The 2016

King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...

(also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (

Thai Thai or THAI may refer to: * Of or from Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia ** Thai people, the dominant ethnic group of Thailand ** Thai language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in and around Thailand *** Thai script *** Thai (Unicode block ...

:) is an international

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

competition, and will be the 44th edition of the tournament. It was organised by the ''Football Association of Thailand'' or the

FAT In nutrition science, nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such chemical compound, compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food. The term often refers spec ...

. The tournament is set to be a in knockout tournament format with all matches being held at the

Rajamangala Stadium The Rajamangala National Stadium ( th, ราชมังคลากีฬาสถาน; , ) is the national stadium of Thailand. It is part of the Hua Mak Sports Complex, and is located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi, Bangkok. It officia ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

, Thailand on 3 and 5 June. This edition will feature the host

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

and three invited teams. The three teams that have been invited are

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

, and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ...

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

Squads

Venue

All matches held at the

, Thailand

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.

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 King's Cup. ;Referees * Sukhbir Singh * Aziz Asimov * Nafeez Abdul Wahab * Khamis Al-Marri ;Assistant referees * Thein Hanh * Ronnie Min Kiat * Shahreen Che Omar * Alisher Usmanov

Knockout stage

''All times are

Thailand Standard Time Thailand follows UTC+07:00, which is 7 hours ahead of UTC. The local mean time in Bangkok was originally UTC+06:42:04. Thailand used this local mean time until 1920, when it changed to Indochina Time, UTC+07:00; ICT is used all year round as Thai ...

( 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 The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...

Semi-finals

----

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

; 2 goals *

Kroekrit Thaweekarn Kroekrit Thaweekarn ( th, เกริกฤทธิ์ ทวีกาญจน์; ) is a Thai professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger. International career Kroekrit represented Thailand at ...

; 1 goal *

Baha' Abdel-Rahman Baha' Abdel-Rahman Mustafa Suleiman ( ar, بهاء عبد الرحمن مصطفى سليمان) is a Jordanian footballer as a midfielder who plays for Selangor in Malaysia Super League and the Jordan national football team. Personal life and f ...

* Hamza Al-Dardour * Mohannad Khairullah *

Abdul Fattah Al Agha Abdul Fattah Al Agha ( ar, عبد الفتاح الآغا; born 1 August 1984), is a retired Syrian footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his career playing for Syrian side Al Ittihad Aleppo and other clubs from Egypt. ...

Mahmoud Maowas Mahmoud Al-Mawas ( ar, مَحمُود الْمَوَّاس; born 1 January 1993) is a Syrian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football)#Winger, winger or an Midfielder (association football)#At ...

Hamid Mido Hamid Darwich Mido ( ar, حميد درويش ميدو) (born 3 June 1993 in Syria) is a Syrian footballer. His older brother is Mohamad Mido Hamid is the first Syrian to win AFC Cup for clubs 2 times with 2 different teams, Al ittihad of Alepp ...

* Teerasil Dangda *

Mongkol Tossakrai Mongkol Tossakrai ( th, มงคล ทศไกร, born May 9, 1987), simply known as Yen ( th, เย็น), is a Thai football coach and former professional footballer. He is considered one of the top 5 players in Matchday 13 of the Tha ...

* Sultan Al-Shamsi

Winners

Broadcasting rights

References

{{Friendly tournaments 2016

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2016 in Thai football cups Sport in Bangkok