The 2016 King's Cup (also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (Thai:) 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, United Arab Emirates, and Syria. 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 TeamAssociationConfederationFinalsappearancePrevious bestperformanceFIFA Ranking June 2016 (Host)FA ThailandAFC44th Champions (1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2007)117 (4)Jordan FAAFC1stDebut80 (2)Syria FAAFC1stDebut101 (3)UAE FAAFC1stDebut70 (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 HalfBottom Half (Host)
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
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers 2 goals Kroekrit Thaweekarn 1 goal
Baha' Abdel-Rahman Hamza Al-Dardour Mohannad Khairullah Abdul Fattah Al Agha Mahmoud Maowas Hamid Mido Teerasil Dangda Mongkol Tossakrai Sultan Al-Shamsi
Winners
Broadcasting rights Territory ChannelRefSky SportThairath TVDubai SportsSky Sport
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