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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