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
DatesSeptember 28th 1969 - December 14th 1969
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored32 (2.46 per match)
Attendance181,511 (13,962 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Tom McColl (4 Goals)
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North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play Israel.

Format

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'		 Watanabe 11'
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Nice (Malaysia)
South Korea 2–2 Japan
Kim Ki-bok 8'
Park Soo-Il 39'		 Miyamoto 34'
Kuwahara 50'
Attendance: 21,128
Referee: Cheung Tang-Sun (China Republic)
South Korea 1–2 Australia
Lee Yi-woo 45' Watkiss 37'
McColl 82'
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)
Australia 1–1 Japan
McColl 39' Miyamoto 4'
Attendance: 1,359
Referee: Suvaree (Thailand)
South Korea 2–0 Japan
Jeong Gang-Ji 17', 40'
Attendance: 9,264
Referee: Lee Kan Chi (Hong Kong)
South Korea 1–1 Australia
Park Soo-Il 29' Baartz 58'
Attendance: 9,676
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:
Rhodesia 1–1 Australia
Chalmers 63' McColl 68'
Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)
Rhodesia 0–0 Australia
Attendance: 2,512
Referee: Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

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

Rhodesia 1–3 Australia
Chalmers 54' Warren 17'
Tegire 22' (o.g.)
Rutherford 57'
Attendance: 11,066
Referee: Antonio Saldanha 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
Israel 4–0 New Zealand
Spiegler 48'
Spiegel 65'
Feigenbaum 72', 86'
Attendance: 26,669
Referee: Nassiri (Iran)
Israel 2–0 New Zealand
Spiegler 24'
Spiegel 33'
Attendance: 10,898
Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

Israel advanced to the Final Round. North Korea refused to play in Israel[1] and were officially withdrawn by FIFA on 5 June 1969.[2]

Final round
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Israel 3211021+1
2  Australia 1201112−1
Israel 1–0 Australia
Zeman 16' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 41,899
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Australia 1–1 Israel
Watkiss 88' Spiegler 79'
Attendance: 29,737
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Israel qualified.

Qualified teams

The following team from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 IsraelFinal Round winners14 December 19690 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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
  2. "North Korea Ousted". The Miami Herald. Associated Press. 5 June 1969. p. 5F. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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