| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 26 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Al Hilal (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Nagoya Grampus Eight |
| Third place |  Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i |
| Fourth place |  Esteghlal |
←1995 1997–98 → | |
The1996–97Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the seventh edition ofassociation football competition run by theAsian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
Baniyas Club | 3–4 |  Al Ittihad | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Esteghlal | bye | |||
Al-Nasr | bye |
1Al Qadisiyah withdrew
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
1Old Benedictines withdrew after 1st leg
2 2nd leg also reported 0–1
3Lam Pak withdrew before 1st leg
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | 4–4 (a) | Navbahor Namangan | 1-4 | 3–0 |
| Semetei Kyzyl-Kiya | 2–7 | Ordabasy-SKIF Chimkent | 1–1 | 1–7 |
| Al Hilal | 6–1 | Al Arabi | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Al Ittihad | 4–4 (a) | Al-Nasr | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
1Valencia withdrew after 1st leg
2 1st leg also reported as 5–1
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteghlal | 2–1 | FC SKIF Ordabasy | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Nasr | (w/o)1 | Al Hilal | 0–5 |
1 Al Nasr withdrew after 1st leg
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |
| 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' |
| Al Hilal | 3–1 | Nagoya Grampus Eight |
|---|---|---|
| Al Jaber 17' Al Thunayan 76'Bassir 82' | Report | Tetsuo Nakanishi 57' |
