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.
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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