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1996 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996
كأس آسيا 1996
Logo of the 1996 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates4 – 21 December
Teams12
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Iran
Fourth place Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored80 (3.08 per match)
Attendance448,000 (17,231 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Ali Daei (8 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Khodadad Azizi
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea
Fair play award Iran
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The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 December 1996. Saudi Arabia defeated hosts United Arab Emirates in the final match in Abu Dhabi. As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host.

Qualification

Main article: 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification

33 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.

The other 10 qualifying teams were:

Squads

Further information: 1996 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

Sheikh Zayed Stadium Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Abu Dhabi Al Ain
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 15,000
Al-Maktoum Stadium
Dubai
Capacity: 12,000

First round

All times are UAE time (UTC+4)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United Arab Emirates 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3
 Kuwait 4 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1
 South Korea 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Indonesia 1 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4
United Arab Emirates 1–1 South Korea
K. Saad 40' Report Hwang Sun-Hong 9'
Attendance: 35,000
Indonesia 2–2 Kuwait
Putro 20'
Wabia 40'		 Report Al-Saqer 73'
Haji 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Kuwait
Saeed 53'
Al-Talyani 55'
B. Saad 80'		 Report Al-Huwaidi 9', 44'
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea 4–2 Indonesia
Kim Do-Hoon 5'
Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 15'
Ko Jeong-Woon 55'		 Report Wabia 58'
Putro 65'
Attendance: 2,000
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Indonesia
Saeed 15'
Al-Talyani 64'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Kuwait 2–0 South Korea
Al-Huwaidi 60'
B. Abdullah 87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4
 Saudi Arabia 6 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4
 Iraq 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
 Thailand 0 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11
Saudi Arabia 6–0 Thailand
Al-Temawi 10' (pen.), 29' (pen.)
Al-Mehallel 15', 54'
Al-Muwallid 18'
Al-Jaber 52'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Iran 1–2 Iraq
Daei 90' (pen.) Report Fawzi 37'
Sabbar 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq
Al-Mehallel 26' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Thailand 1–3 Iran
Kiatisuk 80' Report Saadavi 38'
Minavand 54'
Daei 70'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Saudi Arabia 0–3 Iran
Report Daei 12'
Bagheri 37'
Azizi 47'
Attendance: 12,000
Iraq 4–1 Thailand
Mahmoud 17', 50'
Hussein 23', 63'		 Report Dusit 26'
Attendance: 3,000

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6
 China 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Syria 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
 Uzbekistan 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
Japan 2–1 Syria
Abbas 85' (o.g.)
Takagi 88'		 Report Jokhadar 8'
Attendance: 10,000
China 0–2 Uzbekistan
Report Shkvyrin 78'
Shatskikh 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan 4–0 Uzbekistan
Nanami 7'
Miura 37'
Maezono 86', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)
Syria 0–3 China
Report Ma Mingyu 35'
Gao Feng 49'
Li Bing 73'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan 1–0 China
Soma 90' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Uzbekistan 1–2 Syria
Lebedev 53' (pen.) Report Jokhadar 48'
Dib 74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3
 South Korea 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Syria 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3

Iraq (best third-place) and Korea Republic (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

All times are UAE time (UTC+4)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 
 United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)1
 
18 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 Iraq0
 
 United Arab Emirates1
 
15 December – Al Ain
 
 Kuwait0
 
 Kuwait2
 
21 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 Japan0
 
 United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
16 December – Dubai
 
 Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (4)
 
 South Korea2
 
18 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 Iran6
 
 Iran0 (3)
 
16 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (4) Third place
 
 Saudi Arabia4
 
21 December – Abu Dhabi
 
 China3
 
 Kuwait1 (2)
 
 
 Iran (pen.)1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

United Arab Emirates 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim gold-colored soccer ball 103' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Kuwait 2–0 Japan
Al-Huwaidi 17', 54' Report
Attendance: 2,000
South Korea 2–6 Iran
Kim Do-Hoon 11'
Shin Tae-Yong 35'		 Report Bagheri 31'
Azizi 52'
Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,000
Saudi Arabia 4–3 China
Al-Thunayan 31', 65'
Al-Jaber 34'
Al-Mehallel 43'		 Report Zhang Enhua 6', 89'
Peng Weiguo 16'
Attendance: 5,000

Semi-finals

United Arab Emirates 1–0 Kuwait
Saeed 69' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Iran 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Daei soccer ball with red X
Peyrovani soccer ball with check mark
Yazdani soccer ball with red X
Estili soccer ball with check mark
Bagheri soccer ball with check mark
Khakpour soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with red X Al-Temawi
soccer ball with check mark Sulaimani
soccer ball with check mark Zubromawi
soccer ball with red X Al-Muwallid
soccer ball with check mark Al-Harbi
soccer ball with check mark Madani
Attendance: 35,000

Third place play-off

Iran 1–1 Kuwait
Daei 40' Report Al-Huwaidi 15'
Penalties
Moharrami soccer ball with red X
Estili soccer ball with check mark
Peyrovani soccer ball with check mark
Bagheri soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with check mark Badr Haji
soccer ball with check mark Bashar Abdullah
soccer ball with red X Al-Lenqawi
soccer ball with red X Abdulrahman
soccer ball with red X Al-Huwaidi
Attendance: 60,000

Final

United Arab Emirates 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
M. Ali soccer ball with check mark
Saleh soccer ball with red X
K. Saad soccer ball with check mark
Saeed soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Al-Thunayan
soccer ball with check mark Zubromawi
soccer ball with red X Al-Harbi
soccer ball with check mark Al-Temawi
soccer ball with check mark Al-Muwallid
Attendance: 60,000
GK 17 Muhsin Musabah
D 5 Yousef Saleh
D 6 Ismail Rashid Ismail
D 12 Hassan Mubarak
D 3 Munther Abdullah
M 10 Adnan Al Talyani upward-facing green arrow 91'
M 16 Hassan Ahmed
M 18 Ahmed Ibrahim Ali
F 7 Saad Bakheet Mubarak downward-facing red arrow 46'
F 15 Mohamed Ali
F 23 Abdel Ahmed downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
D 13 Abdulaziz Mohamed upward-facing green arrow 46'
M 11 Zuhair Bakheet upward-facing green arrow 46'
F 14 Khamees Saad Mubarak upward-facing green arrow 91'
Manager:
Croatia Tomislav Ivić
GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea
D 2 Mohammed Al-Jahani
D 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi downward-facing red arrow 77'
D 4 Abdullah Zubromawi
D 13 Hussein Abdulghani
M 8 Khalid Al Temawi
M 9 Sami Al-Jaber downward-facing red arrow 62'
M 14 Khaled Al-Muwallid
M 16 Khamis Al-Dosari
F 10 Fahad Al-Mehallel downward-facing red arrow 80'
F 15 Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutions:
M 25 Abdullah Al-Dosari upward-facing green arrow 62'
F 12 Ibrahim Al-Harbi upward-facing green arrow 77'
F 20 Hamzah Idris upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Portugal Nelo Vingada

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1996 Winners 

Saudi Arabia
Third title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

Top Scorer

Best Goalkeeper

Fair-Play Award

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea

Saudi Arabia Abdullah Zubromawi
United Arab Emirates Yousef Saleh
Iran Mohammad Khakpour

Iran Mehrdad Minavand
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Ali
Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Muwallid
United Arab Emirates Saad Bakheet Mubarak

Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mehallel
Kuwait Jasem Al-Huwaidi
Iran Ali Daei

Statistics

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Ali Daei is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 80 goals were scored by 47 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

Top scoring teams

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Saudi Arabia 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 61.1%
2  United Arab Emirates 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 77.8%
3  Iran 6 3 2 1 14 6 +8 11 61.1%
4  Kuwait 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Japan 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 75.0%
6  Iraq 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6 50.0%
7  South Korea 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4 33.3%
8  China 4 1 0 3 6 7 −1 3 25.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  Syria 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 33.3%
10  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 33.3%
11  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1 11.1%
12  Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0 0.0%

References

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