The 2016

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(also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) ( Thai:) is an international

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

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

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

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

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

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, and

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

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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

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 * 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

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( 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

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

; 2 goals * Kroekrit Thaweekarn ; 1 goal *

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Hamza Al-Dardour Hamza Ali Khaled Al-Dardour (; born 12 May 1991) is a Jordanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Jordanian Pro League club Al-Ramtha and the Jordan national team. Club career In 2015, Al-Dardour joined Saudi club Al Faisaly. ...

* Mohannad Khairullah * Abdul Fattah Al Agha * Mahmoud Maowas *

Hamid Mido Hamid Darwich Mido () (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 Aleppo and Aire Force Iraqi club. Hon ...

Teerasil Dangda Teerasil Dangda (, ; born 6 June 1988) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a striker for Thai League club BG Pathum United and the Thailand national team. Teerasil has played his trade in England, Switzerland, Spain, and Japan dur ...

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* Sultan Al-Shamsi

Winners

Broadcasting rights

References

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