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1996 AFC Asian Cup
كأس آسيا 1996
File:1996 AFC Asian Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates4–21 December
Teams12
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Third placeFile:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Kuwait.svg 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 awardFile:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
← 1992
2000 →

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 qualifying teams were:

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Hosts 29 April 1993 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 1992 AFC Asian Cup winners 8 November 1992 2 (1988, 1992)
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Qualifying round Group 9 winners 2 February 1996 3 (1984, 1988, 1992)
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Qualifying round Group 2 winners 4 February 1996 5 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Qualifying round Group 4 winners 6 March 1996 0 (Debut)
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Qualifying round Group 8 winners 19 June 1996 0 (Debut)
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Qualifying round Group 10 winners 20 June 1996 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran Qualifying round Group 5 winners 21 June 1996 7 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Qualifying round Group 3 winners 9 July 1996 2 (1972, 1992)
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria Qualifying round Group 7 winners 19 July 1996 3 (1980, 1984, 1988)
File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea Qualifying round Group 1 winners 11 August 1996 7 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988)
File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq Qualifying round Group 6 winners 13 August 1996 2 (1972, 1976)

Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

Squads

Further information: 1996 AFC Asian Cup squads

Tournament summary

The tournament began with host United Arab Emirates against South Korea in group A, where the Emiratis played in a 1–1 draw. Subsequently, Kuwait was surprisingly held to a draw by Indonesia, the lead even being taken by the Indonesians. However, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and South Korea eventually established their position, with South Korea finishing in third place due to losing to Kuwait and inferior goal difference and qualified only as one of two best third-placed teams, while the host comfortably seized first place, leaving Indonesia bottom after two consecutive defeats to South Korea and the UAE. Group B easily saw Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq took three leading places in their group, with both teams managed to beat Thailand, which finished bottom with three defeats, and also each three of them suffered one defeat one to another. Iraq only finished third due to inferior goal difference, but qualified as the best third-place finisher. Meanwhile, group C was more entertaining, with both three last finishers grabbed one win each only. Debutant Uzbekistan, on its just first ever competitive participation of a major tournament and was regarded low, stunned entire of Asia by beating China with two late goals to gain three points in the team's just first competitive match. Defending champions Japan however emerged as the only team to collect all three victories, while China recovered following the defeat to beat Syria. The Syrians grabbed its only win, a 2–1 win over Uzbekistan, but the team's poor performance, with two defeats to Japan and China, cost the team from reaching the quarter-finals. Uzbekistan finished last despite the win over China, and was eliminated as well. The quarter-finals saw entire of East Asia slumped out. Defending champions Japan was crushed down by Kuwait, China lost after a seven-goal thriller with Saudi Arabia, while South Korea suffered a denting 2–6 loss to Iran, with Iran scored five goals in the second half. The host UAE continued its quest to win the trophy with a successful 1–0 win over Iraq thanked for the golden goal of Abdulrahman Ibrahim. The semi-finals became a West Asian affair and rematches of group A and B: Saudi Arabia took a successful revenge on Iran following the group stage, beating the Iranians on penalty, while the UAE killed Kuwaiti dream for the second time with another 1–0 win to set up final with Saudi Arabia. Iran eventually took third place after beating Kuwait on penalty, the match ended 1–1 draw. The final between the UAE and Saudi Arabia happened to be boring than expected. The two teams played defensively and lacking enthusiastic attacks in front of 60,000 spectators. Eventually, penalty had to be brought out, where the UAE missed two while Saudi Arabia only missed one, thus Saudi Arabia was crowned for its third trophy in the country's fourth consecutive Asian Cup final.[1] Thanked for the win, Saudi Arabia gained automatic berth to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup held in Lebanon.

Venues

Abu Dhabi Al Ain
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 15,000
File:Gulf Cup (36).jpg File:Al Ain Club By Eng. Fadi Fayyadh Al Toubeh - panoramio.jpg
Dubai
Al-Maktoum Stadium
Capacity: 12,000
File:Al Maktoum Stadium 20190110.jpg

First round

All times are UAE time (UTC+4)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (H) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3 File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–1File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea
K. Saad File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Report Hwang Sun-Hong File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'
Attendance: 35,000
Indonesia File:Flag of Indonesia.svg2–2File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Widodo File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Ronny File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'		 Report Al-Saqer File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Haji File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg3–2File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Saeed File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Al-Talyani File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
B. Saad File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		 Report Al-Huwaidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 44'
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg4–2File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Kim Do-Hoon File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'
Hwang Sun-Hong File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 15'
Ko Jeong-Woon File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'		 Report Ronny File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'
Widodo File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Attendance: 2,000
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg2–0File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Saeed File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Al-Talyani File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg2–0File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea
Al-Huwaidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
B. Abdullah File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3 File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: RSSSF
Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg6–0File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Al-Temawi File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' (pen.), 29' (pen.)
Al-Mehallel File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 54'
Al-Muwallid File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Al-Jaber File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg1–2File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.) Report Fawzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Sabbar File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg1–0File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Al-Mehallel File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg1–3File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Kiatisuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Report Saadavi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Minavand File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg0–3File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Report Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Bagheri File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Azizi File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
Attendance: 12,000
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg4–1File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Mahmoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 50'
Hussein File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 63'		 Report Dusit File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Attendance: 3,000

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
3 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source: RSSSF
Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg2–1File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Abbas File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (o.g.)
Takagi File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Report Joukhadar File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–2File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Report Shkvyrin File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Shatskikh File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg4–0File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
Nanami File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Miura File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Maezono File:Soccerball shade.svg 86', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)
Syria File:Flag of Syria.svg0–3File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Report Ma Mingyu File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Gao Feng File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Li Bing File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg1–0File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Soma File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg1–2File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria
Lebedev File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen.) Report Joukhadar File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Cheikh-Dib File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'
Attendance: 2,000

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source: RSSSF

Iraq (best third-place) and South Korea (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
 
 
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)1
 
18 December – Abu Dhabi
 
File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq0
 
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates1
 
15 December – Al Ain
 
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait0
 
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait2
 
21 December – Abu Dhabi
 
File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan0
 
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
16 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (4)
 
File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg South Korea2
 
18 December – Abu Dhabi
 
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran6
 
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran0 (3)
 
16 December – Abu Dhabi
 
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (4) Third place
 
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia4
 
21 December – Abu Dhabi
 
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China3
 
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait1 (2)
 
 
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (pen.)1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.)File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim gold-colored soccer ball 103' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg2–0File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
Al-Huwaidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 54' Report
Attendance: 2,000
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1984–1997).svg2–6File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Kim Do-Hoon File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Shin Tae-Yong File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'		 Report Bagheri File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Azizi File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,000
Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4–3File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Al-Thunayan File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 65'
Al-Jaber File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Al-Mehallel File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'		 Report Zhang Enhua File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 89'
Peng Weiguo File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Semi-finals

United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–0File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Saeed File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 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 File:Flag of Iran.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Report Al-Huwaidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 Haji
soccer ball with check mark B. Abdullah
soccer ball with red X Al-Lenqawi
soccer ball with red X Mubarak
soccer ball with red X Al-Huwaidi
Attendance: 45,000

Final

Main article: 1996 AFC Asian Cup Final
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
M. Ali soccer ball with check mark
Hussain 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
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Iran's Ali Daei is the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 80 goals were scored by 47 different players, with one of them credited as an own goal. 8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

Best player

Top scorer

Best goalkeeper

Fair play award

Team of the Tournament[2]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea

Saudi Arabia Abdullah Zubromawi
United Arab Emirates Yousuf Hussain
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

Marketing

Sponsorships

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup Archive: When Saudi Arabia reigned supreme in 1996". 12 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "كأس آسيا 1996.. عندما انتزع المنتخب السعودي اللقب من الإمارات صاحب الأرض" (in العربية). Sport 360. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Drinks company cash boost for Asia". South China Morning Post. 21 July 1994. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Why soccer struggles to kick tobacco". South China Morning Post. 16 January 1995. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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