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 successfully managed to qualify from Asia for the 1972 Olympic Games the following year.
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| June 25, 1971 00:00 UTC-3 |
Iran | 3 – 0 | Netherlands Olympic | Tehran |
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| Homayoon Behzadi 34' Safar Iranpak 59' Ali Jabbari 77' |
[ Report] |
| June 27, 1971 00:00 UTC-3 |
Iran | 1 – 0 | Turkey U23 | Tehran |
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| Ali Jabbari 19' | [ Report] |
| June 29, 1971 00:00 UTC-3 |
Iran | 2 – 1 | Czechoslovakia U23 | Tehran |
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| [ Report] |
| July 2, 1971 00:00 UTC-3 |
Iran | 3 – 1 | Austria Olympic | Tehran |
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| Homayoon Behzadi 19' Safar Iranpak 27' Asghar Sharafi 56' |
[ Report] |
| July 4, 1971 00:00 UTC-3 |
Iran | 1 – 0 | FC Argeş Piteşti | Tehran |
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| Safar Iranpak 56' | [ Report] |