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.

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  Brunei  Indonesia  Malaysia  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand

Invitees  Cambodia  Laos  Myanmar  Vietnam

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'

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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'

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5 September 1996	Laos	1 – 1	Vietnam	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 1,400
	Chalana  72'		L. H. Đức  85'

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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'

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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'

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7 September 1996	Indonesia	3 – 0	Cambodia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,000
	Kurniawan  15' Peri  23' Eri  60'

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9 September 1996	Cambodia	0 – 1	Laos	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 4,000
			Keolakhone  39'

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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'

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11 September 1996	Indonesia	1 – 1	Vietnam	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 1,300
	Kurniawan  43'		V. H. Bửu  26'

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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'

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2 September 1996	Philippines	0 – 5	Thailand	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,800
			Santawong  10', 38' Senamuang  14' Srithong-in  40', 60'[note 1]

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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'

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4 September 1996	Singapore	3 – 0	Brunei	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,400
	Hasnim  1' Steven  4' (pen.) Fandi  51'

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6 September 1996	Thailand	6 – 0	Brunei	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,000
	Santawong  15' Srithong-in  23', 87' Srimaka  35', 67' Senamuang  77'

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6 September 1996	Singapore	3 – 0	Philippines	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 12,000
	Fandi  20', 42' Lim  73'

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8 September 1996	Brunei	1 – 0	Philippines	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 3,000
	Irwan  28'

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8 September 1996	Thailand	1 – 1	Malaysia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 14,000
	Senamuang  28'		Zainal  59'

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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'

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10 September 1996	Singapore	0 – 1	Thailand	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 42,000
			Srithong-in  70'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				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.)

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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 Kiatisuk Senamuang 4 goals Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Peri Sandria Samsurin Abdul Rahman Win Aung Fandi Ahmad Võ Hoàng Bửu 3 goals Fachri Husaini Eri Irianto M. Chandran Phithaya Santawong Worrawoot Srimaka Lê Huỳnh Đức 2 goals Anuar Abu Bakar Maung Maung Htay Maung Maung Oo Myo Hliang Win Trần, Công Minh Nguyễn, Hồng Sơn

1 goal Irwan Mohammad Nuth Sony Robby Darwis Ansyari Lubis Aples Gideon Tecuari Savatdy Saysana Luang Amath Chalana Channiphone Keolakhone Khenkitisack Bounlap Phimmasean Phonesavanh Azman Adnan Zainal Abidin Hassan Rosdee Sulong Tin Myo Aung Hasnim Haron Steven Tan Lim Tong Hai Nguyen Huu Dang Huynh Quoc Cuong 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

• "Tiger Cup 1996". AseanFootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation.
• Courtney, Barrie. "ASEAN ("Tiger") Cup 1996". RSSSF.

Specific

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