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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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