1996 AFF Championship

1996 AFF Championship
1996 東盟足球錦標賽
1996 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
Tournament details
Host country Singapore
Dates 1–15 September
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up  Malaysia
Third place  Vietnam
Fourth place  Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 93 (3.88 per match)
Attendance 245,500 (10,229 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thailand Netipong Srithong-in
(7 goals)
Best player Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan

The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees.

Teams

All six founding members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) are participants, with the former Indochina nations joining as invitees as they were not yet members of the AFF at this time.[1]

Founding members
  
Invitees

Venues

Kallang Jurong
National Stadium Jurong Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,000

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 4310153+1210
 Vietnam 422094+58
 Myanmar 42021112−16
 Laos 4112510−54
 Cambodia 4004112−110

2 September 1996
Vietnam  3 – 1  Cambodia
Tran Cong Minh  21'
Le Huynh Duc  30'
Vo Hoang Buu  80' (pen.) 		Sony  67'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 2,800

2 September 1996
Indonesia  5 – 1  Laos
Husaini  5'
Irianto  15'
Kurniawan  17'
Darwis  34'
Sandria  65' 		Savatdy  75'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 2,800

5 September 1996
Laos  1 – 1  Vietnam
Luang-Amath  72' Le Huynh Duc  85'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 1,400

5 September 1996
Myanmar  5 – 0  Cambodia
Tin Myo Aung  14'
Win Aung  35', 54'
Myo Hlaing Win  71'
Maung Maung Oo  90'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 1,500

7 September 1996
Vietnam  4 – 1  Myanmar
Nguyen Huu Dang  6'
Le Huynh Duc  15'
Tran Cong Minh  48'
Nguyen Hong Son  63' 		Maung Maung Htay  24'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 2,000

7 September 1996
Indonesia  3 – 0  Cambodia
Kurniawan  15'
Sandria  23'
Irianto  60'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 2,000

9 September 1996
Cambodia  0 – 1  Laos
Channiphone  39'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 4,000

9 September 1996
Indonesia  6 – 1  Myanmar
Husaini  7', 66'
Sandria  20', 26'
Lubis  28'
Irianto  39' 		Maung Maung Htay  26'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 4,000

11 September 1996
Indonesia  1 – 1  Vietnam
Kurniawan  43' Vo Hoang Buu  77' (pen.)
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 1,300

11 September 1996
Laos  2 – 4  Myanmar
Khenkitisack  40'
Phimmasean  45' 		Win Aung  16', 69'
Maung Maung Oo  35'
Myo Hlaing Win  82'
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 500

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 4310131+1210
 Malaysia 4220152+138
 Singapore 421172+57
 Brunei 4103115−143
 Philippines 4004016−160

1 September 1996
Singapore  1 – 1  Malaysia
Fandi  89' Sanbagamaran  76'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 43,800

2 September 1996
Philippines  0 – 5  Thailand
Santawong  10', 38'
Senamuang  14'
Srithong-in  40', 60'[note 1]
Jurong Stadium, Jurong
Attendance: 2,800

4 September 1996
Malaysia  7 – 0  Philippines
Sanbagamaran  36', 61', 89'
Adnan  43'
Shamsurin  53', 81'
Chandran  78'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 1,000

4 September 1996
Singapore  3 – 0  Brunei
Haron  1'
Tan  4' (pen.)
Fandi  51'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 8,400

6 September 1996
Thailand  6 – 0  Brunei
Santawong  15'
Srithong-in  23', 87'
Srimaka  35', 67'
Senamuang  77'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 8,000

6 September 1996
Singapore  3 – 0  Philippines
Fandi  20', 42'
Hai  73'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 12,000

8 September 1996
Brunei  1 – 0  Philippines
Irwan  28'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 3,000

8 September 1996
Thailand  1 – 1  Malaysia
Senamuang  28' Hassan  59'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 14,000

10 September 1996
Malaysia  6 – 0  Brunei
Sanbagamaran  3'
Shamsurin  37'
Abu Bakar  47', 60'
Chandran  82', 89'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 20,000

10 September 1996
Singapore  0 – 1  Thailand
Srithong-in  70'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 42,000

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
13 September
  Malaysia  3  
  Indonesia  1  
 
15 September
      Thailand  1
    Malaysia  0
Third place
13 September 15 September
  Thailand  4   Indonesia  2
  Vietnam  2     Vietnam  3

Semi-finals

13 September 1996
Indonesia  1 – 3  Malaysia
Azali  44' (o.g.) Sanbagamaran  5'
Sulong  16'[note 2]
Shamsurin  76'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 20,000

13 September 1996
Thailand  4 – 2  Vietnam
Senamuang  3'
Srithong-in  9', 24'
Srimaka  46' 		Vo Hoang Buu  83' (pen.)
Nguyen Hong Son  88'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 20,000

Third place play-off

15 September 1996
Indonesia  2 – 3  Vietnam
Kurniawan  66'
Tecuari  85' 		Huynh Quoc Cuong  8'
Yeyen  27' (o.g.)
Vo Hoang Buu  73' (pen.)
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 32,000

Final

15 September 1996
Thailand  1 – 0  Malaysia
Senamuang  9'
National Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 32,000

Incidents

Two Singaporeans and one Malaysian were arrested for attempting to fix a group stage game between Singapore and the Philippines. The three reportedly tried to bribe Filipino defender Judy Saluria for his side to concede seven goals so the Singapore can advance to the next round.[2]

Awards

 1996 AFF Championship 

Thailand
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fairplay
Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Thailand Netipong Srithong-in  Brunei

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team statistics

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Finals
1 Thailand 6510183+15
2 Malaysia 6321184+14
Semifinals
3 Vietnam 63211410+4
4 Indonesia 6312189+9
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Singapore 421172+5
6 Myanmar 42021112–1
7 Laos 4112510–5
8 Brunei 4103115–14
9 Cambodia 4004112–14
10 Philippines 4004016–16

Media Coverage

Notes

  1. ↑ RSSSF credits the 60th minute goal to Yutthana Polsak.
  2. ↑ RSSSF reports this as a Yap Wai Loon goal on the 16th minute.

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "About AFF - History of the ASEAN Football Federation". AseanFootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Jon (22 September 1996). "RP eleven nets nothing but three game fixers". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Tiger Cup' soccer on Vintage TV". Manila Standard Today. 9 September 1996. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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