1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)
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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[]

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:[citation needed]
Australia 3–1 Japan
McColl Goal 5'
Ogi Goal 68' (o.g.)
Baartz Goal 69'		 Watanabe Goal 11'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)
South Korea 2–2 Japan
Kim Ki-bok Goal 8'
Goal 39'		 Miyamoto Goal 34'
Kuwahara Goal 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Cheung Tang-Sun (China Republic)
South Korea 1–2 Australia
Lee Yi-woo Goal 45' Watkiss Goal 37'
McColl Goal 82'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)
Australia 1–1 Japan
McColl Goal 39' Miyamoto Goal 4'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suvaree (Thailand)
South Korea 2–0 Japan
Goal 17', 40'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lee Kan Chi (Hong Kong)
South Korea 1–1 Australia
Goal 29' Baartz Goal 58'
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:[citation needed]
23 November 1969 Rhodesia  1–1  Australia Lourenço Marques, Mozambique[notes 1]
Chalmers Goal 63' McColl Goal 68' Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)
27 November 1969 Rhodesia  0–0  Australia Lourenço 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  Australia Lourenço Marques, Mozambique[notes 1]
Chalmers Goal 54' Warren Goal 17'
Goal 22' (o.g.)
Rutherford Goal 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:[citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
28 September 1969 Israel  4–0  New Zealand Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel[notes 2]
Spiegler Goal 48'
Spiegel Goal 65'
Feigenbaum Goal 72', 86'		 Referee: Nassiri (Iran)
1 October 1969 Israel  2–0  New Zealand Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel[notes 2]
Spiegler Goal 24'
Spiegel Goal 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 Goal 16' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Second leg[]

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

Israel qualified.

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c All matches were played on neutral ground due to the boycott of Rhodesia.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Both matches were played in Israel.

References[]

  1. ^ Fifa.com: preliminaries 1970
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