1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification

July 2026 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 24 January 1996 – 11 August 1996 33 1 Iran Ali Daei (12 goals) 1992 2000 1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification involved 33 participating teams. The United Arab Emirates (hosts) and Japan (holders) qualified automatically for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. Group 1 All matches played in Vietnam. Times listed as UTC+07:00. main WDL Group 1 Q y KOR KOR 1984 VIE VIE TPE TPE GUM Guam 3 0 0 17 0 2 0 1 13 5 H 1 0 2 10 10 0 0 3 2 27 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete 4 August 1996 17:00 VIE 4–1 TPE Le Huynh Duc 16 56 64 Nguyen Hong Son 75 Huang Che-ming 23 Ho Chi Minh City 5 August 1996 17:00 KOR 1984 9–0 GUM Park Tae-ha 12 14 40 Kim Hyun-seok 25 36 55 Kim Do-hoon 19 Seo Hyo-won 52 Choi Moon-sik 85 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Kyaw U Kyaw (Myanmar) 7 August 1996 17:00 VIE 9–0 GUM Chu Van Mui 28 44 Dang Phuong Nam 32 52 77 Nguyen Chi Bao 56 65 Nguyen Ni Cuong 60 Le Huynh Duc 72 Ho Chi Minh City 192 Kyaw U Kyaw (Myanmar) 8 August 1996 17:00 KOR 1984 4–0 TPE Hong Myung-bo 9 Kim Do-hoon 19 Park Tae-ha 48 70 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Inayath Ulla Khan (India) 10 August 1996 17:00 GUM 2–9 TPE Edwin Cunliffe 73 Marinos 83 Chu Wai Fung 1 13 14 Chen Fa Liang 16 30 Ka Fong Teng 57 59 Chai Ka Seng 81 Tun Fang 90+1 Ho Chi Minh City 11 August 1996 17:00 VIE 0–4 KOR 1984 Shin Tae-yong 1 Roh Sang-rae 8 Park Tae-ha 17 Seo Hyo-won 83 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City Chalach Piromya (Thailand) Group 2 main WDL Group 2 Q y CHN CHN HKG HKG 1959 MAC Macao municipal PHI PHI 1986 3 0 0 16 1 2 0 1 12 3 H 1 0 2 7 12 0 0 3 1 20 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Hong Kong. 30 January 1996 HKG 1959 8–0 PHI 1986 Chan Tsi-Kong 3 80 Bredbury 39 42 Lee Kin Wo 59 Wai Kwai-Lung 82 83 Leslie Santos 90 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Anh Bong-ki (South Korea) 30 January 1996 CHN 7–1 MAC municipal Peng Weiguo 28 pen. 45 Su Maozhen 44 Li Bing 48 66 89 Hao Haidong 76 Ung Siu-Cheong 42 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Sophon Mhaboon (Thailand) 1 February 1996 PHI 1986 0–7 CHN Hao Haidong 17 58 63 Ma Mingyu 60 Su Maozhen 77 87 Gao Feng 83 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Sophon Mhaboon (Thailand) 1 February 1996 HKG 1959 4–1 MAC municipal Au Wai Lun 26 Bredbury 72 75 pen. 77 José Martins 70 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan) 4 February 1996 MAC municipal 5–1 PHI 1986 Paulo 2 José Martins 63 52 Cho Chi-Man 64 Pinto 82 Kalalang 63 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Anh Bong-ki (South Korea) 4 February 1996 HKG 1959 0–2 CHN Fan Zhiyi 51Wei Qun 89 Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan) Group 3 main WDL Group 3 Q y THA THA SIN SIN MYA MYA 1974 MDV MDV 4 2 0 31 5 3 3 0 16 7 2 1 3 11 20 0 0 6 4 30 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Singapore and Thailand in a double round-robin format. 27 June 1996 THA 8–0 MDV Bangkok 27 June 1996 MYA 1974 0–4 SIN Bangkok 29 June 1996 THA 5–1 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27007/Thailand_Myanmar.html MYA 1974 Maung Maung Oo 23 Bangkok 29 June 1996 MDV 0–2 SIN Bangkok 1 July 1996 THA 1–1 SIN Bangkok 1 July 1996 MYA 1974 3–1 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27202/Myanmar_Maldives.html MDV *Phan Toe Aung 32 Myo Hlaing Win 39 Kyaw Min 40 Bangkok 4 July 1996 MDV 0–8 THA Singapore 4 July 1996 SIN 2–2 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27093/Singapore_Myanmar.html MYA 1974 *Myo Hlaing Win 39 Kyaw Min 88 Singapore 7 July 1996 MYA 1974 1–7 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27010/Myanmar_Thailand.html THA Zaw Lay Aung Singapore 7 July 1996 SIN 5–2 MDV Singapore 9 July 1996 MDV 1–4 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27204/Maldives_Myanmar.html MYA 1974 *Myo Hlaing Win 10 75 89 Maung Maung Oo 60 Singapore 9 July 1996 SIN 2–2 THA Singapore Group 4 main WDL Group 4 Q y INA INA MAS MAS IND IND 1 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 5 2 H 0 0 2 3 12 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Malaysia 2 March 1996 21:45 MAS 0–0 INA Kuala Lumpur 4 March 1996 21:45 INA 7–1 IND Indriyanto 12 74 Rochy 18 52 Ansyari 42 49 Peri 77 T. Kumar 11 Kuala Lumpur 6 March 1996 21:45 MAS 5–2 IND Zainal Abidin 12 57 Dollah Salleh 21 pen. 54 Abu Bakar 71 Carlton Chapman 46Bhaichung Bhutia 78 Kuala Lumpur Group 5 main WDL Group 5 Q y IRI IRI OMA OMA 1995 SRI SRI NEP NEP 6 0 0 27 1 4 0 2 23 5 2 0 4 5 25 0 0 6 2 26 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Iran and Oman in a double round-robin format. 10 June 1996 OMA 1995 3–0 SRI Azadi Stadium, Tehran 10 June 1996 IRI 8–0 NEP Bagheri 10 pen. 60Daei 14 36 84 87Garousi 51Hakimzadeh 73 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 35,000 Dirar Al-Tamimi (Jordan) 12 June 1996 OMA 1995 7–0 NEP Azadi Stadium, Tehran 12 June 1996 IRI 7–0 SRI Daei 30 64 65 70 77Bagheri 62Garousi 69 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 20,000 Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia) 14 June 1996 SRI 3–1 NEP Roshan 20 33 85 Shrestha 74 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 14 June 1996 IRI 2–0 OMA 1995 Daei 5Estili 84 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Dirar Al-Tamimi (Jordan) 17 June 1996 IRI 4–0 SRI Bagheri 17 54 68Mansourian 78 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 2,000 Abdul Al-Khamesy (Yemen) 17 June 1996 OMA 1995 2–1 NEP Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 19 June 1996 16:30 IRI 4–0 NEP Daei 27Bagheri 38 44 pen.Shahroudi 66 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 2,000 Abdulrahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia) 19 June 1996 18:45 OMA 1995 10–0 SRI Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 21 June 1996 NEP 0–2 SRI Steinwall 47Roshan 48 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 21 June 1996 OMA 1995 1–2 IRI Al-Habsi 60 pen. Daei 23Bagheri 88 pen. Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 5,000 Russamee Jindamai (Thailand) Group 6 main WDL Group 6 Q y IRQ Iraq 1991 JOR JOR PAK PAK BAN BAN 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 1 H 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup black1 Withdrew A WD complete http://www.niiiis.com/90-99.html مباريات منتخب العراق 1990-1999 All matches played in Jordan 9 August 1996 JOR 4–0 PAK Tadrus 35 83 Al-Sheyab 54 Abdul-Munam 87 Amman International Stadium Amman 11 August 1996 PAK 0–3 IRQ 1991 Abbas 42 Fawzi 65 Shenaishil 67 Amman International Stadium Amman 13 August 1996 JOR 0–1 IRQ 1991 Hashim 60 Amman International Stadium Amman Group 7 main WDL Group 7 Q y SYR SYR 1980 QAT QAT KAZ KAZ 3 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 5 4 1 0 3 1 6 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played on a home and away double round-robin format. 14 June 1996 KAZ 1–0 QAT Nizovtsev 7 Central Stadium, Almaty 6,000 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) 21 June 1996 SYR 1980 2–0 KAZ Taleb 21 M. Sheikh-Dib 34 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 20,000 Fahed Al-Damisi (Jordan) 28 June 1996 QAT 1–0 SYR 1980 Al-Enazi 35 Khalifa Stadium, Doha Ali Bujsaim (UAE) 5 July 1996 QAT 3–0 KAZ Al-Obaidly 5 Soufi 21Al-Enazi 43 Khalifa Stadium, Doha Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia) 12 July 1996 KAZ 0–1 SYR 1980 Al Boushi 9 Central Stadium, Almaty 5,000 Nik Ahmad Yaakub (Malaysia) 19 July 1996 SYR 1980 3–1 QAT Helou 17 M. Sheikh-Dib 48Khalifa 76 pen. Al-Enazi 58 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 20,000 Hossein Askari (Iran) Group 8 main WDL Group 8 Q y UZB UZB TJK Tajikistan BHR Bahrain 1972 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup black1 Withdrew A WD complete 8 May 1996 TJK 4–0 UZB Fuzaylov 3 pen. Ashurmamadov 65 67 Avakov 87 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 20,000 Aleksandr Koulakov (Kazakhstan) 19 June 1996 UZB 5–0 TJK Kasymov 4 pen. 33 pen.Andreyev 8 Shkvyrin 72Musabayev 95 Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent 15,000 Eldar Ramazanov (Turkmenistan)Uzbekistan won 5–4 on aggregate. Group 9 main WDL Group 9 Q y KSA KSA KGZ KGZ YEM YEM 4 0 0 10 0 H 1 0 3 3 7 1 0 3 2 8 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Saudi Arabia 24 January 1996 KSA 3–0 KGZ Al-Thunayan 7 38Amin 57 pen. King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 2,000 Mohammed Kekhia (Syria) 26 January 1996 YEM 1–0 KGZ Sharaf Mahfood 57 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 1,000 Jalal Moradi (Iran) 28 January 1996 KSA 4–0 Report YEM Al-Thunayan 42 53Falatah 59Al-Hamdan 66 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Jundami Rosami (Thailand) 31 January 1996 KGZ 0–2 KSA Falatah 25Al-Thunayan 67 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 2,000 Jassim Al-Khori (Qatar) 2 February 1996 KGZ 3–1 YEM Kadyrov 43Rybakov 50Khaytbaev 75 Ben Rabah 21 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 1,000 Mohammed Kekhia (Syria) 4 February 1996 YEM 0–1 Report KSA Al-Hamdan 12 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh Jalal Moradi (Iran) Group 10 main WDL Group 10 Q y KUW KUW LBN Lebanon TKM TKM 1992 2 2 0 9 5 2 1 1 7 6 0 1 3 3 8 green1 1996 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played on a home and away double round-robin format. 10 March 1996 TKM 1992 2–2 KUW Urazow 3Plyushchenko 8 Haji 13 Al-Dawod 89 Ashgabat 22 March 1996 KUW 2–0 TKM 1992 Sulaiman 18Bekheet 68 Kuwait City 10,000 12 May 1996 LIB 3–1 TKM 1992 Nahza 28Taha 68 Karnib 90 Bondoyev 20 Beirut 10,000 26 May 1996 TKM 1992 0–1 LIB Ghazarian 33 Ashgabat 10,000 9 June 1996 LIB 3–5 KUW Nazha 6Ghazarian 10 46 Al-Otaybi 16 Al-Shlimi 27 Al-Hindi 30 Haji 66 Wabran 84 Beirut 22,000 20 June 1996 KUW 0–0 LIB Kuwait City 25,000 Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance UAE * Hosts 29 April 1993 04 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) JPN 921 1992 AFC Asian Cup champions 8 November 1992 02 2 (1988, 1992) KOR 1984 A1 Group 1 winners 11 August 1996 07 7 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988) CHN B1 Group 2 winners 4 February 1996 05 5 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) THA C1 Group 3 winners 9 July 1996 02 2 (1972, 1992) IDN D1 Group 4 winners 4 March 1996 0 (debut) IRN E1 Group 5 winners 21 June 1996 07 7 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992) IRQ 1991 F1 Group 6 winners 13 August 1996 02 2 (1972, 1976) SYR 1980 G1 Group 7 winners 19 July 1996 03 3 (1980, 1984, 1988) UZB H1 Group 8 winners 19 June 1996 0 (debut) KSA I1 Group 9 winners 2 February 1996 03 3 (1984, 1988, 1992) KUW J1 Group 10 winners 20 June 1996 05 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) References Stokkermans, Karel. 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