2016 Nations Cup

The 2016 Nations Cup was the inaugural edition of the Nations Cup hosted in Malacca City, Malaysia from 3 to 5 June 2016. It was organised by MP & Silva with the under-21 teams of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand as well as the Vietnam U-19 team, participating in the tournament. All matches were held at the Hang Jebat Stadium.[1][2]

2016 Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
Dates3–5 June
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up Malaysia
Third place Vietnam
Fourth place Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored12 (3 per match)

Thailand won the title by defeating hosts Malaysia 2–1 in the final.[3]

Venue

Krubong
Hang Jebat Stadium[1]
2016 Nations Cup is located in Malaysia
Hang Jebat
Hang Jebat
2016 Nations Cup (Malaysia)
Capacity: 40,000

Brackets

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June
 
 
 Thailand2
 
5 June
 
 Vietnam0
 
 Thailand2
 
3 June
 
 Malaysia 1
 
 Malaysia3
 
 
 Singapore0
 
Third place
 
 
5 June
 
 
 Vietnam2 (5)
 
 
 Singapore 2 (4)

Semi-finals

Thailand 2 – 0 Vietnam
Nattawut 6'
Pawee 72'
Report
Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad
Malaysia 3 – 0 Singapore
Safawi 4'
Syafiq 52'
Shamie 83'
Report
Attendance: 2,000

Third place play-off

Final

Thailand 2 – 1 Malaysia
Worawut 3'
Chenrop 79'
Report Shamie 35'

References

  1. Kenneth Ho (5 April 2016). "Malaysia to host inaugural Nations Cup". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. "Malaysia to host Inaugural Nations Cup in June". ASEAN Football Federation. Football Channel Asia. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. Zulhilmi Zainal (5 June 2016). "Thailand U21 2-1 Malaysia U21: Thailand defeat the hosts to lift Nations Cup title". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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