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Contemporary era · 1970

Brazil wins a third World Cup

Pelé’s Brazil win in Mexico, become the first team to lift the trophy three times and keep the original Jules Rimet trophy. It is also the first World Cup broadcast in color.

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City · Unknown - Distributed by the Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1970
Where
Mexico
Era
Contemporary

Topics

FIFA World Cup1930 – todayMexico1466 – today

People

Before and after

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Sources: 1970 FIFA World Cup, كأس العالم 1970

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