1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

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.

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
Tournament details
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 4 2 2 0 7 4 +3 6
2  South Korea 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Japan 4 0 2 2 4 8 −4 2
Source:
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1=  Australia 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
1=  Rhodesia 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Source:
23 November 1969 Rhodesia 1 – 1 AustraliaLourenço Marques, Mozambique[notes 1]
Chalmers  63' McColl  68' Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)
27 November 1969 Rhodesia 0 – 0 AustraliaLourenço Marques, Mozambique[notes 1]
Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

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

29 November 1969 Rhodesia 1 – 3 AustraliaLourenço Marques, Mozambique[notes 1]
Chalmers  54' Warren  17'
Tegire  22' (o.g.)
Rutherford  57'		 Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Israel 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
2  New Zealand 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
—  North Korea (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew.
28 September 1969 Israel 4 – 0 New ZealandTel Aviv, Israel[notes 2]
Spiegler  48'
Spiegel  65'
Feigenbaum  72', 86'		 Referee: Nassiri (Iran)
1 October 1969 Israel 2 – 0 New ZealandTel Aviv, Israel[notes 2]
Spiegler  24'
Spiegel  33'		 Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

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
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
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. All matches were played on neutral ground due to the boycott of Rhodesia.
  2. Both matches were played in Israel.

References
  1. Fifa.com: preliminaries 1970
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