1972|1974|overview file In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de 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). Finalists teams (Note: After each team name, between brackets is the name of the city and department from which each team comes from): Cienciano (Cusco, Cusco) Colegio Nacional (Iquitos, Loreto) Deportivo Pucalá (Chiclayo, Lambayeque) Octavio Espinosa (Ica, Ica) Sider Perú (Chimbote, Ancash) Sportivo Huracán (Arequipa, Arequipa) Round 1 (Feb 3) Colegio Nacional - Cienciano 2-1 Deportivo Pucalá - Sider Perú 1-1 Sportivo Huracán - Octavio Espinosa 1-0 Round 2 (Feb 6) Sider Perú - Colegio Nacional 1-0 Cienciano - Octavio Espinosa 1-0 Sportivo Huracán - Deportivo Pucalá 1-0 Round 3 (Feb 9) Deportivo Pucalá - Octavio Espinosa 1-0 Cienciano - Sider Perú 3-1 Sportivo Huracán - Colegio Nacional 3-1 Round 4 (Feb 11) Deportivo Pucalá - Colegio Nacional 5-1 Octavio Espinosa - Sider Perú 2-1 Cienciano - Sportivo Huracán 1-0 Round 5 (Feb 15) Octavio Espinosa - Colegio Nacional 2-2 Cienciano - Deportivo Pucalá 1-1 Sportivo Huracán - Sider Perú 2-0 FINAL TABLE Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA 1. Sportivo Huracán ........... 8 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 1 - 7 - 2 [Promoted] 2. Cienciano .................. 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 4 [Promoted] 3. Deportivo Pucalá ........... 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 8 - 4 4. Octavio Espinosa ........... 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 6 5. Sider Perú ................. 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 8 6. Colegio Nacional ........... 3 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 12 [Promoted] Topscorer: José Valenza (Cienciano), 4 goals Notes: 1. Three teams were promoted as First Division was increased from 16 to 18 teams. 2. Although finishing in last place, Colegio Nacional was promoted as the Peruvian government issued a decree stating that the oriental zone of the country (from where Colegio Nacional came) should have a team in First Division. 1972|1974|overview file
Source: [FPF 97].
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