1971 Cyrus International Tournament

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1971 Cyrus International Cup
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates 25 June – 4 July
Teams 8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) ? (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Romania FC Arges Pitesti
Third place Turkey Turkey U23
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Top scorer(s) Iran Safar Iranpak

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.

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 Iran AFC
Egypt Zamalek SC CAF
Morocco Morocco XI CAF
Austria Austria (Amateur) UEFA
Czechoslovakia FC Zbrojovka Brno UEFA
Netherlands Netherlands (Amateur) UEFA
Turkey Turkey U23 UEFA
Romania FC Arges Pitesti UEFA

Results

Group stage

Group A

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

June 25, 1971
Iran Iran 3 – 0 (1-0) Netherlands Netherlands (Amateur)
Homayoon Behzadi Goal 34'
Safar Iranpak Goal 59'
Ali Jabbari Goal 77'
[ Report]


June 27, 1971
Iran Iran 1 – 0 (1-0) Turkey Turkey U23
Ali Jabbari Goal 19' [ Report]

June 27, 1971
Netherlands Netherlands (Amateur) 1 – 1 (0-1) Czechoslovakia FC Zbrojovka Brno
Frits Verheuvel Goal 66' [ Report] Kutask Goal 14'

June 29, 1971
Iran Iran 2 – 1 (1-1) Czechoslovakia FC Zbrojovka Brno
Gholam Hossein Mazloomi Goal ?'
Safar Iranpak Goal ?'
[ Report]

June 29, 1971
Netherlands Netherlands (Amateur) 1 – 2 (0-1) Turkey Turkey U23
Ab Gritter Goal 56' [ Report] Haydar Tuncer Goal ?'
Goal ?'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Romania FC Arges Pitesti 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4
Austria Austria (Amateur) 4 3 2 0 1 4 6 -1
Egypt Zamalek SC ? 3 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Morocco Morocco XI ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

June 26, 1971
Morocco Morocco XI  ?-? Egypt Zamalek SC
[ Report]

June 28, 1971
Austria Austria (Amateur) 3 – 2 Egypt Zamalek SC
J. Wallner Goal 11'
Siegmar Kreisern Goal 15'
Alois Hruby Goal 19'
[ Report]

June 28, 1971
Romania FC Arges Pitesti 0 – 0 Morocco Morocco XI
[ Report]



Semi finals

July 2, 1971
Iran Iran 3 – 1 (2-0) Austria Austria (Amateur)
Homayoon Behzadi Goal 19'
Safar Iranpak Goal 27'
Asghar Sharafi Goal 56'
[ Report]


Third Place


Final

July 4, 1971
Iran Iran 1 – 0 (0-0) Romania FC Argeş Piteşti
Safar Iranpak Goal 56' [ Report]

Top scorers

Squads

Romania FC Argeş Piteşti

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Austria Austria (Amateur)

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Iran Iran

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Morocco Morocco XI

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Netherlands Netherlands (Amateur)

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Turkey Turkey U23

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Egypt Zamalek SC

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References