1996 AFC Asian Cup

1996 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996
كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 1996

Logo of the 1996 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country  UAE
Dates 4 December – 21 December
Teams 12
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 played 26
Goals scored 80 (3.08 per match)
Attendance 448,000 (17,231 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Ali Daei (8 goals)
Best player Iran Khodadad Azizi
Best goalkeeper Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea
Fair play award  Iran

The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.

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

For more details on this topic, see 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 7321063+3
 Kuwait 4311165+1
 South Korea 43111550
 Indonesia 1301248-4

1996-12-04
18:45
Indonesia  2 – 2  Kuwait
Putro  20'
Wabia  40' 		Report Al-Saqer  73'
Haji  84' (pen.)

1996-12-07
16:45
United Arab Emirates  3 – 2  Kuwait
Saeed  53'
Al-Talyani  55'
B. Saad  80' 		Report Al-Huwaidi  9', 44'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Charles Massembe (Uganda)

1996-12-07
19:00
South Korea  4 – 2  Indonesia
Kim Do-Hoon  5'
Hwang Sun-Hong  7', 15'
Ko Jeong-Woon  55' 		Report Wabia  58'
Putro  65'

1996-12-10
16:45
United Arab Emirates  2 – 0  Indonesia
Saeed  15'
Al-Talyani  64' 		Report
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

1996-12-10
19:00
Kuwait  2 – 0  South Korea
Al-Huwaidi  60'
B. Abdullah  87' 		Report
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6320173+4
 Saudi Arabia 6320173+4
 Iraq 6320163+3
 Thailand 03003213−11

1996-12-05
16:45
Saudi Arabia  6 – 0  Thailand
Al-Temawi  10' (pen.), 29' (pen.)
Al-Mehallel  15', 54'
Al-Muwallid  18'
Al-Jaber  52' 		Report
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

1996-12-05
19:00
Iran  1 – 2  Iraq
Daei  90' (pen.) Report Fawzi  37'
Sabbar  69'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

1996-12-08
16:45
Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Iraq
Al-Mehallel  26' Report
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

1996-12-08
19:00
Thailand  1 – 3  Iran
Senamuang  80' Report Saadavi  38'
Minavand  54'
Daei  70'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

1996-12-11
16:45
Saudi Arabia  0 – 3  Iran
Report Daei  12'
Bagheri  37'
Azizi  47'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

1996-12-11
19:00
Iraq  4 – 1  Thailand
Mahmoud  17', 50'
Hussein  23', 63' 		Report Chalermsan  26'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9330071+6
 China PR 33102330
 Syria 3310236−3
 Uzbekistan 3310236−3

1996-12-06
16:45
Japan  2 – 1  Syria
Abbas  85' (o.g.)
Takagi  88' 		Report Jokhadar  8'
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

1996-12-06
19:00
China PR  0 – 2  Uzbekistan
Report Shkvyrin  78'
Shatskikh  90'

1996-12-09
16:45
Japan  4 – 0  Uzbekistan
Nanami  7'
Miura  37'
Maezono  86', 90' 		Report
Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)

1996-12-09
19:00
Syria  0 – 3  China PR
Report Ma Mingyu  35'
Gao Feng  49'
Li Bing  73'

1996-12-12
16:45
Japan  1 – 0  China PR
Soma  90' Report

1996-12-12
19:00
Uzbekistan  1 – 2  Syria
Lebedev  53' (pen.) Report Jokhadar  48'
Dib  74'

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 6320163+3
 South Korea 43111550
 Syria 3310236−3

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-finals Semi-finals Final
December 15 – Abu Dhabi        
  United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)  1
December 18 – Abu Dhabi
  Iraq  0  
  United Arab Emirates  1
December 15 – Al Ain
      Kuwait  0  
  Kuwait  2
December 21 – Abu Dhabi
  Japan  0  
  United Arab Emirates  0 (2)
December 16 – Dubai    
    Saudi Arabia (pen.)  0 (4)
  South Korea  2
December 18 – Abu Dhabi
  Iran  6  
  Iran  0 (3) Third place
December 16 – Abu Dhabi
      Saudi Arabia (pen.)  0 (4)   December 21 – Abu Dhabi
  Saudi Arabia  4
  Kuwait  1 (2)
  China PR  3  
  Iran (pen.)  1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

1996-12-15
16:45
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim  103' Report

1996-12-15
19:30
Kuwait  2 – 0  Japan
Al-Huwaidi  17', 54' Report

1996-12-16
16:45
South Korea  2 – 6  Iran
Kim Do-Hoon  11'
Shin Tae-Yong  35' 		Report Bagheri  31'
Azizi  52'
Daei  66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

1996-12-16
19:30
Saudi Arabia  4 – 3  China PR
Al-Thunayan  31', 65'
Al-Jaber  34'
Al-Mehallel  43' 		Report Zhang Enhua  6', 89'
Peng Weiguo  16'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Semi-finals

1996-12-19
16:45
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Kuwait
Saeed  69' Report

Third place play-off

Final

1996-12-21
19:30
United Arab Emirates  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Report
  Penalties  
M. Ali
Saleh
K. Saad
Saeed 		2 – 4 Al-Thunayan
Zubromawi
Al-Harbi
Al-Temawi
Al-Muwallid
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

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.

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Top scoring teams

14 goals

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1 Saudi Arabia 6321116+51161.1%
2 United Arab Emirates 642083+51477.8%
3 Iran 6321146+81161.1%
4 Kuwait 622297+2844.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5 Japan 430173+4975.0%
6 Iraq 420264+2650.0%
7 South Korea 4112711−4433.3%
8 China PR 410367−1325.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9 Syria 310236−3333.3%
10 Uzbekistan 310236−3333.3%
11 Indonesia 301248−4111.1%
12 Thailand 3003213−1100.0%

References

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