1996 Tiger Cup

1996 Tiger Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Singapore
Dates 1 – 15 September
Teams 10
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up  Malaysia
Third place  Vietnam
Fourth place  Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 93 (3.88 per match)
Attendance 245,500 (10,229 per match)
Top scorer(s) Netipong Srithong-in
(7 goals)
Best player Zainal Abidin Hassan
1998 →

The 1996 Tiger Cup is the inaugural edition of the ASEAN Football Championship, sponsored by Tiger Beer. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 September to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees.

Contents

Teams

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

Founder members
Invitees

Squads

Main article: 1996 Tiger Cup squads

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 4 3 1 0 15 3 +12 10
 Vietnam 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8
 Myanmar 4 2 0 2 11 12 −1 6
 Laos 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4
 Cambodia 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0
2 September 1996
 Vietnam  3 – 1  Cambodia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,800
T. C. Minh  21'
L. H. Đức  30'
V. H. Bửu  80'		 Sony  67'
2 September 1996
 Indonesia  5 – 1  Laos National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,800
Fachri  5'
Eri  15'
Kurniawan  17'
Robby Darwis  34'
Peri Sandria  65'		 Saysana  75'
5 September 1996
 Laos  1 – 1  Vietnam National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,400
Chalana  72' L. H. Đức  85'
5 September 1996
 Myanmar  5 – 0  Cambodia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,500
T. M. Aung  14'
W. Aung  35', 54'
M. H. Win  71'
M. M. Oo  90'
7 September 1996
 Vietnam  4 – 1  Myanmar National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,000
N. H. Dang  6'
L. H. Đức  15'
T. C. Minh  48'
N. H. ơn  63'		 M. M. Htay  24'
7 September 1996
 Indonesia  3 – 0  Cambodia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,000
Kurniawan  15'
Peri  23'
Eri  60'
9 September 1996
 Cambodia  0 – 1  Laos National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 4,000
Keolakhone  39'
9 September 1996
 Indonesia  6 – 1  Myanmar National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 4,000
Fachri  7', 66'
Peri  20', 26'
Ansyari  28'
Eri  39'		 M. M. Htay  26'
11 September 1996
 Indonesia  1 – 1  Vietnam National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,300
Kurniawan  43' V. H. Bửu  26'
11 September 1996
 Laos  2 – 4  Myanmar National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 500
Bounlap  40'
Phonesavanh  45'		 W. Aung  16', 69'
M. M. Oo  35'
M. H. Win  82'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 10
 Malaysia 4 2 2 0 15 2 +13 8
 Singapore 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7
 Brunei 4 1 0 3 1 15 −14 3
 Philippines 4 0 0 4 0 16 −16 0
1 September 1996
 Singapore  1 – 1  Malaysia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 7,500
Fandi  89' K. Sanbagamaran  76'
2 September 1996
 Philippines  0 – 5  Thailand National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 2,800
Santawong  10', 38'
Senamuang  14'
Srithong-in  40', 60'[note 1]
4 September 1996
 Malaysia  7 – 0  Philippines National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 1,000
K. Sanbangamaran  36', 61', 89'
Azman  43'
Shamsurin  53', 81'
M. Chandran  78'
4 September 1996
 Singapore  3 – 0  Brunei National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 8,400
Hasnim  1'
Steven  4' (pen.)
Fandi  51'
6 September 1996
 Thailand  6 – 0  Brunei National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 8,000
Santawong  15'
Srithong-in  23', 87'
Srimaka  35', 67'
Senamuang  77'
6 September 1996
 Singapore  3 – 0  Philippines National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 12,000
Fandi  20', 42'
Lim  73'
8 September 1996
 Brunei  1 – 0  Philippines National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 3,000
Irwan  28'
8 September 1996
 Thailand  1 – 1  Malaysia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 14,000
Senamuang  28' Zainal  59'
10 September 1996
 Malaysia  6 – 0  Brunei National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 20,000
K. Sanbagamaran  3'
Shamsurin  37'
Anuar  47', 60'
M. Chandran  82', 89'
10 September 1996
 Singapore  0 – 1  Thailand National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 42,000
Srithong-in  70'

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
13 September
  Malaysia  3  
  Indonesia  1  
 
15 September
      Thailand  1
    Malaysia  0
Third place
13 September 15 September
  Thailand  4   Indonesia  2
  Vietnam  2     Vietnam  3

Semi-finals

13 September 1996
 Malaysia  3 – 1  Indonesia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 20,000
K. Sanbagamaran  5'
Rusdee  16'[note 2]
Shamsurin  76'		 Azmil  44' (o.g.)
13 September 1996
 Thailand  4 – 2  Vietnam National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 20,000
Senamuang  3'
Srithong-in  9', 24'
Srimaka  46'		 V. H. Bửu  83' (pen.)
N. H. Son  88'

Third place play-off

15 September 1996
 Indonesia  2 – 3  Vietnam National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 32,000
Kurniawan  66'
Aples  85'		 H. Q. Cuong  8'
Yeyen  27' (o.g.)
V. H. Bửu  73' (pen.)

Final

15 September 1996
 Thailand  1 – 0  Malaysia National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 32,000
Senamuang  9'

Awards

 1996 Tiger Cup 

Thailand
First title
Most Valuable Player Golden Boot Fairplay
Zainal Abidin Hassan Natapong Sritong-in  Brunei

Goalscorers

7 goals
  • Natapong Sritong-in
6 goals
  • K. Sanbagamaran
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Anuar Abu Bakar
  • Maung Maung Htay
  • Maung Maung Oo
  • Myo Hliang Win
  • Trần, Công Minh
  • Nguyễn, Hồng Sơn
1 goal
Own goals
  • Yeyen Tumena (For Vietnam)
  • Azmil Azali (For Indonesia)

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. ^ "Background - ASEAN Football Federation". ASEAN Football Federation. http://www.aseanfootball.org/about_01.asp. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
Tournaments
Qualification