Named to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus (Kourosh) the Great.
All matches were played at the Amjadieh Stadium in Tehran.
Group A
25- 6 Iran 3-0 Netherlands Olympic [HT 1-0]
[Homayoun Behzadi 34', Safar Iranpak 59', Ali Jabbari 77']
[Att: 22000]
25- 6 Zbrojovka Brno 0-0 Turkey B
27- 6 Zbrojovka Brno 1-1 Netherlands Olympic
[Vítězslav Kotásek 14' / Frits Verheuvel 66']
27- 6 Iran 1-0 Turkey B
[Ali Jabbari 18']
[Att: 20000]
29- 6 Turkey B 2-1 Netherlands Olympic [HT 1-0]
[Haydar Tuncer x2 / Ab Gritter]
29- 6 Iran 2-1 Zbrojovka Brno [HT 1-1]
[Gholamhossein Mazloumi 31', Safar Iranpak 79' / Zdeněk Konečný 38']
[Att: 20000]
1.Iran (national team) 3 3 0 0 6- 1 6
2.Turkey B 3 1 1 1 2- 2 3
3.Zbrojovka Brno (Czechoslovakia) 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
4.Netherlands Olympic 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
Note: Zbrojovka Brno played under the name "Czechoslovakia B".
Likewise it is possible that Turkey B was a club in disguise.
Group B
26- 6 Austria Olympic 0-3 Argeş Piteşti [HT 0-1]
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26- 6 Zamalek - Morocco XI
28- 6 Morocco XI 0-0 Argeş Piteşti
28- 6 Austria Olympic 3-2 Zamalek
[J.Wallner 11', Siegmar Kreisern 15', Alois Hruby 19' / ?]
30- 6 Zamalek 0-1 Argeş Piteşti
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30- 6 Austria Olympic 1-0 Morocco XI
[Ernst Knorrek]
1.FC Argeş Piteşti (Romania) 3 2 1 0 4- 0 5
2.Austria Olympic 3 2 0 1 4- 5 4
.Morocco XI 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
.Zamalek SC (Egypt) 2 0 0 2 2- 4 0
Note: table without one missing result.
Semifinals
2- 7 Turkey B 0-1 Argeş Piteşti
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2- 7 Iran 3-1 Austria Olympic [HT 2-1]
[Homayoun Behzadi 19', Safar Iranpak 27', Asghar Sharafi 56' / Ernst Knorrek]
[Att: 30000]
Third place match
4- 7 Turkey B 2-1 Austria Olympic
[? / Helmut Füllenhals]
Final
4- 7 Iran 1-0 Argeş Piteşti [HT 0-0]
[Safar Iranpak 56']
Iran squad (incomplete, not all club affiliations confirmed)
Head coach: Parviz Dehdari
Players: Nasser Hejazi (GK) (Taj SC), Ebrahim Ashtiani (Persepolis), Mansour Pourheidari (Taj SC), Parviz Ghelichkhani (Pas),
Jafar Kashani (Persepolis), Majid Halvaei (Pas), Mostafa Arab [capt.] (Oghab), Reza Vatankhah (Paykan),
Ali Parvin (Persepolis), Karo Haghverdian (Taj SC), Ali Jabbari (Taj SC), Safar Iranpak (Persepolis),
Fereydoun Moeini (Persepolis), Asghar Adibi (Persepolis), Homayoun Behzadi (Persepolis), Asghar Sharafi (Pas),
Alireza Khorshidi (Homa), Gholamhossein Mazloumi (Taj SC).
Iran lineups (except final):
25- 6 Iran 3-0 Netherlands Olympic
Iran: Nasser Hejazi, Ebrahim Ashtiani, Parviz Ghelichkhani, Majid Halvaei, Mostafa Arab [c], Fereydoun Moeini (Asghar Adibi),
Karo Haghverdian, Ali Parvin, Safar Iranpak (Ali Jabbari), Homayoun Behzadi, Asghar Sharafi.
27- 6 Iran 1-0 Turkey B
Iran: Nasser Hejazi, Ebrahim Ashtiani (Mansour Pourheidari), Parviz Ghelichkhani, Jafar Kashani, Mostafa Arab [c],
Karo Haghverdian, Ali Parvin, Ali Jabbari, Gholamhossein Mazloumi, Homayoun Behzadi (Safar Iranpak), Asghar Sharafi.
29- 6 Iran 2-1 Zbrojovka Brno
Iran: Nasser Hejazi, Mansour Pourheidari, Jafar Kashani, Parviz Ghelichkhani [c], Reza Vatankhah, Fereydoun Moeini,
Asghar Adibi (Karo Haghverdian), Ali Jabbari, Safar Iranpak, Alireza Khorshidi, Gholamhossein Mazloumi (Homayoun Behzadi).
2- 7 Iran 3-1 Austria Olympic
Iran: Nasser Hejazi, Ebrahim Ashtiani, Parviz Ghelichkhani, Jafar Kashani, Mostafa Arab [c], Ali Parvin, Karo Haghverdian,
Ali Jabbari, Safar Iranpak (Fereydoun Moeini), Homayoun Behzadi, Asghar Sharafi (Alireza Khorshidi).
Thanks to Majeed Panahi, Asghar Zarei, Gerhard Öhlinger, Jiří Novotný
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