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1996 AFC Asian Cup#Group stage

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 1996

| other_titles = كأس آسيا 1996

| image = 1996 AFC Asian Cup logo.svg

| size = 200px

| caption =

| country = United Arab Emirates

| dates = 4–21 December

| num_teams = 12

| confederations =

| venues = 3

| cities = 3

| champion = KSA

| count = 3

| second = UAE

| third = IRN

| fourth = KUW

| matches = 26

| goals = 80

| attendance = 448000

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Daei (8 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|IRN}} Khodadad Azizi

| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohamed Al-Deayea

| fair_play = {{fb|IRN}}

| prevseason = 1992

| nextseason = 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|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:

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:1%;"|Countrystyle="width:11%;"|Qualified asstyle="width:10%;"|Date qualification was securedstyle="width:25%;"|Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
{{fb|UAE}}{{sort|*Hosts|Hosts}}29 April 1993{{Sort|04|4}} (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
{{fb|JPN|1870}}{{Sort|921|1992 AFC Asian Cup winners}}8 November 1992{{Sort|02|2}} (1988, 1992)
{{fb|KSA}}{{Sort|I1|Qualifying round Group 9 winners}}2 February 1996{{Sort|03|3}} (1984, 1988, 1992)
{{fb|CHN}}{{Sort|B1|Qualifying round Group 2 winners}}4 February 1996{{Sort|05|5}} (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
{{fb|IDN}}{{Sort|D1|Qualifying round Group 4 winners}}6 March 1996{{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
{{fb|UZB}}{{Sort|H1|Qualifying round Group 8 winners}}19 June 1996{{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
{{fb|KUW}}{{Sort|J1|Qualifying round Group 10 winners}}20 June 1996{{Sort|05|5}} (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)
{{fb|IRN}}{{Sort|E1|Qualifying round Group 5 winners}}21 June 1996{{Sort|07|7}} (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
{{fb|THA}}{{Sort|C1|Qualifying round Group 3 winners}}9 July 1996{{Sort|02|2}} (1972, 1992)
{{fb|SYR|1980}}{{Sort|G1|Qualifying round Group 7 winners}}19 July 1996{{Sort|03|3}} (1980, 1984, 1988)
{{fb|KOR|1984}}{{Sort|A1|Qualifying round Group 1 winners}}11 August 1996{{Sort|07|7}} (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988)
{{fb|IRQ|1991}}{{Sort|F1|Qualifying round Group 6 winners}}13 August 1996{{Sort|02|2}} (1972, 1976)

Notes:

:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year

:

2 Italic indicates host

Squads

{{details|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.{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/afc-asian-cup-archive-when-saudi-arabia-reigned-supreme-in-1996|title=AFC Asian Cup Archive: When Saudi Arabia reigned supreme in 1996|date=12 January 2017}} Thanked for the win, Saudi Arabia gained automatic berth to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup held in Lebanon.

Venues

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Abu Dhabi

! Al Ain

Sheikh Zayed Stadium

| Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium

Capacity: 60,000

| Capacity: 15,000

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| 200px

Dubai

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Al-Maktoum Stadium
Capacity: 12,000
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First round

All times are UAE time (UTC+4)

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=3

|team1=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|United Arab Emirates}}

|team2=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|Kuwait}}

|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|South Korea|1984}}

|team4=INA|name_INA={{fb|Indonesia}}

|win_UAE=2|draw_UAE=1|loss_UAE=0|gf_UAE=6|ga_UAE=3|status_UAE=H

|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=1|loss_KUW=1|gf_KUW=6|ga_KUW=5

|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=5

|win_INA=0|draw_INA=1|loss_INA=2|gf_INA=4|ga_INA=8

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]

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{{footballbox

|date= 4 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–1

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-suedkorea/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = K. Saad {{goal|40}}

|goals2 = Hwang Sun-Hong {{goal|9}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 35,000

|referee= Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 4 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}

|score = 2–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-indonesien-kuwait/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|time = 18:45

|goals1 = Widodo {{goal|20}}
Ronny {{goal|40}}

|goals2 = Al-Saqer {{goal|73}}
Haji {{goal|84|pen.}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 15,000

|referee= Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 7 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 3–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-kuwait/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Saeed {{goal|53}}
Al-Talyani {{goal|55}}
B. Saad {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Al-Huwaidi {{goal|9||44}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 15,000

|referee= Charles Massembe (Uganda)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 7 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 4–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-suedkorea-indonesien/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Kim Do-Hoon {{goal|5}}
Hwang Sun-Hong {{goal|7||15}}
Ko Jeong-Woon {{goal|55}}

|goals2 = Ronny {{goal|58}}
Widodo {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 10 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 2–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-indonesien/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Saeed {{goal|15}}
Al-Talyani {{goal|64}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 10,000

|referee= Lu Jun (China)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 10 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 2–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-kuwait-suedkorea/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Al-Huwaidi {{goal|60}}
B. Abdullah {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 3,000

|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=3

|team1=IRI|name_IRI={{fb|Iran}}

|team2=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|Saudi Arabia}}

|team3=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|Iraq|1991}}

|team4=THA|name_THA={{fb|Thailand}}

|win_IRI=2|draw_IRI=0|loss_IRI=1|gf_IRI=7|ga_IRI=3

|win_KSA=2|draw_KSA=0|loss_KSA=1|gf_KSA=7|ga_KSA=3

|win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=6|ga_IRQ=3

|win_THA=0|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=3|gf_THA=2|ga_THA=13

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 5 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 6–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-thailand/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Al-Temawi {{goal|10|pen.|29|pen.}}
Al-Mehallel {{goal|15||54}}
Al-Muwallid {{goal|18}}
Al-Jaber {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 5,000

|referee= Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 5 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}

|score = 1–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-iran-irak/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Daei {{goal|90|pen.}}

|goals2 = Fawzi {{goal|37}}
Sabbar {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 15,000

|referee= Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 8 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 1–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-irak/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Al-Mehallel {{goal|26}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 12,000

|referee= Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 8 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}

|score = 1–3

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-thailand-iran/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Kiatisuk {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Saadavi {{goal|38}}
Minavand {{goal|54}}
Daei {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 12,000

|referee= Lu Jun (China)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 11 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–3

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-iran/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Daei {{goal|12}}
Bagheri {{goal|37}}
Azizi {{goal|47}}

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 12,000

|referee= Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 11 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}}

|score = 4–1

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-irak-thailand/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|THA}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Mahmoud {{goal|17||50}}
Hussein {{goal|23||63}}

|goals2 = Dusit {{goal|26}}

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 3,000

|referee= Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group C

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=3

|team1=JPN|name_JPN={{fb|Japan|1870}}

|team2=CHN|name_CHN={{fb|China}}

|team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}

|team4=UZB|name_UZB={{fb|Uzbekistan}}

|win_JPN=3|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=7|ga_JPN=1

|win_CHN=1|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=2|gf_CHN=3|ga_CHN=3

|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=3|ga_SYR=6

|win_UZB=1|draw_UZB=0|loss_UZB=2|gf_UZB=3|ga_UZB=6

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 6 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 2–1

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-syrien/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Abbas {{goal|85|o.g.}}
Takagi {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Joukhadar {{goal|8}}

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 10,000

|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 6 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 0–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-china-usbekistan/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Shkvyrin {{goal|78}}
Shatskikh {{goal|90}}

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 3,000

|referee= Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 9 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 4–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-usbekistan/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Nanami {{goal|7}}
Miura {{goal|37}}
Maezono {{goal|86||90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 3,000

|referee= Jalal Moradi (Iran)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 9 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score = 0–3

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-syrien-china/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Ma Mingyu {{goal|35}}
Gao Feng {{goal|49}}
Li Bing {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 4,000

|referee= Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 12 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}

|score = 1–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-china/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|time = 16:45

|goals1 = Soma {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

}}

{{footballbox

|date= 12 December 1996

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}

|score = 1–2

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-usbekistan-syrien/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|time = 19:00

|goals1 = Lebedev {{goal|53|pen.}}

|goals2 = Joukhadar {{goal|48}}
Cheikh-Dib {{goal|74}}

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

}}

=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.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|section=3rd place

|show_positions=y

|ptsfirst=

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|Iraq|1991}}

|team2=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|South Korea|1984}}

|team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}

|win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=6|ga_IRQ=3

|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=5

|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=3|ga_SYR=6

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html 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)

{{Round8|3rdplace=yes|widescore=yes|team-width=225

|RD1=Quarter-finals

|RD2=Semi-finals

|RD3=Final

|Consol=Third place

|15 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|UAE}} {{aet}}|1|{{fb|IRQ|1991}}|0

|15 December – Al Ain|{{fb|KUW}}|2|{{fb|JPN|1870}}|0

|16 December – Dubai|{{fb|KOR|1984}}|2|{{fb|IRN}}|6

|16 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|KSA}}|4|{{fb|CHN}}|3

|18 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|UAE}}|1|{{fb|KUW}}|0

|18 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|IRN}}|0 (3)|{{fb|KSA}} (pen.)|0 (4)

|21 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|UAE}}|0 (2)|{{fb|KSA}} (pen.)|0 (4)

|21 December – Abu Dhabi|{{fb|KUW}}|1 (2)|{{fb|IRN}} (pen.)|1 (3)

}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{footballbox

|date = 15 December 1996

|time = 16:45

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–0

|agget= yes

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-va-emirate-irak/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}

|goals1 = Ab. Ibrahim {{golden goal|103}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance = 55,000

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 15 December 1996

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 2–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-kuwait-japan/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}

|goals1 = Al-Huwaidi {{goal|17||54}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

|attendance = 2,000

|referee=Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date= 16 December 1996

|time=16:45

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 2–6

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-suedkorea-iran/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}

|goals1 = Kim Do-Hoon {{goal|11}}
Shin Tae-Yong {{goal|35}}

|goals2 = Bagheri {{goal|31}}
Azizi {{goal|52}}
Daei {{goal|66||76||83||89|pen.}}

|stadium = Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

|attendance= 19,000

|referee= Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 16 December 1996

|time=19:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 4–3

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-saudi-arabien-china/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|goals1 = Al-Thunayan {{goal|31||65}}
Al-Jaber {{goal|34}}
Al-Mehallel {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Zhang Enhua {{goal|6||89}}
Peng Weiguo {{goal|16}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 5,000

|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{footballbox

|date= 19 December 1996

|time=16:45

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–0

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-halbfinale-va-emirate-kuwait/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Saeed {{goal|69}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 55,000

|referee=Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 19 December 1996

|time=19:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}

|score = 0–0

|aet=yes

|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-halbfinale-iran-saudi-arabien/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance= 35,000

|referee=Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

|penalties1 = Daei {{penmiss}}
Peyrovani {{pengoal}}
Yazdani {{penmiss}}
Estili {{pengoal}}
Bagheri {{pengoal}}
Khakpour {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 3–4

|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} Al-Temawi
{{pengoal}} Sulaimani
{{pengoal}} Zubromawi
{{penmiss}} Al-Muwallid
{{pengoal}} Al-Harbi
{{pengoal}} Madani

}}

=Third place play-off=

{{footballbox

|date = 21 December 1996

|time = 16:45

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|report = [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-3-platz-iran-kuwait/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 = Daei {{goal|40}}

|goals2 = Al-Huwaidi {{goal|15}}

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance = 45,000

|referee = Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

|penalties1 = Moharrami {{penmiss}}
Estili {{pengoal}}
Peyrovani {{pengoal}}
Bagheri {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 3–2

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Haji
{{pengoal}} B. Abdullah
{{penmiss}} Al-Lenqawi
{{penmiss}} Mubarak
{{penmiss}} Al-Huwaidi

}}

=Final=

{{Main|1996 AFC Asian Cup final}}

{{footballbox

|date = 21 December 1996

|time = 19:30

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 0–0

|aet = yes

|report = [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-endspiel-saudi-arabien-va-emirate/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

|attendance = 60,000

|referee = Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

|penalties1 = M. Ali {{pengoal}}
Hussain {{penmiss}}
K. Saad {{pengoal}}
Saeed {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 2–4

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Al-Thunayan
{{pengoal}} Zubromawi
{{penmiss}} Al-Harbi
{{pengoal}} Al-Temawi
{{pengoal}} Al-Muwallid

}}

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{{col-2}}

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK17Muhsin Musabah
RB6Ismail Rashid Ismail
CB5Yousuf Hussain
CB12Hassan Mubarak
LB3Munther Abdullah
CM15Mohamed Ali
CM16Hassan Saeed{{yel|16}}
CM18Ahmed Ibrahim Ali{{yel|53}}
RF7Saad Bakheet Mubarak{{suboff|46}}
CF10Adnan Al-Talyani (c){{suboff|91}}
LF23Abdel Ahmed{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF13Abdul Aziz Mohamed{{subon|46}}
FW11Zuhair Bakhit{{subon|46}}
FW14Khamees Saad Mubarak{{subon|91}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Tomislav Ivić

{{col-2}}

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width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Mohamed Al-Deayea
RB2Mohammed Al-Jahani
CB3Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi{{suboff|77}}
CB4Abdullah Zubromawi
LB13Hussein Abdulghani{{sent off|2|72|87}}
DM16Khamis Al-Owairan
RM10Fahad Al-Mehallel{{suboff|80}}
CM8Khalid Al-Temawi
CM14Khaled Al-Muwallid
LM15Yousuf Al-Thunayan (c)
CF9Sami Al-Jaber{{suboff|62}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
CF25Abdullah Al-Dosari{{subon|62}}
MF12Ibrahim Al-Harbi{{subon|77}}
FW20Hamzah Idris{{subon|80}}
colspan=5|Manager:
colspan=5|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Nelo Vingada

{{col-end}}

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

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{{colend}}

2 goals

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{{colend}}

1 goal

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{{colend}}

1 own goal

=Awards=

Best player

Top scorer

Best goalkeeper

Fair play award

  • {{fb|Iran}}

Team of the Tournament{{cite web |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa-360/729431/%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%a2%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7-1996-%d8%b9%d9%86%d8%af%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b2%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a8-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%b6 |title=كأس آسيا 1996.. عندما انتزع المنتخب السعودي اللقب من الإمارات صاحب الأرض |language=ar |publisher=Sport 360 |date=8 December 2018 |access-date=15 June 2020}}

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Goalkeepers

!Defenders

!Midfielders

!Forwards

align=left valign=top|

{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohamed Al-Deayea

|align=left valign=top|

{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Zubromawi

{{flagicon|UAE}} Yousuf Hussain

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammad Khakpour

|align=left valign=top|

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mehrdad Minavand

{{flagicon|UAE}} Mohamed Ali

{{flagicon|KSA}} Khalid Al-Muwallid

{{flagicon|UAE}} Saad Bakheet Mubarak

|align=left valign=top|

{{flagicon|KSA}} Fahad Al-Mehallel

{{flagicon|KUW}} Jasem Al-Huwaidi

{{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Daei

Marketing

= Sponsorships =

  • Canon Inc.
  • Clarion
  • Coca-Cola{{Cite web |date=1994-07-21 |title=Drinks company cash boost for Asia |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/81933/drinks-company-cash-boost-asia |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
  • Diadora
  • Emirates
  • Energizer
  • Fujifilm
  • Gillette
  • Mild Seven{{Cite web |date=1995-01-16 |title=Why soccer struggles to kick tobacco |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/103440/why-soccer-struggles-kick-tobacco |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
  • Mitsubishi
  • SABIC
  • Sanyo

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF Details]

{{AFC Asian Cup}}

{{1996 AFC Asian Cup finalists}}

{{1996 in Japanese football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:AFC Asian Cup 1996}}

1996

Asian Cup

Category:1996–97 in Emirati football

Category:International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates

Category:December 1996 sports events in Asia