The 1996 Tiger Cup is the inaugural edition of the ASEAN Football Championship, sponsored by Tiger Beer. It was hosted by Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 from 1 September to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

 taking part, four of which were invitees.

Teams

All six founder members of the ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation is a subset of nations within the Asian Football Confederation from Southeast Asia. ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations. The AFF was founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.Cambodia, Laos,...

 (AFF) are participants, with the former Indochina

Indochina

The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...

 nations joining as invitees as they were not yet members of the AFF at this time.
Founder members
Invitees

Group A

12

5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	4	3	1	0	15	3
10
	4	2	2	0	9	4
8
	4	2	0	2	11	12	−1	6
	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4
	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

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Group B

12

13

5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	4	3	1	0	13	1
10
	4	2	2	0	15	2
8
	4	2	1	1	7	2
7
	4	1	0	3	1	15	−14	3
	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Golden Boot	Fairplay
Zainal Abidin Hassan Zainal Abidin Hassan Zainal Abidin Hassan is a former Malaysian footballer and currently a manager for Shahzan Muda FC.Zainal is well known as the best Malaysian footballer in the 80's and 90's. His football career started with Selangor FA in 1980...	Natapong Sritong-in

Goalscorers

7 goals Natapong Sritong-in

6 goals K. Sanbagamaran

5 goals Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...

4 goals Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto

Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto

Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto is an active Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a striker and is the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team after Bambang Pamungkas with 31 goals in 60 appearances.Kurniawan is known by his nickname kurus because he cuts a slender figure...

 Peri Sandria Samsurin Abdul Rahman Win Aung Fandi Ahmad

Fandi Ahmad

Fandi bin Ahmad is a football coach and former professional footballer from Singapore. During his playing career, he enjoyed success playing in both Europe and Asia, and was captain of the Singapore national football team...

 Võ Hoàng Bửu

3 goals Fachri Husaini Eri Irianto

Eri Irianto

Eri Irianto was a former player of Persebaya Surabaya.He died on the 3rd April 2000 after collapsing with a heart attack on the pitch during a league match against PSIM Yogyakarta at Gelora 10 November Stadium. The mess was renamed from Persebaya and is now "Wisma Eri Irianto". He wore number 19...

 M. Chandran Phithaya Santawong Worrawoot Srimaka

Worrawoot Srimaka

Worrawoot Srimaka is a former Thai football player. He is a Striker who scored 29 goals for the national team. Currently, He has coaches for BEC Tero Sasana in Thailand Premier League....

 Lê Huỳnh Đức

2 goals Anuar Abu Bakar Maung Maung Htay Maung Maung Oo Myo Hliang Win Trần, Công Minh Nguyễn, Hồng Sơn

1 goal Irwan Mohammad Nuth Sony Robby Darwis

Robby Darwis

Robby Darwis is a football player from Indonesia and one of Persib Bandung football stars at that time....

 Ansyari Lubis

Ansyari Lubis

Ansyari Lubis is an Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as an attacking midfielder. He formerly played for the Indonesia national football team in the 1990s. His height is 160 cm. He participated in international events with Senior National Team at the Pre Olympic, Kemerdekaan Cup and...

 Aples Gideon Tecuari Savatdy Saysana Luang Amath Chalana Channiphone Keolakhone Khenkitisack Bounlap Phimmasean Phonesavanh Azman Adnan

Azman Adnan

Azman Adnan is a former Malaysian footballer who last played for Negeri Sembilan FA before retiring. He is also a former member of the Malaysian pre-Olympic team and also the Malaysian national team...

 Zainal Abidin Hassan

Zainal Abidin Hassan

Zainal Abidin Hassan is a former Malaysian footballer and currently a manager for Shahzan Muda FC.Zainal is well known as the best Malaysian footballer in the 80's and 90's. His football career started with Selangor FA in 1980...

 Rosdee Sulong Tin Myo Aung Hasnim Haron Steven Tan

Steven Tan

Steven Tan was a Singaporean footballer in the 1990s, who played in the Singapore national football team as a striker. He is now the head coach of S-League club, Tampines Rovers....

 Lim Tong Hai

Lim Tong Hai

Lim Tong Hai was a defender for the Singapore national football team from 1990 to 1999, and is now the team manager of Geylang United of the S.League.-Club career:...

 Nguyen Huu Dang Huynh Quoc Cuong

Own goals Yeyen Tumena (For Vietnam) Azmil Azali (For Indonesia)