# 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.

## 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.
| 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 |
| KallangJurong ||

## 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 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 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 | |

#### 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 |

### Knockout stage

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

#### Final
## 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.

## 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
* Singapore - Singapore Television Twelve (STV12): Prime 12 and Premiere 12 (Host broadcaster & Media partner)
* Rest of ASEAN - No information available