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.

North Korea withdrew before the matches were played as they refused to play 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

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Australia	6	4	2	2	0	7	4	3
2	South Korea	4	4	1	2	1	6	5	1
3	Japan	2	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4

Australia advanced to the Second Round.

Second Round

Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1=	Australia	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
1=	Rhodesia	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0

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

Rhodesia  v  Australia

29 November 1969	Rhodesia	1 – 3	Australia	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
	Chalmers		Rutherford Warren	Referee: Ribeiro (Portugal)

Australia advanced to the Final Round.

Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Israel	4	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
2	New Zealand	0	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
—	North Korea	withdrew

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  v  Australia

4 December 1969

Israel	1 – 0	Australia
Zeman  16' (o.g.)	Report

Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Second Leg

Australia  v  Israel

14 December 1969

Australia	1 – 1	Israel
Watkiss  88'		79' Spiegler

Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Israel qualified.

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