1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament

1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	April 1972
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Tehran

The 1972 Asian Champion Club Tournament was set to be the fifth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.[1] Seven clubs from seven countries were set to compete in the tournament. The tournament was set to be held in Tehran, Iran in April. Seven clubs were split in two groups and the group winners and the runners-up were set to advance to semifinals.

Before the start of the tournament, Kuwaiti club Al-Qadsia and Lebanese club Racing Beirut refused to commit to playing against Israeli club Maccabi Netanya if the situation arose, for political reasons, and Hong Kong Rangers withdrew from the tournament at short notice due to financial reasons, so the competition was cancelled.[2]

Participants

The seven participants would have been:[3]

Teams:
Team	Qualifying method
Hong Kong Rangers	1970–71 Hong Kong First Division League champions
Persepolis	1971 Local League champions
Maccabi Netanya	1970–71 Liga Leumit champions
Al-Qadsia	1970–71 Kuwaiti Premier League champions
Racing Beirut	1969–70 Lebanese Premier League champions
Korea University	1971 Korean National Football Championship champions
Port Authority of Thailand	Selected by Football Association of Thailand

Groups

The draw for the groups split the seven teams into two groups (one group of three, one group of four) before the tournament was cancelled.[3] The top two from each group were supposed to advance to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team
Maccabi Netanya
Hong Kong Rangers
Korea University

Group B

Team
Persepolis
Port Authority of Thailand
Al-Qadsia
Racing Beirut

References

"History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
"Asian Club Competitions 1972". RSSSF. 4 January 2018.
Maccabi Netanya players are about to go to the Asian Championship in Tehran Davar, 2 April 1972, Page 10, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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[1] "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[2] "Asian Club Competitions 1972". RSSSF. 4 January 2018.

[Davar-3] Maccabi Netanya players are about to go to the Asian Championship in Tehran Davar, 2 April 1972, Page 10, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)