Liedjes Voetbal Steekspel 1970

This was the sixth Liedjes Voetbal Steekspel to be held. Initially scheduled for 1967, the tournament was pushed back to 1970 to allow breathing room for the countries taking part. International world cups every two years put many teams at risk and so it was decided in early 1967 that tournaments would happen every 4 years. This new system would begin in the new decade, with the sixth tournament taking place in Summer 1970. This left 5 years between the 1965 and the 1970 tournament with no major football games, for the first time since before the 1957 tournament. Qualifiers for the 1970 World Cup would take place at different times. The European Qualifiers would take place in September 1966 as it was assumed the tournament would still take place in 1967. South American qualifiers happened in late 1967. Asia, who would not normally host qualifiers, decided to host a qualifying round in June 1968 in preparation.

Africa managed to scramble together a qualifying round too, which they would not normally do, which occurred in early 1969. North America continued their new North American National Cup in late 1969. Oceania had no qualifiers, but some Oceanian nations would take part in the European or Asian qualifiers. For this event, Europe had been given 20 spots, South America had been given 5 spots, North America, Asia and Africa were each given 2 spots. The final spot was taken by the host country, this time being Italy.

won the hosting rights to the 1970 contest in the 1964 vote. Having come runner-up for every World Cup thus far, and winning one themselves, they easily won the bid. Other bids included:
 * , with the final in Mexico City
 * , with the final in Madrid
 * and joint bid, with the final in Tokyo
 * , with the final in Sydney

=European Qualifiers (1966)=

Group A
Australia and New Zealand participated, but if they qualified, they would automatically give up their position to the nation below.

Group C

 *  Czechoslovakia
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR
 * SSR

Group D


=South American Qualifiers (1967)=

=Asian Qualifiers (1968)=
 * North Vietnam
 * North Vietnam
 * North Vietnam
 * North Vietnam

=African Qualifiers (1969)=

=North American National Cup (1969)= =Liedjes Voetbal Steekspal 1970=