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1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament

Maccabi Tel Aviv players with the trophy
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 March – 2 April 1971
Teams	8
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. 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 for political reasons. During the award ceremony, Aliyat Al-Shorta players waved the Palestinian flag around the field, 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 Police	Selected by All India Football Federation
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

Results

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'

Aliyat Al-Shorta	3–2	Taj Tehran
Abdul-Hameed 2' Ismail 35', 65'		Mazloumi 23', 81'

Al-Arabi	8–1	Punjab Police
Shehata 13', 50' Fahad 28' Al-Mulla 31', 36', 61', 68' Basry 63'		Surjeet Singh 17'

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
Fahad 17' Shehata 66' Basry 73'

Taj Tehran	2–1	ROK Army
Hajghasem 43', 67'		Lim Tae-Joo 46'

ROK Army	3–0	Perak FA
Choi Sang-Chul 19' Park Yi-Chun 56' Chung Kyu-Poong 78'

Taj Tehran	0–0	Al-Arabi

Taj Tehran	3–0	Perak FA
Mojdehi 58' Lavasani 62' Wong Hee Kok 66' (o.g.)

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 Police	0	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10

Bangkok Bank	2–0	Punjab Police
Pisetsamrascheep 5' Daencharoenvanakit 7'

Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Aliyat Al-Shorta

Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Punjab Police
Nimni 10' Gerbi 16' Spiegel 39' Bar-Nur 71'		Surjeet Singh 83' (pen.)

Bangkok Bank	0–2	Aliyat Al-Shorta
		Abdul-Hameed 75' Hatem 82'

Aliyat Al-Shorta	6–1	Punjab Police
Hatem 23', 53', 62' Nouri 50', 87' Ravi Kumar 64' (o.g.)		Sukhwinder Singh 78'

Bangkok Bank	1–4	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Suvanthada 65'		Gerbi 10' Bar-Nur 20', 29' Spiegel 32'

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

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'

Third-place match

Taj Tehran	3–2	ROK Army
Hajghasem 19' Mazloumi 57' Jabbari 80'		Chung Kyu-Poong 63' Lim Tae-Joo 87'

Final

Maccabi Tel Aviv	w/o	Aliyat Al-Shorta

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. Mukherjee, Soham (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
4. Maccabi to the semi-finals in Bangkok; beat Punjab 4:1 Davar, 28 March 1971, Page 12, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

External links

• Asian Club Competitions 1971 at RSSSF.com

• 1971 in AFC football
• Asian Champion Club Tournament seasons
• International club association football competitions hosted by Thailand
• 1971 in Thai sport