1971 Cyrus International Tournament

The Cyrus International Tournament (Persian: تورنمنت بین المللی کورش) or simply Cyrus Cup (Persian: جام کورش) was a friendly football tournament held in Tehran, Iran between June 25 to July 4, 1971. As this tournament was held at the same year of the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy celebrating the foundation of Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great the name Cyrus was given to the tournament.

1971 Cyrus International Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates25 June 4 July
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)? (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Argeș Pitești
Third place Turkey U23
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s) Safar Iranpak

This tournament was won by Iran who also managed to qualify from Asia for the 1972 Olympic Games the following year.

Participant teams

The tournament's participants were from three confederations.

Iran AFC
Zamalek SC CAF
Morocco XI CAF
Austria (Amateur) UEFA
FC Zbrojovka Brno UEFA
Netherlands (Amateur) UEFA
Turkey U23 UEFA
Argeș Pitești UEFA

Results

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6330061+5
Turkey U23 33111220
FC Zbrojovka Brno 2302123-1
Netherlands (Amateur) 1301226-4
Iran3 – 0 (1-0) Netherlands (Amateur)
Homayoon Behzadi  34'
Safar Iranpak  59'
Ali Jabbari  77'
[ Report]

Turkey U230-0[1] FC Zbrojovka Brno
[ Report]

Iran1 – 0 (1-0) Turkey U23
Ali Jabbari  19' [ Report]

Netherlands (Amateur)1 – 1 (0-1) FC Zbrojovka Brno
Frits Verheuvel  66' [ Report] Vítězslav Kotásek  14'

Iran2 – 1 (1-1) FC Zbrojovka Brno
Gholam Hossein Mazloomi  31'
Safar Iranpak  79'
[ Report] Zdeněk Konečný  38'

Netherlands (Amateur)1 – 2 (0-1) Turkey U23
Ab Gritter  56' [ Report] Haydar Tuncer  ?'
 ?'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Argeș Pitești 5321040+4
Austria (Amateur) 4320146-1
Zamalek SC ?3??????
Morocco XI ????????
Austria (Amateur)0 – 3 (0-1) Argeș Pitești
[ Report]

Morocco XI?-? Zamalek SC
[ Report]

Austria (Amateur)3 – 2 Zamalek SC
J. Wallner  11'
Siegmar Kreisern  15'
Alois Hruby  19'
[ Report]

Argeș Pitești0 – 0 Morocco XI
[ Report]

Austria (Amateur)1 – 0 Morocco XI
Ernst Knorrek  ?' [ Report]

Argeș Pitești1-0 Zamalek SC
[ Report]

Semi finals

Iran3 – 1 (2-0) Austria (Amateur)
Homayoon Behzadi  19'
Safar Iranpak  27'
Asghar Sharafi  56'
[ Report]

Argeș Pitești1 – 0 Turkey U23
[ Report]

Third Place

Turkey U232 – 1[2] Austria (Amateur)
[ Report]

Final

Iran1 – 0 (0-0) Argeș Pitești
Safar Iranpak  56' [ Report]

Top scorers

Squads

References

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