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. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian The Saudi Arabia national football team (منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم (known by its fans as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. The Iran national football team ( represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Football The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. 62 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Daei 8 goals
Best player	Khodadad Azizi

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Contents 1 Qualification 2 Squads 3 Group Stages 3.1 Notes 3.2 Group A 3.3 Group B 3.4 Group C 3.5 Third-placed qualifiers 4 Knockout Stages 4.1 Knockout Map 4.2 Quarter-finals 4.3 Semifinal 4.4 Third place play-off 4.5 Final 5 Winners 6 Awards 6.1 MVP (Most Valuable Player) 6.2 Top Scorer 7 Scoring players 8 Top scoring teams

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. The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.

The other 10 qualifying teams were:

•  China PR
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Korea Republic
•  Kuwait
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Syria
•  Thailand
•  Uzbekistan

Squads

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

Group Stages

Notes

All times local (GMT + 0400)

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

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. The China PR national football team ( is the national football team of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI The Iran national football team ( represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Football The Iraqi national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. The Saudi Arabia national football team (منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم (known by its fans as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar The Syria national football team is the national team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. The Thailand national football team is the national team of Thailand and is connected to the Football Association of Thailand. The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football competitions Squads for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup played in United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. of Korea		Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 1 – 1)			Ref: Pirom Un-Prasert (THI)
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	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'
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	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'
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		(HT: 0 – 0)
			Al-Houwaidi 60'
			Abdullah 87'

Group B

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

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	9	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
China PR	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Syria	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
Uzbekistan	3	3	1	0	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'
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		(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. Igor Shkvyrin (born April 29 1963 is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and the Uzbekistan national football Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. is a professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J League Division 1 Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦知良 Miura Kazuyoshi, born on February 26, 1967) often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese Masakiyo Maezono (前園 真聖born 29 October 1973) is a retired Japanese football player Masakiyo Maezono (前園 真聖born 29 October 1973) is a retired Japanese football player R. China		Al Ain (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 1)			Ref: Kim Young Joo (South Korea)
			Ma 34'
			Gao 49'
			Li 72'
December 12
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		(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'

Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Naoki Soma (相馬直樹 born 19 July 1971 in Shizuoka) is a former Japanese football defender ( Left back) 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. The Iraqi national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions The Syria national football team is the national team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. The Iraqi national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions

Knockout Stages

Knockout Map

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	December 15 - Al Ain
	Kuwait	2
					December 18 - Abu Dhabi
	Japan	0
					Kuwait	0
	December 15 - Abu Dhabi
					United Arab Emirates	1
	United Arab Emirates (AET)	1
									December 21 - Abu Dhabi
	Iraq	0
									United Arab Emirates (PSO)	0 (2)
	December 16 - Dubai
									Saudi Arabia	0 (4)
	Korea Republic	2
					December 18 - Abu Dhabi
	Iran	6
					Iran (PSO)	0 (3)			Third place
	December 16 - Abu Dhabi
					Saudi Arabia	0 (4)
	Saudi Arabia	4							Kuwait (PSO)	1 (2)
	China PR	3							Iran	1 (3)
									December 21 - Abu Dhabi

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'

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

Third place play-off

December 21
	Iran	1 – 1	Kuwait		Abu Dhabi (1645)
		(HT: 1 – 1)
		(FT: 1 – 1)
	Daei 40'		Al-Houwaidi 15'
	Iran wins 3 – 2 on penalties

Final

December 21
	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	UAE		Abu Dhabi (1900)
		(HT: 0 – 0)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
		(AET: 0 – 0)
	Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 2 on penalties

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1996 Winners
Saudi Arabia Third title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

• Khodadad Azizi

Top Scorer

• Ali Daei - 8 goals

Scoring players

8 goals

• Ali Daei

6 goals

• Jassem Al-Houwaidi

4 goals

• Fahad Al-Mehallel

3 goals

• Hwang Sun-Hong
• Hassan Ahmed

2 goals

• Zhang Enhua
• Widodo Putra
• Ronny Wabia
• Khodadad Azizi
• Karim Bagheri
• Hayder Majeed
• Laith Shihaib
• Masakiyo Maezono
• Sami Al-Jaber
• Khalid Al-Temawi
• Yousuf Al-Thunayan
• Kim Do-Hoon
• Nader Jokhadar
• Adnan Al-Talyani

1 goal

• Gao Feng
• Ma Mingyu
• Li Bing
• Peng Weiguo
• Mehrdad Minavand
• Naeem Saadavi
• Husam Naji
• Khalid Sabbar
• Kazuyoshi Miura
• Hiroshi Nanami
• Naoki Soma
• Takuya Takagi
• Bashar Abdullah
• Yousif Al-Dakhi
• Hani Al-Saqer
• Khalid Al-Muwallid
• Ko Jeong-Woon
• Sin Tae-Yong
• Ali Dib
• Dusit Chalermsan
• Kiatisuk Senamuang
• Abdul Rahman Hussain
• Bakhit Saad
• Khamis Saad
• Sergey Lebedev
• Oleg Shatskikh
• Igor Shkvirin

1 own goal

• Hassan Abbas for Japan

Top scoring teams

16 goals

•  Iran

11 goals

•  Saudi Arabia

9 goals

•  Kuwait

8 goals

•  United Arab Emirates

7 goals

•  Japan
•  Korea Republic

6 goals

•  China PR
•  Iraq

4 goals

•  Indonesia

3 goals

•  Syria
•  Uzbekistan

2 goals

•  Thailand

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He refereed a first round match between England and Tunisia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Ghandour ( جمال محمود أحمد الغندور) (born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. 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Ali Daei, ( pronounced dɑːjiː}} nicknamed '''''Shahriar''''' [{{IPA|ʃæhrijɑːr}} meaning The king, born March 21 1969 in Ardabil, Iran Ali Daei, ( pronounced dɑːjiː}} nicknamed '''''Shahriar''''' [{{IPA|ʃæhrijɑːr}} meaning The king, born March 21 1969 in Ardabil, Iran Jasem Al Houwaidi ( 28 October 1972) (Arabicجاسم الهويدي was participated in the Kuwaiti national football team Fahad Al-Mehallel (فهد المهلل (born November 11, 1970) was a Saudi Arabian footballers in striker role Hwang Sun-Hong or Hwang Seon-Hong ( Korean: 황선홍 Hanja: 黃善洪 born July 14, 1968) was a South Korean football Zhang Enhua ( (born 28 April, 1973 in Dalian) is a retired Chinese football player Khodadad Azizi ( born June 22, 1971 in Mashhad, Iran) is a retired professional football Striker. Karim Bagheri ( born February 24, 1974 in Tabriz) is a professional football player currently playing for Persepolis F Masakiyo Maezono (前園 真聖born 29 October 1973) is a retired Japanese football player Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber (سامي الجابر born 11 December, 1972 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a retired football Striker Yousef Al-Thyniyan (يوسف الثُنيان (also Yousuf Al-Thunayan, born November 18, 1963) is a former soccer Midfielder from Kim Do-Hoon (born 21 July, 1970) is a former South Korean football player Adnan Khamees Al-Talyani (عدنان الطلياني (born 30 October 1964) is a football player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE Ma Mingyu (born 4 February, 1970, in Chongqing) is a retired Chinese football player Mehrdad Minavand Chal ( born November 30, 1975 in Tehran) is a retired Iranian football player and currently a pop singer Naeim Sadavi Sad ( born June 16, 1969 in Karaj) is a retired Iranian football player and now a football coach Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦知良 Miura Kazuyoshi, born on February 26, 1967) often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese is a professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J League Division 1 Naoki Soma (相馬直樹 born 19 July 1971 in Shizuoka) is a former Japanese football defender ( Left back) is a former Japanese football (soccer player and a current football coach Bashar Abdullah (born October 12, 1977) is the one of the most famous Kuwaiti footballers in the last twelve years Khalid Al-Muwallid ( Arabic:خالد المولد (born November 23, 1971 in Jeddah) is a Saudi Arabian football player Ko Jeong-Woon (born June 27, 1966 in Jeollabuk-do, Korea Republic) is a retired South Korean football player Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang ( Thai เกียรติศักดิ์ เสนาเมือง (born August 11, 1973) in Udon The Iran national football team ( represents Iran in international football competitions and is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Football The Saudi Arabia national football team (منتخب السعودية لكرة القدم (known by its fans as al-Sogour which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. The United Arab Emirates national football team is the national team of United Arab Emirates and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association. The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea in international football competitions The China PR national football team ( is the national football team of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA The Iraqi national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI The Syria national football team is the national team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. The Uzbekistan national football team represents Uzbekistan in international football competitions The Thailand national football team is the national team of Thailand and is connected to the Football Association of Thailand.

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