The knockout stage of the 1970 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It featured the eight national teams that had finished in the top two in each of the four groups, and so advanced to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A match for third place was contested between the two losing semi-finalists.
In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time prior to the final, then a coin toss by the referee would determine the winner. If the final was still level after 120 minutes then the match would be replayed at a later date.
The stage began on 14 June with the quarter-finals, and ended one week later with the final match of the tournament held at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, in which Brazil defeated Italy 4–1 to claim a then-record third World Cup triumph.
Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Group Winners Runners-up 1 2 3 4
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Soviet Union vs Uruguay
GK 2 Anzor KavazashviliDF 3 Valentin AfoninDF 4 Revaz DzodzuashviliDF 5 Volodymyr Kaplychnyi DF 8 Murtaz Khurtsilava DF 9 Albert Shesternyov (c)MF 11Kakhi Asatiani MF 14Vladimir Muntyan FW 16Anatoliy Byshovets FW 17Gennady YevriuzhikinFW 21Vitaliy KhmelnytskyiSubstitutions:DF 7 Gennady Logofet MF 12Nikolay Kiselyov Manager:Gavril Kachalin GK 1 Ladislao MazurkiewiczDF 4 Luis Ubiña (c) DF 2 Atilio AnchetaDF 3 Roberto Matosas DF 6 Juan MujicaMF 10Ildo Maneiro MF 20Julio César CortésMF 5 Julio Montero Castillo MF 7 Luis CubillaFW 15Dagoberto Fontes FW 11Julio Morales Substitutions:FW 9 Víctor Espárrago FW 18Alberto Gómez Manager:Juan Hohberg Assistant referees: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Italy vs Mexico
GK 1 Enrico AlbertosiDF 2 Tarcisio BurgnichDF 5 Pierluigi CeraDF 8 Roberto RosatoDF 3 Giacinto Facchetti (c)MF 10Mario BertiniMF 15Alessandro Mazzola MF 16Giancarlo De Sisti FW 13Angelo Domenghini FW 20Roberto BoninsegnaFW 11Gigi RivaSubstitutions:MF 14Gianni Rivera FW 19Sergio Gori Manager:Ferruccio Valcareggi GK 1 Ignacio CalderónDF 13José VantolráDF 3 Gustavo Peña (c)DF 14Javier GuzmánDF 5 Mario PérezMF 17José Luis González MF 15Héctor PulidoMF 8 Antonio Munguía MF 19Javier ValdiviaFW 21Javier FragosoFW 11Aarón Padilla GutiérrezSubstitutions:MF 16Isidoro Díaz FW 9 Enrique Borja Manager:Raúl Cárdenas Assistant referees: Keith Dunstan (Bermuda) Henry Landauer (United States)
Brazil vs Peru
GK 1 FélixRB 4 Carlos Alberto (c)CB 2BritoCB 3PiazzaLB 6 Marco AntônioCM 5 ClodoaldoCM 8 Gérson RW 7 Jairzinho LW 11RivellinoSS 10PeléCF 9TostãoSubstitutions:FW 13Roberto Miranda MF 18Caju Manager:Mário Zagallo GK 1 Luis RubiñosRB 2 Eloy CamposCB 14José FernándezCB 4 Héctor Chumpitaz (c)LB 5 Nicolás FuentesCM 6 Ramón MifflinCM 7 Roberto ChalleRW 8 Julio Baylón LW 11Alberto GallardoSS 10Teófilo Cubillas CF 9Pedro Pablo León Substitutions:DF 19Eladio Reyes FW 20Hugo Sotil Manager: Didi Assistant referees: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)
West Germany vs England
GK 1 Sepp MaierSW 11Klaus FichtelRB 7Berti VogtsCB 3 Karl-Heinz SchnellingerLB 2 Horst-Dieter Höttges DM 4Franz BeckenbauerCM 12Wolfgang OverathAM 9 Uwe Seeler (c)RW 14Reinhard Libuda LW 17Hannes LöhrCF 13Gerd Müller Substitutions:DF 5 Willi Schulz RW 20Jürgen Grabowski Manager:Helmut Schön GK 12Peter BonettiRB 2 Keith NewtonCB 5 Brian Labone CB 6 Bobby Moore (c)LB 3 Terry CooperDM 4 Alan MulleryCM 8 Alan BallCM 9 Bobby Charlton CM 11Martin Peters CF 7 Francis Lee CF 10Geoff HurstSubstitutions:CM 18Norman Hunter CM 19Colin Bell Manager:Alf Ramsey Assistant referees: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia) José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Semi-finals
Uruguay vs Brazil
GK 1 FélixRB 4 Carlos Alberto (c) CB 2BritoCB 3PiazzaLB 16EveraldoCM 5 ClodoaldoCM 8 GérsonRW 7 JairzinhoLW 11RivellinoSS 10PeléCF 9 TostãoManager:Mário Zagallo GK 1 Ladislao MazurkiewiczDF 4 Luis Ubiña (c)DF 2 Atilio AnchetaDF 3 Roberto MatosasDF 6 Juan Mujica MF 10Ildo Maneiro MF 20Julio César CortésMF 5 Julio Montero CastilloMF 7 Luis CubillaFW 15Dagoberto Fontes FW 11Julio MoralesSubstitutions:FW 9 Víctor Espárrago Manager:Juan Hohberg Assistant referees: Tofik Bakhramov (Soviet Union) Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Italy vs West Germany
Match for third place
GK 22Horst WolterDF 7 Berti VogtsDF 6 Wolfgang WeberDF 15Bernd PatzkeDF 3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger MF 12Wolfgang OverathMF 11Klaus FichtelRW 14Reinhard Libuda FW 13Gerd MüllerFW 9 Uwe Seeler (c)LW 10Sigfried HeldSubstitutions:MF 16Max Lorenz FW 17Hannes Löhr Manager:Helmut Schön GK 1 Ladislao MazurkiewiczDF 4 Luis Ubiña (c) DF 2 Atilio AnchetaDF 3 Roberto MatosasDF 6 Juan MujicaMF 10Ildo Maneiro MF 20Julio César CortésMF 5 Julio Montero Castillo MF 7 Luis CubillaFW 15Dagoberto Fontes FW 11Julio MoralesSubstitutions:FW 9 Víctor Espárrago MF 13Rodolfo Sandoval Manager:Juan Hohberg Assistant referees: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria) Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)
Final
Notes
References
Match reports