King Hassan II Tournament 1996

The 1st King Hassan II Tournament took place on December 11th and 12th, 1996 in the city of Casablanca in the country of Morocco and was an invitation tournament for national soccer teams . In addition to the host Morocco , the selections from Croatia , the Czech Republic and Nigeria also took part. The tournament was played in a knockout system , the two semifinals were played on the first day, the next day the game for third place and the final.

Croatia secured the title with two successes on penalties , while hosts Morocco came third.

Results

	Semifinals					final
	December 11, 1996
		Morocco	2 (6)
		Croatia	2 (7)			December 12, 1996
							Croatia	1 (4)
	December 11, 1996						Czech Republic	1 (1)
		Czech Republic	2
		Nigeria	1
						3rd place match
						December 12, 1996
							Morocco	2
							Nigeria	0

statistics

Semifinals

Morocco		Croatia
	December 11, 1996 in Casablanca ( Stade Mohamed V ) Spectators: 80,000
	Abdelkader El Brazi - Abdelilah Saber (88th Youssef Rossi ), Tahar El Khalej , Noureddine Naybet , Lahcen Abrami , Abdelmajid Bouyboud , Abderrahim Ouakili (46th Mustapha Khalif ), Rachid Azzouzi , Mustapha Hadji , Youssef Fertoute (64. Ahmed Bahja ) Salaheddine Bassir (80th Khalid Raghib )	Dražen Ladić - Robert Jarni , Igor Štimac (53rd Dubravko Pavličić ), Nikola Jerkan , Nikola Jurčević , Aljoša Asanović , Zvonimir Soldo , Robert Prosinečki , Dario Šimić , Igor Cvitanović , Goran Vlaović (80th Robert Špehar )
	1: 2 Salaheddine Bassir (22nd) 2: 2 Ahmed Bahja (72nd)	0: 1 Goran Vlaović (14th) 0: 2 Goran Vlaović (15th)
	Abdelmajid Bouyboud (40.)	Robert Prosinečki (70th)

Czech Republic		Nigeria
	December 11, 1996 in Casablanca ( Stade Mohamed V ) Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Redwan Abdelhammid ( Egypt )
	Luděk Mikloško - Jiří Lerch , Luboš Kubík , Martin Kotůlek , Karel Rada , Marek Zúbek , Martin Hašek , Radek Bejbl ( Radek Slončík ), Martin Frýdek , René Wagner ( Oldřich Machala ), Radek Drulák	William Okpara - Mobi Oparaku , Uche Okafor , Kingsley Obiekwu , Benedict Iroha , Mutiu Adepoju , Ndukwe, Uche Okechukwu , Wilson Oruma , Samson Siasia , Bazuaye, Teslim Fatusi
	1-0 Radek Drulák (9th) 2-0 Martin Hašek (79th)	2: 1 Mobi Oparaku (87th, foul penalty)

Game for third place

Morocco		Nigeria
	December 12, 1996 in Casablanca ( Stade Mohamed V ) Spectators: 75,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye ( Senegal )
	Araki - Abdelkrim El Hadrioui , Youssef Rossi ( Tahar El Khalej ), Noureddine Naybet ( Abdellatif Jrindou ), Lahcen Abrami , AMustapha Khalif ( Mustapha Hadji ), Hicham Dmiai , Abderrahim Ouakili , Youssef Fertoute ( Ahmed Bahja ), Khalid Raghib , Youssef Chippo ( Salaheddine Bassir )	Joseph Dosu - Mobi Oparaku , Bala Alhasaan , Abdullah, Benedict Iroha , Mutiu Adepoju , Lucky Ezomo , Uche Okechukwu , Wilson Oruma , Teslim Fatusi ( Samson Siasia ), Bazuaye
	1-0 Salaheddine Bassir (49th) 2-0 Abdellatif Jrindou (90th)

final

Croatia		Czech Republic
	December 12, 1996 in Casablanca ( Stade Mohamed V ) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Said Belqola ( Morocco )
	Dražen Ladić - Igor Štimac , Nikola Jerkan , Zvonimir Soldo , Aljoša Asanović , Robert Prosinečki , Prajila, Niko Kovač , Robert Jarni , Igor Cvitanović , Goran Vlaović	Petr Kouba - Marek Zúbek , Luboš Kubík , Martin Kotůlek , Karel Rada , Martin Čížek , Martin Hašek , Radek Bejbl , Martin Frýdek ( Radek Slončík ), René Wagner ( Pavel Verbíř ), Radek Drulák
	1: 1 Prajila (29.)	0: 1 Radek Drulák (4th)

Goalscorer

• 2 goals:

Salahaddin Bassir Morocco 

Radek Drulák Czech Republic 

Goran Vlaović Croatia 

See also

• King Hassan II Tournament 1998
• King Hassan II Tournament 2000

Individual evidence

• King Hassan II Tournament 1996. Retrieved September 8, 2011 .