1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Teams	26
Final positions
Champions	Al Hilal (1st title)
Runners-up	Nagoya Grampus Eight

The winners of the 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Navbahor Namangan	6–6 (a)	Jawiya	4–1	2–5
Pakhtakor Dzhabarrasulovsk	1–5	Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya	0–2	1–3
Turan Daşoguz	1–5	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	0–0	1–5
Al Hilal	(w/o)1	Al Qadisiyah
Al Arabi	1–1 (3–0p)	Al Ansar	0–1	1–0
Bani Yas	3–4	Al Ittihad	3–3	0–1
Esteghlal	bye
Al-Nasr	bye

¹ Al Qadisiyah withdrew

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	(w/o)1	Old Benedictines	1–0
Mohammedan	12–12	Electricity of Lao	8–0	4–1
Pahang	1–5	Mastrans Bandung Raya	0–1	1–4
Hai Phong	(w/o)3	Lam Pak
Bellmare Hiratsuka	bye
Nagoya Grampus Eight	bye
South China	bye
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	bye

¹ Old Benedictines withdrew after 1st leg
² 2nd leg also reported 0–1
³ Lam Pak withdrew before 1st leg

Second round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	4–4 (a)	Navbahor Namangan	3–0	1–4
Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya	3–7	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	1–0	2–7
Al Hilal	6–1	Al Arabi	6–0	0–1
Al Ittihad	4–4 (a)	Al-Nasr	3–2	1–2

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bellmare Hiratsuka	(w/o)1	Valencia	7–0
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	8–12	Mohammedan	5–0	3–1
Mastrans Bandung Raya	1–5	South China	1–1	0–4
Hai Phong	1–4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–1	0–3

¹ Valencia withdrew after 1st leg
² 1st leg also reported as 5–1

Quarterfinals

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	1–0	Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent	0–0	1–0
Al-Nasr	(w/o)1	Al Hilal	0–5

¹ Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bellmare Hiratsuka	1–2	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–0	0–2
Nagoya Grampus Eight	4–2	South China	2–0	2–2

Semifinals

Al Hilal v Esteghlal

24 November 1997

Al Hilal	0–0 (AET, 5 PK 4)	Esteghlal

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i v Nagoya Grampus Eight

24 November 1997

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0–5	Nagoya Grampus Eight
		Donald-Olivier Sié  11' Tetsuo Nakanishi  36' Dragan Stojković  58' Shigeyoshi Mochizuki  71' Kenji Fukuda  89'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Third place match

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i v Esteghlal

26 November 1997

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	1–0	Esteghlal
Kim Ki-Nam  7'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Final

Al Hilal v Nagoya Grampus Eight

26 November 1997

Al Hilal	3–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Al Jaber  16' Al Thunayan  75' Bassir  82'		Tetsuo Nakanishi  27'

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Champions

Asian Cup Winners Cup 1996–1997 Al Hilal First Title

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 1997