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                  Participating countries    75    Total matches             172
                  Total goals               542    Goals per game average   3.15
    
    
    
    

    Europe

    (UEFA Group 1)
    12.Oct 68 Basel Switzerland 1-0 Greece 27.Oct 68 Lisbon Portugal 3-0 Romania 23.Nov 68 Bucharest Romania 2-0 Switzerland 11.Dec 68 Athens Greece 4-2 Portugal 16.Apr 69 Lisbon Portugal 0-2 Switzerland 16.Apr 69 Athens Greece 2-2 Romania 04.May 69 Porto Portugal 2-2 Greece 14.May 69 Lausanne Switzerland 0-1 Romania 12.Oct 69 Bucharest Romania 1-0 Portugal 15.Oct 69 Thessaloniki Greece 4-1 Switzerland 02.Nov 69 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Portugal 16.Nov 69 Bucharest Romania 1-1 Greece
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Romania 6 3 2 1 7- 6 8 2.Greece 6 2 3 1 13- 9 7 3.Switzerland 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5 4.Portugal 6 1 2 3 8-10 4
    (UEFA Group 2)
    25.Sep 68 Copenhagen Denmark 0-3 Czechoslovakia 20.Oct 68 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1-0 Denmark 04.May 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-2 Czechoslovakia 25.May 69 Budapest Hungary 2-0 Czechoslovakia 27.May 69 Copenhagen Denmark 2-0 Rep. of Ireland 08.Jun 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-2 Hungary 15.Jun 69 Copenhagen Denmark 3-2 Hungary 14.Sep 69 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-3 Hungary 07.Oct 69 Prague Czechoslovakia 3-0 Rep. of Ireland 15.Oct 69 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 1-1 Denmark 22.Oct 69 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Denmark 05.Nov 69 Budapest Hungary 4-0 Rep. of Ireland
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 6 4 1 1 16- 7 9 Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9 3.Denmark 6 2 1 3 6-10 5 4.Rep. of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3-14 1
    Play-off 03.Dec 69 Marseille Czechoslovakia 4-1 Hungary
    (UEFA Group 3)
    23.Oct 68 Cardiff Wales 0-1 Italy 29.Mar 69 Berlin East Germany 2-2 Italy 16.Apr 69 Dresden East Germany 2-1 Wales 22.Oct 69 Cardiff Wales 1-3 East Germany 04.Nov 69 Rome Italy 4-1 Wales 22.Nov 69 Naples Italy 3-0 East Germany
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Italy 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7 2.East Germany 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5 3.Wales 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
    (UEFA Group 4)
    23.Oct 68 Belfast Northern Ireland 4-1 Turkey 11.Dec 68 Istanbul Turkey 0-3 Northern Ireland 10.Sep 69 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-0 Soviet Union 15.Oct 69 Kiev Soviet Union 3-0 Turkey 22.Oct 69 Moscow Soviet Union 2-0 Northern Ireland 16.Nov 69 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 Soviet Union
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 8- 1 7 2.Northern Ireland 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5 3.Turkey 4 0 0 4 2-13 0
    (UEFA Group 5)
    09.Oct 68 Stockholm Sweden 5-0 Norway 06.Nov 68 Strasbourg France 0-1 Norway 19.Jun 69 Oslo Norway 2-5 Sweden 10.Sep 69 Oslo Norway 1-3 France 15.Oct 69 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 France 01.Nov 69 Paris France 3-0 Sweden
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Sweden 4 3 0 1 12- 5 6 2.France 4 2 0 2 6- 4 4 3.Norway 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
    (UEFA Group 6)
    19.Jun 68 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Belgium 25.Sep 68 Belgrade Yugoslavia 9-1 Finland 09.Oct 68 Waregem Belgium 6-1 Finland 16.Oct 68 Brussels Belgium 3-0 Yugoslavia 27.Oct 68 Belgrade Yugoslavia 0-0 Spain 11.Dec 68 Madrid Spain 1-1 Belgium 23.Feb 69 Ličge Belgium 2-1 Spain 30.Apr 69 Barcelona Spain 2-1 Yugoslavia 04.Jun 69 Helsinki Finland 1-5 Yugoslavia 25.Jun 69 Helsinki Finland 2-0 Spain 15.Oct 69 Cádiz Spain 6-0 Finland 19.Oct 69 Skopje Yugoslavia 4-0 Belgium
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Belgium 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9 2.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7 3.Spain 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6 4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2
    (UEFA Group 7)
    19.May 68 Vienna Austria 7-1 Cyprus 13.Oct 68 Vienna Austria 0-2 West Germany 06.Nov 68 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 Austria 23.Nov 68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-1 West Germany 11.Dec 68 Nicosia Cyprus 0-5 Scotland 16.Apr 69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 West Germany 19.Apr 69 Nicosia Cyprus 1-2 Austria 10.May 69 Nürnberg West Germany 1-0 Austria 17.May 69 Glasgow Scotland 8-0 Cyprus 21.May 69 Essen West Germany 12-0 Cyprus 22.Oct 69 Hamburg West Germany 3-2 Scotland 05.Nov 69 Vienna Austria 2-0 Scotland
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.West Germany 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7 3.Austria 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0
    (UEFA Group 8)
    04.Sep 68 Rotterdam Luxembourg 0-2 Netherlands 27.Oct 68 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 Netherlands 26.Mar 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-0 Luxembourg 20.Apr 69 Kraków Poland 8-1 Luxembourg 23.Apr 69 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Luxembourg 07.May 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-0 Poland 15.Jun 69 Sofia Bulgaria 4-1 Poland 07.Sep 69 Chorzów Poland 2-1 Netherlands 12.Oct 69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-5 Poland 22.Oct 69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 Bulgaria 09.Nov 69 Warsaw Poland 3-0 Bulgaria 07.Dec 69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-3 Bulgaria
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Bulgaria 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9 2.Poland 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8 3.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0
    QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE: Romania, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Soviet Union, Sweden, Belgium, West Germany and Bulgaria + England as defending champions.

    South America

    (CONMEBOL Group 1)
    27.Jul 69 La Paz Bolivia 3-1 Argentina 03.Aug 69 Lima Peru 1-0 Argentina 10.Aug 69 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 Peru 17.Aug 69 Lima Peru 3-0 Bolivia 24.Aug 69 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Bolivia 31.Aug 69 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Peru
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Peru 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5 2.Bolivia 4 2 0 2 5- 6 4 3.Argentina 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
    (CONMEBOL Group 2)
    27.Jul 69 Bogotá Colombia 3-0 Venezuela 02.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 1-1 Colombia 06.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 0-2 Paraguay 06.Aug 69 Bogotá Colombia 0-2 Brazil 10.Aug 69 Caracas Venezuela 0-5 Brazil 10.Aug 69 Bogotá Colombia 0-1 Paraguay 17.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 0-3 Brazil 21.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-2 Colombia 21.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 1-0 Venezuela 24.Aug 69 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 Colombia 24.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 6-0 Venezuela 31.Aug 69 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-0 Paraguay
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Brazil 6 6 0 0 23- 2 12 2.Paraguay 6 4 0 2 6- 5 8 3.Colombia 6 1 1 4 7-12 3 4.Venezuela 6 0 1 5 1-18 1
    (CONMEBOL Group 3)
    06.Jul 69 Guayaquil Ecuador 0-2 Uruguay 13.Jul 69 Santiago Chile 0-0 Uruguay 20.Jul 69 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Ecuador 27.Jul 69 Santiago Chile 4-1 Ecuador 03.Aug 69 Guayaquil Ecuador 1-1 Chile 10.Aug 69 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Chile
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Uruguay 4 3 1 0 5- 0 7 2.Chile 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4 3.Ecuador 4 0 1 3 2- 8 1
    QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA: Peru, Brazil and Uruguay.

    North/Central America

    (CONCACAF First round)
    Sub-group 1 06.Oct 68 Toronto Canada 4-0 Bermuda 13.Oct 68 Toronto Canada 4-2 USA 20.Oct 68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-0 Canada 26.Oct 68 Atlanta USA 1-0 Canada 03.Nov 68 Kansas City USA 6-2 Bermuda 11.Nov 68 Hamilton Bermuda 0-2 USA
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.USA 4 3 0 1 11- 6 6 2.Canada 4 2 1 1 8- 3 5 3.Bermuda 4 0 1 3 2-12 1
    Sub-group 2 17.Nov 68 Guatemala Guatemala 4-0 Trinidad/Tobago 20.Nov 68 Guatemala Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Guatemala 23.Nov 68 Port-au-Prince Trinidad/Tobago 0-4 Haiti 25.Nov 68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-4 Trinidad/Tobago 08.Dec 68 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 Guatemala 23.Feb 69 Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Haiti
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Haiti 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5 2.Guatemala 4 1 2 1 5- 3 4 3.Trinidad/Tobago 4 1 1 2 4-10 3
    Sub-group 3 27.Nov 68 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Jamaica 01.Dec 68 San José Jamaica 1-3 Costa Rica 29.Dec 68 San José Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras 05.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 3-1 Jamaica 08.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Jamaica 0-2 Honduras 22.Dec 68 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 Costa Rica
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Honduras 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7 2.Costa Rica 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5 3.Jamaica 4 0 0 4 2-11 0
    Sub-group 4 24.Nov 68 Paramaribo Surinam 6-0 Dutch Antilles 01.Dec 68 San Salvador El Salvador 6-0 Surinam 05.Dec 68 Oranjestad Dutch Antilles 2-0 Surinam 12.Dec 68 San Salvador El Salvador 1-0 Dutch Antilles 15.Dec 68 San Salvador Dutch Antilles 1-2 El Salvador 22.Dec 68 Paramaribo Surinam 4-1 El Salvador
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.El Salvador 4 3 0 1 10- 5 6 2.Surinam 4 2 0 2 10- 9 4 3.Dutch Antilles 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2
    (CONCACAF Semifinal round)
    20.Apr 69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 USA 11.May 69 San Diego USA 0-1 Haiti 08.Jun 69 Tegucigalpa Honduras 1-0 El Salvador 15.Jun 69 San Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Honduras Play-off 26.Jun 69 Mexico City El Salvador 3-2 Honduras [aet]
    (CONCACAF Final round)
    21.Sep 69 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-2 El Salvador 28.Sep 69 San Salvador El Salvador 0-3 Haiti Play-off 08.Oct 69 Kingston El Salvador 1-0 Haiti [aet] QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA: El Salvador + Mexico as host nation.

    Africa

    (CAF First round)
    17.Nov 68 Alger Algeria 1-2 Tunisia 29.Dec 68 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Algeria 03.Nov 68 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Senegal 05.Jan 69 Dakar Senegal 2-1 Morocco Play-off 13.Feb 69 Las Palmas Morocco 2-0 Senegal 26.Jan 69 Tripoli Libya 2-0 Ethiopia 09.Feb 69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 5-1 Libya 27.Oct 68 Ndola Zambia 4-2 Sudan 08.Nov 68 Khartoum Sudan 4-2 Zambia (A bizarre rule gave Sudan the win on [aet] more goals scored in match 2.) 07.Dec 68 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 Cameroon 22.Dec 68 Douala Cameroon 2-3 Nigeria Ghana received a bye.
    (CAF Second round)
    27.Apr 69 Tunis Tunisia 0-0 Morocco 18.May 69 Casablanca Morocco 0-0 Tunisia [aet] Play-off 13.Jun 69 Marseille Morocco 2-2 Tunisia (Morocco progresses on toss of coin.) [aet] 04.May 69 Adis Abeba Ethiopia 1-1 Sudan 11.May 69 Khartoum Sudan 3-1 Ethiopia 10.May 69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-1 Ghana 18.May 69 Accra Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
    (CAF Final round)
    13.Sep 69 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 Sudan 21.Sep 69 Casablanca Morocco 2-1 Nigeria 03.Oct 69 Khartoum Sudan 3-3 Nigeria 10.Oct 69 Khartoum Sudan 0-0 Morocco 26.Oct 69 Casablanca Morocco 3-0 Sudan 08.Nov 69 Ibadan Nigeria 2-0 Morocco
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Morocco 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5 2.Nigeria 4 1 2 1 8- 7 4 3.Sudan 4 0 3 1 5- 8 3
    QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA: Morocco

    Asia/Oceania

    (AFC/OFC First round)
    10.Oct 69 Seoul Australia 3-1 Japan 12.Oct 69 Seoul Japan 2-2 South Korea 14.Oct 69 Seoul Australia 2-1 South Korea 16.Oct 69 Seoul Japan 1-1 Australia 18.Oct 69 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Japan 20.Oct 69 Seoul South Korea 1-1 Australia
    P W D L Gls Pts 1.Australia 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6 2.South Korea 4 1 2 1 6- 5 4 3.Japan 4 0 2 2 4- 8 2
    (AFC/OFC Second round)
    Sub-group A 23.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Australia 1-1 Rhodesia 27.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Rhodesia 0-0 Australia [aet] Play-off 29.Nov 69 Lourenço Marques Australia 3-1 Rhodesia Sub-group B North Korea withdrew. 28.Sep 69 Ramat Gan Israel 4-0 New Zealand 01.Oct 69 Ramat Gan New Zealand 0-2 Israel
    (AFC/OFC Final round)
    04.Dec 69 Ramat Gan Israel 1-0 Australia 14.Dec 69 Sydney Australia 1-1 Israel QUALIFIED FROM ASIA/OCEANIA: Israel
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