 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Thailand yakateedzana kukodzera uye yakapinda mumakwikwi maviri ekupedzisira eAFC Asian Cup ese akaitirwa muWestern Asia muna 1996uye 2000 apo boka ravo roroto rakanga richitanga nguva yaro yegoridhe. Zvakangoitikawo kuti mumitambo miviri iyi, vavengi vechikwata ichi vese vakabva kuWestern Asia uye vari Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iran neIraq, vaviri vekupedzisira vachigovana boka rimwe chete neThailand kaviri. Muzvinyorwa zvose zviri zviviri, Thailand yakaita madiro maviri ndokurasikirwa nemamwe ose, yakadzika pasi peboka rechikamu chekutanga uye ndiyo yakashata yechitatu-yakatorwa boka rechipiri. 