1971 Copa Perú

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The 1971 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1971), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

Copa Perú
Season1971
ChampionsMelgar
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerLuis Ponce Arroé (7)
Highest scoringUnión Tumán 4–3 Cienciano
Only National Stage taken into consideration
1970
1972

In this tournament, after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided qualified a team. Those teams, plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

Three teams were promoted to play in 1971 First Division.

Finalists teams

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The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.

Department Team Location
Ancash José Gálvez Ancash
Arequipa Melgar Arequipa
Cusco Cienciano Cusco
Lima Social Huando Huaral
Lambayeque Unión Tumán Tumán
Loreto CNI Iquitos

Final stage

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Final group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Melgar 5 3 2 0 13 4 +9 8 Promoted to 1971 Torneo Descentralizado
2 Unión Tumán 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 7
3 José Gálvez 5 3 1 1 6 7 −1 7
4 CNI 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 6
5 Cienciano 5 1 0 4 8 9 −1 2
6 Social Huando 5 0 0 5 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

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25 April 1971 CNI 3–0 Cienciano Nacional, Lima
25 April 1971 Unión Tumán 1–0 Social Huando Nacional, Lima

Round 2

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28 April 1971 Melgar 5–1 Social Huando Nacional, Lima

Round 3

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2 May 1971 CNI 2–1 Social Huando Nacional, Lima

Round 4

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5 May 1971 José Gálvez 1–0 Social Huando Nacional, Lima

Round 5

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8 May 1971 Cienciano 5–0 Social Huando Nacional, Lima
8 May 1971 Melgar 1–1 CNI Nacional, Lima


 Copa Perú
1971 winners 
Melgar
First title
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