1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
Tournament details
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)

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.

North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play with Israel. There would be three rounds of play:

  • First Round: Israel, New Zealand and Rhodesia received byes and advanced to the Second Round directly. The remaining 3 teams, Australia, Japan and South Korea, played against each other twice in South Korea. The group winner would advance to the Second Round.
  • Second Round: The 4 teams were divided into 2 groups of 2 teams each. The teams played against each other twice. The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.

First round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Australia 64220743
2  South Korea 44121651
3  Japan 2402248−4
Australia  3 – 1  Japan
McColl  5'
Ogi  68' (o.g.)
Baartz  69'		  11' Watanabe
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)
South Korea  2 – 2  Japan
Kim Ki-bok  8'
Park Soo-Il  39'		  34' Miyamoto
 50' Kuwahara
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Cheung Tang-Sun (China Republic)
South Korea  1 – 2  Australia
Lee Yi-woo  45'  37' Watkiss
 82' McColl
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)
Australia  1 – 1  Japan
McColl  39'  4' Miyamoto
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suvaree (Thailand)
South Korea  2 – 0  Japan
Jeong Gang-Ji  17', 40'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lee Kan Chi (Hong Kong)
South Korea  1 – 1  Australia
Park Soo-Il  29'  58' Baartz
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)

Australia advanced to the Second Round.

Second round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  Australia 22020110
1=  Rhodesia 22020110

Australia and Rhodesia finished level on points, and a play-off was played to decide who would advance to the Final Round.

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Israel 4220060+6
2  New Zealand 0200206−6
—  North Korea withdrew

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.[1]

Final round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Israel  2–1  Australia 1–0 1–1

First leg

Israel  1 – 0  Australia
Zeman  16' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Second leg

Australia  1 – 1  Israel
Watkiss  88'  79' Spiegler
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Israel qualified.

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 All matches were played on neutral ground due to the boycott of Rhodesia.
  2. 1 2 Both matches were played in Israel.

References

  1. ↑ Fifa.com: preliminairies 1970
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