Listed below are the dates and results for the 1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...

 qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...

rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC

Asian Football Confederation

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 and OFC

Oceania Football Confederation

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). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification

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 and defending champions qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition....

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

• First Round: , and Rhodesia
  Zimbabwe national football team
  The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when 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
1		6	4	2	2	0	7	4	3
2		4	4	1	2	1	6	5	1
3		2	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4

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Australia advanced to the Second Round.

Group 1

Rank	Team
1=		2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
1=		2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0

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

Group 2

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Rank	Team
1		4	2	2	0	0	6	0
2		0	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
—		withdrew

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Israel advanced to the Final Round.
North Korean, despite their good performance in the previous tournement staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel.

Final Round

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First Leg

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Second Leg

Israel qualified.