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1970 FIFA World Cup

9th FIFA World Cup, held in Mexico
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1970 FIFA World Cup
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Summary

1970 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,608 views/month, #90 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Brazil men's national football team[3]
  • Country: Mexico[4]
  • Follows: 1966 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 1974 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: Estadio Cuauhtémoc[7], Nemesio Díez Stadium[8], Jalisco Stadium[9], Estadio Banorte[10], León Stadium[11]
  • Commons category: 1970 FIFA World Cup[12]
  • Edition number: 9[13]
  • Has part(s): 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 1[14], 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 2[15], 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 3[16], 1970 FIFA World Cup Group 4[17], 1970 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[18]
  • Start time: May 31, 1970[19]
  • End time: June 21, 1970[20]
  • Point in time: 1970[21]
  • Sport: association football[22]
  • Organizer: FIFA[23]
  • Participant: Helmut Haller[24], Jan Verheyen[25]
  • Mascot: Juanito[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1970 FIFA World Cup[27]
  • Attendance: 1,603,975[28]
  • Number of participants: 16[29]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 32[30]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 95[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:1970 FIFA World Cup[32]
  • Participating team: Belgium men's national football team[33], El Salvador men's national football team[34], Mexico men's national football team[35], Soviet Union national association football team[36], Israel men's national football team[37], Italy men's national association football team[38], Uruguay men's national football team[39], Sweden men's national football team[40], Brazil men's national football team[41], England men's national association football team[42], Romania men's national association football team[43], Czechoslovakia men's national association football team[44], Bulgaria men's national football team[45], Morocco men's national football team[46]
  • Competition class: men's association football[47]
  • Statistical leader: Gerd Müller[48]
  • Sports season of league or competition: FIFA World Cup[49]

Why It Matters

1970 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did 1970 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Brazil men's national football team[3].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Oscgramcam · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 16w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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