1971 Asian Champion Club Tournament

1971 Asian Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue(s)	Bangkok (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Shorta
Third place	Taj Club
Fourth place	ROK Army
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The Asian Club Championship 1971 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. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 21 to April 2. Eight clubs were split in two groups of four and the group winners and the runners-up advanced to semifinals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) clinched the second Asian title after defeating Al-Shorta (IRQ) by walkover in the final.

Result

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Taj Club	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

Match 1	Al Arabi	3–0	Perak
Match 2	Taj Club	2–1	ROK Army
Match 3	ROK Army	3–0	Perak
Match 4	Taj Club	0–0	Al Arabi
Match 5	Taj Club	3–0	Perak
Match 6	ROK Army	1–0	Al Arabi

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	3	3	0	0	11	2	9
Al-Shorta	4	3	2	0	1	8	4	4
Bangkok Bank FC	2	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3
FC Punjab Police	0	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10

Match 1	Bangkok Bank	2–0	Punjab
Match 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0 1	Al Shourta
Match 3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Punjab
Match 4	Al Shourta	2–0	Bangkok Bank
Match 5	Al Shourta	6–1	Punjab
Match 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	Bangkok Bank

Knockout Stage

Semifinal

	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	ROK Army	Bangkok, Thailand

	Al-Shorta	2–0	Taj Club	Bangkok, Thailand

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Third Place Match

	Taj Club	3–2	ROK Army	Bangkok, Thailand

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Final

	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 - 0 1	Al-Shorta	Bangkok, Thailand

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

Champions

Asian Club Championship 1971 Maccabi Tel Aviv Second Title

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1971 at RSSSF.com