The 2016 King's Cup (also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (Thai:) is an international football competition, and will be the 44th edition of the tournament. It was organised 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.
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 included the following four teams
Squads
Venue
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 Nafeez Abdul Wahab Khamis Al-Marri Assistant referees Thein Hanh Ronnie Min Kiat Shahreen 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.