1971 Cyrus International Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	25 June – 4 July
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue	1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Argeș Pitești
Third place	Turkey U21
Fourth place	Austria B
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	32 (2 per match)
Top scorer	Safar Iranpak (4 goals)

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.

The tournament's participating teams were from three confederations.

Iran	AFC
Zamalek SC	CAF
Morocco XI	CAF
Austria B	UEFA
FC Zbrojovka Brno	UEFA
Netherlands B	UEFA
Turkey U21	UEFA
Argeș Pitești	UEFA

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	6	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Turkey U21	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
FC Zbrojovka Brno	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
Netherlands B	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4

25 June 1971

Iran	3–0	Netherlands B
Behzadi 34' Iranpak 59' Jabbari 77'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Walker (England)

25 June 1971

Turkey U21	0–0	FC Zbrojovka Brno

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran^[1]

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Larva (Belgium)

27 June 1971

Iran	1–0	Turkey U21
Jabbari 19'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Walker (England)

27 June 1971

Netherlands B	1–1	FC Zbrojovka Brno
Verheuvel 66'		Kotásek 14'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Eschweiler (Germany)

29 June 1971

Iran	2–1	FC Zbrojovka Brno
Mazloomi 31' Iranpak 79'		Konečný 38'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Larva (Belgium)

29 June 1971

Netherlands B	1–2	Turkey U21
Gritter 56'		Tuncer 41', 59' (pen.)

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Eschweiler (Germany)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argeș Pitești	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Austria B	4	3	2	0	1	4	6	-1
Morocco XI	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Zamalek SC	0	3	0	0	3	2	5	-3

26 June 1971

Austria B	0–3	Argeș Pitești
		Jerkan 40' Frotila 53' Borjil 89'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Mozoun (Iran)

26 June 1971

Morocco XI	1–0	Zamalek SC
Bamous 72'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Abolhassan (Iran)

28 June 1971

Austria B	3–2	Zamalek SC
Wallner 11' Kreisern 15' Hruby 19'		El-Shazly 54' Shehata 81'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Barazandeh (Iran)

28 June 1971

Argeș Pitești	0–0	Morocco XI

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Namdar (Iran)

30 June 1971

Austria B	1–0	Morocco XI
Knorrek 27'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Danaeifard (Iran)

30 June 1971

Argeș Pitești	1–0	Zamalek SC
		Unseko 83'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Heidari (Iran)

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 July – Tehran
	Iran	3
					4 July – Tehran
	Austria B	1
					Iran	1
	2 July – Tehran
					Argeș Pitești	0
	Argeș Pitești	1
	Turkey U23	0
					Third place
					4 July – Tehran
					Turkey U21	2
					Austria B	1

2 July 1971

Iran	3–1	Austria B
Behzadi 19' Iranpak 27' Sharafi 56'		Knorrek 22'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Walker (England)

2 July 1971

Argeș Pitești	1–0	Turkey U21
Jerkan 78'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Eschweiler (Germany)

4 July 1971

Turkey U21	2–1	Austria B
Cetin 3' Fereydoun 84'		Fulhais 19'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran^[2]

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mozoun (Iran)

4 July 1971

Iran	1–0	Argeș Pitești
Iranpak 56'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Larva (Brlgium)

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