1971 Copa Perú

The 1971 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1971), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

Copa Perú

Season	1971
Champions	Melgar
Matches played	15
Goals scored	46 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luis Ponce Arroé (7)
Highest scoring	Unión Tumán 4–3 Cienciano Only National Stage taken into consideration
← 1970 1972 →

In this tournament, after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided qualified a team. Those teams, plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

Three teams were promoted to play in 1971 First Division.

Finalists teams

The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.

Department	Team	Location
Ancash	José Gálvez	Ancash
Arequipa	Melgar	Arequipa
Cusco	Cienciano	Cusco
Lima	Social Huando	Huaral
Lambayeque	Unión Tumán	Tumán
Loreto	CNI	Iquitos

Final stage

Final group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Melgar	5	3	2	0	13	4	+9	8	Promoted to 1971 Torneo Descentralizado
2	Unión Tumán	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	7
3	José Gálvez	5	3	1	1	6	7	−1	7
4	CNI	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	6
5	Cienciano	5	1	0	4	8	9	−1	2
6	Social Huando	5	0	0	5	2	14	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round 1

CNI v Cienciano

25 April 1971

CNI

3–0

Cienciano

Nacional, Lima

Melgar v José Gálvez

25 April 1971

Melgar

5–1

José Gálvez

Nacional, Lima

Unión Tumán v Social Huando

25 April 1971

Unión Tumán

1–0

Social Huando

Nacional, Lima

Round 2

José Gálvez v CNI

28 April 1971

José Gálvez

2–2

CNI

Nacional, Lima

Unión Tumán v Cienciano

28 April 1971

Unión Tumán

4–3

Cienciano

Nacional, Lima

Melgar v Social Huando

28 April 1971

Melgar

5–1

Social Huando

Nacional, Lima

Round 3

José Gálvez v Cienciano

2 May 1971

José Gálvez

1–0

Cienciano

Nacional, Lima

CNI v Social Huando

2 May 1971

CNI

2–1

Social Huando

Nacional, Lima

Melgar v Unión Tumán

2 May 1971

Melgar

1–1

Unión Tumán

Nacional, Lima

Round 4

José Gálvez v Social Huando

5 May 1971

José Gálvez

1–0

Social Huando

Nacional, Lima

Unión Tumán v CNI

5 May 1971

Unión Tumán

2–1

CNI

Nacional, Lima

Melgar v Cienciano

5 May 1971

Melgar

1–0

Cienciano

Nacional, Lima

Round 5

Cienciano v Social Huando

8 May 1971

Cienciano

5–0

Social Huando

Nacional, Lima

Melgar v CNI

8 May 1971

Melgar

1–1

CNI

Nacional, Lima

José Gálvez v Unión Tumán

10 May 1971

José Gálvez

1–0

Unión Tumán

Nacional, Lima

Copa Perú 1971 winners
Melgar First title

External links

• (in Spanish) Copa Peru 1971
• (in Spanish) Semanario Pasión