1996 AFC Asian Cup

1996 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996
كأس آسيا 1996
Logo of the 1996 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 4 – 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 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

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

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
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
Referee: Charles Massembe (Uganda)
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 6320173+4
 Saudi Arabia 6320173+4
 Iraq 6320163+3
 Thailand 03003213−11
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 9330071+6
 China PR 33102330
 Syria 3310236−3
 Uzbekistan 3310236−3
Japan  2–1  Syria
Abbas  85' (o.g.)
Takagi  88'		 Report Jokhadar  8'
Attendance: 10,000
China PR  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 PR
Report Ma Mingyu  35'
Gao Feng  49'
Li Bing  73'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan  1–0  China PR
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 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-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
 
 China PR3
 
 Kuwait1 (2)
 
 
 Iran (pen.)1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

United Arab Emirates  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim  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 PR
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

Third place play-off

Final

GK17Muhsin Musabah
D5Yousef Saleh
D6Ismail Rashid Ismail
D12Hassan Mubarak
D3Munther Abdullah
M10Adnan Al Talyani 91'
M16Hassan Ahmed
M18Ahmed Ibrahim Ali
F7Saad Bakheet Mubarak 46'
F15Mohamed Ali
F23Abdel Ahmed 46'
Substitutions:
D13Abdulaziz Mohamed 46'
M11Zuhair Bakheet 46'
F14Khamees Saad Mubarak 91'
Manager:
Croatia Tomislav Ivić
GK1Mohamed Al-Deayea
D2Mohammed Al-Jahani
D3Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi 77'
D4Abdullah Zubromawi
D13Hussein Abdulghani
M8Khalid Al Temawi
M9Sami Al-Jaber 62'
M14Khaled Al-Muwallid
M16Khamis Al-Dosari
F10Fahad Al-Mehallel 80'
F15Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutions:
M25Abdullah Al-Dosari 62'
F12Ibrahim Al-Harbi 77'
F20Hamzah Idris 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 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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