| Tourney Name: | Merdeka Tournament |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Dates: | 4 - 21 August |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | Indonesia |
| Third: | Korea Republic |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1949 |
| Fourth: | Taiwan |
| Matches: | 37 |
| Goals: | 126 |
| Prevseason: | 1969 |
| Nextseason: | 1972 |
The 1971 Merdeka Tournament was held from 4 to 21 August 1971 with 12 participating teams.
| width=175 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Korea Republic XI | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
 Japan XI | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 2 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 1 |
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