The 1970 FIFA Football World Championship was hosted by Mexico. For the third time in four World Cups, Brazil clinched the title. They did so with a team that many consider to be the best national team the world has ever seen, featuring players like Pelé, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho, Tostão, Gérson and Rivelino. An emphatic 4-1 victory over Italy in the final capped of a fine display of attacking football. Defending champs England made it to the quater-finals where they lost to Germany in a replay of the 1966 final.

Final Brazil 4-1 Italy 3rd place play-off Uruguay 0-1 West Germany Semi-finals
Uruguay	1-3	Brazil	Italy	4-3	W Germany
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Quater-finals
Soviet Union	0-1	Uruguay	Italy	4-1	Mexico
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Brazil	4-2	Peru	W Germany	3-2	England
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First Round
Group 1			Group 2
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			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
Mexico Soviet Union Mexico Soviet Union Belgium Mexico	1-0 2-0 4-0 4-1 3-0 0-0	Belgium El Salvador El Salvador Belgium El Salvador Soviet Union	Italy Sweden Israel Uruguay Italy Uruguay	0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-0	Israel Uruguay Sweden Italy Sweden Israel
Group 3			Group 4
Brazil 3 3 0 0 8-3 6 England 3 2 0 1 2-1 4 Romania 3 1 0 2 4-5 2 Czechoslow. 3 0 0 3 2-7 0			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
England Brazil Brazil Romania Brazil England	1-0 3-2 1-0 2-1 4-1 1-0	Czechoslow. Romania England Czechoslow. Czechoslow. Romania	Morocco W Germany W Germany Peru W Germany Peru	1-1 3-1 5-2 3-0 2-1 3-2	Bulgaria Peru Bulgaria Morocco Morocco Bulgaria