1996 AFF Championship
1996 東盟足球錦標賽
1996 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN
1996 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
Tournament details
Host countrySingapore
Dates1–15 September
Teams10
Venue(s)National Stadium
Jurong Stadium
Final positions
Champions Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up Malaysia
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored93 (3.88 per match)
Attendance245,500 (10,229 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Netipong Srithong-in
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan

The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees.

Teams

All six founding members of the ASEAN Football Federation are participants, with the former Indochina nations joining as invitees as they were not yet members of the AFF at this time.[1]

Founding members
  
Invitees

Venues

 Singapore
Kallang Jurong
National Stadium Jurong Stadium
Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 6,000

Squads

Tournament

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12 10 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Vietnam 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8
3  Myanmar 4 2 0 2 11 12 −1 6
4  Laos 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
5  Cambodia 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0
Source: AFF website
Vietnam 3–1 Cambodia
Trần Công Minh 21'
Lê Huỳnh Đức 30'
Võ Hoàng Bửu 80' (pen.)		 Sony 67'
Attendance: 2,800
Indonesia 5–1 Laos
Husaini 5'
Irianto 15'
Kurniawan 17'
Darwis 34'
Sandria 65'		 Savatdy 75'
Attendance: 2,800
Laos 1–1 Vietnam
Luang-Amath 72' Lê Huỳnh Đức 85'
Attendance: 1,400
Myanmar 5–0 Cambodia
Tin Myo Aung 14'
Win Aung 35', 54'
Myo Hlaing Win 71'
Maung Maung Oo 90'
Attendance: 1,500
Vietnam 4–1 Myanmar
Nguyễn Hữu Đang 6'
Lê Huỳnh Đức 15'
Trần Công Minh 48'
Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 63'		 Maung Maung Htay 24'
Attendance: 2,000
Indonesia 3–0 Cambodia
Kurniawan 15'
Sandria 23'
Irianto 60'
Attendance: 2,000
Cambodia 0–1 Laos
Channiphone 39'
Attendance: 4,000
Indonesia 6–1 Myanmar
Husaini 7', 66'
Sandria 20', 26'
Lubis 28'
Irianto 39'		 Maung Maung Htay 26'
Attendance: 4,000
Indonesia 1–1 Vietnam
Kurniawan 43' Võ Hoàng Bửu 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,300
Laos 2–4 Myanmar
Khenkitisack 40'
Phimmasean 45'		 Win Aung 16', 69'
Maung Maung Oo 35'
Myo Hlaing Win 82'
Attendance: 500

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 4310131+1210
 Malaysia 4220152+138
 Singapore (H) 421172+57
 Brunei 4103115−143
 Philippines 4004016−160
Singapore 1–1 Malaysia
Fandi 89' Sanbagamaran 76'
Attendance: 43,800
Philippines 0–5 Thailand
Santawong 10', 38'
Senamuang 14'
Srithong-in 40', 60'[note 1]
Attendance: 2,800
Malaysia 7–0 Philippines
Sanbagamaran 36', 61', 89'
Azman 43'
Shamsurin 53', 81'
M. Chandran 78'
Attendance: 1,000
Singapore 3–0 Brunei
Haron 1'
S. Tan 4' (pen.)
Fandi 51'
Attendance: 8,400
Thailand 6–0 Brunei
Santawong 15'
Srithong-in 23', 87'
Srimaka 35', 67'
Senamuang 77'
Attendance: 8,000
Singapore 3–0 Philippines
Fandi 20', 42'
Lim T.H. 73'
Attendance: 12,000
Brunei 1–0 Philippines
Irwan 28'
Attendance: 3,000
Thailand 1–1 Malaysia
Senamuang 28' Zainal 59'
Attendance: 14,000
Malaysia 6–0 Brunei
Sanbagamaran 3'
Shamsurin 37'
Anuar 47', 60'
M. Chandran 82', 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Singapore 0–1 Thailand
Srithong-in 70'
Attendance: 42,000

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Indonesia1
 
15 September
 
 Malaysia3
 
 Malaysia0
 
13 September
 
 Thailand1
 
 Thailand4
 
 
 Vietnam2
 
Third place
 
 
15 September
 
 
 Indonesia2
 
 
 Vietnam3

Semi-finals

Indonesia 1–3 Malaysia
Azmil 44' (o.g.) Sanbagamaran 5'
Rusdee 16'[note 2]
Shamsurin 76'
Attendance: 20,000
Thailand 4–2 Vietnam
Senamuang 3'
Srithong-in 9', 24'
Srimaka 46'		 Võ Hoàng Bửu 83' (pen.)
Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 88'
Attendance: 20,000

Third place play-off

Indonesia 2–3 Vietnam
Kurniawan 66'
Tecuari 85'		 Huỳnh Quốc Cường 8'
Yeyen 27' (o.g.)
Võ Hoàng Bửu 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 32,000

Final

Thailand 1–0 Malaysia
Senamuang 9'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Yoshimi Ogawa (Japan)

Incidents

Two Singaporeans and one Malaysian were arrested for attempting to fix a group stage game between Singapore and the Philippines. The three reportedly tried to bribe Filipino defender Judy Saluria for his side to concede seven goals so the Singapore can advance to the next round.[2]

Awards

 1996 AFF Championship 

Thailand
First title


Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fairplay
Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Thailand Netipong Srithong-in  Brunei

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Indonesia Yeyen Tumena (playing against Vietnam)
  • Malaysia Azmil Azali (playing against Indonesia)

Team statistics

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Finals
1 Thailand 6510183+15
2 Malaysia 6321184+14
Semifinals
3 Vietnam 63211410+4
4 Indonesia 6312189+9
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Singapore 421172+5
6 Myanmar 42021112–1
7 Laos 4112510–5
8 Brunei 4103115–14
9 Cambodia 4004112–11
10 Philippines 4004016–16

Media Coverage

Notes

  1. ↑ RSSSF credits the 60th-minute goal to Yutthana Polsak.
  2. ↑ RSSSF reports this as a Yap Wai Loon goal on the 16th minute.

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "About AFF - History of the ASEAN Football Federation". AseanFootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Jon (22 September 1996). "RP eleven nets nothing but three game fixers". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Tiger Cup' soccer on Vintage TV". Manila Standard Today. 9 September 1996. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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