Iran. In 1970-71 the first national championship was organized.
Regional Stage Region A (Kerman) Final Table: 1.Paykan 4 3 0 1 24- 9 7 Qualified 2.Taj Abadan 4 2 2 0 9- 4 6 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Rah Kerman 4 1 2 1 4- 5 4 4.Khane Javanan Isfahan 4 1 2 1 9-14 4 5.Arash Bandar Anzali 4 0 0 4 6-20 0 NB: in the final group stage, Perspolis Tehran entered instead of Paykan Region B (Rezaeieh) Final Table: 1.Taj Tehran 3 3 0 0 6- 1 6 Qualified 2.Kargar Abadan 3 2 0 1 5- 3 4 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Perspolis Rezayeh 3 1 0 2 1- 3 2 4.Pas Hamedan 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0 Region C (Rasht) Reported Final Tables: Group A 1.Pas Tehran 3 3 0 0 12- 3 6 Rasht Semifinals 2.Give Bandar Pahlavi 3 2 0 1 12- 7 4 Rasht Semifinals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Taj Gonbad 3 2 0 1 8- 7 4 4.Taj Tascht 3 0 0 3 4-13 0 NB: 2 more wins than losses, overall goal difference +6 Group B 1.Arya Mashhad 2 2 0 0 3- 0 4 Rasht Semifinals 2.Taj Khorramabad 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2 Rasht Semifinals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Taj Tabriz 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0 Semifinals Pas Tehran 7-1 Taj Khorramabad Arya Mashhad 1-1 Give Bandar Pahlavi [4-3 pen] Third Place Match Give Bandar Pahlavi 8-0 Taj Khorramabad Final Pas Tehran 2-2 Arya Mashhad [3-2 pen] NB: both finalists qualified for final group stage Region D (Isfahan) Reported Final Tables: Group A 1.Taj Ahvaz 3 3 0 0 15- 2 6 Isfahan Semifinals 2.Bargh Tehran 3 2 0 1 8- 5 4 Isfahan Semifinals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Pas Mashhad 3 1 0 2 5- 7 2 4.Taj Kohgiluyet 3 0 0 3 2-16 0 Group B 1.Javanan Isfahan 2 1 1 0 5- 2 3 Isfahan Semifinals 2.Taj Shiraz 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 Isfahan Semifinals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Sahand Tabriz 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1 NB: overall goal difference +1 Semifinals Taj Shiraz 3-2 Taj Ahvaz Javahan Isfahan 0-4 Bargh Tehran Third Place Match Javanan Isfahan 0-2 Taj Ahvaz Final Taj Shiraz 0-1 Bargh Tehran NB: both finalists qualified for final group stage Final Group Stage NB: it is not clear why Perspolis Tehran entered instead of Paykan Group A 1.Pas Tehran 3 3 0 0 9- 2 6 Qualified 2.Perspolis Tehran 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Taj Shiraz 3 1 0 2 3- 8 2 4.Bargh Tehran 3 0 0 3 0- 9 0 Group B 1.Taj Tehran 3 1 2 0 7- 2 4 Qualified 2.Taj Abadan 3 1 2 0 4- 2 4 Qualified - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Kargar Abadan 3 1 2 0 5- 4 4 4.Arya Mashhad 3 0 0 3 2-10 0 NB: tie-breaker goal difference Semifinals Pas Tehran 4–2 Taj Abadan Taj Tehran awd Perspolis Tehran [awarded 3-0, abandoned at 1-1 in 80'; Perspolis walked off] Third Place Match Taj Abadan w/o Perspolis Tehran [Perspolis dns] Final Taj Tehran 2–1 Pas Tehran [Gholamhosein Mazlomi 3, Akbar Kargarjam 33; Asgahr Sharafi 9] Final Ranking: 1.Taj Tehran 2.Pas Tehran 3.Taj Abadan 4.Perspolis TehranTaj (Tehran) was the first champion of Iran. NB: Taj Tehran renamed Esteghlal after islamic revolution 1979 ('Taj' means 'crown' and so referred directly to the shah)
Maccabi (Tel-Aviv) returned home with the Asian trophy – their second and last. Politics gravely affected the Asian competitions and soon Israel will be banned from participating just like South Africa in Africa. The Asian Champions’ Cup was cancelled in 1972, when some clubs withrew for financial reasons and Racing (Beirut) refused to play because of Maccabi (Natanya) presence – with that the Asian Champions’ Cup vanished until 1986.
First African Champions’ Cup for Canon (Yaounde) and second for Cameroon. Scandalous final, but Canon was awarded.
The heroes one by one. Only the French paid attention to the unknown African players – among them the great Jean Manga-Onguene. The centre-forward never moved to European club.
2.CD Saprissa 30 20 3 7 63-33 43
Alajuelense – champion.
Toronto Metros 24 5 9 10 32 47 89 .395 5,993
Washington Darts 24 8 10 6 36 34 111 .541 3,262
Atlanta defeated New York 0-1 (OT), 2-0
Atlanta Chiefs finished second.
Dallas Tornado was the 1971 NASL champion.
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San Luis (Potosi) won the championship and got promotion to the top level. 
1. Toluca 34 14 15 5 38 21 43 1.81 (playoffs)
3. Zacatepec 34 14 10 10 39 37 38 1.05
4. Cruz Azul 34 11 15 8 39 39 37 1.00 [Ciudad Cooperativa]
6. Necaxa 34 10 11 13 44 39 31 1.13 [Ciudad de México]
7. Irapuato 34 8 13 13 34 53 29 0.64
8. Laguna 34 10 8 16 37 47 28 0.79 [Torreón]
9. Atlas 34 5 12 17 32 48 22 0.67 (relegation playoffs) [Guadalajara]
1. América 34 17 10 7 56 33 44 1.70 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México]
2. Monterrey 34 15 10 9 46 37 40 1.24
3. León 34 14 10 10 50 41 38 1.22
6. Puebla 34 11 10 13 43 49 32 0.88
8. Guadalajara 34 11 8 15 34 44 30 0.77
9. Pachuca 34 11 7 16 38 46 29 0.83 (relegation playoffs)
Toluca ended with silver medals.
Champion: AMÉRICA
Relegated: Atlas
Standing from left: Alfonso Estupiñan, Calvo, “Pipas” Calvo, Zúñiga, Emilio Sagot, Walter Elizondo. Crouching: Errol Daniels, Floyd Daniels, Roy Saénz, Mario Vega, Nuñez.
Standing from left: Alfonso Estupiñan, Calvo, “Pipas” Calvo, Zúñiga, Emilio Sagot, Walter Elizondo. Crouching: Errol Daniels, Floyd Daniels, Roy Saénz, Mario Vega, Nuñez. Third consecutive victory for Cruz Azul. The final was played in 1972, which affected Copa Interamericana as well. Actual photos from the final seemingly doesn’t exist, so substitutes.
Cruz Azul (Mexico City) lost the trophy by single goal. The photo is not from the contest, but at least is from 1971-72 season.
Nacional (Montevideo) prevailed with difficulty and won the trophy. Thus, 1971 was a great international success and in the same time not so great, for Copa Interamericana was played in 1972 – counting for 1971, but already the squad was slightly different than the one from the previous year. By default, Nacional was the 1971 king of South America, both Americas, and the world.