Ecuador

 

Ecuador. Phase 1. Top-6 qualify to Liguilla Final

Bottom-7 participate in Liquilla de no descenso
 1.Barcelona            24 14  6  4 33-17 34 [Guayaquil]
 2.LDU de Quito         24 11  6  7 37-26 28
 3.América              24  9 10  5 30-27 28 [Quito]
 4.Emelec               24  9  9  6 28-24 27 [Guayaquil]
 5.Dep. Quito           24 10  6  8 26-25 26
 6.El Nacional          24  9  7  8 40-30 25 [Quito]
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 7.LDU de Portoviejo    24  9  6  9 34-37 24             (play in Manta)
 8.Aucas                24  6 10  8 31-30 22 [Quito]
 9.Universidad Católica 24  7  8  9 22-22 22 [Quito]
10.Macará               24  6 10  8 27-31 22 [Ambato]
11.9 de Octubre         24  5 10  9 23-32 20 [Guayaquil]
12.Patria               24  5  8 11 18-31 18 [Guayaquil]
13.Everest              24  4  8 12 25-42 16 [Guayaquil]

Liguilla de no descenso

 1.Universidad Católica 36 12 13 11 46-34 37 [Quito]
 2.Aucas                36 11 14 11 50-44 36 [Quito]     Relegated (1)
 3.Macara               36 11 13 12 45-41 35 [Ambato]
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 4.LDU de Portoviejo    36 12  9 15 48-57 33
 5.9 de Octubre         36  9 13 14 41-54 31 [Guayaquil]
 6.Patria               36  8 12 16 30-49 28 [Guayaquil] Relegated
 7.Everest              36  9 10 17 42-68 28 [Guayaquil] Relegated

Record of Phase 1 was carried forward to Liguilla de no descenso.
Initially bottom-4 relegated – however, National championship was extended to 16 clubs in 1971 and only 2 teams were relegated.


(1) Aucas play playoff with Politécnico (Pichincha's second division 
    champion) to decide which team of Pichincha is relegated to second
    division; according to reglementation to 1971 Pichincha only can 
    have 4 teams in National Championship.
(2) LDU de Portoviejo maintained in National Championship 1971 by decision of
    Extraordinary Congress of Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. 

Liguilla Final

 1.Barcelona            34 19  7  8 44-31 45 [Guayaquil] Champions
 2.Emelec               34 14 11  9 47-32 39 [Guayaquil] Runners-up
 3.América              34 13 13  8 38-35 39 [Quito]
 4.LDU de Quito         34 14  8 12 51-45 36
 5.El Nacional          34 13  9 12 54-42 35 [Quito]
 6.Deportivo Quito      34 13  8 13 32-36 34

Record of Phase 1 was carried forward to Liguilla Final

Barcelona (Guayaquil) – champion!

Barcelona won its 4^th title.