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2016 King's Cup

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Host country
  
Thailand

Dates
  
3–5 June 2016

Champions
  
Thailand (14th title)

City
  
Bangkok

Venue(s)
  
Rajamangala Stadium

2016 King's Cup

Teams
  
4 (from 1 confederation)

The 2016 King's Cup (also known as the 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 organized 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.

Contents

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 following 4 teams include

Venue

All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, 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
  • Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
  • Khamis Mohammed Al-Marri
  • Assistant referees
  • Thein Hanh
  • Ronnie Min Kiat
  • Mohd Shahreen Bin 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.

    Goalscorers

    2 goals
  • Kroekrit Thaweekarn
  • Mahmoud Maowas
  • 1 goal

    References

    2016 King's Cup Wikipedia