1996 AFC Asian Cup
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.
Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996 كأس آسيا 1996 | |
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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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 80 (3.08 per match) |
Attendance | 448,000 (17,231 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Fair play award | |
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:
Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 |
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Hosts | 1992 | 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) | |
1992 AFC Asian Cup winners | 8 November 1992 | 2 (1988, 1992) | |
Qualifying round Group 9 winners | 2 February 1996 | 3 (1984, 1988, 1992) | |
Qualifying round Group 2 winners | 4 February 1996 | 5 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) | |
Qualifying round Group 4 winners | 6 March 1996 | 0 (Debut) | |
Qualifying round Group 8 winners | 19 June 1996 | 0 (Debut) | |
Qualifying round Group 10 winners | 20 June 1996 | 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) | |
Qualifying round Group 5 winners | 21 June 1996 | 7 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) | |
Qualifying round Group 3 winners | 9 July 1996 | 2 (1972, 1992) | |
Qualifying round Group 7 winners | 19 July 1996 | 3 (1980, 1984, 1988) | |
Qualifying round Group 1 winners | 11 August 1996 | 7 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988) | |
Qualifying round Group 6 winners | 13 August 1996 | 2 (1972, 1976) |
Notes:
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
- 2 Italic indicates host
Squads
Venues
Abu Dhabi | Al Ain |
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Sheikh Zayed Stadium | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium |
Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Dubai | |
Al-Maktoum Stadium | |
Capacity: 12,000 | |
First round
All times are UAE time (UTC+4)
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | |
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K. Saad |
Report | Hwang Sun-Hong |
United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | |
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Saeed Al-Talyani B. Saad |
Report | Al-Huwaidi |
South Korea | 4–2 | |
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Kim Do-Hoon Hwang Sun-Hong Ko Jeong-Woon |
Report | Ronny Widodo |
United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | |
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Saeed Al-Talyani |
Report |
Kuwait | 2–0 | |
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Al-Huwaidi B. Abdullah |
Report |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
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Al-Temawi Al-Mehallel Al-Muwallid Al-Jaber |
Report |
Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | |
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Al-Mehallel |
Report |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
China PR | 0–2 | |
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Report | Shkvyrin Shatskikh |
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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
15 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
18 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
15 December – Al Ain | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
21 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
0 (2) | ||||||||||
16 December – Dubai | ||||||||||
0 (4) | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
18 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||
0 (3) | ||||||||||
16 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
0 (4) | Third place | |||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
21 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
1 (2) | ||||||||||
1 (3) | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
United Arab Emirates | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Ab. Ibrahim |
Report |
Kuwait | 2–0 | |
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Al-Huwaidi |
Report |
South Korea | 2–6 | |
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Kim Do-Hoon Shin Tae-Yong |
Report | Bagheri Azizi Daei |
Saudi Arabia | 4–3 | |
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Al-Thunayan Al-Jaber Al-Mehallel |
Report | Zhang Enhua Peng Weiguo |
Third place play-off
Iran | 1–1 | |
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Daei |
Report | Al-Huwaidi |
Penalties | ||
Moharrami Estili Peyrovani Bagheri |
3–2 |
Final
United Arab Emirates | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
M. Ali Saleh K. Saad Saeed |
2–4 |
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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.
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Zhang Enhua Widodo Putro Ronny Wabia Khodadad Azizi Karim Bagheri Haidar Mahmoud Laith Hussein Masakiyo Maezono Kim Do-Hoon Sami Al-Jaber Khalid Al-Temawi Yousuf Al-Thunayan Nader Jokhadar Adnan Al-Talyani
1 goal
Gao Feng Ma Mingyu Li Bing Peng Weiguo Mehrdad Minavand Naeim Saadavi Hussam Fawzi Khalid Mohammed Sabbar Kazuyoshi Miura Hiroshi Nanami Naoki Soma Takuya Takagi Ko Jeong-Woon Shin Tae-Yong Bashar Abdullah Badr Haji Hani Al Saqer Khalid Al-Muwallid Ali Al-Sheikh Dib Dusit Chalermsan Kiatisuk Senamuang Abdulrahman Ibrahim Saad Bakheet Mubarak Khamis Saad Sergey Lebedev Oleg Shatskikh Igor Shkvyrin
1 own goal
Hassan Abbas (for Japan)
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Top scorer
Best Goalkeeper
Fair Play Award
Team of the Tournament[1]
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PCT | Result |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | .667 | 1st | |
2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | .833 | 2nd | |
3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 11 | .667 | 3rd | |
4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | .500 | ||
5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | .750 | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | .500 | ||
7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | .375 | ||
8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | .250 | ||
9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | .333 | Eliminated in the first stage | |
10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | .333 | ||
11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | .167 | ||
12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | .000 |
References
- "كأس آسيا 1996.. عندما انتزع المنتخب السعودي اللقب من الإمارات صاحب الأرض" (in Arabic). Sport 360. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.