Note that the point system is 3/win, 2/draw, 1/loss.
NB: prior to the season it was decided to extend the top level to 10 clubs for the 1972 season (a proposal by Excelsior, who had just been relegated in 1970). Final Table: 1.Fei-Pi 14 9 3 2 40-15 35 [C] Champions 2.Vaiete 14 7 4 3 32-23 32 [P] 3.Jeunes Tahitiens 14 8 1 5 25-24 31 4.Central-Sport 14 6 4 4 37-21 30 5.Punaruu 14 5 3 6 33-30 27 6.Arue 14 6 1 7 26-24 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Vénus 14 4 3 7 30-36 25 Relegation Playoff 8.Paea 14 1 1 12 13-63 17 [P] Relegation Playoff Round 1 [Feb 27] Jeunes Tahitiens 2-2 Vénus Fei-Pi 4-1 Vaiete [Feb 28] Central 2-0 Paea Arue 1-4 Punaruu Round 2 [Mar 6] Central 1-3 Vénus Arue 1-3 Vaiete [Mar 7] Paea 1-2 Jeunes Tahitiens Punaruu 2-2 Fei-Pi Round 3 [Mar 13] Central 1-2 Jeunes Tahitiens Vaiete 3-1 Punaruu [Mar 14] Fei-Pi 1-0 Arue Paea 1-5 Vénus Round 4 [Mar 20] Jeunes Tahitiens 2-3 Arue Punaruu 7-4 Vénus [Mar 21] Paea 1-4 Vaiete Central 3-3 Fei-Pi Round 5 [Apr 3] Vénus 0-2 Arue Jeunes Tahitiens 3-0 Punaruu [Apr 4] Paea 0-8 Fei-Pi Central 1-1 Vaiete Round 6 [Apr 10] Jeunes Tahitiens 0-5 Fei-Pi Vénus 1-4 Vaiete [Apr 11] Central 3-2 Arue Punaruu 4-1 Paea Round 7 [Apr 17] Jeunes Tahitiens 1-3 Vaiete Vénus 2-1 Fei-Pi [Apr 18] Arue 8-2 Paea Central 3-0 Punaruu Halfway Table: 1.Vaiete 7 5 1 1 19-10 18 [P] 2.Fei-Pi 7 4 2 1 24- 8 17 [C] 3.Central-Sport 7 3 2 2 14-11 15 4.Punaruu 7 3 1 3 18-17 14 5.Vénus 7 3 1 3 17-18 14 6.Jeunes Tahitiens 7 3 1 3 12-15 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Arue 7 3 0 4 17-15 13 8.Paea 7 0 0 7 6-33 7 [P] Round 8 [May 1] Paea 1-11 Central Vaiete 2-3 Fei-Pi [May 2] Vénus 1-3 Jeunes Tahitiens Punaruu 0-2 Arue Round 9 [May 8] Jeunes Tahitiens 2-3 Paea Fei-Pi 4-0 Punaruu [May 9] Vénus 2-2 Central Vaiete 2-2 Arue Round 10 [May 15] Jeunes Tahitiens 1-0 Central Arue 0-2 Fei-Pi [May 16] Punaruu 1-1 Vaiete [abandoned at 1-1 at half-time; result stood] [May 20] Vénus 6-1 Paea Round 11 [May 22,23] Vaiete 1-1 Paea Arue 1-2 Fei-Pi Jeunes Tahitiens 2-1 Central Vénus 1-4 Punaruu Round 12 [Jun 8] Fei-Pi 3-1 Paea Vaiete 0-4 Central [Jun 16] Punaruu 1-2 Jeunes Tahitiens Arue 2-1 Vénus Round 13 [Jun 12] Vaiete 5-1 Vénus Arue 1-2 Central [Jun 13] Fei-Pi 1-2 Jeunes Tahitiens [abandoned at 1-2 at half-time; result stood] Paea 0-2 Punaruu [result not homologated due to referee error] [Jul 3 or 4] Paea 0-6 Punaruu [replay] Round 14 [Jun 26,27] Vaiete 2-1 Jeunes Tahitiens Paea 0-1 Arue Fei-Pi 1-1 Vénus Punaruu 3-3 Central Final Table: 1.Fei-Pi 14 9 3 2 40-15 35 [C] Champions 2.Vaiete 14 7 4 3 32-23 32 [P] 3.Jeunes Tahitiens 14 8 1 5 25-24 31 4.Central-Sport 14 6 4 4 37-21 30 5.Punaruu 14 5 3 6 33-30 27 6.Arue 14 6 1 7 26-24 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Vénus 14 4 3 7 30-36 25 Relegation Playoff 8.Paea 14 1 1 12 13-63 17 [P] Relegation Playoff Matches de Barrage Division d'Honneur/Première Division First Legs [Jul 17] Ent. Tefana/C.S.A. 2-0 Paea [Jul 18] Vénus 5-1 Pirae Second Legs [Jul 24] Pirae 1-5 Vénus [Jul 25] Paea 2-2 Ent. Tefana/C.S.A. Entente Tefana/C.S.A. promoted, A.S. Manu Ura de Paea relegated NB: AS Tamarii Nahiti (aka Arue) won junior category
Final Table: 1.Excelsior 14 9 4 1 26-13 36 [R] Promoted 2.A.S.P.T. 14 8 3 3 33-22 33 [*] Promoted ------------------------------------------------------- 3.Entente Tefana/C.S.A. (Faaa) 14 6 4 4 26-12 30 Promotion Playoff 4.Pirae 14 5 4 5 33-24 28 Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Aorai 14 5 4 5 28-25 28 6.Tautira 14 5 4 5 25-25 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Papeari 14 2 3 9 18-41 21 [P] Relegation Playoff 8.Racing 14 3 0 11 16-43 20 [R] Relegation Playoff [*] A.S.P.T. aka A.S. Postes Matches de Barrage Première/Deuxième Division First Legs [Jul 17] Racing 3-1 Mataiea [Jul 18] Papeari 6-3 Papenoo Second Legs [Jul 24] Papenoo 0-5 Papeari [Jul 25] Mataiea 2-1 Racing NB: all remain at former level
Final Table: 1.A.S.T.G. 18 16 1 1 90-19 51 Promoted 2.Dragon 18 12 4 2 68-23 46 Promoted 3.Papara 18 9 2 7 50-50 38 Promoted 4.Z'Alamort (Tiare Maohi) 18 7 5 6 36-32 37 Promoted ------------------------------------------------------- 5.Mataiea 18 7 4 7 33-41 36 [*] Promotion Playoff 6.Papenoo 18 5 7 6 27-42 35 [*] Promotion Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.Teahupoo 18 7 2 9 44-51 34 [R] 8.Taravao 18 3 5 10 35-55 29 9.Mahaëna 18 4 2 12 33-69 28 10.Pueu 18 3 2 13 24-58 26 [*] missing goals of final match between Papenoo and Mataiea (won by Mataiea)
Known results: Round 1 [Mar 5] Tohivea 6-1 Tearaa Tapuhute 0-7 Mira Tiare-Anani 2-2 Temanava Tiare-Tahiti bye Round 4 [Apr ?] Tiare-Anani 3-0 Tearaa Tohivea 4-4 Tiare-Tahiti Tapuhute 5-1 Temanava Mira bye Round 5? [Apr ?] Tiare-Tahiti 6-1 Mira Round 6? [Apr ?] Mira 4-1 Tiare-Anani Tiare-Tahiti 12-1 Tearaa Tohivea 1-2 Temanava Tapuhute bye Champions: Mira (Papetoai) [fourth consecutive title] Coupe de Mooréa 1971 Final [Aug 8] Mira 6-2 Tapuhute NB: fourth cup final for Mira; they lost their first 2-3 against Temanava before beating Tiare-Anani 5-0 and 3-1 in the second and third final they played (years not known, but probably 1968, 1969 and 1970 respectively).
Preliminary Round [Feb 17, stade de Uturoa] Huahine 3-6 Bora-bora Semifinals [Feb 20] Tahiti bt Mooréa Raiatea bt Bora-bora Third Place Match [Feb 21] Mooréa 10-0 Bora-bora Final [Feb 21] Tahiti 3-2 Raiatea NB: Tahiti fielded a youth selection
list of coupe des champions winners
french overseas territories cup
Source: Journal de Tahiti
Many thanks to Andre Zlotkowski
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