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
Dates	28 September – 14 December 1969
Teams	7 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	32 (2.46 per match)
Attendance	181,511 (13,962 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom McColl (4 Goals)
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Seven teams entered the qualifying stage, four from AFC (Israel, Japan, North and South Korea), two from OFC (Australia and New Zealand) and one from CAF (Rhodesia). Rhodesia was included in the Asian and Oceanian zone after the boycott of the African teams due to the country's apartheid policies. North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play in Israel, so that only six teams actually played qualifying games.

Format

There would be two rounds of play:

• First Round: The seven teams were split in two groups, Group A consisting of four teams and Group B consisting of three teams. Rhodesia was included in Group A but the other three countries involved refused to play against them due to political concerns regarding apartheid.^[1] Australia, Japan and South Korea played against each other twice in South Korea. After the matches in Seoul were completed, FIFA determined that Australia (who emerged as the winning team) would still have to meet Rhodesia in what resulted to be the second stage of Group A.^[2][3] North Korea was originally included in Group B but withdrew for political reasons and the group was contested by only two teams. 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

Group A

• All matches played in Seoul, South Korea.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	6	Group A second stage
2	South Korea	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Japan	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 October 1969

19:30 KST (UTC+09)

Australia	3–1	Japan
McColl 5' Ogi 68' (o.g.) Baartz 69'		Watanabe 11'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 3,513

Referee: Nice (Malaysia)

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12 October 1969

16:30 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	2–2	Japan
Kim Ki-bok 8' Park Soo-il 39'		Miyamoto 34' Kuwahara 50'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 21,128

Referee: Cheung Tang-Sun (China Republic)

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14 October 1969

19:30 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	1–2	Australia
Lee Yi-woo 45'		Watkiss 37' McColl 82'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 10,250

Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)

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16 October 1969

18:30 KST (UTC+09)

Australia	1–1	Japan
McColl 39'		Miyamoto 4'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 1,359

Referee: Suvaree (Thailand)

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18 October 1969

16:00 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Jeong Kang-ji 17', 40'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 9,264

Referee: Lee Kan Chi (Hong Kong)

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20 October 1969

18:30 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	1–1	Australia
Park Soo-il 35'		Baartz 58'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 9,676

Referee: Nice (Malaysia)

Australia advanced to the Group A Second Stage.

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1=	Australia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Play-off
1=	Rhodesia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 November 1969

Rhodesia	1–1	Australia
Chalmers 63'		McColl 68'

Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^{[notes 1]}

Attendance: 3,540

Referee: Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

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27 November 1969

Rhodesia	0–0	Australia

Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^{[notes 1]}

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.

29 November 1969

Rhodesia	1–3	Australia
Chalmers 49'		Rutherford 12' Tigere 22' (o.g.) Warren 57'

Lourenço Marques, Mozambique^{[notes 1]}

Attendance: 11,066

Referee: Antonio Saldanha Ribeiro (Portugal)

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4	Final round
2	New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
3	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 September 1969

Israel	4–0	New Zealand
Spiegler 48' Spiegel 65' Feigenbaum 72', 86'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel^{[notes 2]}

Attendance: 26,669

Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

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1 October 1969

Israel	2–0	New Zealand
Spiegler 24' Spiegel 38'

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel^{[notes 2]}

Attendance: 10,898

Referee: Nassiri (Iran)

Israel advanced to the Final Round. North Korea refused to play in Israel^[4] and were officially withdrawn by FIFA on 5 June 1969.^[5]

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	1970 FIFA World Cup
2	Australia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: RSSSF

4 December 1969

Israel	1–0	Australia
Spiegel 18'	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan

Attendance: 41,899

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

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14 December 1969

Australia	1–1	Israel
Watkiss 88'		Spiegler 79'

Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney

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
Israel	Final round winners	14 December 1969	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Tom McColl

3 goals

• Mordechai Spiegler

2 goals

• Ray Baartz
• Johnny Watkiss
• Yehoshua Feigenbaum
• Giora Spiegel
• Teruki Miyamoto
• Bobby Chalmers
• Jeong Kang-ji
• Park Soo-il

1 goal

• Willie Rutherford
• Johnny Warren
• Yasuyuki Kuwahara
• Masashi Watanabe
• Kim Ki-bok
• Lee Yi-woo

1 own goal

• David Zeman (playing against Israel)
• Aritatsu Ogi (playing against Australia)
• Phillemon Tegire (playing against Australia)

Notes

1. All matches were played on neutral ground in Mozambique due to visa issues for the Rhodesian team.
2. Both matches were played in Israel.