1996 AFC Asian Cup
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{{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−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||−4
|}<noinclude>
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0
|
|-
|[[December 4]]
|-
|
|align=right width=120|'''UAE'''
|align=center|'''1 – 1'''
|width=120|'''Rep. of Korea'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 1 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Kuwait'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1845)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 2 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Kuwait'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Indonesia'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|(HT: 3 – 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 – 0'''
|'''Indonesia'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 1 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Kuwait'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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||−11
|}<noinclude>
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0
|
|-
|[[December 5]]
|-
|
|align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia'''
|align=center|'''6 – 0'''
|width=120|'''Thailand'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 4 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Iraq'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 0'''
|width=120|'''Iraq'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 1 – 0)
|
|
|
|- style=font-size:90%
| ||align=right|[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] 26'|| ||
|-
|
|-
|
|-
|
|align=right|'''Thailand'''
|align=center|'''1 – 3'''
|'''Iran'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 3'''
|width=120|'''Iran'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 1'''
|'''Thailand'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 2 – 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||−3
|-
|align="left"|{{fb|Uzbekistan}}
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||3||6||−3
|}<noinclude>
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0
|
|-
|[[December 4]]
|-
|
|align=right width=120|'''Japan'''
|align=center|'''2 – 1'''
|width=120|'''Syria'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Uzbekistan'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 4'''
|'''Japan'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 3'''
|'''P.R. China'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|(HT: 0 – 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 – 0'''
|'''P.R. China'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 2'''
|'''Syria'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al Ain (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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||−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 – 0'''
|'''Iraq'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 0)
|
|
|Ref: [[Gamal al-Ghandour]] ([[Egypt|EGY]])
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(FT: 0 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(AET: 1 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| ||align=right|[[Abdul Rahman Hussain|Hussain]] 109'|| ||
|-
|
|-
|''QF2'':
|align=right width=120|'''Japan'''
|align=center width=120|'''0 – 2'''
|'''Kuwait'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Al-Ain (1930)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 6'''
|'''Iran'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Dubai (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 2 – 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 – 3'''
|'''China'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1930)
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(HT: 3 – 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 – 0'''
|width=120|'''Kuwait'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
|
|
|align=center|(HT: 0 – 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 – 0'''
|width=120|'''Saudi Arabia'''
|
|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(HT: 0 – 0)|| || ||Ref: [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egypt|EGY]])
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(FT: 0 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(AET: 0 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| ||colspan="3" align="center"|'''Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 3 on penalties'''
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===Third place play-off===
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|[[December 21]]
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|align=right width=120|'''Iran'''
|align=center width=120|'''1 – 1'''
|width=120|'''Kuwait'''
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|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1645)
|- style=font-size:90%
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|align=center|(HT: 1 – 1)
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|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(FT: 1 – 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 – 2 on penalties'''
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===Final===
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|[[December 21]]
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|align=right width=120|'''Saudi Arabia'''
|align=center width=120|'''0 – 0'''
|width=120|'''UAE'''
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|style=font-size:90%|Abu Dhabi (1900)
|- style=font-size:90%
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|align=center|(HT: 0 – 0)
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|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(FT: 0 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| || ||align=center|(AET: 0 – 0)|| || ||
|- style=font-size:90%
| ||colspan="3" align="center"|'''Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 2 on penalties'''
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== 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}}
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[[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]]