The 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup was the inaugural and only edition of the AFC Solidarity Cup, an international football tournament. It took place between 2–15 November 2016 in Malaysia.
The draw took place on 8 September 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seedings were based on the FIFA Ranking of August 2016. As the draw was held before the play-off round 2 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition was played, the identities of the Round 2 losers, as well as the number of teams which would enter the competition, were not known at the time of the draw. ;Notes ==Squads==
Squads
Each national association must submit a list of 18–23 players, three of those players must be goalkeepers. ==Group stage==
Group stage
The tournament's format would change depending upon the number of teams that agree to partake in the competition. Should nine teams enter, the two group winners advance to the final. Should only eight teams enter, the two group winners and two group runners-up advance to the semi-finals. Since at the end only seven teams entered, the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. ==Winners==
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: ==Goalscorers==