All of the games in the 1970 competition were played in Switzerland. There were four participants from Italy, these being Bari,[1]Fiorentina,[2]Lazio[3] and Sampdoria,
and there were four from Switzerland: Zürich, Lugano, Young Boys and FC Basel. Each Italian team played against each of the Swiss teams. The Italians and the Swiss each formed their own league table. The winners of each group then matched in the final.