1996 AFF Championship

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.

1996 AFF Championship

1996 東盟足球錦標賽 1996 Kejohanan Bola Sepak ASEAN 1996 ஏசியான் கால்ப கோப்பை
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	1–15 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	National Stadium Jurong Stadium
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(s)	Zainal Abidin Hassan
1998 →

Teams

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

Founding members  Brunei  Indonesia  Malaysia  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand

Invitees  Cambodia  Laos  Myanmar  Vietnam

Venues

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

Squads

Main article: 1996 AFF Championship 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

2 September 1996

Vietnam	3–1	Cambodia
Trần Công Minh 21' Lê Huỳnh Đức 30' Võ Hoàng Bửu 80' (pen.)		Sony 67'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 2,800

2 September 1996

Indonesia	5–1	Laos
Husaini 5' Irianto 15' Kurniawan 17' Darwis 34' Sandria 65'		Savatdy 75'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 2,800

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5 September 1996

Laos	1–1	Vietnam
Luang-Amath 72'		Lê Huỳnh Đức 85'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 1,400

5 September 1996

Myanmar	5–0	Cambodia
Tin Myo Aung 14' Win Aung 35', 54' Myo Hlaing Win 71' Maung Maung Oo 90'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 1,500

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7 September 1996

Vietnam	4–1	Myanmar
Nguyễn Hữu Đang 6' Lê Huỳnh Đức 15' Trần Công Minh 48' Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 63'		Maung Maung Htay 24'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 2,000

7 September 1996

Indonesia	3–0	Cambodia
Kurniawan 15' Sandria 23' Irianto 60'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 2,000

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9 September 1996

Cambodia	0–1	Laos
		Channiphone 39'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 4,000

9 September 1996

Indonesia	6–1	Myanmar
Husaini 7', 66' Sandria 20', 26' Lubis 28' Irianto 39'		Maung Maung Htay 26'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 4,000

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11 September 1996

Indonesia	1–1	Vietnam
Kurniawan 43'		Võ Hoàng Bửu 77' (pen.)

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 1,300

11 September 1996

Laos	2–4	Myanmar
Khenkitisack 40' Phimmasean 45'		Win Aung 16', 69' Maung Maung Oo 35' Myo Hlaing Win 82'

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 500

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 (H)	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
Fandi 89'		Sanbagamaran 76'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 43,800

2 September 1996

Philippines	0–5	Thailand
		Santawong 10', 38' Senamuang 14' Srithong-in 40', 60'[note 1]

Jurong Stadium, Jurong

Attendance: 2,800

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4 September 1996

Malaysia	7–0	Philippines
Sanbagamaran 36', 61', 89' Azman 43' Shamsurin 53', 81' M. Chandran 78'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 1,000

4 September 1996

Singapore	3–0	Brunei
Haron 1' S. Tan 4' (pen.) Fandi 51'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 8,400

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6 September 1996

Thailand	6–0	Brunei
Santawong 15' Srithong-in 23', 87' Srimaka 35', 67' Senamuang 77'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 8,000

6 September 1996

Singapore	3–0	Philippines
Fandi 20', 42' Lim T.H. 73'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 12,000

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8 September 1996

Brunei	1–0	Philippines
Irwan 28'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 3,000

8 September 1996

Thailand	1–1	Malaysia
Senamuang 28'		Zainal 59'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 14,000

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10 September 1996

Malaysia	6–0	Brunei
Sanbagamaran 3' Shamsurin 37' Anuar 47', 60' M. Chandran 82', 89'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 20,000

10 September 1996

Singapore	0–1	Thailand
		Srithong-in 70'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 42,000

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

13 September 1996

Indonesia	1–3	Malaysia
Azmil 44' (o.g.)		Sanbagamaran 5' Rusdee 16'[note 2] Shamsurin 76'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 20,000

13 September 1996

Thailand	4–2	Vietnam
Senamuang 3' Srithong-in 9', 24' Srimaka 46'		Võ Hoàng Bửu 83' (pen.) Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 88'

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 20,000

Third place play-off

15 September 1996

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

National Stadium, Kallang

Attendance: 32,000

Final

15 September 1996

Thailand	1–0	Malaysia
Senamuang 9'

National Stadium, Kallang

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 that Singapore can advance to the next round.^[2]

Awards

1996 AFF Championship
Thailand First title

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

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Netipong Srithong-in

6 goals

• K. Sanbagamaran

5 goals

• Kiatisuk Senamuang

4 goals

• Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
• Peri Sandria
• Shamsurin 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 Hlaing Win
• Trần Công Minh
• Nguyễn Hồng Sơn

1 goal

• Irwan Mohammad
• Nuth Sony
• Robby Darwis
• Ansyari Lubis
• Aples Gideon Tecuari
• Saysana Savatdy
• Chalana Luang-Amath
• Keolakhone Channiphone
• Bounlap Khenkitisack
• Phonesavanh Phimmasean
• Azman Adnan
• Zainal Abidin Hassan
• Rosdee Sulong
• Tin Myo Aung
• Hasnim Haron
• Lim Tong Hai
• Steven Tan
• Nguyễn Hữu Đang
• Huỳnh Quốc Cường

1 own goal

• Yeyen Tumena (playing against Vietnam)
• 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	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15
2	Malaysia	6	3	2	1	18	4	+14
Semifinals
3	Vietnam	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4
4	Indonesia	6	3	1	2	18	9	+9
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Singapore	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5
6	Myanmar	4	2	0	2	11	12	–1
7	Laos	4	1	1	2	5	10	–5
8	Brunei	4	1	0	3	1	15	–14
9	Cambodia	4	0	0	4	1	12	–11
10	Philippines	4	0	0	4	0	16	–16

Media Coverage

• Philippines - Vintage Television and IBC-13^[3]
• Singapore - Singapore Television Twelve (STV12): Prime 12 and Premiere 12 (Host broadcaster & Media partner)
• Malaysia - Radio Televisyen Malaysia
• Rest of ASEAN - No information available

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.