2016 King's Cup

2016 King's Cup
คิงส์คัพ 2016

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	3–5 June 2016
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (14th title)
Runners-up	Jordan
Third place	Syria
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	95,000 (23,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kroekrit Thaweekarn (2 goal)
Fair play award	United Arab Emirates
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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,^[1] United Arab Emirates,^[2] and Syria.^[3] 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^[4]

Team	Association	Confederation	Finals appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
					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)

Squads

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				Final
	3 June – Bangkok
	United Arab Emirates	1
					5 June – Bangkok
	Jordan	3
					Jordan	0
	3 June – Bangkok
					Thailand	2
	Thailand (pen.)	2 (7)
	Syria	2 (6)
					Third place
					5 June – Bangkok
					United Arab Emirates	0
					Syria	1

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Kroekrit Thaweekarn

1 goal

Winners

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

Broadcasting rights

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

References