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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
ChampionsIran Iran (1st title)
Runners-upRomania Argeș Pitești
Third placeTurkey Turkey U23
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Iran 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

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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

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Iran 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5
  Turkey U23 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
  FC Zbrojovka Brno 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1
  Netherlands (Amateur) 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
  Iran3 – 0 (1-0)  Netherlands (Amateur)
Homayoun 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

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Argeș Pitești 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4
  Austria (Amateur) 4 3 2 0 1 4 6 -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

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  Iran3 – 1 (2-0)  Austria (Amateur)
Homayoun Behzadi   19'
Safar Iranpak   27'
Asghar Sharafi   56'		 [ Report]
Referee:   Keith Walker
  Argeș Pitești1 – 0  Turkey U23
[ Report]

Third Place

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

Final

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

Top scorers

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Squads

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Argeș Pitești

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Main article: FC Argeș Pitești

Austria (Amateur)

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Main article: Austria national football team

Iran

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Main article: Iran national football team

Morocco XI

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Main article: Morocco national football team

Netherlands (Amateur)

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Main article: Netherlands national football team

Turkey U23

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Main article: Turkey national under-21 football team

Zamalek SC

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Main article: Zamalek SC

FC Zbrojovka Brno

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Main article: FC Zbrojovka Brno

References

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  1. ^ "Cyrus (Kourosh) Cup 1971 (Iran)".
  2. ^ "The Roon Ba-Cyrus the Great Cup (Teheran 1971)". 14 May 2013.
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