1996 AFC Asian Cup

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1996 AFC Asian Cup Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996
Tournament details
Host country	UAE
Dates	4 December – 21 December
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Second place	United Arab Emirates
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	68 (2.62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Daei 8 goals
Best player	Khodadad Azizi

The Asian Football Confederation's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the U.A.E. between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.

[edit] Qualification

Main article:1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification

United Arab Emirates qualified automatically as host
Japan qualified automatically as defending champions

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:

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1996 AFC Asian Cup squads

[edit] Group Stages

[edit] Notes

All times local (GMT + 0400)

Abbreviations:
- Pld: games played
- W: won
- D: drawn
- L: lost
- GF: goals for
- GA: goals against
- Pts: points

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Kuwait	4	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1
Korea Republic	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Indonesia	1	3	0	1	2	4	8	-4


December 4
	UAE	1 – 1	Rep. of Korea	Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 1 – 1)		Ref: Pirom Un-Prasert (THI)
	K. Saad 40'		Hwang 9'


	Indonesia	2 – 2	Kuwait	Abu Dhabi (1845)
		(HT: 2 – 0)		Ref: Jamal al-Sharif (SYR)
	Putra 20'		Al-Saqer 73'
	Wabia 40'		Al-Dakhi 84'(pen)

December 7
	UAE	3 – 2	Kuwait	Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 2)		Ref: Charles Masembe (Uga)
	Ahmed 53'		Al-Houwaidi 9'
	Al-Talyani 55'		Al-Houwaidi 44'
	B. Saad 80'

	Rep. of Korea	4 – 2	Indonesia	Abu Dhabi (1900)
		(HT: 3 – 0)		Ref: Shamsul Maidin (SIN)
	Kim 5'		Wabia 58'
	Hwang 7'		Putra 65'
	Hwang 15'
	Ko 55'

December 10
	UAE	2 – 0	Indonesia	Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 1 – 0)

	Ahmed 14'
	Al-Talyani 65'

	Rep. of Korea	0 – 2	Kuwait	Abu Dhabi (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)
			Al-Houwaidi 60'
			Abdullah 87'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Saudi Arabia	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Iraq	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3
Thailand	0	3	0	3	2	13	-11


December 5
	Saudi Arabia	6 – 0	Thailand	Dubai (1645)
		(HT: 4 – 0)
	Al-Temawi (pen) 10'
	Al-Mehallel 15'
	Al-Muwallid 18'
	Al-Temawi (pen) 29'
	Al-Jaber 52'
	Al-Mehallel 54'


	Iran	1 – 2	Iraq	Dubai (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 1)
	Daei (pen) 90'		Naji 37'
			Sabbar 70'

December 8
	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Iraq	Dubai (1645)
		(HT: 1 – 0)
	Al-Mehallel 26'


	Thailand	1 – 3	Iran	Dubai (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 1)		Ref: Lu Jun (CHN)
	Senamuang 80'		Saadavi 37'
			Minavand 54'
			Daei 70'

December 11
	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Iran	Dubai (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 2)
			Bagheri 12'
			Daei 37'
			Azizi 47'


	Iraq	4 – 1	Thailand	Dubai (1900)
		(HT: 2 – 1)		Ref: Kim Young Joo (ROK)
	Majeed 17'		Chalermsan 26'
	Shihaib 23'
	Majeed 50'
	Shihaib 60'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	9	3	3	0	7	1	+6
China PR	3	3	1	2	3	3	0
Syria	3	3	1	2	3	6	-3
Uzbekistan	3	3	1	2	3	6	-3


December 4
	Japan	2 – 1	Syria	Al-Ain (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 1)		Ref: Mohammad Nazri Abdullah (MAS)
	Abbas (OG) 84'		Jokhadar 7'
	Takagi 88'


	P.R. China	0 – 2	Uzbekistan	Al-Ain (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)
			Shkvyrin 78'
			Shatskikh 90'

December 9
	Uzbekistan	0 – 4	Japan	Al Ain (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 2)		Ref: Jamal Moridi (IRI)
			Nanami 9'
			Miura 37'
			Maezono 86'
			Maezono 90'

	Syria	0 – 3	P.R. China	Al Ain (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 1)		Ref: Kim Young Joo (South Korea)
			Ma 34'
			Gao 49'
			Li 72'

December 12
	Japan	1 – 0	P.R. China	Al Ain (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref:Abdul Rahman (KSA)

	Soma 90'

	Uzbekistan	1 – 2	Syria	Al Ain (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref:Ali Mohammad Bujsaim (UAE)
	Lebedev (pen) 53'		Jokhadar 48'
			Dib 72'

[edit] 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 (Group B)	6	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Korea Republic (Group A)	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Syria (Group C)	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3

Iraq (best third-place) and Rep. of Korea (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

[edit] Knockout Stages

[edit] Knockout Map

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

December 15 - Al Ain

Kuwait

December 18 - Abu Dhabi

Japan

Kuwait

December 15 - Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates (AET)

December 21 - Abu Dhabi

Iraq

United Arab Emirates (PSO)

0 (2)

December 16 - Dubai

Saudi Arabia

0 (4)

Korea Republic

December 18 - Abu Dhabi

Iran

Iran (PSO)

0 (3)

Third place

December 16 - Abu Dhabi

Saudi Arabia

0 (4)

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait (PSO)

1 (2)

China PR

Iran

1 (3)

December 21 - Abu Dhabi

[edit] Quarter-finals

December 15
QF1:	UAE	1 – 0	Iraq	Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Gamal al-Ghandour (EGY)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
		(AET: 1 – 0)
	Hussain 109'

QF2:	Japan	0 – 2	Kuwait	Al-Ain (1930)
		(HT: 0 – 1)		Ref: Unprsert (THA)
			Al-Houwaidi 17'
			Al-Houwaidi 54'
December 16
QF3:	Republic of Korea	2 – 6	Iran	Dubai (1645)
		(HT: 2 – 1)		Ref: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuw)
	Kim 11'		Bagheri 30'
	Sin 34'		Azizi 51'
			Daei 66'
			Daei 76'
			Daei 83'
			Daei (pen) 88'

QF4:	Saudi Arabia	4 – 3	China	Abu Dhabi (1930)
		(HT: 3 – 2)		Ref: Mohammed Nazri Abdullah (Mas)
	Al-Thunayan 31'		Zhang 6'
	Al-Jaber 34'		Peng 16'
	Al-Mehallel 43'		Zhang 89'
	Al-Thunayan 65'

[edit] Semifinal

December 18
SF1:	UAE	1 – 0	Kuwait	Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Masayoshi Okada (JPN)
	Ahmed 69'

SF2:	Iran	0 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Abu Dhabi (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref: Gamal Al-Ghandour (EGY)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
		(AET: 0 – 0)
	Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 3 on penalties