1971 Balkans Cup

The 1971 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Panionios won the trophy.^[1]

1971 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Panionios
Runner-up	Besa Kavajë
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
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Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Besa Kavajë (A)	4	2	1	1	5	5	1.000	5	Advances to finals
2	FK Crvenka	4	1	2	1	7	6	1.167	4
3	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	4	1	1	2	6	7	0.857	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Etar Veliko Tarnovo	1–1	FK Crvenka

April 14, 1971 (1971-4-14)

Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

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FK Crvenka	4–2	Etar Veliko Tarnovo

April 28, 1971 (1971-4-28)

Crvenka, Crvenka

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Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0	Besa Kavajë

May 5, 1971 (1971-5-5)

Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

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Besa Kavajë	2–1	Etar Veliko Tarnovo

June 2, 1971 (1971-6-2)

Besa, Kavajë

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Besa Kavajë	1–0	FK Crvenka

June 23, 1971 (1971-6-23)

Besa, Kavajë

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FK Crvenka	2–2	Besa Kavajë

June 30, 1971 (1971-6-30)

Crvenka, Crvenka

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Panionios (A)	4	2	1	1	5	3	1.667	5	Advances to finals
2	Steagul Roșu Brașov	4	1	2	1	4	3	1.333	4
3	Altay	4	1	1	2	2	5	0.400	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Altay	2–1	Panionios
Böke 60', 85'		Dedes 77'

June 9, 1971 (1971-6-9)

Alsancak, İzmir

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Panionios	1–0	Altay
Pantazis 12'

June 23, 1971 (1971-6-23)

Nea Smyrni, Athens

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Steagul Roșu Brașov	3–0	Altay
Florescu 4' Györffy 62' Gergely 76'

August 8, 1971 (1971-8-8)

Tineretului, Brașov

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Altay	0–0	Steagul Roșu Brașov

August 15, 1971 (1971-8-15)

Alsancak, İzmir

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Steagul Roșu Brașov	1–1	Panionios

September 8, 1971 (1971-9-8)

Tineretului, Brașov

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Panionios	2–0	Steagul Roșu Brașov

October 27, 1971 (1971-10-27)

Nea Smyrni, Athens

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	3–2	Besa Kavajë	2–1	1–1

First leg

Panionios	2–1	Besa Kavajë
Sagoridis 3', 78' (pen.)		Bishtaja 41'

November 24, 1971 (1971-11-24)

Nea Smyrni, Athens

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Second leg

Besa Kavajë	1–1	Panionios
Merhori 48'		Dedes 43'

December 17, 1971 (1971-12-17)

Lokomotiva, Durrës

Panionios won 3–2 on aggregate.