1971 Cyrus International Tournament

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. == Participating teams == The tournament's participating teams were from three confederations. == Group stage == === Group A === === Group B === == Knockout stage == === Bracket === === Semi finals === === Third place match === === Final === == Top scorers == Safar Iranpak == References == == External links == https://web.archive.org/web/20101028113938/http://faghir.blog.com/ http://babakfaghir.blogfa.com/post-3.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20081217045832/http://perspolis-club.net/static.aspx?type=honor&lan=fa http://fa.shahrvand.com/2008-07-14-21-07-55/2008-07-14-21-09-22/1580-2008-11-26-16-22-03 http://www.tebyan.net/Sports/SpecialReports/SpecialReports/2004/7/31/7695.html http://arash1-football.blogfa.com/cat-1.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014927/http://www.iriff.ir/dictionary/files/match_information.asp?grp_id=141&grp_pid=254 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014941/http://www.iriff.ir/dictionary/files/match_information.asp?grp_id=143&grp_pid=257