1970 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1970 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Northern Division of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Arnold Jeter, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 6–2 and a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing third in the CIAA's Northern Division. This was Delaware State’s final season competing in the CIAA, as they moved to the newly-formed Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in 1971. Following the season, running back Steve Davis was selected with the 60th pick in the 1971 NFL Draft, becoming the first Hornet to be selected in an NFL Draft.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 15 November 1970. They were the first parliamentary elections held since Joseph Mobutu seized power in a coup five years earlier.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Voters were presented with a single list from President Mobutu's party, the Popular Movement of the Revolution (MPR). They only had the choice of voting "yes" or "no" to the list of 420 candidates for the National Assembly, who had been chosen from 2,500 applicants at the MPR's congress on 19 September 1970. Although a constitution enacted earlier that year allowed for the existence of a second party, the MPR was the only party allowed to put up candidates. Presidential elections had been held earlier in the month under similar conditions, with voters only having the option of voting "yes" or "no" to Mobutu's candidacy.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
Over 99% of those casting valid votes approved the MPR list. However, the MPR list received considerably less support than Mobutu had received in the presidential election. Whilst only 157 people voted to reject Mobutu's candidacy out of over 10.1 million votes cast, 72,300 people rejected the MPR list, while another 91,000 cast blank or spoiled ballots.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo parliamentary election
A month after the elections, the MPR was formally declared the only party legally permitted to function in the country. with Law 70-001 of 23 December 1970 amending the text of article 4 of the constitution to state that "The Popular Movement of the Revolution is the sole political party of the Republic" (Le Mouvement populaire de la révolution est le seul parti politique de la République.). However, the country had effectively been a single-party state since the MPR's formation in 1967. The country was renamed Zaire a year later, and the MPR remained the only legal party until 1990.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 1 November 1970. The only candidate was Joseph Mobutu, who had taken power in a military coup five years earlier. The elections took the format of a "yes" or "no" vote for Mobutu's candidacy. According to official figures, Mobutu was confirmed in office with near-unanimous support, with only 157 "no" votes out of over 10.1 million total votes cast. Mobutu also received around 30,000 more "yes" votes than the number of registered voters, even though voting was not compulsory.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Background
Following the promulgation of a new constitution after a referendum in 1964, general elections were held in the newly renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo in March and April in 1965. The elections were won by the Congolese National Convention, led by former secessionist leader Moise Tshombe, which took 122 of the 177 seats. However, President Joseph Kasa-Vubu later dismissed Tshombe and appointed Évariste Kimba Prime Minister instead. In a vote in parliament on 14 November, Kimba failed to have his government approved. However, Kasa-Vubu reappointed him as Prime Minister the following day. Ten days later, army commander Mobutu led a military coup and installed himself as President, banning all political activity for at least five years.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Background
On 20 May 1967 Mobutu formed the Popular Movement of the Revolution as his political vehicle. In June 1967 a new constitution was drawn up, establishing a unitary state with a strong executive presidential system and unicameral parliament. It also limited the number of political parties to two, and enfranchised women. It was approved by a referendum in which 97.8% of voters voted for it.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Background
Following a census in early 1970, presidential elections were organised for 1 November. The date was set so that Mobutu would have passed his fortieth birthday by the time the elections occurred, as the constitution stated that candidates must be at least forty years old.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Results
Although the constitution allowed for the existence of a second party, the MPR was the only party allowed to nominate candidates. As a result, Mobutu ran unopposed, with the election taking the form of a referendum on whether to confirm him in office. Voting was not secret; voters had the choice of casting a green ballot paper for a "yes" vote, or a red paper for a "no" vote. There was considerable public pressure to endorse Mobutu's candidacy; a "yes" vote was deemed a vote for hope, while a "no" vote was deemed a vote for chaos, anarchy and foreign ideologies.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Results
The published results showed only 157 'no' votes, with 10,131,669 voting in favour. The total number of votes (10,131,826) was almost 30,500 more than the number of registered voters (10,101,330).


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Aftermath
Parliamentary elections were held on 15 November in a similar fashion; the MPR was the only party allowed to nominate candidates, and official results showed the MPR list was approved by over 99% of the voters. Soon afterwards, the MPR was formally declared to be the sole legal party, though the country had effectively been a one-party state since the MPR's formation.


1970 Democratic Republic of the Congo presidential election, Aftermath
The country was renamed Zaire the following year, and Mobutu changed his name to Mobutu Sese Seko in 1972. He continued to rule the country as president until being overthrown in 1997.


1970 Denver Broncos season
The 1970 Denver Broncos season was the team's 11th season in professional football and first in the National Football League (NFL) after the merger. Led by fourth-year head coach and general manager Lou Saban, the Broncos posted a record of five wins, eight losses, and one tie, the same as the previous season, and were last in the new four-team AFC West division.


1970 Denver Broncos season
Denver won four of its first five games, but then had only one win and one tie in the final nine games. Running back Floyd Little became the first player to lead his conference in rushing for a last place team.


1970 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1970 Detroit Lions season
The 1970 Detroit Lions season was the 41st season in franchise history. With a record of 10–4, the Lions finished in second place in the NFC Central and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since their championship season in 1957 (the Lions played in three post-season, runner-up bowl games in 1960, 1961, and 1962 and won all three). The Lions fell 5–0 to the Dallas Cowboys in the lowest scoring game in NFL playoff history. One unusual loss during the regular season was to the New Orleans Saints on Week 8. The Lions had a 17–16 lead with only 2 seconds left, but Saints kicker Tom Dempsey booted a then-record 63-yard field goal as time expired to give the Saints a 19–17 win.


1970 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1970 Detroit Tigers season
The 1970 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 79–83, 29 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.


1970 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1970 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1970 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1970 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1970 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1970 Dissolution Honours
The 1970 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 2 June 1970 to mark the dissolution of the United Kingdom parliament prior to the 1970 general election.


1970 Dissolution Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1970 Dominican Republic Census
The Fifth National Census of Population of the Dominican Republic was taken in 9-10 January 1970, during the presidency of Joaquín Balaguer.


1970 Dominican Republic Census
This census collected information aspects of sex, occupation, age, fertility, religion, marital status, nationality, literacy, ability to vote and housing.


1970 Dominican Republic Census
Unlike all previous censuses, no information regarding race was collected. This census was made over two days instead of one.


1970 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in the Dominican Republic on 16 May 1970. The main opposition party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party, did not contest the election, leaving only the ruling Reformist Party and some right-wing and centre-right parties. Incumbent Joaquín Balaguer won the presidential election, whilst his Reformist Party won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 63.5%.


1970 Dominican general election
General elections were held in Dominica on 26 October 1970. Prior to the elections, the ruling Dominica Labour Party split, with a faction led by Prime Minister Edward Oliver LeBlanc contesting the elections as the 'LeBlanc Labour Party' and the other faction contesting under the DLP name and led by N.A.N. Ducreay. The LeBlanc faction won 8 of the 11 seats. Voter turnout was 81.6%.


1970 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1970 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. Sterling Brown was the team's head coach.


1970 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1970 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1970 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on June 21, 1970. It was race 5 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This race was held the same day as the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final in Mexico City, Mexico, but that event took place later in the day from this Grand Prix.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix
The race was won by Lotus-Ford driver Jochen Rindt in his new monocoque-chassis Type 72, a radical wedge shape first used on the 1968 Indianapolis Lotus, with inboard braking and torsion bar suspension, it represented a major technical advance, giving the driver superior ride and vision in a better ventilated seat. Rindt had only raced the car twice before (but in a different spec) and had preferred his old Lotus 49 in the preceding Monaco and Belgian rounds of the World Championship.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix
Three years earlier the 72's predecessor; DFV-debutant Type 49 won in 1967 won first time out at exactly the same track with Jim Clark driving. Rindt racing the 72 without the complex anti-squat and anti-dive features, which the Austrian had never believed in, effortlessly dominated the practice and race putting little pressure on the car and not even having to use the maximum road width or line. The race also saw the debut of Clay Regazzoni with Ferrari, who finished fourth.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix, Report
Ickx led Rindt off the line. On lap 2, Rindt running on full tanks, 50-55 gallons of petrol on board, put in his fastest lap of the race and outbraked Ickx into the Tarzan hairpin, on the inside in a classic passing manoeuvre, at the start of lap 3. Chapman had persisted with anti-squat and dive on John Miles' 72 which was fifth on the first lap and proved difficult to pass.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix, Report
This assisted Team Lotus as it was much easier for Rindt to thread past the four car duel for fifth on lap 29-32 than for Ickx or Jackie Stewart who spent 7 laps getting past Brabham, Beltoise, Surtees and Miles  Miles in the second 72 was  finally being passed by Beltoise on lap 49, when a large wave over the coast dunes saw Miles, lose adhesion  and Surtees did  finally, claim the 6th place and the final pont by  passing, John Miles 72, which was brakeless by then, 4 laps from the flag.


1970 Dutch Grand Prix, Report
However the race was marred by the violent fatal accident of British driver Piers Courage driving the Frank Williams-entered De Tomaso-Ford on lap 22, at Tunnel Oost, when his car's suspension was damaged after hitting a curb, and the car went straight up a grass embankment. It then somersaulted and exploded, and Courage had died instantly after being hit on the head by one of the car's front wheels. The flames were so intense, that trees surrounding the accident site, were lit up as a result. A similar accident occurred at the 1973 race, which claimed the life of Roger Williamson.


1970 Dutch Open (tennis)
The 1970 Dutch Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament staged in Hilversum, Netherlands. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 3 August until 9 August 1970. It was the 14th edition of the tournament. Tom Okker won the men's singles title and earned $3,000 first-prize money while Margaret Court won the women's singles event.


1970 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Bill Bowrey /  Owen Davidson defeated  John Alexander /  Phil Dent 6–3, 6–4, 6–2


1970 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Karen Krantzcke /  Kerry Melville defeated  Margaret Court /  Helga Niessen 3–6, 9–7, 7–5


1970 Dutch Open (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Winnie Shaw /  Owen Davidson defeated  Christina Sandberg /  Bob Maud 4–6, 6–3, 7–5


1970 Dwars door België
The 1970 Dwars door België was the 26th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 22 March 1970. The race started and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Daniel Van Ryckeghem.


1970 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
The 1970 E3 Harelbeke was the 13th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 21 March 1970. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Daniel Van Ryckeghem of the Dr. Mann team.


1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1970. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Cornell and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.


1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1970 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1970 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike McGee, the team compiled a 3–8 record. The team's game against the Marshall Thundering Herd preceded the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932, in which 37 members of the Thundering Herd football team were killed that night.


1970 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 1970 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. The Panthers played their home games at O'Brien Stadium in Charleston, Illinois. Led by sixth-year head coach Clyde Biggers, they compiled a 2–8 record.


1970 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team
The 1970 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dan Boisture, the Hurons compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored their opponents, 237 to 109. On November 14, 1970, the Hurons won the final game of their season, 60–0, over Ball State, as running back Larry Ratcliff scored four touchdowns and rushed for 212 yards in his final college game.


1970 Eastern Suburbs season
The 1970 Eastern Suburbs season was the 63rd in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRFL's 1970 premiership.


1970 Eastern Suburbs season, Details
Ian Baker, John Ballesty, Cliff Boyd, John Brass, Alan Cardy, John Dykes, Laurie Freier, Graham Gardiner, Kevin Goldspink, Les Hayes, Jim Hall, Mark Harris, Kevin Junee, Johnny Mayes, Allan McKean, Jim Morgan, Peter Moscatt, Bill Mullins, Louis Neumann, John Peard, Jim Porter, Barry Reilley, Ron Saddler


1970 Edinburgh Corporation election
Following the election, Edinburgh Corporation was composed of 31 Progressives, 21 Labour councillors, 7 SNP councillors, 6 Conservatives, 2 Liberals, and 2 independents. The SNP saw its vote collapse, failing to win a single ward and losing the only ward it was defending.


1970 Edinburgh Corporation election
Following the election, the Progressives and Conservative coalition retained controlled of the council with a majority of five seats.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election
Julia Kiniski, an alderman on the Edmonton City Council, died October 11, 1969. A by-election was held November 27, 1970 to replace her. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election
The by-election's winner, Julian Kinisky (Kiniski's son), was the last alderman to be elected at-large in Edmonton. The 1971 election introduced a ward system to Edmonton's municipal politics.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election
In addition to choosing a new City Councillor, citizens were asked to vote on three related plebiscites. Following the yes vote on the 1968 Convention and Sports Complex plebiscite, citizens were now being asked to support the specific funding requests for the Omniplex project. With costs of $34,000,000 and an annual operating deficit up to $3,000,000, compared to $23,000,000 and $2,000,000 quoted in the 1968 plebiscite, voters turned down the three related Omniplex requests for funding. The single-site sports and convention concept was eventually served by the distributed Northlands Coliseum (opened 1974), Commonwealth Stadium (1978), and Edmonton Convention Centre (1983).


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election, Voter turnout
There were 77571 ballots cast out of 238828 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 32.5%.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election, Results, Plebiscites, Omniplex Construction
Should Council pass bylaw No. 3624 to borrow by debentures the sum of $26,434,000.00 for the construction of an Omniplex containing a Trade and Convention Centre and Covered Sports Facilities, the sum to include the building, its equipment and furnishings, and the acquisition of the land which the building will be located?


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election, Results, Plebiscites, Omniplex Construction
Attendant costs of the Omniplex project are:1. Construction of parking facilities near the Omniplex up to $3,400,000.002. Annual operating deficit, unknown in amount but approximately $2,000,000.00 to $3,000,000.00 and expected to diminish yearly. 3. $4,366,000.00 that represents a computation of interest costs that could be allocated to 	Omniplex from future road programs that would be accelerated by construction of 	Omniplex.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election, Results, Plebiscites, Omniplex Parking
To purchase land North of proposed Omniplex site to be used for parking.


1970 Edmonton municipal by-election, Results, Plebiscites, Omniplex Pedestrian Passage
Providing a pedestrian passage from Omniplex Building to a Rapid Transit Station Site.


1970 Eisenhower Trophy
The 1970 Eisenhower Trophy took place 23 to 26 September at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the seventh World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.


1970 Eisenhower Trophy
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing 12 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, New Zealand. South Africa took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Victor Regalado from Mexico had the lowest individual score, eight-under-par 280, three strokes better than Dale Hayes from South Africa. Tom Kite was ill on the final day and didn't complete his final round.


1970 Eisenhower Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships
The 1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships was a combined men's and women's Grand Prix tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 3rd edition of the British Indoor Championships in the Open era. The tournament took place at the  Wembley Arena in London in England and ran from 16 November until 21 November 1970.


1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships
The men's singles event and the $7,200 first prize was won by first–seeded Rod Laver while Billie Jean King won the women's singles title.


1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Ken Rosewall /  Stan Smith defeated  Ilie Năstase /  Ion Țiriac 6–4, 6–3, 6–2


1970 Embassy British Indoor Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Ann Jones /  Virginia Wade 6–3, 7–5


1970 Emilia-Romagna regional election
The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 1970 took place on 7–8 June 1970.


1970 Emilia-Romagna regional election
The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party and, after the election, Communist Guido Fanti formed a government with the support of the Italian Socialist Party.


1970 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Yanmar Diesel won the championship.


1970 Emperor's Cup Final
1970 Emperor's Cup Final was the 50th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on January 1, 1971. Yanmar Diesel won the championship.


1970 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
Yanmar Diesel won their 2nd title, by defeating defending champion Toyo Industries 2–1. Yanmar Diesel was featured a squad consisting of Kunishige Kamamoto, Daishiro Yoshimura and Eizo Yuguchi.


1970 Enfield West by-election
The Enfield West by-election of 19 November 1970 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Iain Macleod died on 20 July of the same year. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.


1970 English Greyhound Derby
The 1970 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 27 June 1970 at White City Stadium. The winner was John Silver and the winning owner received £9,861. John Silver was owned, bred and reared by Reg Young, who later went on to take out a trainer's licence in his own right. 1981


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
1, 5, 1¼, 1¾, 2½ (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The 1970 derby attracted 187 entries and the market leaders were Cals Pick the 1969 Greyhound of the Year, Trafalgar Cup winner Sherwood Glen, Moordyke Spot, Valiant Ray the Select Stakes champion and Hack It Lee. In addition trainer Geoff DeMulder had a greyhound called Little County that was subject to significant ante-post wagers.


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The qualifying races were a series of races with no betting to determine which greyhounds would line up as the final 48. On the Monday before the competition got underway 125 hounds took part and Cals Pick, Valiant Ray and Sherwood Glen all failed to progress through. John Silver was the fastest qualifier in 28.94 sec and subsequently became one of the favourites alongside Moordyke Spot.


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
During the first round Moordyke Spot went quickest in 28.74 with John Silver and Little County also winning. The second round pitted Moordyke Spot with John Silver and the latter came out on top in 28.56; Little County remained unbeaten which attracted a £5,000 bet by B.J. Patel to win the event.


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The semi-finals arrived and DeMulder's Little County won again going into the final unbeaten whilst Moordyke Sport gained quick revenge over John Silver in the second heat. On the run up to final night Little County was backed once again in London bookmakers shops and the bookies now had £25,000 liabilities against the greyhound.


1970 English Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The bookmakers made Little County 7-4 favourite for the final but he missed the break as the lids went up. Recovering well he showed good early pace to get into contention by the second bend and then led by the third bend but John Silver, who was involved in early bunching was always in contention before passing Little County to claim a one length victory. The success enabled Barbara Tompkins to claim responsibility for a Derby winner one year after her involvement with Sand Star. John Silver, a British-bred son of 1966 winner Faithful Hope was bred and owned by Reg Young, who later became a promoter at the Milton Keynes track.


1970 English National Badminton Championships
The 1970 English National Badminton Championships were held in Poole from 12–13 December, 1969.


1970 English cricket season
The 1970 English cricket season was the 71st in which the County Championship had been an official competition. There was controversy when a tour by South Africa was forced to be abandoned because of mounting opposition to the apartheid policy perpetuated by the South African government. Five Tests were scheduled but the tour was officially cancelled at the request of Home Secretary James Callaghan.


1970 English cricket season
Instead, England played a highly successful series of unofficial Tests against a Rest of the World XI which was captained by Gary Sobers and included some of the best South African players such as Graeme Pollock, Eddie Barlow, Mike Procter and Barry Richards. These matches were promoted as Tests at the time, but were not recognised as such by the International Cricket Conference. Alan Jones played for England only in this series, and had the unfortunate experience of thinking that he had played in Tests only subsequently to discover that he had not. Kent won the County Championship title.


1970 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 1970 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 30 September – 3 October at the Negro course at the R.S.H.E. Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain. Several years later, in the late 1970s, the course became home of the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, while the R.S.H.E Club moved to another location, north of the Madrid city.


1970 Espirito Santo Trophy
It was the fourth women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 22 three-woman teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.


1970 Espirito Santo Trophy
The United States team won the Trophy, defending their title from two years ago and winning their third consecutive title, beating France by one stroke. France took the silver medal while South Africa, seven strokes further behind, for the first time on the podium in the championship, took the bronze.


1970 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams
22 teams contested the event. Each team had three players.


1970 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


1970 Estonian SSR Football Championship
The 1970 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Norma.


1970 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
The 1970 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup was the second unofficial edition of Europe's premier field hockey competition. It took place in Terrassa as a group stage, which was won again by hosts and defending champions CD Terrassa.


1970 European Aquatics Championships
The 1970 European Aquatics Championships were held in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 13 September 1970. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). The swimming program was significantly expanded. Both men and women competed in the 200 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke and 200 individual medley for the first time. Furthermore, in the men's swimming program the 100 m butterfly was introduced and the 100 m backstroke was re-introduced after having been absent for the last two championships. In the women's swimming program, the 800 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke and 200 m butterfly were introduced.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 1st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, the capital of Austria, between 14–15 March 1970. It replaced the European Indoor Games, an indoor athletics competition which had been held since 1966.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna. Each athlete ran two laps of the 200 metres track.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's medley relay
The men's 400 + 600 + 800 + 1000 metres medley relay event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna. The first athlete ran two laps of the 200-metre track, the second three, the third four and the anchor five, thus 14 laps or 2800 metres in total.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's medley relay, Results, Heats
First 2 teams in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metres relay
The women's 4 × 200 metres relay event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna. Each athlete ran one lap of the 200 metres track.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's medley relay
The women's 200 + 400 + 600 + 800 metres medley relay event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna. The first athlete ran one lap of the 200-metre track, the second two, the third three and the anchor four, thus 10 laps or 2000 metres in total.


1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.


1970 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships was the inaugural edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Colombes, near Paris, France, between 11 and 13 September.


1970 European Athletics Junior Championships, Significant participating athletes
According to the publication Athletics International who published the list below, it is interesting to underline some of the most significant names who competed in Paris Colombes, most of whom did not immediately make their best result but who definitely achieved distinction in the years afterwards:


1970 European Badminton Championships
The 2nd European Badminton Championships were held in Port Talbot (Wales), between 17  and 19 April 1970, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Welsh Badminton Union.


1970 European Cup (athletics)
The 1970 European Cup was the 3rd edition of the European Cup of athletics.


1970 European Cup (athletics)
The Super League Finals were held in Stockholm, Sweden (men) and Budapest, Hungary (women).


1970 European Cup Final
The 1970 European Cup Final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feijenoord of the Netherlands defeat Celtic of Scotland 2–1 after extra time. Ove Kindvall's goal in the 117th minute meant the trophy was won by a Dutch club for the first time. It remains Feyenoord's only European Cup triumph.


1970 European Cup Final
For losing finalists Celtic, this marked the second—– and to date most recent–— European Cup Final appearance in club history, after the famous win by the "Lisbon Lions" side in the 1967 edition. The match nearly never took place due to massive strikes throughout Italy during 1970; the Italian Football Federation backed down to ensure that their own clubs would be able to compete in further UEFA competitions.


1970 European Cup Final, Match, Summary
In contrast to their win in the European Cup Final three years prior, in which they had gone into the match as heavy underdogs against Inter, this time around, Celtic entered the final as strong favourites. However, despite Tommy Gemmell opening the scoring after 30 minutes, they were comprehensively outplayed by Feyenoord. The Dutch team's manager, Ernst Happel, ensured Celtic winger Jimmy Johnstone was double marked at all times, whilst the midfield trio of Franz Hasil, Willem van Hanegem and Wim Jansen dominated their Celtic counterparts.


1970 European Cup Final, Match, Summary
Rinus Israël quickly equalised with his head, the first Feyenoord-goal in this campaign scored outside their home stadium. Celtic managed to hold on at 1–1 to force extra time. With just a few minutes of extra-time remaining, a long free-kick from the Feyenoord half was sent towards the Celtic penalty area. Celtic defender and captain Billy McNeill stumbled and misjudged the ball, and as he tried to recover he appeared to punch the ball away. Before the referee had a chance to award a penalty, Ove Kindvall reacted quickly, running on and chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Evan Williams to seal a 2–1 win for Feyenoord.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between Manchester City of England and Górnik Zabrze of Poland on 29 April 1970 at Prater Stadium in Vienna, Austria. It was the final match of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup and the tenth European Cup Winners' Cup final. Both sides made their first appearance in a European final. Manchester City won the match 2–1 thanks to goals by Neil Young and Francis Lee. The victory is, as of 2021, City's only European trophy.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City and Górnik Zabrze qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup by winning their respective national cups in the 1968–69 season. Manchester City defeated Leicester City in the 1969 FA Cup Final, Górnik Zabrze defeated Legia Warsaw 2–0 in the 1969 Polish Cup Final. It was only Manchester City's second European campaign. Their maiden entry into European competition, an appearance in the 1968–69 European Cup, saw the club exit in the opening round.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City played the away leg first in every round. Their first tie was against Spanish club Athletic Bilbao, who were themselves managed by an Englishman, Ronnie Allen. In the first leg, City recovered from a two-goal deficit to secure a 3–3 draw. The home leg was a routine 3–0 win. Post-match reports alleged that a scuffle had taken place at half-time between Mike Doyle and José Ramón Betzuen, The referee spoke to both managers, but did not take any further action.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Górnik Zabrze
The 1969–70 cup run was Górnik's seventh European campaign. The club had participated in the European Cup six times in the previous decade. It was their first appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup. The club had qualified for the competition on one previous occasion, but withdrew without playing a match.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Manchester City were without winger Mike Summerbee with a leg injury that had troubled him since the League Cup Final the previous month. George Heslop came into the team as a result, though Summerbee was fit enough to be named as a substitute. Heslop was given the task of man-marking Włodzimierz Lubański, who The Guardian identified as "an outstanding individual... ...whom Malcolm Allison considers to be in the same class as Eusébio."


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Manchester City started strongly, particularly Francis Lee; The Guardian correspondent wrote "Lee, indefatigable and nigh irresistible continually embarrassed the Górnik defence in the early stages". Lee had the first chance of the match, a close range shot which was saved by Kostka. Manchester City took the lead in the 12th minute. Lee cut in from the left wing, escaping a tackle from Alfred Olek, and struck a fierce shot. Goalkeeper Hubert Kostka parried the ball, only for it to land at the feet of Neil Young for a simple finish.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
Shortly after City defender Mike Doyle sustained an ankle injury after colliding with Stefan Florenski. Manchester City played on with ten men for a period as Doyle received treatment from trainer Dave Ewing, but the defender was unable to continue. Substitute Ian Bowyer replaced him. The change prompted an alteration in formation, in which Colin Bell switched to a deeper position. Shortly before half-time, Young won the ball after loose play from Florenski, which put him clear on goal.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary
As Young moved into the penalty area Kostka rushed out of his goal and upended him, leaving the referee no option but to give a penalty. Lee struck the spot-kick with power into the centre of the goal. Kostka's legs made contact with the ball, but the force of the shot carried it into the net to make it 2–0. Górnik got a goal back midway through the second half, but there were no more goals and the match finished 2–1.


1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
Winning manager Joe Mercer said "the heavy rain in the second half ruined the game" and that he was "quite happy with the performance of our team, although the technical level was rather low in the second half". Górnik manager Michał Matyas blamed his side's poor start, saying the "first goal came too early for us and we never recovered from this shock."


1970 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1970 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Leningrad, Soviet Union from February 4 to 8, 1970. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1970 European Formula Two Championship
The 1970 European Formula Two season was contested over 8 rounds. Tecno Racing Team driver Clay Regazzoni clinched the championship title.


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 2, 5, 6 and 7 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 1 and 4 were held with two semi-final heats and the final run, with time only shown for the final.


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Calendar
Race 1, 4 and 6 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics.


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 6 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
Only drivers which were not graded were able to score points.


1970 European Formula Two Championship, Final point standings, Driver
Race 5 not all points were awarded (not enough finishers).


1970 European Judo Championships
The 1970 European Judo Championships were the 19th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in East Berlin, East Germany on 23 and 24 May 1970. Championships were subdivided into six individual competitions, and a separate team competition.


1970 European Karate Championships
The 1970 European Karate Championships, the 5th edition, was held in Hamburg, Germany from May 5 to 7, 1970.


1970 European Rowing Championships
The 1970 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Öreg in Tata, Hungary. There were five competitions for women only (W1x, W2x, W4x+, W4+, W8+); the events for men were contested two weeks later at the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines, Canada, instead. As World Rowing Championships were still held at four-year intervals at the time, the European Rowing Championships were open to nations outside of Europe and had become to be regarded as quasi-world championships.


1970 European Rowing Championships
The championships were held from 20 to 23 August 1970 and that saw entries from 17 nations. The Soviet Union, the host Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, the Netherlands and East Germany were the countries that contested all five boat classes. In total, 56 boats were nominated. The competition distance was 1000 metres.


1970 European Rowing Championships, Medal summary – women's events
East Germany was the most successful country with three gold medals (single sculls, double sculls, and eight), with one gold to the Soviet Union (coxed four) and Romania (coxed quad scull) each.


1970 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1970 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Szombathely, Hungary from June 20 to June 28, 1970. This was the 49th edition of the event. There were 137 men in action from 21 nations.


1970 FA Charity Shield
The 1970 FA Charity Shield was the 48th FA Charity Shield, the annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. It was contested between Everton, the reigning First Division champions, and Chelsea, holders of the FA Cup. Goals from Alan Whittle and Howard Kendall gave Everton a 2–1 victory; Chelsea's goal was scored by Ian Hutchinson. The match was staged at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground.


1970 FA Cup Final
The 1970 FA Cup Final was contested by Chelsea and Leeds United. The match took place on 11 April 1970 at Wembley Stadium and ended 2–2, making it the first FA Cup final to require a replay since 1912. The replay was staged at Old Trafford and played on 29 April; after four hours of fiercely contested football, Chelsea eventually won 2–1. As of 2019, both the final and replay were the last times that FA Cup final ties were scheduled to be played in April; all subsequent FA Cup final ties have been scheduled to be played in May, with only the 2020 FA Cup final played later.


1970 FA Cup Final
Leeds and Chelsea were two of England's top teams that season, having finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the First Division. The match marked a clash of footballing contrasts: Chelsea were regarded as "flamboyant" southerners, whereas Leeds were seen as uncompromising northerners. Neither had won the FA Cup before, though both had recently been runners-up, Leeds in 1965 and Chelsea in 1967.


1970 FA Cup Final
It was the only time between 1923 and 2000 that an FA Cup Final was played at a stadium other than Wembley. The replay attracted a British television audience of more than 28 million, the second highest UK audience for a sports broadcast (behind the 1966 World Cup Final), and the sixth highest audience for any UK broadcast. It has been ranked among the greatest ever FA Cup finals, and named as the "most brutal game" in the history of English football, due to the animosity between the two teams.


1970 FA Cup Final, Road to Wembley, Leeds United
Semi-final: Manchester United 0–0 Leeds United (at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield)


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Before the game
The final at Wembley was scheduled for 11 April, around a month earlier than was typical for FA Cup finals, due to the FA's wish for the England national team, who were world champions and were defending their trophy in Mexico, to have time to acquaint themselves to the Mexican climate. The Wembley stadium's pitch was in very poor condition with the Horse of the Year Show having taken place there a week previously.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Wembley final
In a game where Leeds were generally seen to have had the best of the play – with winger Eddie Gray in particular giving David Webb a torrid time – the Yorkshiremen took the lead after 20 minutes when Jack Charlton's downward header from a corner did not bounce in the muddy pitch, defending Chelsea player Eddie McCreadie mis-timed his attempted clearance and the ball rolled over the line. Towards the end of the first half, Chelsea's Peter Houseman drove a low shot from 20 yards (18 m), which rolled under goalkeeper Gary Sprake's body for the equaliser.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Wembley final
Leeds appeared to have secured the game six minutes from full-time when an Allan Clarke header hit the post and Mick Jones reacted first to put the ball into the net, but two minutes later Ian Hutchinson headed in the equaliser from John Hollins' cross. There were no more goals scored during the 30-minute extra time and the two squads took a joint lap of honour.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Wembley final
The Wembley pitch, after the game, was in such dire condition that the Football Association decided to stage the replay at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
The replay at Old Trafford, watched by a television audience of 28 million, a record for an FA Cup final, became one of the most notorious clashes in English football for the harshness of play, which exceeded the previous game at Wembley. The referee in charge of both games, 47-year-old Eric Jennings from Stourbridge, in his last season as a Football League referee, allowed rough play by both sides throughout, playing the advantage to its full extent. He booked only one player, Ian Hutchinson of Chelsea, during the game.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
Only one change was made in either line-up, with Leeds United replacing goalkeeper Gary Sprake with David Harvey.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
Modern-day referee David Elleray reviewed the match in 1997, and concluded that the sides would have received six red cards and twenty yellow cards between them, in the modern era of football. Tommy Baldwin and Terry Cooper, admittedly two of the quieter men in the two sides, were kicking lumps out of one another, as the battle began. Not long into the game, Chelsea's Ron Harris caught winger Eddie Gray with a kick to the back of the knee, an action which neutralised the Scottish winger for the rest of the game.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
Norman Hunter and Ian Hutchinson traded punches while Eddie McCreadie, in his own penalty area, made a flying kick to Billy Bremner's head and Johnny Giles also lunged at a Chelsea opponent. Charlton kneed and headbutted Peter Osgood while Chelsea's goalkeeper Peter Bonetti was injured after being bundled into the net by Leeds' Jones, who, minutes later, shot past the limping Bonetti for the opening goal.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
Chelsea equalised twelve minutes before the end, after a flowing move, from which Osgood scored with a diving header from a Charlie Cooke cross. Jackie Charlton should have been marking Osgood but had 'lost' him while chasing Hutchinson to exact retribution for a deadleg administered in the Chelsea penalty area a minute or so earlier. In scoring, Osgood became the last player to date to have scored in every round of the FA Cup. With the game ending 1–1, the final once again went into extra time.


1970 FA Cup Final, Match review, Replay at Old Trafford
One minute before the first period of extra time was to end, Chelsea's Hutchinson sent in a long throw-in that missed almost every player in the penalty area but came off Charlton's head towards the far post, before being put into the unguarded net by Webb to give Chelsea the lead for the first time in the two games. They kept the lead until the end, securing their first FA Cup win.


1970 FA Cup Final, Beyond the final
The two teams, at the time, were praised for their determination and for providing fans and audiences with two "splendid games", but there was also criticism among football professionals and media for the very physical play. In the modern era, however, the two games are often denoted as "epic" and "iconic".


1970 FA Cup Final, Beyond the final
In the following season, neither team would reach the quarter final stage of the Cup. Chelsea were eliminated from the competition in the 4th round, after losing 0–3 to Manchester City at home, while, in the 5th round, Leeds United were upset in a 2–3 away defeat by Fourth Division outsiders Colchester United.


1970 FA Cup Final, Beyond the final
Chelsea, however, went on to reach the final of the European Cup Winners' competition, played in Piraeus, Greece, at Karaiskakis Stadium, where they faced Real Madrid. After yet another cup final that went into a replay, the first game ending 1–1 and the second one 2–1 to Chelsea, the English team won its first European trophy.


1970 FA Cup Final, Beyond the final
The Yorkshire side also succeeded in Europe, beating Juventus of Italy in the final Inter Cities Fairs Cup final. The score was 3–3 after completion of the two legs, Leeds winning on the away goals rule after a 2–2 draw in Turin. Liverpool had been knocked out by Leeds at the semi-final stage 1–0 on aggregate,


1970 FAMAS Awards
The 18thFilipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1970 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1969.


1970 FAMAS Awards
Pinagbuklod ng Langit by United Brothers Productions was a movie about the life and love story of then President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos won the most awards with 8 wins including the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and Best Director for Eddie Garcia. Garcia also won the Best Supporting Actor Award for the movie Dugo ng Bayani.


1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
The 1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 3rd FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Togo from March 28 to April 4, 1970.


1970 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Madagascar defeated the United Arab Republic 44–36 in the final to win their first title  and qualify for the 1971 FIBA Women's World Championship.


1970 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 1970 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball  competition held in Greece in 1970.


1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 1970 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 5th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's basketball clubs. It took place at Palazzo dello Sport, Varese. From the FIBA European Champions Cup participated Ignis Varese, Real Madrid, and Slavia VŠ Praha, from the South American Club Championship participated SC Corinthians, and from the NABL participated the Columbia Sertoma.


1970 FIBA World Championship
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24, 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America.


1970 FIBA World Championship, Final ranking
Ratomir Tvrdić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Vinko Jelovac, Trajko Rajković, Aljoša Žorga, Dragan Kapičić, Ivo Daneu, Krešimir Ćosić, Damir Šolman, Nikola Plećaš, Dragutin Čermak, and Petar Skansi. Head Coach: Ranko Žeravica.


1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage.


1970 FIFA World Cup
The tournament was won by Brazil, who defeated another former two-time world champion, and current 1968 European champion Italy, by 4–1 in the final. Furthermore, during the tournament, Brazil also had to defeat other former two-time world champion and current 1967 South American champion Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and the 1966 World Cup defending champions England, by 1–0 in the group stage. This was the first and only time that a champion team defeated the current European and South American champions and the current World Cup defending champions.


1970 FIFA World Cup
The win gave Brazil its third World Cup title, which allowed them to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy, and a new trophy was introduced in 1974. The victorious team, led by Carlos Alberto and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever football team. They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying fixtures.


1970 FIFA World Cup
Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. With the advancements in satellite communications, the 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup as games were broadcast live around the world and, in a few cases, in colour - the first time that this was the case.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Host selection
Mexico was chosen as the host nation in 1964 through a vote at FIFA's congress in Tokyo on 8 October, ahead of the only other submitted bid from Argentina, who eventually hosted the 1978 World Cup. The tournament became the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first to be staged outside South America and Europe; Mexico later became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup twice when it stepped in to stage the 1986 event after the original host selection, Colombia, suffered financial problems.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Qualification
A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and 73 were required to qualify. Due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 68 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages, including eight for the first time. Mexico as the host nation and England as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Qualification
Eight places were available to teams from UEFA (Europe), three for CONMEBOL (South America), one for CAF (Africa), one for a team from either the AFC or the OFC (Asia/Oceania), and one for CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean). A place in the finals for an African representative was guaranteed for the first time, as a response to the mass boycott of the qualifying process for 1966 by the African entrants after FIFA linked Africa, Asia and Oceania together with only one qualifying place on offer.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Qualification
The draw for the qualifying stages was conducted on 1 February 1968 in Casablanca, Morocco, with matches beginning in May 1968 and the final fixtures being concluded in December 1969. North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified during the process after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons. El Salvador qualified for the finals after beating Honduras in a play-off match, which was the catalyst for a four-day conflict in July 1969 known as the Football War.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Qualification
Half of the eventual qualifying teams had also been present at the previous World Cup, but three teams qualified for the first time: El Salvador, Israel and Morocco, while Peru, Romania, Belgium and Sweden made their first World Cup appearances since 1930, 1938, 1954 and 1958 respectively. Czechoslovakia returned to the World Cup stage after missing the 1966 World Cup.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Qualification
As of 2018, this was the only time Israel qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and also the only time Argentina failed to qualify (they declined to participate in 1938, 1950 and 1954).


1970 FIFA World Cup, Venues
Five stadiums in five cities were selected to host the World Cup matches. Alternative venues in Hidalgo state and the port city of Veracruz were also considered. Each group was based solely in one city with exception of Group 2, which was staged in both Puebla and Toluca. Aside from the Estadio Luis Dosal, all the stadia had only been constructed during the 1960s, as Mexico prepared to host both the World Cup and the 1968 Summer Olympics. The stadium construction cost for the four smaller venues were around 11 million USD, while the final stadium in Mexico City cost 20 million USD.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Venues
The altitude of the venues varied and the importance of acclimatisation was strongly considered by all the participating teams. As a result, in contrast to the previous tournament staged in England, most teams arrived in the region well in advance of their opening fixtures to prepare for this factor. Some teams had already experienced the local conditions when competing in the football competition at 1968 Summer Olympics. At an elevation in excess of 2,660 metres (8,730 ft) above sea level, Toluca was the highest of the venues; Guadalajara was the lowest at 1,500 m (4,920 ft). In addition to the altitude, all five locations had hot and rainy weather where temperatures would regularly go past 32 °C (90 °F).


1970 FIFA World Cup, Venues
Of the five stadia used for the 32 matches played, the largest and most used venue was the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, which hosted 10 total matches including the final and third place matches, and all of Group 1's matches (which included all of host Mexico's matches). The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted eight matches including all of Group 3's matches and a semi-final. The Nou Camp Stadium in Leon hosted seven matches, which consisted of all of Group 4's matches and a quarter-final match. The Luis Dosal stadium in Toluca hosted four matches, and Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla hosted three matches and was the only stadium of the five used for this tournament not to host any knockout rounds.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Format
Teams were divided into four groups of four. Within each group, each team played each other team in a round robin, with 2 points awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. Teams were ranked by points, with goal difference being used as a tie-breaker. If two teams finished equal on both points and goal difference, lots were drawn to separate them. This method was used to separate the Soviet Union and Mexico in group 1.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Format
The top two teams from each group progressed to the knockout stage. In all knockout matches, extra time was played if the teams were drawn after 90 minutes. If teams were still tied after extra-time, drawing of lots would have been used in all matches other than the final. FIFA did not announce in advance what would happen if the final itself were to be drawn after extra time. In the event, all knockout matches were decided in either regular time or extra time.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Final draw
Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals, the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced that there would be no seeding of teams.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Final draw
Instead, the 16 teams were divided into four 'geographical groupings', which also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations; the system ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier, if that were the case.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Final draw
The draw was staged in Mexico City, Mexico on 10 January 1970 in the Maria Isabel Hotel, which served as FIFA's headquarters during the competition. The teams were drawn into the four groups, which had their locations defined in advance: Group 1 being staged in Mexico City, Group 2 in Puebla and Toluca, Group 3 in Guadalajara and Group 4 in León. It was predetermined that the hosts Mexico would be in Group 1 and so based in the capital city, and that England as holders would be based in Guadalajara, the tournament's second largest stadium. The 10-year-old daughter of Guillermo Cañedo, President of the Mexican Football Federation and the Local Organising Committee, drew out the teams from four silver cups.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Squads
Teams could name a squad of no more than 22 players for the tournament; Morocco only named 19 players in their squad.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
Following the opening ceremony host nation Mexico faced the Soviet Union; this was the last time until the 2006 World Cup that the host nation's first match rather than the World Cup holders' began the tournament. Both this opening match of Group 1 and many others during the competition kicked off at noon for the benefit of European television schedules, meaning play under the midday sun. The match produced a goalless draw, prompting some media to predict the entire tournament would be played at the slow tempo that featured in this game given the conditions involved.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
Following the half-time interval Anatoliy Puzach became the first substitute to be used in FIFA World Cup history as the Soviets made use of the new competition rule. Both teams won their remaining two games to progress from the group at the expense of Belgium and World Cup debutants El Salvador.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
Group 2 was the lowest-scoring of the groups with only six goals in its six matches as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, and Italy, the reigning European champions, edged past Sweden and Israel. Sweden would have progressed if they had produced a two-goal victory against Uruguay in their final game, but it was not until the final minute that they scored the only goal of the game. Hours before the game FIFA elected to replace the scheduled referee after bribery rumours – later dismissed by FIFA – arose in Mexico. The 1–0 result meant Uruguay advanced, to be joined by Italy after they avoided defeat in the group finale against Israel.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
Owing to the lack of a seeding system, Group 3 allowed the reigning World Cup holders England to be paired together with the two-time former champion Brazil, considered by many the pre-tournament favourites for the trophy. England's preparations were hampered by the arrest of their captain Bobby Moore in Colombia for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop; the charges were later dropped. The attitude of their manager Alf Ramsey and the English media in general was perceived by many locals as unfriendly and xenophobic toward Mexico's hosting of the competition, which meant the English team received a largely hostile response during the competition.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
With both having won their opening games – against Czechoslovakia and Romania, respectively – Brazil met England in the group's most famed match. Although Gordon Banks in the English goal denied Pelé from close range with a reflex save that Pelé himself cited as the greatest of his career, a second half goal from Jairzinho won the match for Brazil, after which England squandered several excellent opportunities to equalise. Both teams then won their final group games to progress to the knockout stage.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Group stage
Play in Group 4 began with Bulgaria taking a two-goal lead against Peru, but a second half comeback gave the South Americans a 3–2 victory. Morocco, the first African World Cup representatives since 1934, also began strongly by taking the lead against the 1966 runners-up West Germany, but the Germans came back to win 2–1. West Germany also went behind against Bulgaria in their second match, but a Gerd Müller hat-trick helped them recover and win 5–2; the eventual Golden Boot winner Müller hit another hat-trick – the only hat-tricks of the entire tournament. – to win the group against Peru.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Mexico and the Soviet Union had finished tied at the top of Group 1 on both points and goal difference, meaning that the drawing of lots was required to rank them. On 12 June, the draw allocated the Soviet Union the group winners' berth, meaning that they would face Uruguay at the Estadio Azteca, while the host nation were paired against Italy in the smaller Toluca venue. Mexican officials unsuccessfully appealed to FIFA to stage their game in the capital to avoid traffic problems.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The hosts took the lead against Italy with a José Luis González goal, but his teammate Javier Guzmán equalised with an own goal before half-time. Italy then dominated the second half to progress to the semi-finals with a 4–1 win. The Soviet Union were also eliminated in their quarter-final when a Víctor Espárrago header three minutes from the end of extra-time sent Uruguay through. The Soviets had stopped play during Uruguay's attack leading to the goal, believing that the ball had crossed the touchline.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The all-South America tie in Guadalajara was the highest-scoring of the four quarter-finals as Brazil recorded a 4–2 triumph over Peru. The match is considered to be one of the most entertaining matches in World Cup history: Brazil shot 27 times; Peru, 22. Next came a rematch of the previous World Cup final between England and West Germany took place in León. The reigning champions took a two-goal lead, but Franz Beckenbauer halved the deficit when his low shot beat England's second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who was playing after Gordon Banks suffered food poisoning the day before.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Eight minutes from time, an Uwe Seeler header levelled the score. England's Geoff Hurst then had an apparently legitimate goal ruled out for offside. An extra-time goal from Gerd Müller brought (West) Germany's first-ever competitive victory over England. It has been speculated that the national embarrassment of losing against Germany played a significant role in the surprise defeat of Harold Wilson's government in the 1970 United Kingdom general election four days later, however recent analysis found no evidence to support this theory.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
All four of the semi-finalists were former world champions, with the line-up guaranteeing a final between Europe and South America. In the all-South American tie, controversially switched from the capital to the lower altitude of Guadalajara, Brazil came from behind to defeat Uruguay 3–1 and earn the right to contest their fourth World Cup Final. Two Brazilian goals in the final 15 minutes decided a match that had been evenly-matched until that point. The all-European meeting between Italy and West Germany produced a match regarded by many as one of the greatest World Cup games of all time.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Having led from the eighth minute through Roberto Boninsegna's strike, Italy were pegged back in injury time when sweeper Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored his only international goal. Extra-time brought five more goals as the lead swung between the two sides until Gianni Rivera gave the Azzurri a decisive 4–3 lead. The match subsequently became known as the "Game of the Century", and today has a monument outside the Estadio Azteca to commemorate it. West Germany went on to defeat Uruguay 1–0 in the third-place match.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, Brazil opened the scoring when Pelé headed in a cross from Rivellino in the 18th minute, but Roberto Boninsegna equalised for Italy after a series of blunders in the Brazilian defence. The match remained level until the 65th minute when a powerful shot from Gérson restored the Brazilians' lead. Further goals from Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto rewarded Brazil's attacking play and secured a 4–1 victory and a record third World Cup triumph, which earned them the right to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Legacy
Both the Brazilian team that were crowned champions of the 1970 World Cup and the tournament itself have become regarded as among the very finest in the history of the FIFA World Cup. In contrast to the more physical style of play that had dominated the previous two tournaments, the 1970 Finals are noted for the attacking play adopted by most teams.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Legacy
For the first time at a World Cup Finals, referees could issue yellow and red cards (a system that is now commonplace at every level of football worldwide), yet, in contrast to the previous tournaments (besides the 1950 edition) and all subsequent tournaments to date, no player was expelled from play. The officiating of the opening match, commentated by some media as overly strict, set a standard of discipline that instead helped protect skillful players in accordance with FIFA's stated wish. The tournament's average of 2.97 goals per game set a level not since bettered.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Legacy
The eventual champions Brazil, led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring Pelé, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team. They won all of their six games on the way to the title, and had also won every one of their qualifying fixtures. Jairzinho's feat of scoring in every finals match likewise has yet to be equalled. Coach Mário Zagallo became the first man to win the World Cup as both a player (1958, 1962) and coach.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Legacy
This was the first World Cup to use the Telstar ball from Adidas (who have supplied every World Cup match ball to date), introduced as the "Telstar Erlast" for the 1968 European Football Championship. The Telstar was the first World Cup ball to use the now-familiar truncated icosahedron for its design, consisting of 12 black pentagonal and 20 white hexagonal panels. The 32-panel configuration had been introduced in 1962 by Select Sport, and was also used in the official logo for the 1970 World Cup.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Legacy
The black-and-white pattern, to aid visibility on black and white television broadcasts (which was still commonplace then, as colour television was rare in many parts of the world), was also well established before the Telstar. The name came from the Telstar communications satellite, which was roughly spherical and dotted with solar panels, somewhat similar in appearance to the football.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Tournament review, Merchandise
Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup, initiating a global craze for collecting and trading stickers. In 2017, a complete 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album signed by Pelé sold for a record £10,450.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Group stage, Group stage
The first round, or group stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Knockout stage
The eight teams that had advanced from the group stage entered a single-elimination style tournament, which also featured a third place play-off contested between the two losing semi-finalists. In this knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. In matches prior to the final, if the score was still level after extra time then a coin toss by the referee would determine the winner. If the final was still level after 120 minutes' play then the match would instead be replayed at a later date.


1970 FIFA World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
With 10 goals, Gerd Müller was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 55 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.


1970 FIFA World Cup, FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. The rankings for the 1970 tournament were as follows:


1970 FIFA World Cup, FIFA retrospective ranking
* Listed as #13 in one of the sources** Listed as #12 in one of the sources


1970 FIFA World Cup Final
The 1970 FIFA World Cup Final was held on Sunday, 21 June, in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. This final, between Brazil and Italy, marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final
Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play qualifying matches against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior, winning all six games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only two. In the last match of the qualifying round, Brazil beat Paraguay 1–0 and had the largest official audience ever recorded for a football match, with 183,341 spectators in Brazil's Maracanã Stadium. In total, the Brazilian team won all 12 games, scoring 42 goals and conceding only eight.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final
With this third win after their 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories, Brazil became the world's most successful national football team at that time, surpassing both Italy and Uruguay, who each had two championships. The third title earned Brazil the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently; it was stolen in 1983 while on display in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final
38-year-old Brazilian coach Mário Zagallo became the first footballer to win the World Cup as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach, as well the second youngest coach to win a World Cup, after Alberto Suppici in 1930. Pelé ended his World Cup playing career as the competition's first three-time winner.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivellino at the 18th minute. Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a blunder in the Brazilian defence. In the second half, Brazil's firepower and creativity was too much for an Italian side that clung to their cautious defensive system. Gérson fired in a powerful shot for the second goal, and then helped provide the third, with a long free kick to Pelé who headed down into the path of the onrushing Jairzinho.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Pelé capped his superb performance by drawing the Italian defence in the centre and feeding captain Carlos Alberto on the right flank for the final score. Carlos Alberto's goal, after a series of moves by the Brazilian team from the left to the centre, is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the tournament.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Match, Summary
A total of seven outfield players from Brazil passed the ball until captain Carlos Alberto hammered the ball into the corner of the Italian goal following a pass across the Italian penalty area from Pelé, prompted by Tostão, who, with his back to the goal, told Pelé that Alberto was steaming in on the right flank. Tostão started the move five yards from the left of the Brazilian penalty area, then ran the length of the field to the Italian box without touching the ball again to tell Pelé to lay it off for Alberto.


1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Match, Summary
The players involved in the passes in order were Tostão, Brito, Clodoaldo, Pelé and Gérson. Clodoaldo beat four Italian players in his own half before passing to Rivellino who hit a perfect pass down the wing to Jairzinho. Jairzinho crossed from the wing to the centre of the box to Pelé who held the ball up to play a pass for Alberto to smash it home. The only outfield players not involved in the move were Everaldo and Piazza. In 2002, the UK public voted the goal as number 36 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.


1970 FIFA World Cup Group 1
Group 1 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was contested in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca between 31 May and 11 June 1970. The Soviet Union and Mexico finished level on both points and goal difference, meaning a drawing of lots was required under the tournament rules to determine the placings of the teams. The Soviet Union was drawn out and therefore were ranked as group winner, with Mexico ranked in second place. Belgium and El Salvador both failed to advance.


1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2
Group 2 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was contested in the Estadio Cuauhtémoc and Estadio Nemesio Díez between 2 and 11 June 1970. Italy won the group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Uruguay, who finished second by virtue of goal difference. Sweden and Israel failed to advance.


1970 FIFA World Cup Group 3
Group 3 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was contested in Guadalajara's Estadio Jalisco between 2 and 11 June 1970. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with World Cup holders England. Romania and Czechoslovakia failed to advance.


1970 FIFA World Cup Group 4
Group 4 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was contested in León's Estadio Nou Camp between 2 and 11 June 1970. West Germany won the group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Peru. Bulgaria and Morocco failed to advance.


1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It featured the eight national teams that had finished in the top two in each of the four groups, and so advanced to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place play-off was contested between the two losing semi-finalists.


1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time prior to the final, then a coin toss by the referee would determine the winner. If the final was still level after 120 minutes then the match would be replayed at a later date.


1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
The stage began on 14 June with the quarter-finals, and ended one week later with the final match of the tournament held at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, in which Brazil defeated Italy 4–1 to claim a then-record third World Cup triumph.


1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.


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


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
For the first time, the winners of both the African zone and the Asian and Oceanian zone were guaranteed a direct place in the final tournament. The 16 spots available in the 1970 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 68 teams played in at least one qualifying match. A total of 172 qualifying matches were played, and 542 goals were scored (an average of 3.15 per match).


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Qualified teams
10 of the 16 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1974 finals: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania and Soviet Union.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Europe
FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were divided into 8 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (three groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, South America
The 10 teams were divided into 3 groups; two groups with 3 teams and one group with 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, South America, Group 1
The Bolivia v Peru match on 10 August 1969 is infamous for being fixed by Argentina in favour of Bolivia. Match referee Sergio Chechelev annulled a valid goal from Peru without any justification, allowing Bolivia to win 2-1. Years later, Chechelev excused himself saying that Argentina had paid him to favour Bolivia.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, South America, Group 1
This has been the only time that Argentina failed to qualify to a World Cup tournament.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, North, Central America and Caribbean
FIFA rejected the entry of Cuba. There would be three rounds of play:


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, North, Central America and Caribbean, Semifinal Round, Group 2
El Salvador and Honduras finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, North, Central America and Caribbean, Semifinal Round, Group 2
El Salvador advanced to the Final Round. Additionally, these matches featured prominently in the Football War.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, North, Central America and Caribbean, Final Round
El Salvador and Haiti finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Africa
FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire. There would be three rounds of play:


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Asia and Oceania
North Korea withdrew because they refused to play with Israel. There would be three rounds of play:


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Asia and Oceania, Second round, Group 1
Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, Asia and Oceania, Second round, Group 2
Israel advanced to the Final Round. North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel for political reasons.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian and Oceanian zone (AFC and OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play with Israel. There would be three rounds of play:


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC), Second round, Group 1
Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC), Second round, Group 2
Israel advanced to the Final Round. North Korea, despite their good performance in the previous tournament staged in England in 1966, refused to play in Israel.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams competing for one berth in the final tournament in Mexico.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Thirteen nations in total entered the qualifying stage but FIFA rejected the entries of Guinea and Zaire, leaving 11 nations to contest the qualifying spot.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF), Qualification, First Round
The aggregate score was tied 6–6, but Sudan advanced to the Second Round as they scored more goals in the second match.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF), Qualification, First Round
The aggregate score was tied 2–2, and since extra time was not played in the second match, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Second Round.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF), Qualification, Second Round
The aggregate score was tied 0–0, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF), Qualification, Second Round
Morocco advanced to the Final Round, by winning a coin toss.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), Format
FIFA rejected the entry of Albania. The remaining 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, five groups of four teams and three of three teams. All eight group-winners qualified automatically.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), Groups, Group 2
Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia won the play-off to qualify for the World Cup.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary and Republic of Ireland.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2, Standings
Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 3 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised East Germany, Italy and Wales.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 4 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Northern Ireland, Soviet Union and Turkey.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Norway and Sweden.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Finland, Spain and Yugoslavia.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Austria, Cyprus, Scotland and West Germany.


1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
The 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 8 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Poland.


1970 FIFA World Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Mexico. Sweden (6), West Germany (2) and Czechoslovakia (1) had players representing foreign clubs.


1970 FIFA World Cup squads, Group 4, Bulgaria
The Georgi Kamenski replacement to Yordan Filipov in at the last moment by injury


1970 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 1970 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 14th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.


1970 FIM Motocross World Championship, Summary
Arne Kring led the world championship points standings after the first nine rounds, before breaking his back while competing in a non-championship race, forcing him to miss the remaining races. Bengt Åberg went on to win his second consecutive 500cc world championship for Husqvarna. Joël Robert claimed the 250cc title for Suzuki, marking the first championship for a Japanese manufacturer in the motocross world championships.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
The 1970 FIVB Men's World Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 29 September to 12 October 1970 in Bulgaria.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, Results, Final round
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 September to 2 October 1970 in Bulgaria.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages (first and final rounds). In the First round, the 16 participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position, all teams progressed to the next round.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Format
In the Final round, two groups were created (1st-8th and 9th-16th), teams were allocated to a group according to their First round group position (best two teams of each group going to 1st-8th and the remaining teams to 9th-16th). A single round-robin format was played within each group with matches already played between teams in the First round also counted in this round.


1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Results, Final round
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the first round are taken into account for the final round.


1970 Faroese general election
General elections were held in the Faroe Islands on 7 November 1970. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the Løgting, winning 7 of the 26 seats.


1970 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1970 Federation Cup was the eighth edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 22 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at the Freiburg Tennis Club in Freiburg, West Germany from 19–24 May. Australia defeated West Germany in the final.


1970 Federation Cup (tennis), Draw
All ties were played at the Freiburg Tennis Club in Freiburg, West Germany on clay courts.


1970 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970.