1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the seventh edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.

1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al Hilal (1st title)
Runners-up	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Third place	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Fourth place	Esteghlal
← 1995 1997–98 →

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Navbahor Namangan	6–6 (a)	Jawiya	4–1	2–5
Pakhtakor Dzhabarrasulovsk	1–5	Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya	0–2	1–3
Turan Daşoguz	1–5	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	0–0	1–5
Al Hilal	(w/o)1	Al Qadisiyah
Al Arabi	1–1 (3–0p)	Al Ansar	0–1	1–0
Baniyas Club	3–4	Al Ittihad	3–3	0–1
Esteghlal	bye
Al-Nasr	bye

¹ Al Qadisiyah withdrew

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	(w/o)1	Old Benedictines	1–0
Mohammedan	12–12	Electricity of Lao	8–0	4–1
Pahang	1–5	Mastrans Bandung Raya	0–1	1–4
Hai Phong	(w/o)3	Lam Pak
Bellmare Hiratsuka	bye
Nagoya Grampus Eight	bye
South China	bye
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	bye

¹ Old Benedictines withdrew after 1st leg
² 2nd leg also reported 0–1
³ Lam Pak withdrew before 1st leg

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	4–4 (a)	Navbahor Namangan	1-4	3–0
Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya	2–7	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	1–1	1–7
Al Hilal	6–1	Al Arabi	6–0	0–1
Al Ittihad	4–4 (a)	Al-Nasr	3–2	1–2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bellmare Hiratsuka	(w/o)1	Valencia	7–0
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	8–12	Mohammedan	5–0	3–1
Mastrans Bandung Raya	1–5	South China	1–1	0–4
Hai Phong	1–4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–1	0–3

¹ Valencia withdrew after 1st leg
² 1st leg also reported as 5–1

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	2–1	FC SKIF Ordabasy	1–0	1–1
Al-Nasr	(w/o)1	Al Hilal	0–5

¹ Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bellmare Hiratsuka	1–2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–0	0–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight	4–2	South China	2–0	2–2

Semifinals

24 November 1996

Al Hilal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Esteghlal
Penalties
	5–4

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Saeed Abdullah (United Arab Emirates)

24 November 1996

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0–5	Nagoya Grampus Eight
		Donald-Olivier Sié 11' Tetsuo Nakanishi 36' Dragan Stojković 58' Shigeyoshi Mochizuki 71' Kenji Fukuda 89'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Third place match

26 November 1996

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–0	Esteghlal
Kim Ki-Nam 7'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Final

26 November 1996

Al Hilal	3–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Al Jaber 17' Al Thunayan 76' Bassir 82'	Report	Tetsuo Nakanishi 57'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 26,104

Referee: Ali Mandani (Kuwait)

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 1996
• ACWC finals