The 2016 AYA Bank Cup was a four-nation football tournament hosted in Yangon, Myanmar from 3–6 June 2016.[1]

2016 AYA Bank Cup
Tournament details
Host countryMyanmar
Dates3–6 June
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Vietnam (1st title)
Runners-up Singapore
Third place Myanmar
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vietnam Lê Công Vinh
(3 goals)

The tournament followed a straight knockout format with Vietnam and Hong Kong facing in the first semi-final and the first match of the tournament followed by a match between hosts Myanmar and Singapore.[2]

Ayeyarwady Bank was the title sponsor of the tournament which signed a contract with the Myanmar Football Federation on 4 May 2016.[3]

Venue

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Yangon
Thuwunna Stadium
 
 
Thuwunna
2016 AYA Bank Cup (Myanmar)
Capacity: 32,000
 

Results

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June
 
 
  Vietnam (p)2 (4)
 
6 June
 
  Hong Kong2 (3)
 
  Vietnam (a.e.t.)3
 
3 June
 
  Singapore0
 
  Myanmar0
 
 
  Singapore1
 
3rd place match
 
 
6 June
 
 
  Hong Kong0
 
 
  Myanmar3

Semi-finals

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Vietnam  2–2  Hong Kong
Lê Công Vinh   58', 61' Report McKee   49', 77'
Penalties
Trần Nguyên Mạnh  
Quế Ngọc Hải  
Lương Xuân Trường  
Hoàng Đình Tùng  
Nguyễn Văn Quyết  
4–3   Itaparica
  Sandro
  Leung Kwun Chung
  Ngue
  Roberto
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)
Myanmar  0–1  Singapore
Report Faris   34'
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)[4]

Third place match

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Hong Kong  0–3  Myanmar
Report Than Paing   22'
Maung Maung Lwin   74'
Ye Ko Oo   89'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Final

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Vietnam  3–0 (a.e.t.)  Singapore
Lê Công Vinh   91'
Nguyễn Văn Quyết   99'
Đinh Thanh Trung   114'
Report
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Khin Maung Win (Myanmar)

Winners

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 The 2016 AYA Bank Cup Soccer Tournament
winners 
 
Vietnam

first title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Invitational Tournament: Aya Bank Cup 2016". mitvNews. Myanmar International TV Channel. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ^ "AYA Bank meet to fine tune Myanmar for AFF Suzuki Cup 2016". Asean Football Federation. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ^ Wai Phyo Thu (4 May 2016). "AYA Bank Cup 2016 ၿပိဳင္ပြဲအား ဇြန္လ (၃) ရက္ေန႕မွ (၆) ရက္ေန႕အထိ က်င္းပမည္" [AYA Bank Cup Tournament to be held from 3–6 June 2016] (in Burmese). Myanmar Media 7 News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. ^ "FIFA Referees News: Friendly: Myanmar vs. Singapore". 3 June 2016.