2016 King's Cup

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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.

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)

Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium
Capacity: 49,772

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

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

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

3 June 2016

17:00

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Jordan
Al-Shamsi 45+2'	Report	Abdel-Rahman 8' Al-Dardour 50' Khairullah 68'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

3 June 2016

20:00

Thailand	2–2	Syria
Teerasil 20' Mongkol 43'	Report	Al-Mawas 60' Al-Agha 86'
Penalties
Theerathon Sarach Sanrawat Tanaboon Adisak Tana Tristan Mika	7–6	Al Salih Al Nakdali Omari Al-Mawas Al-Agha Ajan Mido Al Baour

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

5 June 2016

17:00

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Syria
	Report	Al-Mawas 50'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

5 June 2016

20:00

Thailand	2–0	Jordan
Kroekrit 52', 80'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

2 goals

• Kroekrit Thaweekarn

1 goal

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

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