Game 1: Played Sunday 31 May 1970 (12.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[201]
(107,160) Kurt Tschenscher (GER), Jack Taylor (ENG), Keith Dunstan (BER)
Result: MEXICO 0 - SOVIET UNION 0
MEX: [1] Ignacio Calderón, - [3] Gustavo Peña (c), [5] Mario Pérez, [6] Guillermo Hernández [10] Horacio Lopez-Salgado, - [13] Jose Vantolra, [14] Javier Guzmán, - [15] Hector Pulido, [18] Mario Velarde (67 [8] Antonio Munguia), [19] Javier Valdivia - [21] Javier Fragoso. (As C Freddi)
URS: [2] Anzor Amberkovič Kavazašvili, - [5] Vladimir Aleksandrovič Kapličnǐ, [6] Vladimir Aleksandrovič Lovčev, [7] Gennadiǐ Olegovič Logofet, [9] Albert Alekseevič Šesternёv (c), - [11] Kakhi Šalvovič Asatiani, [14] Vladimir Fedorovič Muntyan, [15] Viktor Petrovič Serebryanikov (46 [20] Anatoliǐ Kirillovič Puzač), [16] Anatoliǐ Fedorovič Byšovets, - [17] Gennadiǐ Egorovič Evryužikhin, [19] Givi Georgievič Nodiya (67 [21] Vitaliǐ Grigorevič Khmelnitskiǐ).
Booked: Peña / Lovčev, Logofet, Asatiani, Nodiya
NOTE: Match preceded by World Cup opening ceremony.
Game 2: Played Wednesday 3 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[205=]
(92,205) Andrei Radulescu (ROM), Kurt Tschenscher (GER), Rudolf Glöckner (DDR)
Result: BELGIUM 3 - EL SALVADOR 0 (1:0)
1:0 van Moer 13, 2:0 van Moer 55, 3:0 Lambert 80 pen
BEL: [1] Christian Piot, - [2] Georges Heylens, [4] Nicolas Dewalque, [6] Jan Baprist Dockx, [3] Jean Thissen, - [7] Jean Semmeling (79 [16] Odilon Poleunis), [8] Wilfred van Moer, [9] Johan Devrindt, [10] Paul van Himst (c), - [18] Raoul Lambert, [11] Wilfred Puis.
SAL: [1] Raul Magaña, - [2] Roberto Rivas, [3] Salvaor Mariona (c), [5] Saturnino Osorio, [14] Mauricio Manzano (66 [4] Santiago Cortés), - [6] Jose Quintanilla, [8] George Vásquez, [10] Salvaor Flamenco Cabezas, [7] Mauricio Rodriguez (80 [16] Germano Sermeño) [9] Juan Ramon Martinez, [11] Ernesto Aparicio.
The actual crowd figure may have been as low as 30,000 (Freddi)
Game 3: Played Saturday 6 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Aztéca, Mexico City.[209=]
(95,261) Rudolf Scheurer (SUI), Robert Davidson (SCO), Henry Landauer (USA)
Result: SOVIET UNION 4 - BELGIUM 1 (1:0)
1:0 Byšovets 14, 2:0 Asatiani 57, 3:0 Byšovets 63, 4:0 Khmelnitskiǐ 78, 4:1 Raoul Lambert 86
URS: [2] Anzor Kavazašvili - [5] Vladimir Kapličnǐ (35 [6] Vladimir Lovčev), [3] Valentin Afonin, [9] Albert Šesternёv (c), [11] Khaki Asatiani - [14] Vladimir Muntyan, [4] Revaz Mikhǐlovič Dzodzuašvili (73 [12] Nikolaǐ Ivanovič Kiselev), [16] Anatoli Byšovets, [17] Gennadiǐ Evryužikhin - [8] Murtaz Kalistratovič Khurtisilava, [21] Vitaliǐ Grigorevič Khmelnitskiǐ.
BEL: [1] Christian Piot, - [2] Georges Heylens, [4] Nicolas Dewalque, [6] Jan Baprist Dockx, [3] Jean Thissen, - [7] Jean Semmeling, [8] Wilfred van Moer, [5] Leon Jeck, [10] Paul van Himst (c), - [18] Raoul Lambert, [11] Wilfred Puis.
Game 4: Played Sunday 7 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[213=]
(~103,000) Aly Hussein Kandil (EGY), Keith Dunstan (BER), Jack Taylor (ENG).
Result: MEXICO 4 - EL SALVADOR 0 (1:0)
1:0 Valdivia 45, 2:0 Valdivia 46, 3:0 Fragoso 58, 4:0 Basaguren 83
MEX: [1] Ignacio Calderón, - [3] Gustavo Peña (c), [5] Mario Pérez, [8] Antonio Munguia, [9] Enrique Borja (46 [10] Horacio López Salgado, [20] Ignacio Basaguren 76), - [11] Aaron Padilla, [13] Jose Vantolra, [14] Javier Guzmán, [17] Jose Luis González, - [19] Javier Valdivia - [21] Javier Fragoso. **
SAL: [1] Raul Magaña, - [2] Roberto Rivas, [3] Salvaor Mariona (c), [5] Saturnino Osorio, [4] Santiago Cortés (68 [12] Mario Monge), - [6] Jose Quintanilla, [8] George Vásquez, [10] Salvaor F. Cabezas, [7] Mauricio Rodriguez, - [9] Juan Ramon Martinez, [11] Ernesto Aparicio (59 [19] Sergio Jesus Mendez).
Booked: Cabezas, Mariona, Mendez, Magaña
Game 5: Played Wednesday 10 June 1970 (16.00). Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[217=]
(89,979 officially, ~25,000 realistically) Rafael Hormazábal (CHI), Norberto Coerezza (ARG), Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (BRZ).
Result: SOVIET UNION 2 - EL SALVADOR 0 (0:0)
1:0 Byšovets 51, 2:0 Byšovets 74
URS: [2] Anzor Kavazašvili - [3] Valentin Afonin, [9] Albert Šesternёv (c), [15] Viktor Serebryanikov, [14] Vladimir Muntyan - [4] Revaz Dzodzuašvili, [12] Nikolaǐ Kiselev (81 [11] Khaki Asatiani), [16] Anatoli Byšovets - [20] Anatoliǐ Puzač (46 [17] Gennadiǐ Evryužikhin), [8] Murtaz Khurtisilava, [21] Vitaliǐ Khmelnitskiǐ.
SAL: [1] Raul Magaña, - [2] Roberto Rivas, [3] Salvaor Mariona (c), [5] Saturnino Osorio, [18] Guillermo Castro, - [12] Mario Monge, [17] Jaime Portillo, [8] George Vásquez, [10] Salvaor F. Cabezas (82 [11] Ernesto Aparicio), - [7] Mauricio Rodriguez (86 [16] Germano Sermeño), [19] Sergio Jesus Mendez.
Booked: Khmelnitskiǐ
Game 6: Played Thursday 11 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[221=]
(108,192) Norberto Coerezza (ARG), Henry Landauer (USA), Rafael Hormazábal (CHI).
Result: MEXICO 1 - BELGIUM 0 (1:0)
1:0 Peña 14 pen.
MEX: [1] Ignacio Calderón, - [3] Gustavo Peña (c), [13] Jose Vantolra, [14] Javier Guzmán, [5] Mario Pérez, - [15] Hector Pulido, [17] Jose Luis Gonzalez, [8] Antonio Munguia, [19] Javier Valdivia (46 [20] Ignacio Basaguren), - [21] Javier Fragoso, [11] Aaron Padilla.
BEL: [1] Christian Piot, - [2] Georges Heylens, [4] Nicolas Dewalque, [6] Jan Baprist Dockx, [3] Jean Thissen, - [7] Jean Semmeling, [8] Wilfred van Moer, [5] Leon Jeck, [10] Paul van Himst (c), - [16] Odilon Poleunis (66 [9] Johan Devrindt), [11] Wilfred Puis.
Booked: Peña, Valdivia / Thissen, van Himst
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
NOTE: Due a lack of foresight by FIFA, a gap in the rules meant the Soviet Union was awarded the first place ahead of Mexico only after a draw by lot.
Game 1: Played Tuesday 2 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla.
(20,654) Robert Davidson (SCO), Rudolf Scheurer (SUI), Sayoum Tarekegn (ETH).
Result: URUGUAY 2 - ISRAEL 0 (1:0)
1:0 Maneiro 23, 2:0 Mujica 81
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña [2] Atilio Ancheta, [3] Roberto Matosas, [6] Juan Mujica, - [7] Luis Cubilla, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [8] Pedro Rocha (c, 13 [20] Julio Cesar Cortés), - [9] Victor Esparrago, [10] Ildo Maneiro, [21] Julio Losada.
ISR: [1] Itzek Vissoker, - [12] Jeshu Schwager [4] David Primo, [14] Daniel Rom (46 [16] Yohanan Vollach). [5] Zvi Rosen, - [6] Shmuel Rosenthal, [8] Giora Spiegel, [10] Mordechai Spiegler (c), [7] Itzak Shum, - [9] Jehoshua Faygenbaum [15] Rachamim Talbi (57 [2] Shraga Bar).
Game 2: Played Wednesday 3 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca.[205=]
(13,433) Jack Taylor (ENG), Rudi Scheurer (SUI), Aly Hussein Kandil (EGY).
Result: ITALY 1 - SWEDEN 0 (1:0)
1:0 Domenghini 11
ITA: [1] Enrico Albertosi, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [5] Pierluigi Cera, [7] Communardo Niccolai (38 [8] Roberto Rosato), [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), - [10] Mario Bertini, [16] Giancarlo ‘Picchio’ (= Woodpecker in English) de Sisti, [15] Alessandro Mazzola, - [13] Angelo Domenghini, [20] Roberto Boninsegna, [11] Luigi Riva.
SWE: [1] Ronnie Hellröm, - [4] Bjorn Nordqvist (c), [5] Roland Grip, [6] Tommy Svensson, [3] Kurt Axelsson, - [7] Bo Larsson (79 [19] Goran Nicklasson), [10] Ove Grahn, [8] Leif Eriksson (56 [21] Inge Ejderstedt), - [9] Ove Kindvall, [13] Claes Cronqvist, [2] Jan Olsson.
Booked: Cronqvist
Italy beat Sweden for the first time since 1912
Game 3: Played Saturday 6 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla.[209=]
(29,968) Rudolf Glöckner (DDR), Kurt Tschenscher (GER), Drago Horvat (YUG).
Result: URUGUAY 0 - ITALY 0
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña (c), [6] Juan Mujica, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [2] Atilio Ancheta, - [3] Roberto Matosas, [7] Luis Cubilla, [9] Victor Esparrago, [10] Ildo Maneiro, - [20] Julio Cesar Cortés, [17] Ruben Bareno (71 [19] Oscar Zubia).
ITA: [1] Enrico Albertosi, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [5] Pierluigi Cera, [8] Roberto Rosato, [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), -[10] Mario Bertini, [16] Giancarlo de Sisti, [15] Sandro Mazzola, - [13] Angelo Domenghini (46 [21] Guiseppe Furino), [20] Roberto Boninsegna, [11] Luigi Riva.
Game 4: Played Sunday 7 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca.[213=]
(9,624) Sayoum Tarekegn (ETH), Drago Horvat (YUG), Andrei Radulescu (ROM).
Result: ISRAEL 1 - SWEDEN 1 (0:0)
0:1 Turesson 53, 1:1 Spiegler 56
ISR: [1] Itzek Vissoker, - [2] Shraga Bar, [4] David Primo, [16] Yohanan Vollach (51 [19] Aharon Shuruk)., [5] Zvi Rosen, - [12] Jeshu Schwager, [6] Shmuel Rosenthal, [7] Itzak Shum, - [10] Mordechai Spiegler (c), [8] Giora Spiegel, [9] Jehoshua Faygenbaum.
SWE: [12] Sven Gunnar Larsson, - [2] Hans Selander, [5] Roland Grip, [6] Tommy Svensson (c), [3] Kurt Axelsson, - [7] Bo Larsson, [16] Thomas Nordahl, [18] Tom Turesson, [9] Ove Kindvall, - [11] Orjan Persson (78 [22] Sten Pálsson), [20] Jan Olsson.
Booked: Bar, Primo / Persson
Game 5: Played Wednesday 10 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla.[217=]
(18,163) Heinrich ‘Henry’ Landauer (USA), Jack Taylor (ENG), Andrei Radulescu (ROM).
Result: SWEDEN 1 - URUGUAY 0 (0:0)
1:0 Grahn 90
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña (c), [6] Juan Mujica, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [2] Atilio Ancheta, - [3] Roberto Matosas, [9] Victor Esparrago (62 [15] Dagoberto Fontes), [10] Ildo Maneiro, [20] Julio Cesar Cortés, - [19] Oscar Zubia, [21] Julio Losada.
SWE: [12] Sven Gunnar Larsson, - [2] Hans Selander, [5] Roland Grip, [6] Tommy Svensson, [3] Kurt Axelsson, - [7] Bo Larsson, [4] Bjorn Nordqvist (c), [8] Leif Eriksson, [9] Ove Kindvall (60 [18] Tom Turesson), - [11] Orjan Persson, [19] Goran Nicklasson (84 [10] Ove Grahn).
Game 6: Played Thursday 11 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca.[221=]
(9,860) Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (BRZ), Kurt Tschenscher (GER), Sayoum Tarekegn (ETH).
Result: ITALY 0 - ISRAEL 0
ITA: [1] Enrico Albertosi, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [5] Pierluigi Cera, [8] Roberto Rosato, [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), - [10] Mario Bertini, [16] Giancarlo de Sisti, [15] Sandro Mazzola, - [13] Angelo Domenghini (46 [14] Gianni Rivera), [20] Roberto Boninsegna, [11] Luigi Riva.
ISR: [1] Itzek Vissoker, - [2] Shraga Bar, [4] David Primo, [12] Jeshu Schwager, [6] Shmuel Rosenthal, - [5] Zvi Rosen, [3] Menachem Bello, [7] Itzak Shum, - [10] Mordechai Spiegler (c), [8] Giora Spiegel, [9] Jehoshua Faygenbaum (46 [14] Daniel Rom).
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Game 1: Played Tuesday 2 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.
(50,560) Vital Loraux (BEL), Roger Machin (FRA), Diego de Leo (MEX).
Result: ENGLAND 1 - RUMANIA 0 (0:0)
1:0 Hurst 65
ENG: [1] Gordon Banks, - [2] Keith Robert Newton (51’ [14] Tomas John Wright), [5] Brian Leslie Labone, [6] Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (c), [3] Terence Cooper, - [4] Alan Patrick Mullery, [8] Alan James Ball, [9] Robert Charlton, [11] Martin Stanford Peters, - [10] Geoffrey Charles Hurst, [7] Francis Henry Lee, (77 [20] Peter Leslie Osgood).
ROM: [21] Sterica Adamache, - [2] Ludovic Szatmari Satmareanu, [3] Nicolae Lupescu, [5] Cornel Dinu, [4] Mihai Mocanu - [15] Ion Dumitru, [10] Radu Nunweiller, [7] Emerich Dembrowski, [17] Georghe Tataru (74 [16] Alexandru Neagu), - [9] Florea Dumitrache, [11] Mircea Lucescu (c).
Game 2: Played Wednesday 3 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[205=]
(52,897) Ramon Barreto Ruiz (URU), Arturo Yamasaki (MEX), Abraham Klein (ISR).
Result: BRAZIL 4 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (1:1)
0:1 Petráš 12, 1:1 Rivelino 24, 2:1 Pelé 60, 3:1 Jairzinho 64, 4:1 Jairzinho 83
BRZ: [1] FELIX Mielli Venerando, - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO Torres (c), [3] Wilson da Silva PIAZZA (88 [15] Jose de Anchieta FONTANA), [2] Hercules de BRITO Ruas, [16] EVERALDO Marques da Silva, - [5] CLODOALDO Tavares de Santana, [8] GÉRSON de Oliveira Nunes (74 [18] PAOLO CESAR Lima), - [7] JAIRZINHO - Jair Ventura Filho, [9] TOSTAO - Eduardo Goncalves de Andrade, [10] PELÉ - Edson Arantes do Nascimento, [11] Roberto RIVELINO.
TCH: [1] Ivo Viktor, - [2] Karol Dobiáš, [3] Vaclav Migas, [5] Alexander Horváth (c), [4] Vladimir Hagara, - [16] Ivan Hrdlicka (46 [6] Andrei Kvašnák), [9] Ladislav Kuna, [18] Frantisek Veselý (75 [18] Bohumil Veselý), [8] Ladislav Petráš, - [10] Josef Adamec, [11] Karol Jokl.
Booked: Gérson, Tostão / Horváth
Game 3: Played Saturday 6 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[209=]
(56,818) Diego de Leo (MEX), Vital Loraux (BEL), Gyula Emsberger (HUN).
Result: RUMANIA 2 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (0:1)
0:1 Petráš 4, 1:1 Neagu 53, 2:1 Dumitrache 76 pen.
ROM: [21] Sterica Adamache, - [2] Ludovic Satmareanu, [3] Nicolae Lupescu, [5] Cornel Dinu, [4] Mihai Mocanu, - [15] Ion Dumitru (82 [14] Vasile Ghergheli), [10] Radu Nunweiller, [7] Emerich Dembrowski, [16] Alexandru Neagu, - [9] Florea Dumitrache, [11] Mircea Lucescu (c - 70 [17] Georghe Tataru).
TCH: [22] Alexander Vencel - [2] Karol Dobiáš, [3] Vaclav Migas, [5] Alexander Horváth (c), [15] Jan Zlocha, - [6] Andrei Kvašnák, [9] Ladislav Kuna, - [18] Bohumil Veselý, [8] Ladislav Petráš, [19] Josef Jurkanin (46 [10] Josef Adamec), [11] Karol Jokl (67 [18] Frantisek Veselý).
Booked: Nunweiller / Kvašnák
Game 4: Played Sunday 7 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[213=]
(70,950) Abraham Klein (ISR), Roger Machin (FRA), Arturo Yamasaki (MEX).
Result: BRAZIL 1 - ENGLAND 0 (0:0)
1:0 Jairzinho 60
BRZ: [1] FELIX, - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO (c), [3] PIAZZA, [2] BRITO, [16] EVERALDO, - [5] CLODOALDO, [18] PAOLO CESAR, - [7] JAIRZINHO, [9] TOSTÃO (68 [13] ROBERTO Lopes Miranda), [10] PELÉ, [11] RIVELINO.
ENG: [1] Gordon Banks, - [14] Tommy Wright, [5] Brian Labone, [6] Bobby Moore (c), [3] Terry Cooper, - [4] Alan Mullery, [8] Alan Ball, [9] Bobby Charlton (64 [19] Colin Bell), [11] Martin Peters, - [10] Geoff Hurst [7] Francis Lee (64 [22] Jeffrey Astle).
Booked: Lee
Game 5: Played Wednesday 10 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[217=]
(50,804) Ferdinand Marschall (AUT), Ramon Barreto Ruiz (URU), Vital Loraux (BEL).
Result: BRAZIL 3 - RUMANIA 2 (2:1)
1:0 Pelé 20, 2:0 Jairzinho 22, 2:1 Dumitrache 33, 3:1 Pelé 66, 3:2 Dembrovschi 83
BRZ: [1] FELIX - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO (c), [3] PIAZZA, [2] BRITO, [16] EVERALDO (56 [6] MARCO ANTÓNIO Feliciano), - [5] CLODOALO (74 [19] EDU - Americo Jonas Eduardo), [18] PAOLO CESAR, - [7] JAIRZINHO, [9] TOSTÃO, [10] PELÉ, [15] FONTANA.
ROM: [21] Sterica Adamache (28 [1] Necula Raducanu), - [2] Ludovic Satmareanu, [3] Nicolae Lupescu, [5] Cornel Dinu, [4] Mihai Mocanu, - [15] Ion Dumitru, [10] Radu Nunweiller, [7] Emerich Dembrowski, [16] Alexandru Neagu - [9] Florea Dumitrache (72 [17] Georghe Tataru),[11] Mircea Lucescu (c).
Booked: Mocanu, Dimitru
Game 6: Played Thursday 11 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[221=]
(49,292) Roger Mâchin (FRA), Ferdinand Marschall (AUT), Gyula Emsberger (HUN).
Result: ENGLAND 1 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 (0:0)
1:0 Clarke 49 pen.
ENG: [1] Gordon Banks, - [2] Keith Newton, [17] John Charlton, [6] Bobby Moore (c) [3] Terry Cooper,, - [4] Alan Mullery, [19] Colin Bell, [9] Bobby Charlton (66’ [8] Alan Ball), [11] Martin Peters, - [21] Allan John Clarke, [22] Jeff Astle (61’ [20] Peter Osgood).
TCH: [1] Ivo Viktor (c), - [2] Karol Dobiáš, [3] Vaclav Migas, [14] Vladimir Hrivnák, [4] Vladimir Hagara, - [17] Jaroslav Pollák, [9] Ladislav Kuna, [18] Frantisek Veselý, [8] Ladislav Petráš, - [10] Josef Adamec, [11] Karol Jokl (71 [21] Jan Capkovic).
Booked: Dobiáš
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Rumania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Game 1: Played Tuesday 2 June 1970 (16.00), Estadio Guanajuato, León.
(13,765) Antonio Sbardella (ITA), Elizalde Aguilar (MEX), Yoshiyuki Maruyama (JAP).
Result: PERU 3 - BULGARIA 2 (0:1)
0:1 Dermendzhiev 12, 0:2 Bonev 50, 1:2 Gallardo 51, 2:2 Chumpitáz 56, 3:2 Cubillas 73
PER: [1] Luis Rubiños, - [2] Eloy Campos (28 [13] Javier González), [3] Orlando de la Torre, [4] Hector Chumpitáz (c), [5] Nicolas Fuentes, - [6] Ramon Mifflin, [7] Roberto Challe, - [8] Julio Baylón (51 [20] Hugo Sotil), [10] Teofilo Cubillas, [9] Pedro Perico León, [11] Alberto Gallardo.
BUL: [1] Simeon Simeonov, - [2] Alex Shalamanov, [3] Ivan Dimitrov (c), [5] Ivan Davidov, [4] Stefan Aladjov, - [8] Hristo Bonev (73 [19] Georgi Asparoukhov), [6] Dimitar Penev, [10] Dimitar Yakimov, - [7] Guerogui Popov (59 [18] Dimitar Marachliev), [9] Petar Jekov, [11] Dinko Dermendjev.
Game 2: Played Wednesday 3 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[205=]
(12,942) Laurens van Ravens (HOL), Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (ESP), Guillermo Velasquez (COL)
Result: WEST GERMANY 2 - MOROCCO 1 (0:1)
0:1 Houmane 21, 1:1 Seeler 56, 2:1 Müller 80
GER: [1] Sepp Maier, - [7] Berti Vogts, [5] Willi Schulz, [11] Klaus Fichtel, [2] Horst Höttges (76 [17] Johannes Löhr) - [9] Uwe Seeler (c), [4] Franz Beckenbauer, [12] Wolfgang Overath - [8] Helmut Haller (46 [20] Jurgen Grabowski), [13] Gerd Müller, [10] Siggi Held.
MAR: [1] Allal Ben Kassou, - [2] Abdellah Lamrani, (4) Moulay Idriss Khanousi (c), (5) Kacem Slimani, [3] Boujemaa Benkrief, - [6] Mohammed Maaroufi, [8] Driss Bamous (72’ [9] Ahmed Faras), [10] Mohammed El Filali, [7] Said Ghandi, - [11] Maouhoub GHazouani (86 [18] Abdel Kader El Khyati), [14] Mohammed Jarir Houmane.
Game 3: Played Saturday 6 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[209=]
(13,537 officially, ranges from 4 to 7,000) Tofik Bachramov (URS), Antonio Sbardella (ITA), Yoshiyuki Maruyama (JAP).
Result: PERU 3 - MOROCCO 0 (0:0)
1:0 Cubillas 65, 2:0 Challe 68, 3:0 Cubillas 75
PER: [1] Luis Runiños, - [13] Pedro González, [3] Orlando de la Torre, [4] Hector Chumpitáz (c), [5] Nicolas Fuentes, - [6] Ramon Mifflin (56 [17] Luis Cruzado), [7] Roberto Challe, - [20] Hugo Sotil, [9] Pedro Perico León, [11] Alberto Gallardo (76 [22] Oswaldo Ramírez), [10] Teofilo Cubillas.
MAR: [1] Allal Ben Kassou - [2] Abdellah Lamrani, (4) Moulay Idriss Khanousi (c), (5) Kacem Slimani, [3] Boujemaa Benkrief (66 [13] Jalili Fadili), - [6] Mohammed Maaroufi, [8] Driss Bamous, [10] Mohammed El Filali, [7] Ghandi Said (81 [17] Ahmed Alaoui), - [11] Maouhoub GHazouani, [14] Mohammed Jarir Houmane.
Game 4: Played Sunday 7 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[213=]
(12,710) Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (ESP), Antonio Salanha Ribeiro (POR), Guillermo Velasquez (COL)
Result: WEST GERMANY 5 - BULGARIA 2 (2:1)
0:1 Nikodimov 12, 1:1 Libuda 20, 2:1 Müller 28, 3:1 Müller 52 pen, 4:1 Seeler 69, 5:1 Müller 87,
5:2 Kolev 88.
GER: [1] Sepp Maier, - [7] Berti Vogts, [3] Karl Heinz Schnellinger, [11] Klaus Fichtel, [2] Horst Höttges - [17] Johannes Löhr (59 [20] Jurgen Grabowski), [4] Franz Beckenbauer (72 [6] Wolfgang Weber), [12] Wolfgang Overath, [9] Uwe Seeler (c) - [13] Gerd Müller, [14] Reinhard Libuda
BUL: [1] Simeon Simeonov, - [12] Milko Gaidarski, [14] Dobromir Jetchev, [8] Hristo Bonev, [6] Dimitar Penev, - [15] Boris Gaganelov (c) ( 59 [2] Alex Shalamanov), [16] Aspar Nikodimov, [17] Todor Kolev, [11] Dinko Dermendjev (46 [20] Vasil Mitkov), - [19] Georgi Asparoukhov, [18] Dimitar Marachliev.
Game 5: Played Wednesday 10 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[217=]
(17,875) Elizalde Aguilar (MEX), Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (ESP), Antonio Sbardella (ITA)
Result: WEST GERMANY 3 - PERU 1 (3:1)
1:0 Müller 20, 2:0 Müller 26, 3:0 Müller 39, 3:1 Cubillas 44.
GER: [1] Sepp Maier, - [7] Berti Vogts, [11] Klaus Fichtel, [3] Karl Heinz Schnellinger, [2] Horst Höttges (46 [15] Bernd Patzke) - [17] Johannes Löhr, [4] Franz Beckenbauer, [12] Wolfgang Overath, [9] Uwe Seeler (c) - [13] Gerd Müller, [14] Reinhard Libuda (75 [20] Jurgen Grabowski)
PER: [1] Luis Runiños, - [13] Pedro González, [3] Orlando de la Torre, [4] Hector Chumpitáz (c), [5] Nicolas Fuentes, - [6] Ramon Mifflin, [7] Roberto Challe (71 [17] Luis Cruzado), - [20] Hugo Sotil, [9] Pedro Perico León (75 [22] Oswaldo Ramírez), [11] Alberto Gallardo, [10] Teofilo Cubillas
Game 6: Played Thursday 11 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[221=]
(12,299) Antonio Salanha Ribeiro (POR), Laurens van Ravens (HOL), Tofik Bachramov (URS)
Result: BULGARIA 1 - MOROCCO 1 (1:0)
1:0 Zhechev 40, 1:1 Ghazouani 60
BUL: [13] Stoyan Yordanov, - [12] Milko Gaidarski, [14] Dobromir Jetchev, [10] Dimitar Yakimov (50 [8] Hristo Bonev), [6] Dimitar Penev (42 [3] Ivan Dimitrov), - [2] Alex Shalamanov (c), [16] Aspar Nikodimov, [17] Todor Kolev, [7] Guerogui Popov, - [20] Vasil Mitkov, [19] Georgi Asparoukhov.
MAR: [12 Mohammed Hazzaz - [3] Boujemaa Benkrief, [13] Jalili Fadili, (4) Moulay Idriss Khanousi (c), (5) Kacem Slimani - [6] Mohammed Maaroufi, [8] Driss Bamous (46 [16] Mustafa Petchou Chukri), [10] Mohammed El Filali, [7] Ghandi Said - [17] Ahmed Alaoui (74’ [9] Ahmed Faras), [11] Maouhoub GHazouani
Some estimates of the crowd figure range from 4,000 to as low as 1,500
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Peru | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Game 1: Played Sunday 14 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[225=]
(~45,000, the official figure is 98,085) Laurens van Ravens (HOL), Rudolf Glöckner (DDR), Robert Davidson (SCO)
Result: URUGUAY 1 - SOVIET UNION 0 (aet) (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
1:0 Espárrago 117
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña (c), [2] Atilio Ancheta, [3] Roberto Matosas, [6] Juan Mujica, - [10] Ildo Maneiro, [20] Julio Cesar Cortés, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [7] Luis Cubilla - [15] Dagoberto Fontes (114 [9] Victor Espárrago), [11] Julio Morales (96 [18] Alberto Gómez).
URS: [2] Anzor Kavazašvili, - [3] Valentin Afonin, [4] Revaz Dzodzuašvili, [5] Vladimir Kapličnǐ, [8] Murtaz Khurtisilava (86 [7] Gennadiǐ Logofet), - [9] Albert Šesternёv (c), [11] Khaki Asatiani (73 [12] Nikolaǐ Kiselev), [14] Vladimir Muntyan, [16] Anatoli Byšovets - [17] Gennadiǐ Evryužikhin [21] Vitaliǐ Khmelnitskiǐ.
Booked: Byšovets
NOTE: The Soviet Union lodged an official protest claiming that during a centre cross which led to the goal the ball was out of play. The protest was rejected.
Game 2: Played Sunday 14 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Luis Dosal, Toluca.[225=]
(26,851) Rudolf Scheurer (SUI), Henry Landauer (USA), Keith Dunstan (BER)
Result: ITALY 4 - MEXICO 1 (1:1)
0:1 González 13, 1:1 Peña 26 og, 2:1 Riva 64, 3:1 Rivera 69, 3:1 Riva 76
ITA: [1] Enrico Albertosi, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [5] Pierluigi Cera, [8] Roberto Rosato, [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), - [10] Mario Bertini, [15] Sandro Mazzola (46 [14] Gianni Rivera), [16] Giancarlo de Sisti, - [13] Angelo Domenghini (85 [19] Sergio Gori), [20] Roberto Boninsegna, [11] Luigi Riva.
MEX: [1] Ignacio Calderón, - [13] Jose Vantolra, [3] Gustavo Peña (c), [14] Javier Guzmán, [5] Mario Pérez, - [17] Jose Luis González (68 [9] Enrique Borja), [15] Hector Pulido, [8] Antonio Munguia (60 [16] Isidoro Diaz), [19] Javier Valdivia, - [21] Javier Fragoso, [11] Aaron Padilla.
Booked: Rivera
Game 3: Played Sunday 14 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[225=]
(54,233) Vital Loraux (BEL), Ferdinand Marschall (AUT), Gyula Emsberger (HUN)
Result: BRAZIL 4 - PERU 2 (2:1)
1:0 Rivelino 11, 2:0 Tostão 18, 2:1 Gallardo 28, 3:1 Tostão 52, 3:2 Cubillas 69, 4:2 Jairzinho 76
BRZ: [1] FELIX, - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO (c), [2] BRITO, [3] PIAZZA, [6] MARCO ANTÓNIO, - [5] CLODOALO, [8] GERSON (67 [18] PAOLO CESAR), - [7] JAIRZINHO (80 Roberto), [9] TOSTÃO, [10] PELÉ, [11] RIVELINO.
PER: [1] Luis Runinos, - [2] Eloy Campos, [14] Jose Fernandez, [4] Hector Chumpitáz (c), [5] Nicolas Fuentes, - [6] Ramon Mifflin, [7] Roberto Challe, - [8] Julio Baylón (54 [20] Hugo Sotil), [9] Pedro Perico León (61 Reyes), - [10] Teofilo Cubillas, [11] Alberto Gallardo.
Game 4: Played Sunday 14 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Guanajuato, León.[225=]
(23,357) Norberto Coerezza (ARG), Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (ESP), Guillermo Velasquez (COL)
Result: WEST GERMANY 3 - ENGLAND 2 (aet) (0:1, 2:2, 3:2)
0:1 Mullery 32, 0:2 Peters 50, 1:2 Beckenbauer 69, 2:2 Seeler 82, 3:2 Müller 106
GER: [1] Sepp Maier, - [7] Berti Vogts, [11] Klaus Fichtel, [3] Karl Heinz Schnellinger, [2] Horst Höttges (46 [5] Willi Schulz), - [12] Wolfgang Overath, [4] Franz Beckenbauer, [9] Uwe Seeler (c), [14] Reinhard Libuda (57 [20] Jurgen Grabowski), - [13] Gerd Müller, [17] Johannes Löhr
ENG: [12] Peter Phillip Bonetti, - [2] Keith Newton, [5] Brian Labone [6] Bobby Moore (c), [3] Terry Cooper, - [4] Alan Mullery, [8] Alan Ball, [9] Bobby Charlton (70 [19] Colin Bell), [11] Martin Peters (81 [18] Norman Hunter), - [7] Francis Lee, [10] Geoff Hurst.
Booked: Müller / Lee
Game 1: Played Wednesday 17 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara.[229=]
(51,261) Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (ESP), Ferdinand Marschall (AUT), Tofik Bachramov (URS)
Note: The original draw had this match scheduled for the Azteca Stadium but was switched at the last minute by FIFA, much to the annoyance of Uruguay, as it meant some advantage to Brazil. They were based at Guadalajara and had also played all their matches in the same stadium.
Result: BRAZIL 3 - URUGUAY 1 (1:1)
0:1 Cubilla 19, 1:1 Clodoaldo 45, 2:1 Jairzinho 76, 3:1 Rivelino 90
BRZ: [1] FELIX - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO (c), [2] BRITO, [3] PIAZZA, [16] EVERALDO, - [5] CLODOALO, [8] GERSON, - [7] JAIRZINHO, [9] TOSTÃO, [10] PELÉ, [11] RIVELINO.
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña, [2] Atilio Ancheta, [3] Roberto Matosas, [6] Juan Mujica, - [10] Ildo Maneiro (74 [9] Victor Espárrago), [20] Julio Cesar Cortés, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [7] Luis Cubilla, - [15] Dagoberto Fontes, [11] Julio Morales.
Booked: Carlos Alberto / Fontes, Maneiro, Mujica
Game 2: Played Wednesday 17 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[229=]
(102,444) Arturo Yamasaki (MEX), Guillermo Velasquez (COL), Rafael Hormazábal (CHI)
Result: ITALY 4 - WEST GERMANY 3 (aet) (1:0, 1:1, 3:2)
1:0 Boninsegna 7, 1:1 Schnellinger 90, 1:2 Müller 95, 2:2 Burgnich 98, 3:2 Riva 104, 3:3 Müller 110, 4:3 Rivera 111
ITA:[1] Enrico Albertosi, - [5] Pierluigi Cera, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [10] Mario Bertini, [8] Roberto Rosato (94 [4] Fabrizio Poletti), [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), - [13] Angelo Domenghini, [15] Sandro Mazzola (46 [14] Gianni Rivera), [16] Giancarlo de Sisti, - [20] Roberto Boninsegna, [11] Luigi Riva.
GER: [1] Sepp Maier, - [3] Karl Heinz Schnellinger; - [7] Berti Vogts, [5] Willi Schulz, [4] Franz Beckenbauer, [15] Bernd Patzke (66 [10] Siggi Held), - [12] Wolfgang Overath, [9] Uwe Seeler (c), - [20] Jurgen Grabowski, [13] Gerd Müller, [17] Johan Löhr (52 [14] Reinhard Libuda).
Booked: Domenghini, de Sisti, Rosato / Müller, Overath
Game Played Saturday 20 June 1970 (16.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[231]
(104,403 officially, could be as low as ~32,000) Antonio Sbardella (ITA), Ferdinand Marschall (AUT), Elizalde Aguilar (MEX)
Result: WEST GERMANY 1 - URUGUAY 0 (1:0)
1:0 Overath 27
GER: [22] Horst Wolter - [7] Berti Vogts, [6] Wolfgang Weber, [3] Karl Heinz Schnellinger (46 [16] Max Lorenz), [15] Bernd Patzke, - [12] Wolfgang Overath, [11] Klaus Fichtel, [9] Uwe Seeler (c) - [10] Siggi Held, [13] Gerd Müller, [14] Reinhard Libuda (75 [17] Johannes Löhr)
URU: [1] Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, - [4] Luis Ubiña (c), [2] Atilio Ancheta, [3] Roberto Matosas, [6] Juan Mujica, - [10] Ildo Maneiro (69), [13] Rodolfo Sandoval), [20] Julio Cesar Cortés, [5] Julio Montero-Castillo, [7] Luis Cubilla, - [15] Dagoberto Fontes (h-t [9] Victor Espárrago), [11] Julio Morales.
Booked: Lorenz / Ubiña
Game Played Sunday 21 June 1970 (12.00) Estadio Aztéca 2000, Mexico City.[232]
(107,412) Rudolf Glöckner (DDR), Rudolf Scheurer (SUI), Norberto Coerezza (ARG)
Result: BRAZIL 4 - ITALY 1 (1:1)
1:0 Pelé 18, 1:1 Boninsegna 37, 2:1 Gérson 66, 3:1 Jairzinho 71, 4:1 Carlos Alberto, 87
BRZ: [1] FÉLIX, - [4] CARLOS ALBERTO (c), [2] BRITO, [3] PIAZZA, [16] EVERALDO, - [5] CLODOALO, [8] GÉRSON, - [7] JAIRZINHO, [9] TOSTÃO, [10] PELÉ, [11] RIVELINO.
ITA: [1] Enrico Albertosi, - [5] Pierluigi Cera, - [2] Tarisio Burgnich, [10] Mario Bertini (75 [18] Antonio Juliano), - [8] Roberto Rosato, [3] Giacinto Facchetti (c), - [13] Angelo Domenghini, [15] Sandro Mazzola, [16] Giancarlo de Sisti, - [20] Roberto Boninsegna (84 [14] Gianni Rivera), [11] Luigi Riva.
Booked: Rivelino / Burgnich
| Goals | Player(s) |
| 10 | Müller (GER) |
| 7 | Jairzinho (BRZ) |
| 5 | Cubillas (PER) |
| 4 | Pelé (BRZ), Byšovets (URS) |
| 3 | Rivelino (BRZ), Seeler (GER), Riva (ITA) |
| 2 | Lambert, van Moer (BEL), Tostão (BRZ), Petráš (TCH), Boninsegna, Rivera (ITA), Valdivia (MEX), Gallardo (PER), Dumitrache (ROM) |
Own goals - 1 (Peña (MEX) for Italy + 1 goal)
In total 95 goals were scored (5 pens, 1 og), 2.97 per match. Most goals Brazil (19), El Salvador without goals. 54 players scored (including 7 scorers from earlier tournaments. Pelé and Seeler scored in their fourth World Cup - still a record! (2002)))
BEL: Raymond Goethals | [13] Jacques Beurlet, [19] Pierre Carteurs, [22] Jacques Duquesne (GK), [21] Francois Janssens, [14] Maurice Martens, [20] Alfonse Peeters, [12] Jean Trapperniers (GK), [15] Erwin van den Daele, [17] Jan Verheyen.
BRZ: Mario Zagalo, Joao Saldana (Assist) | [14] Jose Guilherrne BALDOCHI, [22] Emerson LEÃO (GK), [12] ADO - Eduardo Roberto Stinghen (GK), [21] Jose Maria Rorigues Alves - ZÉ MARIA, [17] JOEL Camargo.
BUL: Stefan Bozhkov | [21] Bojidar Grigorov, [22] Kamienski (replaced injured [22] Jordan Filipov (GK).
ENG: Sir Alf Ramsey, (Assists) Les Cocker, Harold Shepherdson | [16] Emlyn Walter Hughes, [13] Alexander Cyril Stepney, [15] Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles.
GER: Helmut Schön, (Assist) Jupp Derwall | [19] Peter Dietrich, [21] Manfred Manglitz (GK), [18] Klaus Sieloff.
ISR: Emmanuel Schaffer | [17] Eliahu Ben-Rimos, [11] George Borba, [13] Yechezkel Chazom, [21] Yechiel Hameiri (GK), [20] David Karako, [22] Yair Nossovski (GK), [18] Moshe Romano.
ITA: Ferruccio Valcareggi, (Assist) Enzo Bearzot | [6] Ugo Ferrante, [22] Pierro Prati, [9] Georgio Puja, [17] Lido Vieri (GK), [12] Dino Zoff (GK).
MAR: Blagoge Vidinic, | [15] Hamid Dahane, [19] Ahmed Abdelkader Ouriaghly (GK). Note: Only a 19 man squad.
MEX: Raul Cardenás, | [2] Juan Alejándrez, [22] Francisco Castrejón (GK), [4] Francisco Montes, [12] Antonio Mota (GK), [7] Marcos Rivas.
PER: Waldir Pereira Didi | [12] Ruben Corréa (GK), [18] Jose del Castillo, [21] Jesus Goyzueta, [16] Felix Salinas.
ROM: Angelo Niculescu | [13] Agustin Deleanu, [8] Niculae Dobrin, [19] Flaviu Domide, [6] Dan Coe, [22] Gheorghe Gornea (GK), [12] Mihai Ivanescu, [20] Niculae Pescaru, [18] Marin Tufan.
SAL: J. Hernan Carrasco | [20] Gualberto Juan Fernández {GK), [13] Thamas Pineda-Nieto, [22] Alberto Villalta-Avila, [15] David Cabrera, [21] Elmer Acevedo.
SWE: Orvar Bergmark | [14] Krister Kristersson, [15] Leif Malberg, [17] Ronnie Petersson (GK).
TCH: Josef Marko | [20] Milan Albrecht, [13] Antonin Flešar (GK), [16] Jan Pivarnik.
URU: J. Eduardo Hohberg | [16] Omar Caetano, [14] Francisco Camera, [22] Walter Corbo (GK), [12] Hector Santos (GK).
URS: Gavriǐl Dmitrievič Kačalin | [18] Slava Kalistratovič Metreveli, [22] Valeriǐ Semenovič Porkuyan, [1] Leonid Nikolaevič Šmuts (GK), [13] Lev Ivanovič Yašin, (GK), [10] Valeriǐ Borisovič Zykov.
| Youngest | Oldest | |||
| Player | M. António (BRZ) | 19y 124d | J.Charlton (ENG) | 37y 196d |
| Goalkeeper | Hellström (SWE) | 21y 102d | Félix (BRZ) | 32y 179d |
| Scorer | Clodoaldo (BRZ) | 20y 265d | Seeler (GER) | 33y 221d |
| Champion | M. António (BRZ) | 19y 124d | Félix (BRZ) | 32y 179d |
| Finalist | Clodoaldo (BRZ) | 20y 269d | Félix (BRZ) | 32y 179d |
| Captain | Lucescu (ROM) | 24y 316d | Dimitrov (BUL) | 35y 19d |
| Coach | Vidinic (MAR) | 33y 204d | Kačalin (URS) | 59y 80d |
| Referee | Baretto (URU) | 30y 262d | Kandil (EGY) | 49y 16d |