1970 FIFA World Cup Final </includeonly><section end=Lineups /> Match rules: 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. Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play qualifying matches against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior, winning all six games,
Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Cuauhtémoc Estadio Cuauhtémoc is a football stadium in the city of Puebla, Mexico.It is the home of Puebla F.C. It is currently the fourth biggest football stadium in Mexico by capacity.The stadium has been the host of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup. From November 2014 – 2015, the stadium went through massive renovations. As of November 2015, Cuauhtémoc Stadium is considered to be an innovation in textile design and sports architecture in Mexico, since it is the first and only stadium in Latin America to have a facade totally covered with ETFE. Estadio