2016 King's Cup

2016 King's Cup
ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ 2016
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Tournament details
Host country  Thailand
Dates 3–5 June 2016
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (14th title)
Runners-up  Jordan
Third place  Syria
Fourth place  United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 11 (2.75 per match)
Attendance 95,000 (23,750 per match)
Top scorer(s) Syria Al Maowas
Thailand Kroekrit Thaweekarn
(2 goals each)
Fair play award  United Arab Emirates

The 2016 King's Cup (also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (Thai:การแข่งขันฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพครั้งที่ 44) is an international football competition, and will be the 44th edition of the tournament. It was organized by the Football Association of Thailand or the FAT. The tournament is set to be a in knockout tournament format with all matches being held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 3 and 5 June.

This edition will feature the host Thailand and three invited teams. The three teams that have been invited are Jordan,[1] United Arab Emirates,[2] and Syria.[3] Montenegro was expected to participate, but later declined, leaving the Thais to put Syria instead.

Participant teams

The 2016 King's Cup is included the following four teams[4]

Team Association Confederation Finals
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA Ranking
June 2016
 Thailand (Host) FA Thailand AFC 44th Champions (1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007) 117 (4)
 Jordan Jordan FA AFC 1st Debut 80 (2)
 Syria Syria FA AFC 1st Debut 101 (3)
 United Arab Emirates UAE FA AFC 1st Debut 70 (1)

Squads

Venue

All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium
Capacity: 49,772

Draw

The seeded teams which headed up each group was announced on May 10, 2016: United Arab Emirates and Jordan (Top Half), Thailand and Syria (Bottom Half).

This ceremony was drawn by Watchara Watcharapol, CEO of Thairath TV and Supasin Leelarit, Vice chairman of 2016 King's Cup Organizing Committee.

Top Half Bottom Half

United Arab Emirates

Jordan
Thailand (Host)

Syria

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 King's Cup.

Referees
  • Singapore Sukhbir Singh
  • Uzbekistan Aziz Asimov
  • Malaysia Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
  • Qatar Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
Assistant referees
  • Myanmar Thein Hanh
  • Singapore Ronnie Min Kiat
  • Malaysia Mohd Shahreen Bin Che Omar
  • Uzbekistan Alisher Usmanov

Knockout stage

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score were level at the end of 90 minutes, If the score were still level after 90 minutes, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June - Bangkok (Rajamangala Stadium)
 
 
 United Arab Emirates1
 
5 June - Bangkok (Rajamangala Stadium)
 
 Jordan3
 
 Jordan0
 
3 June - Bangkok (Rajamangala Stadium)
 
 Thailand2
 
 Thailand (p)2 (7)
 
 
 Syria2 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
5 June - Bangkok (Rajamangala Stadium)
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
 
 Syria1


Semi-finals

United Arab Emirates  1–3  Jordan
Sultan  45+2' Report Suleiman  8'
Hamza  50'
Mohannad  68'
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Third place play-off

United Arab Emirates  0–1  Syria
Report Al Maowas  50'
Referee: Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri (Qatar)

Final

Thailand  2–0  Jordan
Kroekrit  52', 80' Report
Referee: Mohd Nafeez (Malaysia)


Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

Winners

 The 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament
Champions 

Thailand
Fourteenth title

Broadcasting rights

Territory Channel Ref
 Jordan Sky Sport
 Thailand Thairath TV
 United Arab Emirates Dubai Sports
 Syria Sky Sport

References

  1. ↑ "Participants for 2016 King's Cup confirmed". fathailand.org/ (TH). 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Participants for 2016 King's Cup confirmed". fathailand.org/ (TH). 3 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Participants for 2016 King's Cup confirmed". fathailand.org/ (TH). 3 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Participants for 2016 King's Cup confirmed". Thailand FA (TH). 3 May 2016.


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