Editing 1970 FIFA World Cup (section)

==Venues==
Five stadiums in five cities were selected to host the World Cup matches. Alternative venues in [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo state]] and the port city of [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] were also considered.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FskqAAAAIBAJ&dq=guillermo%20ca%C3%B1edo%201970&pg=6406%2C14687084|newspaper=[[La Nación]] |title=Del 31 de mayo al 21 de junio de 1970|language=es|date=30 June 1967}}</ref> Each group was based solely in one city with exception of Group 2, which was staged in both [[Puebla, Puebla|Puebla]] and [[Toluca]]. Aside from the [[Estadio Nemesio Díez|Estadio Luis Dosal]], all the stadia had only been constructed during the 1960s, as Mexico prepared to host both the World Cup and the [[1968 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/219741762.html?dids=219741762:219741762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Oct+19%2C+1967&author=By+Cliff+Gewecke+Sports+correspondent+of+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Building+for+the+future&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624223150/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/219741762.html?dids=219741762:219741762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Oct+19,+1967&author=By+Cliff+Gewecke+Sports+correspondent+of+The+Christian+Science+Monitor&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Building+for+the+future&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|title=Building for the future|date=19 October 1967}}</ref> The stadium construction cost for the four smaller venues were around US$11 million, while the final stadium in Mexico City cost US$20 million.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fett|first=Matthias|date=2020-07-02|title=The game has changed – a systematic approach to classify FIFA World Cups|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978|journal=International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics|language=en|volume=12|issue=3|pages=455–470|doi=10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978|s2cid=221714908|issn=1940-6940}}</ref>

The altitude of the venues varied and [[Effects of high altitude on humans|the importance of acclimatisation]] was strongly considered by all the participating teams. As a result, in contrast to the previous tournament staged in England, most teams arrived in the region well in advance of their opening fixtures [[Altitude training|to prepare for this factor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=krtJAAAAIBAJ&dq=altitude%20world%20cup&pg=1122%2C3742307|work=[[Meriden Journal]] |title=Altitude bugs soccer players|date=2 June 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=acgyAAAAIBAJ&dq=altitude%20world%20cup&pg=4025%2C296813|newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |title=Problem of altitude|date=2 June 1970}}</ref> Some teams had already experienced the local conditions when competing in the [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|football competition at 1968 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Technical Report"/> At an elevation in excess of {{convert|2660|m|-1}} [[Height above mean sea level|above sea level]], [[Toluca]] was the highest of the venues; [[Guadalajara]] was the lowest at {{convert|1500|m|-1|abbr=on}}. In addition to the altitude, all five locations had hot and rainy weather where temperatures would regularly go past 32&nbsp;°C (90&nbsp;°F).

Of the five stadia used for the 32 matches played, the largest and most utilised venue was the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, which hosted 10 total matches including the final and third place matches, and all of Group 1's matches (which included all of host Mexico's matches). The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted eight matches including all of Group 3's matches and a semi-final. The Nou Camp Stadium in Leon hosted seven matches, which consisted of all of Group 4's matches and a quarter-final match. The Luis Dosal stadium in Toluca hosted four matches, and Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla hosted three matches and was the only stadium of the five used for this tournament not to host any knockout rounds.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
![[Mexico City]], [[Federal District (Mexico)|Federal District]]
![[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]
![[Puebla City]], [[Puebla]]
![[Toluca]], [[State of Mexico]]
![[León, Guanajuato|León]], [[Guanajuato]]
|-
|[[Estadio Azteca]]
|[[Estadio Jalisco]]
|[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]]
|[[Estadio Nemesio Díez|Estadio Luis Dosal]]
|[[Estadio León|Estadio Nou Camp]]
|-
|Capacity: '''107,247'''
|Capacity: '''71,100'''
|Capacity: '''35,563'''
|Capacity: '''26,900'''
|Capacity: '''23,609'''
|-
|[[File:Estadio Azteca 07a.jpg|alt=|200x200px]]
|[[File:Estadio jalisco.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Puebla FC vs León FC.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Nemesio diez.JPG|200px]]
|[[File:EstadioLeon.jpg|200px]]
|-
! colspan="5"|{{Location map+|Mexico|width=600|float=center|places=
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{{Location map~|Mexico|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=21.116667|lon_deg=-101.683333|position=top|label=[[León, Guanajuato|León]]}}
{{Location map~|Mexico|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=19.433333|lon_deg=-99.133333|position=top|label=[[Mexico City]]}}
{{Location map~|Mexico|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=19.051389|lon_deg=-98.217778|position=right|label=[[Puebla City|Puebla]]}}
{{Location map~|Mexico|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=19.2925|lon_deg=-99.656944|position=bottom|label=[[Toluca]]}}
|caption=}}
|}