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The Asian Football Confederation's Asian Cup 1996 finals were held in the U.A.E. between December 4 and December 21. Saudi Arabia defeated host nation U.A.E. in the final match in Abu Dhabi.
Qualification
- U.A.E. qualified automatically as host
- Japan qualified automatically as defending champions
The other 10 qualifying teams were:
First round
All times local (GMT + 0400)
Notes
- Abbreviations:
- Pld: games played
- W: won
- D: drawn
- L: lost
- GF: goals for
- GA: goals against
- Pts: points
Group A
Group A matches were held in Abu Dhabi.
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| December 4
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| UAE
| 1 – 1
| Rep. of Korea
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 1 – 0)
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| Ref: Pirom Unprasert (THI)
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| | Saad 40' | | Hwang Sun-Hong 9'
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| Indonesia
| 2 – 2
| Kuwait
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| Abu Dhabi (1845)
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| (HT: 2 – 0)
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| Ref: Jamal al-Sharif (SYR)
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| | Purta 20' | | Al-Saqer 73'
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| | wabia 40' | | Al-Dakhi 84'(pen)
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| December 7
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| UAE
| 3 – 2
| Kuwait
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 2)
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| Ref: Charles Masembe (Uga)
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| | Ahmed 53' | | Al-Houwaidi 9'
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| | Al Talyani 55' | | Al-Houwaidi 44'
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| | Saad 80' | |
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| Rep. of Korea
| 4 – 2
| Indonesia
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| Abu Dhabi (1900)
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| (HT: 3 – 0)
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| Ref: Shamsul Maidin (SIN)
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| | Kim Do-Hoon 5' | | Wabia 58'
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| | Hwang Sun-Hong 7' | | Purta 65'
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| | Hwang Sun-Hong 15' | |
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| | Koo Jeon Woon 55' | |
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| December 10
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| UAE
| 2 – 0
| Indonesia
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| | Ahmed 14' | |
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| | Al Talyani 65' | |
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| Rep. of Korea
| 0 – 2
| Kuwait
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| Abu Dhabi (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| | | | Al-Houwaidi 60'
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Group B
Group B matches were held in Dubai.
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| December 5
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| Saudi Arabia
| 6 – 0
| Thailand
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| Dubai (1645)
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| (HT: 4 – 0)
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| | Al Temawiv (pen) 10' | |
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| | Mahalel 15' | |
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| | Al Mowalad 18' | |
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| | Al Temawiv (pen) 29' | |
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| | Al Jaber 52' | |
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| | Mahalel 54' | |
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| Iran
| 1 – 2
| Iraq
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| Dubai (1900)
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| (HT: 2 – 0)
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| | Daei (pen) 90' | | Naji 37'
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| | | | Khalid Sabbar 70'
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| December 8
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| Saudi Arabia
| 1 – 0
| Iraq
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| Dubai (1645)
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| (HT: 1 – 0)
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| | Mahalel 26' | |
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| Thailand
| 1 – 3
| Iran
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| Dubai (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 1)
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| Ref: Lu Jun (CHN)
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| | Senamuang 80' | | Sadavi 37'
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| | | | Minavand 54'
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| December 11
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| Saudi Arabia
| 0 – 3
| Iran
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| Dubai (1645)
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| (HT: 2 – 0)
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| | | | Bagheri 12'
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| Iraq
| 4 – 1
| Thailand
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| Dubai (1900)
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| Ref: Kim Young Joo (ROK)
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| | Majeed 17' | | Chalermsan 26'
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| | Shihaib 23' | |
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| | Majeed 50' | |
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| | Shihaib 60' | |
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Group C
Group C matches were held in Al Ain.
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| December 4
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| Japan
| 2 – 1
| Syria
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| Al-Ain (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 1)
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| Ref: Mohammad Nazri Abdullah (MAS)
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| | Abbas OG 84' | | Jakhadar 7'
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| | Takagi 88' | |
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| P.R. China
| 0 – 2
| Uzbekistan
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| Al-Ain (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| | | | Shkvyrin 78'
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| | | | Shatskiku 90'
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| December 9
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| Uzbekistan
| 0 – 4
| Japan
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| Al Ain (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 2)
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| Ref: Jamal Moridi (IRI)
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| | | | Nanami 9'
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| | | | Miura 37'
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| | | | Maezono 86'
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| | | | Maezono 90'
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| Syria
| 0 – 3
| P.R. China
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| Al Ain (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 1)
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| Ref: Kim Young Joo (ROK)
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| | | | Ma Mingyu 34'
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| | | | Gao Feng 49'
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| | | | Li Bing 72'
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| December 12
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| Japan
| 1 – 0
| P.R. China
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| Al Ain (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| Ref:Abdul Rahman (KSA)
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| | Soma 90' | |
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| Uzbekistan
| 0 – 2
| Syria
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| Al Ain (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| Ref:Ali Mohammad Bujsaim (UAE)
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| | Lebedev (pen)53' | | Jakhadar 48'
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| | | | Dib 72'
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Quarter-finals
| December 15
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| QF1:
| U.A.E.
| 1 – 0
| Iraq
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| Ref: Gamal Ghandour (EGY)
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| | Abdul Rahman Hussain 109' | |
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| QF2:
| Japan
| 0 – 2
| Kuwait
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| Al-Ain (1930)
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| (HT: 0 – 1)
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| Ref: Unprsert (THA)
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| | | | Al Houwaidi 17'
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| December 16
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| QF3:
| Repbulic of Korea
| 2 – 6
| Iran
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| Dubai (1645)
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| (HT: 2 – 1)
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| Ref: Saad Kameel Al Fadhli (Kuw)
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| | Kim Do-hoon 11' | | Bagheri 30'
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| | Sin Tae-yong 34' | | Azizi 51'
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| | | | Daei 66'
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| | | | Daei 76'
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| | | | Daei 83'
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| | | | Daei (pen) 88'
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| QF4:
| Saudi Arabia
| 4 – 3
| China
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| Abu Dhabi (1930)
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| | | (HT: 3 – 2) | | | Ref: Mohammed Nazri Abdullah (Mas)
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| | Al Thunaian 31' | | Zhang Enhua 6'
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| | Al Jaber 34' | | Peng Weiguo 16'
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| | Mahalel 43' | | Zhang Enhua 89'
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| | Al Thunaian 65' | |
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Semifinal
| December 18
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| SF1:
| U.A.E.
| 1 – 0
| Kuwait
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| Ref: Masayoshi Okada (JPN)
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| | Ahmed 69' | |
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| SF2:
| Iran
| 0 – 0
| Saudi Arabia
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| Abu Dhabi (1900)
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| | | (HT: 0 – 0) | | | Ref: Gamal Al Ghandour (EGY)
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| | Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 3 on penalties
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Third place play-off
| December 21
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| Iran
| 1 – 1
| Kuwait
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| Abu Dhabi (1645)
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| (HT: 1 – 1)
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| | Daei 38' | | Al Houwaidi 15'
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| | Iran wins 3 – 2 on penalties
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Final
| December 21
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| Saudi Arabia
| 0 – 0
| UAE
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| Abu Dhabi (1900)
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| (HT: 0 – 0)
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| | Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 2 on penalties
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| | Asian Cup 1996 champions: Saudi Arabia
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Scoring players
8 goals
6 goals
 Jassem Al-Houwaidi
4 goals
 Fahad Mohammed Mahalel
3 goals
 Hwang Seon-Hong
 Ahmed Hassan
2 goals
 Zhang Enhua
 Widodo Purta - Ronny Wabia
 Khodadad Azizi - Karim Koryogh Bagheri
 Hayder Majeed - Laith Shihaib
 Masakiyo Maezono
- Sami Al-jaber - Khalid Al-Temawi - Youssif Ibrahim Al-Thuaian
- Kim Do-hoon
 Nader Jokhadar
- Adnan Al-Taliyani
1 goal
- Gao Feng - Ma Mingyu - Li Bing - Peng Weiguo
- Mehrdad Minavand - Naeim Saadavi
- Husam Naji - Khalid Sabbar
- Kazuyoshi Miura - Hiroshi Nanami - Naoki Soma - Takuya Takagi
- Bashar Abdulaziz Hindy - Yousif Al-Dakhi - Hani Al-Saqer
- Khalid Mossaed Fahd Al-Muwallid
- Ko Jeong woon - Sin Tae Yong
- Ali Dib
 Dusit Chalermsan - Kiatisuk Senamuang
- Abdul Rahman Hussain - Bakhit Saad Mubarak - Khamis Saad Mubarak
 Sergey Lebedev - Oleg Shatskikh - Igor Shkvirin
1 own goal
- Hassan Abbas for Japan
Scoring teams
16 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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