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England in World Cup 1970
Preliminary Competition

 

World Cup 1970 Preliminary Competition

Notes

[Draft--not finished.]

FIFA awarded the World Cup 1970 final tournament to Mexico at its congress in Tokyo on 8 October 1964 during the Olympic Games.  A record 75 teams entered, and 70 took part.  

The teams were divided into preliminary competition qualifying groups at a draw in Casablanca, Morocco on 31 January 1968.  England, as defending champions, and host nation Mexico qualified automatically for the final tournament.  Following the preliminary competition, they were joined in the finals by 

Further Information

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistical Foundation's  World Cup Archive [Gwidon S. Naskrent] has all the results and tables for the 1970 preliminary competition.

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