# 1996 AFC Asian Cup

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1996 AFC Asian Cup كأس آسيا 1996 Tournament details Host country United Arab Emirates Dates 4–21 December Teams 12 Venues 3 (in 3 host cities) Final positions Champions Saudi Arabia (3rd title) Runners-up United Arab Emirates Third place Iran Fourth place Kuwait Tournament statistics Matches played 26 Goals scored 80 (3.08 per match) Attendance 448,000 (17,231 per match) Top scorer Ali Daei (8 goals) Best player Khodadad Azizi Best goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Deayea Fair play award Iran ← 1992 2000 →

International football competition

The **1996 AFC Asian Cup** was the 11th edition of the men's [AFC Asian Cup](/source/AFC_Asian_Cup), a quadrennial international [football](/source/Association_football) tournament organised by the [Asian Football Confederation](/source/Asian_Football_Confederation) (AFC). The finals were held in the [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates) between 4 and 21 December 1996. [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia_national_football_team) defeated hosts [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_national_football_team) in the final match in [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi). As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the [1997 FIFA Confederations Cup](/source/1997_FIFA_Confederations_Cup) as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host.

## Qualification

Main article: [1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification](/source/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification)

33 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.

The qualifying teams were:

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 United Arab Emirates Hosts 29 April 1993 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) Japan 1992 AFC Asian Cup winners 8 November 1992 2 (1988, 1992) Saudi Arabia Qualifying round Group 9 winners 2 February 1996 3 (1984, 1988, 1992) China Qualifying round Group 2 winners 4 February 1996 5 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) Indonesia Qualifying round Group 4 winners 6 March 1996 0 (Debut) Uzbekistan Qualifying round Group 8 winners 19 June 1996 0 (Debut) Kuwait Qualifying round Group 10 winners 20 June 1996 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) Iran Qualifying round Group 5 winners 21 June 1996 7 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) Thailand Qualifying round Group 3 winners 9 July 1996 2 (1972, 1992) Syria Qualifying round Group 7 winners 19 July 1996 3 (1980, 1984, 1988) South Korea Qualifying round Group 1 winners 11 August 1996 7 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988) Iraq Qualifying round Group 6 winners 13 August 1996 2 (1972, 1976)

Notes:

- 1 **Bold** indicates champion for that year

- 2 *Italic* indicates host

## Squads

Further information: [1996 AFC Asian Cup squads](/source/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup_squads)

## Tournament summary

The tournament began with host United Arab Emirates against South Korea in group A, where the Emiratis played in a 1–1 draw. Subsequently, Kuwait was surprisingly held to a draw by Indonesia, the lead even being taken by the Indonesians. However, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and South Korea eventually established their position, with South Korea finishing in third place due to losing to Kuwait and inferior goal difference and qualified only as one of two best third-placed teams, while the host comfortably seized first place, leaving Indonesia bottom after two consecutive defeats to South Korea and the UAE.

Group B easily saw Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq took three leading places in their group, with both teams managed to beat Thailand, which finished bottom with three defeats, and also each three of them suffered one defeat one to another. Iraq only finished third due to inferior goal difference, but qualified as the best third-place finisher.

Meanwhile, group C was more entertaining, with both three last finishers grabbed one win each only. Debutant Uzbekistan, on its just first ever competitive participation of a major tournament and was regarded low, stunned entire of Asia by beating China with two late goals to gain three points in the team's just first competitive match. Defending champions Japan however emerged as the only team to collect all three victories, while China recovered following the defeat to beat Syria. The Syrians grabbed its only win, a 2–1 win over Uzbekistan, but the team's poor performance, with two defeats to Japan and China, cost the team from reaching the quarter-finals. Uzbekistan finished last despite the win over China, and was eliminated as well.

The quarter-finals saw entire of East Asia slumped out. Defending champions Japan was crushed down by Kuwait, China lost after a seven-goal thriller with Saudi Arabia, while South Korea suffered a denting 2–6 loss to Iran, with Iran scored five goals in the second half. The host UAE continued its quest to win the trophy with a successful 1–0 win over Iraq thanked for the golden goal of [Abdulrahman Ibrahim](/source/Abdulrahman_Ibrahim). The semi-finals became a West Asian affair and rematches of group A and B: Saudi Arabia took a successful revenge on Iran following the group stage, beating the Iranians on penalty, while the UAE killed Kuwaiti dream for the second time with another 1–0 win to set up final with Saudi Arabia. Iran eventually took third place after beating Kuwait on penalty, the match ended 1–1 draw.

The final between the UAE and Saudi Arabia happened to be boring than expected. The two teams played defensively and lacking enthusiastic attacks in front of 60,000 spectators. Eventually, penalty had to be brought out, where the UAE missed two while Saudi Arabia only missed one, thus Saudi Arabia was crowned for its third trophy in the country's fourth consecutive Asian Cup final.[1] Thanked for the win, Saudi Arabia gained automatic berth to qualify for the [2000 AFC Asian Cup](/source/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup) held in Lebanon.

## Venues

Abu Dhabi Al Ain Sheikh Zayed Stadium Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 15,000 Dubai Abu Dhabi Al Ain Dubai Al-Maktoum Stadium Capacity: 12,000

## First round

All times are UAE time ([UTC+4](/source/UTC%2B4))

### Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United Arab Emirates (H) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage 2 Kuwait 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4 3 South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 4 Indonesia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html)
(H) Hosts

4 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates 1–1 South Korea K. Saad 40' Report Hwang Sun-Hong 9'

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: [Pirom Un-Prasert](/source/Pirom_Un-Prasert) ([Thailand](/source/Football_Association_of_Thailand))

4 December 1996

18:45

Indonesia 2–2 Kuwait Widodo 20' Ronny 40' Report Al-Saqer 73' Haji 84' (pen.)

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: [Jamal Al Sharif](/source/Jamal_Al_Sharif) ([Syria](/source/Syrian_Arab_Federation_for_Football))

7 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates 3–2 Kuwait Saeed 53' Al-Talyani 55' B. Saad 80' Report Al-Huwaidi 9', 44'

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: [Charles Massembe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Massembe&action=edit&redlink=1) ([Uganda](/source/Federation_of_Uganda_Football_Associations))

7 December 1996

19:00

South Korea 4–2 Indonesia Kim Do-Hoon 5' Hwang Sun-Hong 7', 15' Ko Jeong-Woon 55' Report Ronny 58' Widodo 65'

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: [Shamsul Maidin](/source/Shamsul_Maidin) ([Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore))

10 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates 2–0 Indonesia Saeed 15' Al-Talyani 64' Report

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: [Lu Jun](/source/Lu_Jun_(referee)) ([China](/source/Chinese_Football_Association))

10 December 1996

19:00

Kuwait 2–0 South Korea Al-Huwaidi 60' B. Abdullah 87' Report

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([Malaysia](/source/Football_Association_of_Malaysia))

### Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Iran 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage 2 Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 3 Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 4 Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html)

5 December 1996

16:45

Saudi Arabia 6–0 Thailand Al-Temawi 10' (pen.), 29' (pen.) Al-Mehallel 15', 54' Al-Muwallid 18' Al-Jaber 52' Report

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: [Gamal Al-Ghandour](/source/Gamal_Al-Ghandour) ([Egypt](/source/Egyptian_Football_Association))

5 December 1996

19:00

Iran 1–2 Iraq Daei 90' (pen.) Report Fawzi 37' Sabbar 69'

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: [Masayoshi Okada](/source/Masayoshi_Okada) ([Japan](/source/Japan_Football_Association))

8 December 1996

16:45

Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq Al-Mehallel 26' Report

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: [Ali Bujsaim](/source/Ali_Bujsaim) ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association))

8 December 1996

19:00

Thailand 1–3 Iran Kiatisuk 80' Report Saadavi 38' Minavand 54' Daei 70'

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: [Lu Jun](/source/Lu_Jun_(referee)) ([China](/source/Chinese_Football_Association))

11 December 1996

16:45

Saudi Arabia 0–3 Iran Report Bagheri 12' Daei 37' Azizi 47'

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: [Masayoshi Okada](/source/Masayoshi_Okada) ([Japan](/source/Japan_Football_Association))

11 December 1996

19:00

Iraq 4–1 Thailand Mahmoud 17', 50' Hussein 23', 63' Report Dusit 26'

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: [Kim Young-Joo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Young-Joo&action=edit&redlink=1) ([South Korea](/source/Korea_Football_Association))

### Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Japan 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage 2 China 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 3 Syria 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 4 Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html)

6 December 1996

16:45

Japan 2–1 Syria Abbas 85' (o.g.) Takagi 88' Report Joukhadar 8'

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([Malaysia](/source/Football_Association_of_Malaysia))

6 December 1996

19:00

China 0–2 Uzbekistan Report Shkvyrin 78' Shatskikh 90'

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: [Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid](/source/Abdul_Rahman_Al-Zeid) ([Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation))

9 December 1996

16:45

Japan 4–0 Uzbekistan Nanami 7' Miura 37' Maezono 86', 90' Report

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: [Jalal Moradi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jalal_Moradi&action=edit&redlink=1) ([Iran](/source/Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran))

9 December 1996

19:00

Syria 0–3 China Report Ma Mingyu 35' Gao Feng 49' Li Bing 73'

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: [Kim Young-Joo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Young-Joo&action=edit&redlink=1) ([South Korea](/source/Korea_Football_Association))

12 December 1996

16:45

Japan 1–0 China Soma 90' Report

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: [Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid](/source/Abdul_Rahman_Al-Zeid) ([Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation))

12 December 1996

19:00

Uzbekistan 1–2 Syria Lebedev 53' (pen.) Report Joukhadar 48' Cheikh-Dib 74'

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: [Ali Bujsaim](/source/Ali_Bujsaim) ([United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association))

### 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage 2 South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 3 Syria 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html)

[Iraq](/source/Iraq_national_football_team) (best third-place) and [South Korea](/source/South_Korea_national_football_team) (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

## Knockout stage

All times are UAE time ([UTC+4](/source/UTC%2B4))

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 15 December – Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.) 1 18 December – Abu Dhabi Iraq 0 United Arab Emirates 1 15 December – Al Ain Kuwait 0 Kuwait 2 21 December – Abu Dhabi Japan 0 United Arab Emirates 0 (2) 16 December – Dubai Saudi Arabia (pen.) 0 (4) South Korea 2 18 December – Abu Dhabi Iran 6 Iran 0 (3) 16 December – Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia (pen.) 0 (4) Third place Saudi Arabia 4 21 December – Abu Dhabi China 3 Kuwait 1 (2) Iran (pen.) 1 (3)

### Quarter-finals

15 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.) Iraq Ab. Ibrahim 103' Report

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: [Gamal Al-Ghandour](/source/Gamal_Al-Ghandour) ([Egypt](/source/Egyptian_Football_Association))

15 December 1996

19:30

Kuwait 2–0 Japan Al-Huwaidi 17', 54' Report

[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium](/source/Tahnoun_Bin_Mohamed_Stadium), [Al Ain](/source/Al_Ain)

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: [Pirom Un-Prasert](/source/Pirom_Un-Prasert) ([Thailand](/source/Football_Association_of_Thailand))

16 December 1996

16:45

South Korea 2–6 Iran Kim Do-Hoon 11' Shin Tae-Yong 35' Report Bagheri 31' Azizi 52' Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)

[Al-Maktoum Stadium](/source/Al-Maktoum_Stadium), [Dubai](/source/Dubai)

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: [Jamal Al Sharif](/source/Jamal_Al_Sharif) ([Syria](/source/Syrian_Arab_Federation_for_Football))

16 December 1996

19:30

Saudi Arabia 4–3 China Al-Thunayan 31', 65' Al-Jaber 34' Al-Mehallel 43' Report Zhang Enhua 6', 89' Peng Weiguo 16'

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([Malaysia](/source/Football_Association_of_Malaysia))

### Semi-finals

19 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates 1–0 Kuwait Saeed 69' Report

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: [Masayoshi Okada](/source/Masayoshi_Okada) ([Japan](/source/Japan_Football_Association))

19 December 1996

19:30

Iran 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia Report Penalties Daei Peyrovani Yazdani Estili Bagheri Khakpour 3–4 Al-Temawi Sulaimani Zubromawi Al-Muwallid Al-Harbi Madani

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: [Gamal Al-Ghandour](/source/Gamal_Al-Ghandour) ([Egypt](/source/Egyptian_Football_Association))

### Third place play-off

21 December 1996

16:45

Iran 1–1 (a.e.t.) Kuwait Daei 40' Report Al-Huwaidi 15' Penalties Moharrami Estili Peyrovani Bagheri 3–2 Haji B. Abdullah Al-Lenqawi Mubarak Al-Huwaidi

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: [Kim Young-Joo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Young-Joo&action=edit&redlink=1) ([South Korea](/source/Korea_Football_Association))

### Final

Main article: [1996 AFC Asian Cup final](/source/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup_final)

21 December 1996

19:30

United Arab Emirates 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia Report Penalties M. Ali Hussain K. Saad Saeed 2–4 Al-Thunayan Zubromawi Al-Harbi Al-Temawi Al-Muwallid

[Sheikh Zayed Stadium](/source/Zayed_Sports_City_Stadium), [Abu Dhabi](/source/Abu_Dhabi)

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([Malaysia](/source/Football_Association_of_Malaysia))

GK 17 Muhsin Musabah RB 6 Ismail Rashid Ismail CB 5 Yousuf Hussain CB 12 Hassan Mubarak LB 3 Munther Abdullah CM 15 Mohamed Ali CM 16 Hassan Saeed 16' CM 18 Ahmed Ibrahim Ali 53' RF 7 Saad Bakheet Mubarak 46' CF 10 Adnan Al-Talyani (c) 91' LF 23 Abdel Ahmed 46' Substitutions: MF 13 Abdul Aziz Mohamed 46' FW 11 Zuhair Bakhit 46' FW 14 Khamees Saad Mubarak 91' Manager: Tomislav Ivić GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea RB 2 Mohammed Al-Jahani CB 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi 77' CB 4 Abdullah Zubromawi LB 13 Hussein Abdulghani 72' 87' DM 16 Khamis Al-Owairan RM 10 Fahad Al-Mehallel 80' CM 8 Khalid Al-Temawi CM 14 Khaled Al-Muwallid LM 15 Yousuf Al-Thunayan (c) CF 9 Sami Al-Jaber 62' Substitutions: FW 25 Abdullah Al-Dosari 62' MF 12 Ibrahim Al-Harbi 77' FW 20 Hamzah Idris 80' Manager: Nelo Vingada

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

With eight goals, Iran's [Ali Daei](/source/Ali_Daei) is the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 80 goals were scored by 47 different players, with one of them credited as an own goal.

**8 goals**

- [Ali Daei](/source/Ali_Daei)

**6 goals**

- [Jasem Al-Huwaidi](/source/Jasem_Al-Huwaidi)

**4 goals**

- [Fahad Al-Mehallel](/source/Fahad_Al-Mehallel)

**3 goals**

- [Hwang Sun-Hong](/source/Hwang_Sun-Hong)

- [Hassan Saeed](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassan_Saeed_Ahmed&action=edit&redlink=1)

**2 goals**

- [Zhang Enhua](/source/Zhang_Enhua)

- [Widodo Putro](/source/Widodo_C_Putro)

- [Ronny Wabia](/source/Ronny_Wabia)

- [Khodadad Azizi](/source/Khodadad_Azizi)

- [Karim Bagheri](/source/Karim_Bagheri)

- [Haidar Mahmoud](/source/Haidar_Mahmoud)

- [Laith Hussein](/source/Laith_Hussein)

- [Masakiyo Maezono](/source/Masakiyo_Maezono)

- [Kim Do-Hoon](/source/Kim_Do-Hoon)

- [Sami Al-Jaber](/source/Sami_Al-Jaber)

- [Khalid Al-Temawi](/source/Khalid_Al-Temawi)

- [Yousuf Al-Thunayan](/source/Yousuf_Al-Thunayan)

- [Nader Joukhadar](/source/Nader_Joukhadar)

- [Adnan Al-Talyani](/source/Adnan_Al-Talyani)

**1 goal**

- [Gao Feng](/source/Gao_Feng_(footballer))

- [Ma Mingyu](/source/Ma_Mingyu)

- [Li Bing](/source/Li_Bing_(footballer))

- [Peng Weiguo](/source/Peng_Weiguo)

- [Mehrdad Minavand](/source/Mehrdad_Minavand)

- [Naeim Saadavi](/source/Naeim_Saadavi)

- [Hussam Fawzi](/source/Hussam_Fawzi)

- [Khalid Mohammed Sabbar](/source/Khalid_Mohammed_Sabbar)

- [Kazuyoshi Miura](/source/Kazuyoshi_Miura)

- [Hiroshi Nanami](/source/Hiroshi_Nanami)

- [Naoki Soma](/source/Naoki_Soma)

- [Takuya Takagi](/source/Takuya_Takagi)

- [Ko Jeong-Woon](/source/Ko_Jeong-Woon)

- [Shin Tae-Yong](/source/Shin_Tae-Yong)

- [Bashar Abdullah](/source/Bashar_Abdullah)

- [Badr Haji](/source/Badr_Haji)

- [Hani Al Saqer](/source/Hani_Al_Saqer)

- [Khalid Al-Muwallid](/source/Khalid_Al-Muwallid)

- [Ali Cheikh Dib](/source/Ali_Cheikh_Dib)

- [Dusit Chalermsan](/source/Dusit_Chalermsan)

- [Kiatisuk Senamuang](/source/Kiatisuk_Senamuang)

- [Abdulrahman Ibrahim](/source/Abdulrahman_Ibrahim)

- [Saad Bakheet Mubarak](/source/Saad_Bakheet_Mubarak)

- [Khamis Saad](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khamis_Saad&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Sergey Lebedev](/source/Sergey_Lebedev_(footballer))

- [Oleg Shatskikh](/source/Oleg_Shatskikh)

- [Igor Shkvyrin](/source/Igor_Shkvyrin)

**1 own goal**

- [Hassan Abbas](/source/Hassan_Abbas_(footballer)) (for Japan)

### Awards

**Best player**

- [Khodadad Azizi](/source/Khodadad_Azizi)

**Top scorer**

- [Ali Daei](/source/Ali_Daei)

**Best goalkeeper**

- [Mohamed Al-Deayea](/source/Mohamed_Al-Deayea)

**Fair play award**

- [Iran](/source/Iran_national_football_team)

**Team of the Tournament**[2]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Mohamed Al-Deayea Abdullah Zubromawi Yousuf Hussain Mohammad Khakpour Mehrdad Minavand Mohamed Ali Khalid Al-Muwallid Saad Bakheet Mubarak Fahad Al-Mehallel Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ali Daei

## Marketing

### Sponsorships

- [Canon Inc.](/source/Canon_Inc.)

- [Clarion](/source/Clarion_(company))

- [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola)[3]

- [Diadora](/source/Diadora)

- [Emirates](/source/Emirates_(airline))

- [Energizer](/source/Energizer)

- [Fujifilm](/source/Fujifilm)

- [Gillette](/source/Gillette)

- [Mild Seven](/source/Mild_Seven)[4]

- [Mitsubishi](/source/Mitsubishi)

- [SABIC](/source/SABIC)

- [Sanyo](/source/Sanyo)

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## External links

- [RSSSF Details](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html)

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