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The 1996 AFC Asian Cup is the eleventh edition of the AFC Men's Asian Cup, an international football tournament held every four years organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 December 1996.
Qualifiers:
33 teams participated in the preliminary qualifiers, which were divided into 10 groups, with the first place team from each group qualifying.
Group stage:
The 10 qualified teams from the preliminary round were present in the group stage, in addition to the UAE team, which qualified directly as the host of the tournament, and its Japanese counterpart, the defending champion in the previous edition.
The 12 teams were divided into 3 groups.
Groups: Group One
UAE 7 points
Kuwait 4 points
South Korea 4 points
Indonesia one point
the second group
Iran 6 points
Saudi Arabia 6 points
Iraq 6 points
Thailand without any points
third group
Japan 9 points
China 3 points
Syria 3 points
Uzbekistan 3 points
Quarter-finals:
Eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals of the Asian Championship, 6 of them after being in the first and second places in their groups, and they are #UAE and #Kuwait from the first group, #Iran and #Saudi Arabia from the second group, #Japan and #China from the third group.
A comparison was made between the teams that ranked third in each group at the end of the group stage, and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, namely Iraq and South Korea.
Semi-finals:
The UAE national team qualified after defeating Iraq with a clean goal, Kuwait by defeating Japan with a double without a response, Iran after beating South Korea by six to two goals, and Saudi Arabia by defeating China by penalty kicks (4/3).
final match:
The #UAE national team booked a seat in the final by defeating #Kuwait with a clean goal, and the #Saudi _ team kidnapped the qualification card from Iran by penalty kicks (4/3), after a negative tie
The final match was held between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, at the "Abu Dhabi" stadium, and the green team was lucky to win the title and snatched it from the owner of the land, through penalty kicks, which ended 2/4