1996 AFC Asian Cup 1013464 222310446 2008-06-28T17:27:24Z 82.196.164.218 /* Group B */ {{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = | year = 1996 | other_titles = Asian Cup U.A.E. 1996 <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: | image = 1996 AFC Asian Cup.gif --> | size = 200px | caption = Logo of the 1996 Asian Cup | country = UAE | dates = [[4 December]] – [[21 December]] | num_teams = 12 | confederations = | venues = 3 | cities = 3 | champion = KSA | count = 3 | second = UAE | third = IRN | fourth = KUW | matches = 26 | goals = 68 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]<br>[[1996 AFC Asian Cup#Scoring players|8 goals]] | player = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]] | updated = }} The [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s '''1996 AFC Asian Cup''' finals were held in the [[United Arab Emirates|U.A.E.]] between [[December 4]] and [[December 21]]. [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] defeated host nation [[United Arab Emirates national football team|U.A.E.]] in the final match in [[Abu Dhabi]]. ==Qualification == Main article:[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification]] *{{fb|UAE}} qualified automatically as host *{{fb|JPN}} 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: *{{fb|CHN}} *{{fb|IDN}} *{{fb|IRN}} *{{fb|IRQ|1991}} *{{fb|KOR}} *{{fb|KUW}} *{{fb|KSA}} *{{fb|SYR}} *{{fb|THA}} *{{fb|UZB}} ==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 ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] + 4)'' In the following tables * '''Pts''' = total points accumulated * '''Pld''' = total games played * '''W''' = total games won * '''D''' = total games drawn (tied) * '''L''' = total games lost * '''GF''' = total goals scored (goals for) * '''GA''' = total goals conceded (goals against) * '''GD''' = goal difference (GF&minus;GA) ===Group A=== </noinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|United Arab Emirates}} |'''7'''||3||2||1||0||6||3||+3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|Kuwait}} |'''4'''||3||1||1||1||6||5||+1 |- style="background:#ffffcc;" |align="left"|{{fb|South Korea}} |'''4'''||3||1||1||1||5||5||0 |- |align="left"|{{fb|Indonesia}} |'''1'''||3||0||1||2||4||8||&minus;4 |}<noinclude> {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |  |- |[[December 4]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''UAE''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 1''' |width=120|'''Rep. of Korea''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 1 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: [[Pirom Un-Prasert]] ([[Thailand|THI]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Khamis Saad|K. Saad]] 40'|| ||[[Hwang Sun-Hong|Hwang]] 9' |- |  |- | |- | |align=right|'''Indonesia''' |align=center|'''2 &ndash; 2''' |'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1845) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 2 &ndash; 0) | | |Ref: Jamal al-Sharif ([[Syria|SYR]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Widodo Putra|Putra]] 20'|| ||[[Hani Al-Saqer|Al-Saqer]] 73' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Ronny Wabia|Wabia]] 40' || ||[[Yousif Al-Dakhi|Al-Dakhi]] 84'(pen) |- |  |- |[[December 7]] |- | |align=right|''' UAE''' |align=center|'''3 &ndash; 2''' |'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 2) | | |Ref: Charles Masembe ([[Uganda|Uga]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hassan Ahmed|Ahmed]] 53'|| ||[[Jassem Al-Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 9' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Adnan Al-Talyani|Al-Talyani]] 55'|| ||[[Jassem Al-Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 44' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Bakhit Saad|B. Saad]] 80'|| || |- |  |- | |align=right|'''Rep. of Korea''' |align=center|'''4 &ndash; 2''' |'''Indonesia''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |(HT: 3 &ndash; 0) | | |Ref: Shamsul Maidin ([[Singapore|SIN]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Kim Do-Hoon|Kim]] 5'|| ||[[Ronny Wabia|Wabia]] 58' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hwang Sun-Hong|Hwang]] 7'|| ||[[Widodo Putra|Putra]] 65' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hwang Sun-Hong|Hwang]] 15'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Ko Jeong-Woon|Ko]] 55'|| || |- |  |- |[[December 10]] |- | |align=right|'''UAE''' |align=center|'''2 &ndash; 0''' |'''Indonesia''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 1 &ndash; 0) | | |<!--Ref:??? (???)--> |- style=font-size:90% | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hassan Ahmed|Ahmed]] 14'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Adnan Al-Talyani|Al-Talyani]] 65'|| || |- |  |- | |align=right|'''Rep. of Korea''' |align=center|'''0 &ndash; 2''' |'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |<!--Ref:??? (???)--> |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Jassem Al-Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 60' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Bashar Abdullah|Abdullah]] 87' |- |  |} ===Group B=== </noinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|Iran}} |'''6'''||3||2||0||1||7||3||+4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}} |'''6'''||3||2||0||1||7||3||+4 |- style="background:#ffffcc;" |align="left"|{{fb|Iraq|1991}} |'''6'''||3||2||0||1||6||3||+3 |- |align="left"|{{fb|Thailand}} |'''0'''||3||0||0||3||2||13||&minus;11 |}<noinclude> {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |  |- |[[December 5]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia''' |align=center|'''6 &ndash; 0''' |width=120|'''Thailand''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 4 &ndash; 0) | | | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Khalid Al-Temawi|Al-Temawi]] (pen) 10'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] 15'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Khalid Al-Muwallid|Al-Muwallid]] 18'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Khalid Al-Temawi|Al-Temawi]] (pen) 29'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Sami Al-Jaber|Al-Jaber]] 52'|| || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] 54'|| || |- |  |- | |- | |align=right|'''Iran''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 2''' |'''Iraq''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 1) | | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Ali Daei|Daei]] (pen) 90'|| ||[[Husam Naji|Naji]] 37' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Khalid Sabbar|Sabbar]] 70' |- |  |- |[[December 8]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 0''' |width=120|'''Iraq''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 1 &ndash; 0) | | | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] 26'|| || |- |  |- | |- | |align=right|'''Thailand''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 3''' |'''Iran''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: Lu Jun ([[People's Republic of China|CHN]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Kiatisuk Senamuang|Senamuang]] 80'|| ||[[Naeem Saadavi|Saadavi]] 37' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Mehrdad Minavand|Minavand]] 54' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 70' |- |  |- |[[December 11]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia''' |align=center|'''0 &ndash; 3''' |width=120|'''Iran''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 2) | | | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] 12' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 37' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Khodadad Azizi|Azizi]] 47' |- |  |- | |- | |align=right|'''Iraq''' |align=center|'''4 &ndash; 1''' |'''Thailand''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 2 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: Kim Young Joo ([[South Korea|ROK]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hayder Majeed|Majeed]] 17'|| ||[[Dusit Chalermsan|Chalermsan]] 26' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Laith Shihaib|Shihaib]] 23' || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hayder Majeed|Majeed]] 50' || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Laith Shihaib|Shihaib]] 60' || || |} ===Group C=== </noinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|Japan}} |'''9'''||3||3||0||0||7||1||+6 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|China}} |'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||3||0 |- style="background:#ffffcc;" |align="left"|{{fb|Syria}} |'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||&minus;3 |- |align="left"|{{fb|Uzbekistan}} |'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||&minus;3 |}<noinclude> {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |  |- |[[December 4]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Japan''' |align=center|'''2 &ndash; 1''' |width=120|'''Syria''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: Mohammad Nazri Abdullah ([[Malaysia|MAS]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hassan Abbas|Abbas]] (OG) 84'|| ||[[Nader Jokhadar|Jokhadar]] 7' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Takuya Takagi|Takagi]] 88'|| || |- |  |- | |- | |align=right|'''P.R. China''' |align=center|'''0 &ndash; 2''' |'''Uzbekistan''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Igor Shkvyrin|Shkvyrin]] 78' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Oleg Shatskikh|Shatskikh]] 90' |- |  |- |[[December 9]] |- | |align=right|'''Uzbekistan''' |align=center|'''0 &ndash; 4''' |'''Japan''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 2) | | |Ref: Jamal Moridi ([[Iran|IRI]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Hiroshi Nanami|Nanami]] 9' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Kazuyoshi Miura|Miura]] 37' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Masakiyo Maezono|Maezono]] 86' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Masakiyo Maezono|Maezono]] 90' |- |  |- | |align=right|'''Syria''' |align=center|'''0 &ndash; 3''' |'''P.R. China''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |(HT: 0 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: Kim Young Joo ([[South Korea]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ma Mingyu|Ma]] 34' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Gao Feng (football)|Gao]] 49' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Li Bing (football)|Li]] 72' |- |  |- |[[December 12]] |- | |align=right|'''Japan''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 0''' |'''P.R. China''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |Ref:Abdul Rahman ([[Saudi Arabia|KSA]]) |- style=font-size:90% | |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Naoki Soma|Soma]] 90'|| || |- |  |- | |align=right|'''Uzbekistan''' |align=center|'''1 &ndash; 2''' |'''Syria''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |Ref:Ali Mohammad Bujsaim ([[United Arab Emirates|UAE]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Sergey Lebedev|Lebedev]] (pen) 53' || ||[[Nader Jokhadar|Jokhadar]] 48' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Dib|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 two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. </noinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|Iraq|1991}} (Group B) |'''6'''||3||2||0||1||6||3||+3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"|{{fb|South Korea}} (Group A) |'''4'''||3||1||1||1||5||5||0 |- |align="left"|{{fb|Syria}} (Group C) |'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||&minus;3 |}<noinclude> [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] (best third-place) and [[Korea Republic national football team|Rep. of Korea]] (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals. ==Knockout Stages== ===Knockout Map=== {{Round8-with third <!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 --> <!--quarter finals --> |[[December 15]] - [[Al Ain]]|'''{{fb|KUW}}'''|2|{{fb|JPN}}|0 |[[December 15]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|'''{{fb|UAE}}''' ([[Extra time|AET]])|1|{{fb|IRQ|1991}}|0 |[[December 16]] - [[Dubai]]|{{fb|KOR}}|2|'''{{fb|IRN}}'''|6 |[[December 16]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|'''{{fb|KSA}}|4|{{fb|CHN}}|3 <!--semi finals --> |[[December 18]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|KUW}}|0|'''{{fb|UAE}}'''|1 |[[December 18]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|IRN}} ([[Penalty shootout (football)|PSO]])|0 (3)|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|0 (4) <!--final --> |[[December 21]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|UAE}} ([[Penalty shootout (football)|PSO]])|0 (2)|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|0 (4) <!--third place --> |[[December 21]] - [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|KUW}} ([[Penalty shootout (football)|PSO]])|1 (2)|'''{{fb|IRN}}'''|1 (3) }} ===Quarter-finals=== {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |[[December 15]] |- |''QF1'': |align=right width=120|'''UAE''' |align=center width=120|'''1 &ndash; 0''' |'''Iraq''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |Ref: [[Gamal al-Ghandour]] ([[Egypt|EGY]]) |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(FT: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(AET: 1 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Abdul Rahman Hussain|Hussain]] 109'|| || |- |  |- |''QF2'': |align=right width=120|'''Japan''' |align=center width=120|'''0 &ndash; 2''' |'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1930) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: Unprsert ([[Thailand|THA]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Jassem Al Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 17' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Jassem Al Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 54' |  |- |[[December 16]] |- |''QF3'': |align=right|'''Republic of Korea''' |align=center|'''2 &ndash; 6''' |'''Iran''' | |style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 2 &ndash; 1) | | |Ref: [[Saad Kameel Al Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait|Kuw]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Kim Do-Hoon|Kim]] 11'|| ||[[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] 30' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Sin Tae-Yong|Sin]] 34'|| ||[[Khodadad Azizi|Azizi]] 51' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 66' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 76' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 83' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right| || ||[[Ali Daei|Daei]] (pen) 88' |- |  |- |''QF4'': |align=right|'''Saudi Arabia''' |align=center|'''4 &ndash; 3''' |'''China''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1930) |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(HT: 3 &ndash; 2)|| || ||Ref: [[Mohammed Nazri Abdullah]] ([[Malaysia|Mas]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] 31'|| ||[[Zhang Enhua|Zhang]] 6' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Sami Al Jaber|Al-Jaber]] 34'|| ||[[Peng Weiguo|Peng]] 16' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] 43'|| ||[[Zhang Enhua|Zhang]] 89' |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] 65'|| || |- |  |} ===Semifinal=== {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |[[December 18]] |- |''SF1'': |align=right width=120|'''UAE''' |align=center width=120|'''1 &ndash; 0''' |width=120|'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | ||Ref: [[Masayoshi Okada]] ([[Japan|JPN]]) |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Hassan Ahmed|Ahmed]] 69'|| || |- |  |- |''SF2'': |align=right width=120|'''Iran''' |align=center width=120|'''0 &ndash; 0''' |width=120|'''Saudi Arabia''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || ||Ref: [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egypt|EGY]]) |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(FT: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(AET: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||colspan="3" align="center"|'''Saudi Arabia wins 4 &ndash; 3 on penalties''' |  |} ===Third place play-off=== {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |[[December 21]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Iran''' |align=center width=120|'''1 &ndash; 1''' |width=120|'''Kuwait''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 1 &ndash; 1) | | |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(FT: 1 &ndash; 1)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||align=right|[[Ali Daei|Daei]] 40'|| ||[[Jassem Al-Houwaidi|Al-Houwaidi]] 15' |- style=font-size:90% | ||colspan="3" align="center"|'''Iran wins 3 &ndash; 2 on penalties''' |- |align=right| | | |- |  |} ===Final=== {| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 |[[December 21]] |- | |align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia''' |align=center width=120|'''0 &ndash; 0''' |width=120|'''UAE''' | |style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900) |- style=font-size:90% | | |align=center|(HT: 0 &ndash; 0) | | |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(FT: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | || ||align=center|(AET: 0 &ndash; 0)|| || || |- style=font-size:90% | ||colspan="3" align="center"|'''Saudi Arabia wins 4 &ndash; 2 on penalties''' | | |- |  |- |  |- |} {{-}} == Winners == {{winners|fb|AFC Asian Cup 1996 Winners|Saudi Arabia|Third}} == Awards == ===MVP (Most Valuable Player)=== *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]] ===Top Scorer=== *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]] - '''8 goals''' == Scoring players == '''8 goals''' *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]] '''6 goals''' *{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Jassem Al-Houwaidi]] '''4 goals''' *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Mehallel]] '''3 goals''' *{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hwang Sun-Hong]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Hassan Ahmed]] '''2 goals''' *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Enhua]] *{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Widodo Putra]] *{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Ronny Wabia]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Karim Bagheri]] *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hayder Majeed]] *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Laith Shihaib]] *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masakiyo Maezono]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Sami Al-Jaber]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Temawi]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan]] *{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Do-Hoon]] *{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Nader Jokhadar]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Adnan Al-Talyani]] '''1 goal''' *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Gao Feng (football)|Gao Feng]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ma Mingyu]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Bing (football)|Li Bing]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Weiguo]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Minavand]] *{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Naeem Saadavi]] *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Husam Naji]] *{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Khalid Sabbar]] *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]] *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroshi Nanami]] *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naoki Soma]] *{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuya Takagi]] *{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Bashar Abdullah]] *{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Yousif Al-Dakhi]] *{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hani Al-Saqer]] *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid]] *{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Jeong-Woon]] *{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sin Tae-Yong]] *{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ali Dib]] *{{flagicon|THA}} [[Dusit Chalermsan]] *{{flagicon|THA}} [[Kiatisuk Senamuang]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abdul Rahman Hussain]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Bakhit Saad]] *{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Khamis Saad]] *{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Sergey Lebedev]] *{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Oleg Shatskikh]] *{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Igor Shkvirin]] '''1 own goal''' *{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Hassan Abbas]] for Japan ==Top scoring teams== '''16 goals''' *{{fb|Iran}} '''11 goals''' *{{fb|Saudi Arabia}} '''9 goals''' *{{fb|Kuwait}} '''8 goals''' *{{fb|UAE}} '''7 goals''' *{{fb|Japan}} *{{fb|KOR}} '''6 goals''' *{{fb|China}} *{{fb|Iraq|1991}} '''4 goals''' *{{fb|Indonesia}} '''3 goals''' *{{fb|Syria}} *{{fb|Uzbekistan}} '''2 goals''' *{{fb|Thailand}} {{fb start}} {{AFC Asian Cup}} {{International football}} {{fb end}} [[Category:AFC Asian Cup]] [[Category:1996 in football (soccer)]] [[Category:Sport in the United Arab Emirates]] [[ar:كأس آسيا 1996]] [[de:Fußball-Asienmeisterschaft 1996]] [[fr:Coupe d'Asie des nations de football 1996]] [[id:Piala Asia AFC 1996]] [[it:Coppa d'Asia 1996]] [[nl:Asian Cup 1996]] [[ja:AFCアジアカップ1996]] [[pl:Puchar Azji 1996]] [[pt:Copa da Ásia de 1996]]