# 2016 King's Cup

The 2016 King's Cup (also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (Thai:การแข่งขันฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพครั้งที่ 44) is an international football competition, and will be the 44th edition of the tournament. It was organised by the Football Association of Thailand or the FAT. The tournament is set to be a in knockout tournament format with all matches being held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 3 and 5 June.
This edition will feature the host Thailand and three invited teams. The three teams that have been invited are Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Syria. Montenegro was expected to participate, but later declined, leaving the Thais to put Syria instead.

## Participant teams

The 2016 King's Cup is included the following four teams
| Team | Association | Confederation | Finals appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Ranking |
| Team | Association | Confederation | Finals appearance | Previous best performance | June 2016 |
| Thailand (Host) | FA Thailand | AFC | 44th | Champions (1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007) | 117 (4) |
| Jordan | Jordan FA | AFC | 1st | Debut | 80 (2) |
| Syria | Syria FA | AFC | 1st | Debut | 101 (3) |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE FA | AFC | 1st | Debut | 70 (1) |

## Venue

* Bangkok
* Rajamangala Stadium
* Capacity: 49,772

## Draw

The seeded teams which headed up each group was announced on May 10, 2016: United Arab Emirates and Jordan (Top Half), Thailand and Syria (Bottom Half).
This ceremony was drawn by Watchara Watcharapol, CEO of Thairath TV and Supasin Leelarit, Vice chairman of 2016 King's Cup Organizing Committee.
| Top Half | Bottom Half |
| United Arab Emirates Jordan | Thailand (Host) Syria |

## Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 King's Cup.

### Referees

* Sukhbir Singh
* Aziz Asimov
* Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
* Khamis Al-Marri

### Assistant referees

* Thein Hanh
* Ronnie Koh Min Kiat
* Mohd Shahreen Che Omar
* Alisher Usmanov

## Knockout stage

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).
In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score were level at the end of 90 minutes, If the score were still level after 90 minutes, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 June – Bangkok | 3 June – Bangkok |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 5 June – Bangkok | 5 June – Bangkok |
| Jordan | 3 | 5 June – Bangkok | 5 June – Bangkok |
| Jordan | 3 | Jordan | 0 |
| 3 June – Bangkok | 3 June – Bangkok | | Jordan | 0 |
| 3 June – Bangkok | 3 June – Bangkok | Thailand | 2 |
| Thailand (pen.) | 2 (7) | Thailand | 2 |
| Syria | 2 (6) | | |
| Syria | 2 (6) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 June – Bangkok | 5 June – Bangkok |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| | | Syria | 1 |

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 2 goals

* Kroekrit Thaweekarn

### 1 goal

* Baha' Abdel-Rahman
* Hamza Al-Dardour
* Mohannad Khairullah
* Abdul Fattah Al Agha
* Mahmoud Maowas
* Hamid Mido
* Teerasil Dangda
* Mongkol Tossakrai
* Sultan Al-Shamsi

## Winners

* The 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament champions
* Thailand 14th title

## Broadcasting rights

| Territory | Channel |
| Jordan | Sky Sport |
| Thailand | Thairath TV |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai Sports |
| Syria | Sky Sport |