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  World Cup 1970 Preliminary Competition

England Team Results - Preliminary Competition

 

England qualified for the final tournament as reigning champions and did not take part in the preliminary competition.

World Cup 1970 Final Tournament
31 May to 21 June in Mexico

England Team Results - Final Tournament

World Cup Finals 1970

Mexico

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02-Jun-1970 England 1 Romania 0 [0-0] Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW

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07-Jun-1970 Brazil 1 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara NL

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11-Jun-1970 Czechoslovakia 0 England 1 [1-0] Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW

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14-Jun-1970 West Germany 3 England 2 [0-1]
AET [2-2]
Estado de Guanajuato, León NL

 

England Team Record - Final Tournament
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
4 2 0 2 4 4 =0 1 2 1.00 1.00 2 3 50.0 =0

Notes

The England team incurred two yellow card cautions and no red card expulsions.  The tournament was the first in which red and yellow cards were used to signify cautions and expulsions, but the referees did not find it necessary to display a single red card.

World Cup 1970 Team Ranking

Rank Team Stage Reached P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Brazil Final 6 6 0 0 19 7 +12 12
2 Italy 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8
3 West Germany Semi-final and 3rd place match 6 5 0 1 17 10 +7 10
4 Uruguay 6 2 1 3 4 5 -1 5
5 U.S.S.R. Quarter-final 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 5
6 Mexico 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 5
7 Peru 4 2 0 2 9 9 =0 4
8 England 4 2 0 2 4 4 =0 4
9 Sweden Group 3 1 1 1 2 2 =0 3
=10 Belgium 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 2
Romania 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 2
12 Israel 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
13 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 5 9 -4 1
14 Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1
15 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
16 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0

Notes

Rankings beyond those determined by final and third place matches are based on, in order, stage of the competition reached, points earned, goal difference and number of goals scored. 

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