UAE (hosts) and Japan (holders) qualified automatically.
Group 1 (in Ho Chi Minh City)
4- 8-96 Vietnam 4-1 Taiwan
5- 8-96 South Korea 9-0 Guam
7- 8-96 Vietnam 9-0 Guam
8- 8-96 South Korea 4-0 Taiwan
10- 8-96 Guam 2-9 Taiwan
11- 8-96 Vietnam 0-4 South Korea
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 17- 0 9
2.Vietnam 3 2 0 1 13- 5 6
3.Taiwan 3 1 0 2 10-10 3
4.Guam 3 0 0 3 2-27 0
Group 2 (in Hongkong)
30- 1-96 Hongkong 8-0 Philippines
China 7-1 Macao
1- 2-96 Philippines 0-7 China
Hongkong 4-1 Macao
4- 2-96 Macao 5-1 Philippines
Hongkong 0-2 China
1.CHINA 3 3 0 0 16- 1 9
2.Hongkong 3 2 0 1 12- 3 6
3.Macao 3 1 0 2 7-12 3
4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 1-20 0
Group 3
(in Bangkok)
27- 6-96 Thailand 8-0 Maldives
Myanmar 0-4 Singapore
29- 6-96 Thailand 5-1 Myanmar
Maldives 0-2 Singapore
1- 7-96 Thailand 1-1 Singapore
Myanmar 3-1 Maldives
(in Singapore)
4- 7-96 Maldives 0-8 Thailand
Singapore 2-2 Myanmar
7- 7-96 Myanmar 1-7 Thailand
Singapore 5-2 Maldives
9- 7-96 Maldives 1-4 Myanmar
Singapore 2-2 Thailand
1.THAILAND 6 4 2 0 31- 5 14
2.Singapore 6 3 3 0 16- 7 12
3.Myanmar 6 2 1 3 11-20 7
4.Maldives 6 0 0 6 4-30 0
Group 4 (in Kuala Lumpur)
2- 3-96 Malaysia 0-0 Indonesia
4- 3-96 Indonesia 7-1 India
6- 3-96 India 2-5 Malaysia
1.INDONESIA 2 1 1 0 7- 1 4
2.Malaysia 2 1 1 0 5- 2 4
3.India 2 0 0 2 3-12 0
Group 5
(in Tehran)
10- 6-96 Oman 3-0 Sri Lanka
Iran 8-0 Nepal
12- 6-96 Oman 7-0 Nepal
Iran 7-0 Sri Lanka
14- 6-96 Sri Lanka 3-1 Nepal
Iran 2-0 Oman
(in Muscat)
17- 6-96 Iran 4-0 Sri Lanka
Oman 2-1 Nepal
19- 6-96 Iran 4-0 Nepal
Oman 10-0 Sri Lanka
21- 6-96 Nepal 0-2 Sri Lanka
Oman 1-2 Iran
1.IRAN 6 6 0 0 27- 1 18
2.Oman 6 4 0 2 23- 5 12
3.Sri Lanka 6 2 0 4 5-25 6
4.Nepal 6 0 0 6 2-26 0
Group 6 (in Amman)
9- 8-96 Jordan 4-0 Pakistan
11- 8-96 Jordan 0-1 Iraq
13- 8-96 Pakistan 0-3 Iraq
1.IRAQ 2 2 0 0 4- 0 6
2.Jordan 2 1 0 1 4- 1 3
3.Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0- 7 0
[Bangladesh withdrew]
Group 7
14- 6-96 Kazakhstan 1-0 Qatar
21- 6-96 Syria 2-0 Kazakhstan
28- 6-96 Qatar 1-0 Syria
5- 7-96 Qatar 3-0 Kazakhstan
12- 7-96 Kazakhstan 0-1 Syria
19- 7-96 Syria 3-1 Qatar
1.SYRIA 4 3 0 1 6- 2 9
2.Qatar 4 2 0 2 5- 4 6
3.Kazakhstan 4 1 0 3 1- 6 3
Group 8
1.UZBEKISTAN 2 1 0 1 5- 4 3
2.Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 4- 5 3
[Bahrain withdrew]
8- 5-96 Tajikistan 4-0 Uzbekistan
19- 6-96 Uzbekistan 5-0 Tajikistan [asdet]
Group 9 (in Riyadh)
24- 1-96 Saudi Arabia 3-0 Kyrgyzstan
26- 1-96 Yemen 1-0 Kyrgyzstan
28- 1-96 Saudi Arabia 4-0 Yemen
31- 1-96 Kyrgyzstan 0-2 Saudi Arabia
2- 2-96 Kyrgyzstan 3-1 Yemen
4- 2-96 Yemen 0-1 Saudi Arabia
1.SAUDI ARABIA 4 4 0 0 10- 0 12
2.Kyrgyzstan 4 1 0 3 3- 7 3
3.Yemen 4 1 0 3 2- 8 3
Group 10
10- 3-96 Turkmenistan 2-2 Kuwait
[?; Badr Al-Haji, Khalid Al-Dawod]
22- 3-96 Kuwait 2-0 Turkmenistan
[Wael Sulaiman 18, Fawaz Bekheet 68; att: 10,000]
12- 5-96 Lebanon 3-1 Turkmenistan
[Wael Nazha 28, Jamal Taha 68, Shadi Karnib 90;
Constantin Bondoyev 20; att: 10,000]
26- 5-96 Turkmenistan 0-1 Lebanon
[Wartan Ghazarian 33; att: 10,000]
9- 6-96 Lebanon 3-5 Kuwait
[Wael Nazha 6, Wartan Ghazarian 10, 46; Faysal Al-Otaybi 16,
Khaled Al-Shlimi 27, Abdul Al-Hindi 30, Badr Al-Haji 66,
Abdul Wabran 84; att: 22,000]
20- 6-96 Kuwait 0-0 Lebanon
[att: 25,000]
1.KUWAIT 4 2 2 0 9- 5 8
2.Lebanon 4 2 1 1 7- 6 7
3.Turkmenistan 4 0 1 3 3- 8 1
UAE (hosts) and Japan (holders) qualified automatically.
All kick-off times local.
Group A [Abu Dhabi]
4-12-96 16:45 UAE 1-1 South Korea
19:00 Indonesia 2-2 Kuwait
7-12-96 16:45 UAE 3-2 Kuwait
19:00 South Korea 4-2 Indonesia
10-12-96 16:45 UAE 2-0 Indonesia
19:00 Kuwait 2-0 South Korea
1.UAE 3 2 1 0 6- 3 7
2.KUWAIT 3 1 1 1 6- 5 4
3.SOUTH KOREA 3 1 1 1 5- 5 4
4.Indonesia 3 0 1 2 4- 8 1
Group B [Dubai]
5-12-96 16:45 Saudi Arabia 6-0 Thailand
19:00 Iran 1-2 Iraq
8-12-96 16:45 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iraq
19:00 Thailand 1-3 Iran
11-12-96 16:45 Saudi Arabia 0-3 Iran
19:00 Iraq 4-1 Thailand
1.IRAN 3 2 0 1 7- 3 6
2.SAUDI ARABIA 3 2 0 1 7- 3 6
3.IRAQ 3 2 0 1 6- 3 6
4.Thailand 3 0 0 3 2-13 0
Group C [Al Ain]
6-12-96 16:45 Japan 2-1 Syria
19:00 China 0-2 Uzbekistan
9-12-96 16:45 Japan 4-0 Uzbekistan
19:00 Syria 0-3 China
12-12-96 16:45 Japan 1-0 China
19:00 Uzbekistan 1-2 Syria
1.JAPAN 3 3 0 0 7- 1 9
2.CHINA 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3
3.Syria 3 1 0 2 3- 6 3
4.Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3- 6 3
Quarterfinals
[Abu Dhabi]
15-12-96 16:45 UAE 1-0 Iraq [asdet]
[Al Ain]
15-12-96 19:30 Kuwait 2-0 Japan
[Dubai]
16-12-96 16:45 South Korea 2-6 Iran
[Abu Dhabi]
16-12-96 19:30 Saudi Arabia 4-3 China
Semifinals [Abu Dhabi]
19-12-96 16:45 UAE 1-0 Kuwait
19:00 Iran 0-0 Saudi Arabia [asdet, 3-4 pen]
Third Place Match [Abu Dhabi]
21-12-96 16:45 Iran 1-1 Kuwait [3-2 pen]
Final [Abu Dhabi]
21-12-96 19:00 Saudi Arabia 0-0 UAE [asdet, 4-2 pen]
extended file 1996 with line-ups
Info due to Boz Sabeti (bo29@starnetinc.com), Henricus Cho (h9014316@hkusua.hku.hk), Lau Tak Kan (tklau@cs.cuhk.hk), Eric Visser (ericv@gol.com), Barrie Courtney (BzCourtney@aol.com) and Eric Vormelker (griiki@mail.utexas.edu)
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