1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament

The 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.[1] Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 21 March to 2 April. Eight clubs were split in two groups of four and the group winners and the runners-up advanced to semifinals. Jardine Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament.

1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates21 March – 2 April 1971
Teams8
Venue(s)Bangkok
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd title)
Runners-up Al-Shorta
(withdrew)
Third place Taj Tehran
Fourth place ROK Army
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored67 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ghanim Abdul-Hamid
Shlomo Gerbi
Ali Al-Mulla
(4 goals each)

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) recorded their second Asian title after Al-Shorta (IRQ) refused to play against them in protest at the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Al-Shorta players waved the Palestinian flag and the Iraqi flag around the field.

Al-Shorta were regarded as the winners of the tournament in the Iraqi media (the Al-Mal'ab newspaper headline the following day read: "The Champions of Asia Return to Baghdad") and were greeted with a heroes' reception upon their return to the country, holding an open top bus parade and later adding a star above their logo.[2]

Participants

Participants
Team Qualifying method
FC Punjab Police Selected by All India Football Federation
Taj Tehran 1970 Local League champions
Al-Shorta 1969–70 Iraqi Central Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1969–70 Liga Leumit champions
Al Arabi 1969–70 Kuwaiti Premier League champions
Perak FA 1970 Malaysia Cup champions
ROK Army 1970 Korean National Football Championship champions
Bangkok Bank FC Selected by Football Association of Thailand

Result

Preliminary Round

These were the group allocation matches. Each group consisted of two winners and two losers from this round. The draw for the preliminary round was re-made after Al-Shorta refused to play Maccabi Tel-Aviv as had been scheduled in the original draw.

ROK Army 21 Bangkok Bank FC
Al-Shorta 32 Taj Tehran
Al Arabi 81 FC Punjab Police
Maccabi Tel Aviv 10 Perak FA

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Taj Tehran 53210514
ROK Army 43201523
Al Arabi 33111312
Perak FA 03003099
Match 1 Al Arabi 30 Perak
Match 2 Taj Tehran 21 ROK Army
Match 3 ROK Army 30 Perak
Match 4 Taj Tehran 00 Al Arabi
Match 5 Taj Tehran 30 Perak
Match 6 ROK Army 10 Al Arabi

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Maccabi Tel Aviv 633001129
Al-Shorta 43201844
Bangkok Bank FC 23102363
FC Punjab Police 0300321210
Match 1 Bangkok Bank 20 Punjab
Match 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 1 Al-Shorta
Match 3 Maccabi Tel Aviv 41 Punjab
Match 4 Al-Shorta 20 Bangkok Bank
Match 5 Al-Shorta 61 Punjab
Match 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv 41 Bangkok Bank

1: Al-Shorta withdrew from this match, awarded to Maccabi.

Semi-finals


Third Place Match


Final


1 The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded the championship as Al-Shorta players waved Iraqi and Palestinian flags around the pitch, refusing to play the Israeli side for political reasons.

References

  1. "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. Arabic Post - The History of Stars on Football Shirts
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