Mexico 1970

 

Mexico 1970.

Extraordinary Tournament

Due to celebration in Mexico of the IX World Championship, the Mexican FA decided to play this special tournament
in two phases (before and after of the World Cup)

16 teams were seeded in two groups of 8 teams each one, first four places of each group advanced to "Championship Group"
and the last four teams of each group played in "Consolation Group".

Originally, Laguna (last place of the 1969-70 season) had to play against the last place of the Consolation Group in a 
playoff relegation series, however for expansion to 18 teams for the 1970-71 season this series was cancelled, so there was no relegation
This tournament is counted as championship league
FINAL TABLES

Championship Group

                       M       W       T       L       GF:GA   DIF     PTS
 1. Cruz Azul           14      10      1       3       26:15   +9      21 (champion)[Ciudad Cooperativa]
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 2. Guadalajara         14      7       5       2       21:11   +10     19
 3. León                14      7       4       3       22:15   +7      18
 4. Toluca              14      7       3       4       26:15   +11     17 
 5. Pachuca             14      6       1       7       21:24   -3      13
 6. Atlas               14      3       4       7       13:23   -10     10 [Guadalajara]
 7. Monterrey           14      2       5       7       13:20   -7      9
 8. Torreón             14      2       1       11      12:31   -19     5

Consolation Group
                        M       W       T       L       GF:GA   DIF     PTS
 1. UNAM                14      7       3       4       14:8    +6      17 [Ciudad de México]
 2. Laguna              14      6       5       3       17:12   +5      17 [Torreón]
 3. Veracruz            14      6       4       4       16:13   +3      16
 4. Atlante             14      4       7       3       16:13   +3      15 [Ciudad de México]
 5. Irapuato            14      5       5       4       15:17   -2      15
 6. América             14      4       6       4       13:12   +1      14 [Ciudad de México]
 7. Necaxa              14      3       5       6       13:18   -9      11 [Ciudad de México]
 8. Oro                 14      2       3       9       10:21   -11     7  [Guadalajara]

Changes for the next season:
Oro changes its name to Jalisco (Gallos) (November 23)

Promoted: Zacatepec (2nd Division Champion 1969-70)
          Puebla (winner of promotional tournament between Unión de Curtidores, Nacional and Naucalpan)
Relegated: none

Cruz Azul – 1970 champion of Mexico.