Template:Flagicon Juan Francisco Barraza
• Template:Flagicon Joel Estrada
• Template:Flagicon José Quintanilla
• Template:Flagicon Zerga Geremew
• Template:Flagicon Asmeron Germa
• Template:Flagicon Tommy Lindholm
• Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Bras
• Template:Flagicon Giorgos Dedes
• Template:Flagicon Hugues Guillaume
• Template:Flagicon Rigoberto Gómez
• Template:Flagicon Donaldo Rosales
• Template:Flagicon Lajos Kocsis
• Template:Flagicon Don Givens
• Template:Flagicon Yehoshua Feigenbaum
• Template:Flagicon Giora Spiegel
• Template:Flagicon Sandro Mazzola
• Template:Flagicon Teruki Miyamoto
• Template:Flagicon Johny Léonard
• Template:Flagicon Mohammed El Filali
• Template:Flagicon Theo Pahlplatz
• Template:Flagicon Mohammed Lawal
• Template:Flagicon Olumuyiwa Oshode
• Template:Flagicon Terry Harkin
• Template:Flagicon Saturnino Arrúa
• Template:Flagicon Oswaldo Ramírez
• Template:Flagicon Jacinto Santos
• Template:Flagicon Bobby Chalmers
• Template:Flagicon Bobby Murdoch
• Template:Flagicon Jeong Kang-ji
• Template:Flagicon Park Soo-il
• Template:Flagicon Kakhi Asatiani
• Template:Flagicon Volodymyr Muntyan
• Template:Flagicon Givi Nodia
• Template:Flagicon Amancio Amaro
• Template:Flagicon Nasr El-Din Abbas
• Template:Flagicon Aboubakar Bakheit
• Template:Flagicon Ali Gagarin
• Template:Flagicon Abubakr Osman
• Template:Flagicon Paul Ruben Corte
• Template:Flagicon Jules Lagadeau
• Template:Flagicon Ruud Schoonhoven
• Template:Flagicon Roy Vanenburg
• Template:Flagicon Bo Larsson
• Template:Flagicon Fritz Künzli
• Template:Flagicon Georges Vuilleumier
• Template:Flagicon Ezzedine Chakroun
• Template:Flagicon Gerry Baker
• Template:Flagicon Helmut Haller
• Template:Flagicon Josip Bukal
• Template:Flagicon Metodije Spasovski

1 goal

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

1 own goal

• Template:Flagicon David Zeman (playing against Israel)
• Template:Flagicon Johann Eigenstiller (playing against West Germany)
• Template:Flagicon Rudolph Smith (playing against the United States)
• Template:Flagicon Ramiro Tobar (playing against Chile)
• Template:Flagicon Aritatsu Ogi (playing against Australia)
• Template:Flagicon Valentín Mendoza (playing against Brazil)
• Template:Flagicon Héctor Chumpitaz (playing against Bolivia)
• Template:Flagicon José Torres (playing against Greece)
• Template:Flagicon Phillemon Tegire (playing against Australia)
• Template:Flagicon Bruno Michaud (playing against Romania)
• Template:Flagicon Tyrone de la Bastide (playing against Guatemala)
• Template:Flagicon Selwyn Murren (playing against Guatemala)

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 now compete in the European zone as they are now a member of UEFA.

External links

• FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1970 World Cup Qualification
• RSSSF – 1970 World Cup Qualification