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1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament


FieldValue
tourney_nameAsian Champion Club Tournament
image[[File:Maccabi Tel Aviv with Asian Club trophy (1971).jpg250px]]
captionMaccabi Tel Aviv players with the trophy
year1971
countryThailand
dates21 March – 2 April 1971
venuesBangkok
num_teams8
champion_otherISR Maccabi Tel Aviv
count2
second_otherIRQ Aliyat Al-Shorta
third_otherIran Taj Tehran
fourth_otherKOR ROK Army
top_scorerIRQ Sabah Hatem
ISR Shlomo Gerbi
KUW Ali Al-Mulla
(4 goals each)
goalkeeperSattar Khalaf
prevseason1970
nextseason1972

ISR Shlomo Gerbi KUW Ali Al-Mulla (4 goals each)

The 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament, with Jardine Hong Kong withdrawing before the draw. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 21 March to 2 April; it was originally scheduled to be held in Kuwait, but the AFC moved the tournament as Kuwaiti immigration laws would have seen the delegation of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv refused entry into the country.

The eight clubs were split in two groups of four, based on the results of a preliminary round, with the group winners and the runners-up advancing to the semifinals.

The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded their second Asian title after Iraqi club Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play them out of solidarity with Palestine: the AFC and Thai FA arranged a match between Maccabi and a Combined Bangkok team that was played in lieu of the final.

Participants

ParticipantsTeamQualifying method
India Punjab1970–71 Santosh Trophy champions
Iran Taj Tehran1970–71 Local League champions
Iraq Aliyat Al-Shorta1969–70 Iraq Central FA Premier League champions
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv1969–70 Liga Leumit champions
Kuwait Al-Arabi1969–70 Kuwaiti Premier League champions
Malaysia Perak FA1970 Malaysia Cup champions
KOR ROK Army1970 Korean National Football Championship champions
Thailand Bangkok BankSelected by Football Association of Thailand

Teams location

Preliminary round

These were the group allocation matches: each group consisted of two winners and two losers from this round.

Following the original draw, Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play their scheduled opponent Maccabi Tel Aviv: subsequently, a second draw was conducted.

  • Kim Chong-Ho
  • Choi Sang-Chul
  • Abdul-Hameed
  • Ismail

  • Shehata
  • Fahad
  • Al-Mulla
  • Basry

Group stage

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Iran Taj Tehran53210514
South Korea ROK Army43201523
KWT Al-Arabi33111312
MAS Perak FA0300309−9
  • Fahad
  • Shehata
  • Basry

  • Choi Sang-Chul
  • Park Yi-Chun
  • Chung Kyu-Poong

  • Mojdehi
  • Lavasani
  • Wong Hee Kok

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv633001129
IRQ Aliyat Al-Shorta43201844
THA Bangkok Bank2310236−3
IND Punjab03003212−10
  • Pisetsamrascheep
  • Daencharoenvanakit

  • Nimni
  • Gerbi
  • Spiegel
  • Bar-Nur
  • Abdul-Hameed
  • Hatem

  • Hatem
  • Nouri
  • Ravi Kumar
  • Gerbi
  • Bar-Nur
  • Spiegel

1 Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play for political reasons: the match was awarded to Maccabi 3–0.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals


  • Hussein
  • Ismail

Third-place match

  • Hajghasem
  • Mazloumi
  • Jabbari
  • Chung Kyu-Poong
  • Lim Tae-Joo

Final

1 The final was scratched and Maccabi Tel Aviv were awarded the championship after Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play for political reasons.

Exhibition match

This match was arranged by the AFC and the Thai FA, and was played in lieu of the final.

References

References

  1. (9 April 1997). "History of the Asian Club Championship".
  2. [https://arabicpost.net/sports/2018/12/28/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/ Arabic Post - The History of Stars on Football Shirts]
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