1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament

1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Maccabi Tel Aviv players with the trophy
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates21 March – 2 April 1971
Teams8
Venue(s)Bangkok
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd title)
Runners-up Aliyat Al-Shorta
Third place Taj Tehran
Fourth place ROK Army
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Sabah Hatem
Shlomo Gerbi
Ali Al-Mulla
(4 goals each)
Best goalkeeper Sattar Khalaf
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The 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.[1] 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[2] while the AFC and Thai FA arranged a match between Maccabi and a Combined Bangkok team that was played in lieu of the final.

Participants

Participants
Team Qualifying method
Punjab 1970–71 Santosh Trophy champions
Taj Tehran 1970–71 Local League champions
Aliyat Al-Shorta 1969–70 Iraq Central FA Premier League champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1969–70 Liga Leumit champions
Al-Arabi 1969–70 Kuwaiti Premier League champions
Perak FA 1970 Malaysia Cup champions
ROK Army 1970 Korean National Football Championship champions
Bangkok Bank Selected by Football Association of Thailand

Teams location

Location of the 1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament teams
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B

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.

Bangkok Bank 1–2 ROK Army
Muankasem 79'
  • Kim Chong-Ho 23'
  • Choi Sang-Chul 32'
Attendance: 8000
Aliyat Al-Shorta 3–2 Taj Tehran
  • Abdul-Hameed 2'
  • Ismail 35', 65'
 Mazloumi 23', 81'
Al-Arabi 8–1 Punjab
  • Shehata 13', 50'
  • Fahad 28'
  • Al-Mulla 31', 36', 61', 68'
  • Basry 63'
 Surjeet Singh 17'
Attendance: 3000
Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0 Perak FA
Nimni 20'

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Taj Tehran 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 4
ROK Army 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 3
Al-Arabi 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 2
Perak FA 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9
Al-Arabi 3–0 Perak FA
Attendance: 10,000
Taj Tehran 2–1 ROK Army
Hajghasem 43', 67' Lim Tae-Joo 46'
ROK Army 3–0 Perak FA
Attendance: 9000
Taj Tehran 0–0 Al-Arabi
Taj Tehran 3–0 Perak FA
Attendance: 8000
ROK Army 1–0 Al-Arabi
Park Yi-Chun 73'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 3 3 0 0 11 2 9
Aliyat Al-Shorta 4 3 2 0 1 8 4 4
Bangkok Bank 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
Punjab 0 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10
Bangkok Bank 2–0 Punjab
  • Pisetsamrascheep 5'
  • Daencharoenvanakit 7'
Attendance: 8000
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 1 Aliyat Al-Shorta
Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 Punjab
 Surjeet Singh 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 9000
Bangkok Bank 0–2 Aliyat Al-Shorta
  • Abdul-Hameed 75'
  • Hatem 82'
Aliyat Al-Shorta 6–1 Punjab
 Sukhwinder Singh 78'
Bangkok Bank 1–4 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Suvanthada 65'
  • Gerbi 10'
  • Bar-Nur 20', 29'
  • Spiegel 32'

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 ROK Army
Gerbi 29', 63'
Aliyat Al-Shorta 2–0 Taj Tehran
  • Hussein 6'
  • Ismail 81'
Attendance: 12,000

Third-place match

Taj Tehran 3–2 ROK Army
  • Chung Kyu-Poong 63'
  • Lim Tae-Joo 87'
Attendance: 3000

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv w/o 1 Aliyat Al-Shorta

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.

Combined Bangkok 1–2 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sondhikan 6' Bar-Nur 2', 61'

References

  1. ^ "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ Arabic Post - The History of Stars on Football Shirts
  3. ^ Maccabi to the semi-finals in Bangkok; beat Punjab 4:1 Davar, 28 March 1971, Page 12, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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