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2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	AFC Women's Asian Cup
year	2006
dates	16–30 July
city	Adelaide
country	Australia
num_teams	9
confederations	1
venues	Hindmarsh Stadium
Marden Sports Complex
champion_other
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
count	8
matches	20
goals	77
top_scorer	JPN Yūki Nagasato
KOR Jung Jung-suk (7 goals)
prevseason	[2003](2003-afc-women-s-championship)
nextseason	[2008](2008-afc-women-s-asian-cup)

Marden Sports Complex KOR Jung Jung-suk (7 goals)

The 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup was a women's football tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation. It was the 15th installment of the AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Unlike the previous tournament which was held every two years, the tournament was moved back a year to 2006. The structure of the competition changed for this tournament, with a qualifying tournament and a separate championship tournament.

The four qualifiers of the sub-tournament (Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, Thailand) went on to compete for the Championship proper against the four automatic finalists (China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea). Australia were added to the final tournament following their switch from Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian confederation. The finals of the tournament were held in Australia in July 2006 - the hosting rights were originally given to Japan, but after Australia moved conferences, they were given the hosting rights. All matches in the main tournament were held in Adelaide.

The tournament also acted as Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2007 Women's World Cup. Two spots were available in addition to the automatic spot given to China as World Cup hosts. China won the tournament, beating hosts Australia in the final. Thus, Australia took the first qualifying spot, while North Korea defeated Japan in the third place play-off to take second place. Despite beating China in the group stages, Japan then played off with the third-placed team in the CONCACAF region, Mexico, who they beat over two legs to qualify for the tournament. This tournament would also mark the first time an Australian national team (senior or youth) would officially compete as an Asian side on the international stage.

Qualification

Main article: 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Teams

Japan, China, North Korea and South Korea qualified by virtue of occupying the four top spots in the 2003 AFC Women's Championship.

Venues

The tournament was held in Adelaide, South Australia, with Hindmarsh Stadium being the main venue, hosting all matches except for one of the two concurrent last matches in each of the two groups, which were held at Marden Sports Complex.

[[File:Marden Sports Complex.jpg	200px]]

Group stage

All matches in the group stage were held at Hindmarsh Stadium, except the Chinese Taipei v Vietnam and Thailand v Australia matches, which took place at Marden Sports Complex.

Group A

Pu Wei

Sakaguchi Nagasato

Nagasato Sawa Sakaguchi Yanagita

Group B

Walsh Munoz De Vanna

Ri Un-suk Kim Than-sil Ho Sun-hui Jo Yun-mi Kim Yong-ae

De Vanna

Ri Un-gyong

Jung Jung-suk Kim Joo-hee Kim Jin-hee Jung Sey-hwa

Jin Suk-hee Jung Jung-suk

Burgess Walsh Gill De Vanna

Knockout stages

| 27 July | **** | 1 | | 0 | 27 July | **** | 2 | | 0 | 30 July | **** | 2 (4) | | 2 (2) | 30 July | **** | 3 | | 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2007 Women's World Cup.

In the China v North Korea match, China conceded a potential equaliser in injury time, but it was disallowed for offside. The North Koreans reacted by throwing bottles and other objects at the referees, and North Korean goalkeeper Han Hye-yong kicked Italian referee Anna De Toni from behind. Three North Korean players, including Han, were suspended before the third place play-off. North Korea protested the decision, demanding a rematch and a reversal of the suspensions.

Peters

Third place match

As China were automatically qualified as hosts, North Korea qualified for the World Cup as the third-placed team in the tournament. Japan will play off with the third-placed team from the 2006 Women's Gold Cup in the CONCACAF region.

Nagasato Ri Un-gyong

Final

Peters Ma Xiaoxu Shipard
Peters
Ferguson Bi Yan Li Jie Han Duan

Awards

Goalscorers

Yuki Nagasato
Jung Jung-suk
Ma Xiaoxu
Homare Sawa
Mizuho Sakaguchi
Ri Un-suk
Caitlin Munoz
Lisa De Vanna
Kim Yong-ae
Ri Un-gyong
Joanne Peters
Sarah Walsh
Han Duan
Cha Yun-hee
Kim Joo-hye
Kim Than-sil
Ri Kum-suk
Pitsamai Sornsai
Alicia Ferguson
Joanne Burgess
Kate Gill
Sally Shipard
Pu Wei
Aya Miyama
Miyuki Yanagita
Kozue Ando
Shinobu Ohno
Jin Suk-hee
Jung Sey-hwa
Kim Jin-hee
Aye Mandar Hliang
Daw My Nilar Htwe
Ho Sun-hui
Jo Yun-mi
Hsieh I-ling
Vũ Thị Huyền Linh
Shin Sun-nam (against Australia)

References

[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-07/30/content_652896.htm N. Korea demands rematch at Asian Cup], AP, retrieved 30 July 2006

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