1996 AFC Asian Cup
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The Asian Football Confederation
's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates
between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia
defeated host nation U.A.E.
in the final match in Abu Dhabi
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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:
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Iraq
(best third-place) and Korea Republic
(second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
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6 goals Jasem Al-Huwaidi
4 goals Fahad Al-Mehallel
3 goals Hwang Sun-Hong
Hassan Saeed
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 Sabbar Kazuyoshi Miura
Hiroshi Nanami
Naoki Soma
Takuya Takagi
Ko Jeong-Woon Shin Tae-Yong Bashar Abdullah Bader Haji Hani Al-Saqer Khalid Al-Muwallid
Ali Al-Sheikh Dib Dusit Chalermsan
Kiatisuk Senamuang
Abdulrahman Ibrahim
Bakhit Saad Khamis Saad Sergey Lebedev
Oleg Shatskikh Igor Shkvyrin
1 own goal Hassan Abbas
(for Japan)
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
's 1996 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
defeated host nation U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates national football team
The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates...
in the final match in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
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Qualification
qualified automatically as host qualified automatically as defending champions33 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:
Venues
| Sheikh Zayed Stadium Sheikh Zayed Stadium Sheikh Zayed Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for football matches but can also stage athletics. It is named after the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and first president of the UAE. The construction of the... |
Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | Al-Maktoum Stadium Al-Maktoum Stadium Al-Maktoum Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al Nasr SC. The stadium holds 12,000 people.-External links:*... |
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| Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western... |
Al Ain Al Ain Al Ain |Spring]]), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 , it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about... |
Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... |
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First round
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| 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
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
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Group B
| Team | ||||||||
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| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 |
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Group C
| Team | ||||||||
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| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
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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 | ||||||||
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| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
Iraq
Iraq national football team
The Iraqi national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup tournament.-The Golden Generation:...
(best third-place) and Korea Republic
Korea Republic national football team
The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,...
(second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stage
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
All-Star Team
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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 Mohamed Al-Deayea |
Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. Between 1993 and 2002, he played 122 international matches and scored 4 goals for the national team. He played at the World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002...  Yousef Saleh  Mohammad KhakpourMohammad Khakpour -Football career:Khakpour played for a few clubs, including Persepolis FC, Pas Tehran, Vanspor, Geylang United and MetroStars . He played for the Iran national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.... |
Mehrdad Minavand Mehrdad Minavand Mehrdad Minavand Chal is a retired Iranian football player, and currently a pop singer.-Club career:He played for a few clubs, including Keshavarz F.C., Persepolis FC, Sturm Graz , SC Charleroi and Al-Shabab as well as Sepahan... Mohamed Ali Khalid Al-Temawi Bakhit Saad |
Fahad Al-Mehallel Fahad Al-Mehallel Fahad Al-Mehallel is a retired Saudi Arabian football striker.He played at a club level for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr. For the national team, he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. He also played at the 1989 FIFA World Youth...  Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ali DaeiAli Daei Ali Daei is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages a local Iranian team, Rah Ahan. He is a former captain of the Iran national football team, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches... |
Scoring players
8 goals Ali DaeiAli Daei
Ali Daei is an Iranian retired football player and former national team coach who currently manages a local Iranian team, Rah Ahan. He is a former captain of the Iran national football team, and is the world's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches...
6 goals Jasem Al-Huwaidi
4 goals Fahad Al-Mehallel
Fahad Al-Mehallel
Fahad Al-Mehallel is a retired Saudi Arabian football striker.He played at a club level for Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr. For the national team, he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. He also played at the 1989 FIFA World Youth...
3 goals Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong
Hwang Sun-Hong or Hwang Seon-Hong is a South Korean football manager and former player, currently managing Pohang Steelers- Biography :During most of the last 2 decades Hwang was regarded as a Korean scoring sensation...
Hassan Saeed
2 goals Zhang Enhua
Zhang Enhua
Zhang Enhua is a retired Chinese football player. He is predominantly notable for his time at Dalian Wanda, where he won several league titles as well as being a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup...
Widodo Putro
Widodo C Putro
Widodo Cahyono Putro is a retired Indonesian football player, who gained fame for scoring a goal with a bicycle kick in match against Kuwait in the 1996 Asian Cup...
Ronny Wabia Khodadad Azizi
Khodadad Azizi
Khodadad Azizi is an Iranian retired professional football striker and a current coach.-International career:Azizi represented Iran at the 1996 Asian cup, 1998 FIFA World Cup, and the 2000 Asian Cup...
Karim Bagheri
Karim Bagheri
Karim Bagheri is a retired professional Iranian player, most notably playing for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League. He was known as a two-footed midfielder and is famous for his powerful and thundering long range shots and free kicks.-Early years:...
Haidar Mahmoud Laith Hussein Masakiyo Maezono
Masakiyo Maezono
is a retired Japanese football player. and Beach Soccer player.-Career:Maezono was a member of the Japanese Squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. He played Starting with Yokohama Flügels afterSantos, Goiás. in Brazil...
Kim Do-Hoon Sami Al-Jaber
Sami Al-Jaber
Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...
Khalid Al-Temawi Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Yousuf Al-Thunayan is a former association football midfielder from Saudi Arabia. During his active career he played 94 international matches and scored 26 goals for the national team. At the age of 34 he was selected for his first and only Football World Cup, and appeared in two games, scoring...
Nader Jokhadar Adnan Al-Talyani
1 goal Gao Feng
Gao Feng (footballer)
Gao Feng is a former Chinese football striker.He was married to Chinese vocalist Na Ying and had a son together, but divorced in 2005.-External links:* *...
Ma Mingyu
Ma Mingyu
Ma Mingyu is a retired Chinese International football player. He was the captain throughout China's campaign during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:...
Li Bing
Li Bing (footballer)
Li Bing is a retired Chinese International football player. Li played most of his career in his native China for Sichuan Quanxing and was ever present in the Chinese national squad for just under 10 years...
Peng Weiguo
Peng Weiguo
Peng Weiguo is a retired Chinese football player. He was known as one of the best midfielders in China in the 1990s. He is now a manager.-Club career:...
Mehrdad Minavand
Mehrdad Minavand
Mehrdad Minavand Chal is a retired Iranian football player, and currently a pop singer.-Club career:He played for a few clubs, including Keshavarz F.C., Persepolis FC, Sturm Graz , SC Charleroi and Al-Shabab as well as Sepahan...
Naeim Saadavi Hussam Fawzi
Hussam Fawzi
Hussam Fawzi Naji is an Iraqi footballer who is a forward, and former captain of the Iraq national football team.-International career:...
Khalid Sabbar Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura
----Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with...
Hiroshi Nanami
Hiroshi Nanami
is a former professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1. He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture.-Playing career:Nanami was a key figure for the Japan national team throughout the late 1990s and during the early part of this century....
Naoki Soma
Naoki Soma
Naoki Soma is a former Japanese football defender .He was capped 58 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
Takuya Takagi
Takuya Takagi
is a former Japanese football player and a current football coach. He is currently the manager at Roasso Kumamoto. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the Cannon of Asia.-Club:...
Ko Jeong-Woon Shin Tae-Yong Bashar Abdullah Bader Haji Hani Al-Saqer Khalid Al-Muwallid
Khalid Al-Muwallid
Khalid Massad Al-Muwallid Al-Harbi is a retired Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al Ahli and Al Ittihad....
Ali Al-Sheikh Dib Dusit Chalermsan
Dusit Chalermsan
Dusit Chalermsan is a former Thai football player. He is a famous Defender who scored 14 goals for the national team. He played for the national team Between 1996-2004. Currently, He has been the head coach of Sriracha....
Kiatisuk Senamuang
Kiatisuk Senamuang
Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...
Abdulrahman Ibrahim
Abdulrahman Ibrahim
Abdulrahman Ibrahim is an Emirati footballer. He plays as center-back and is considered one of the best defenders in the UAE League. He was one the favourite defenders to be selected for the different U.A.E...
Bakhit Saad Khamis Saad Sergey Lebedev
Sergey Lebedev (footballer)
Sergey Lebedev is a retired football midfielder. Lebedev is a former Uzbekistani international, who obtained a total number of 34 caps during his career, scoring ten goals. He later on became a football coach.-References:* at National Football Teams*...
Oleg Shatskikh Igor Shkvyrin
Igor Shkvyrin
Igor Shkvyrin is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and the Uzbekistan national football team.- Career :...
1 own goal Hassan Abbas
Hassan Abbas
Hassan Abbas is a retired professional Syrian football midfielder who last played for Al-Karamah in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria....
(for Japan)
Top scoring teams
14 goals11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Final positions
| Team | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 61.1% | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 77.8% | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 61.1% | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 44.4% | ||
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| 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 75.0% | ||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 50.0% | ||
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | 25.0% | |
| Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | 0.0% | |