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2006 AFC Youth Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameAFC Youth Championship
year2006
countryIndia
dates29 October – 12 November
num_teams16
confederations1
venues4
cities2
champion_other
count2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals91
attendance51050
top_scorerKOR Shim Young-sung (5 goals)
prevseason[2004](2004-afc-youth-championship)
nextseason[2008](2008-afc-u-19-championship)

The 2006 AFC Youth Championship was the 34th instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 29 October to 12 November 2006 in India. It was the first time for India to host this tournament. Sixteen teams from the AFC qualified to the finals.

The tournament was won by North Korea, their second championship after sharing the trophy with IRAN in 1976, defeating Japan 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw. South Korea defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third.

The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, with a place for the 4 semi-finalists of the tournament.

Qualification

Main article: AFC Youth Championship 2006 (Qualification)

33 Teams entered the Qualification, the teams were drawn into 14 groups. 11 groups with each three teams and 3 groups with two teams. The Qualification took part from November 2005 to December 2005 (except Group D which was scheduled to play in November 2005 but was postponed after the 2005 Amman bombings and played in February 2006). The Group-Winners qualified for the tournament, a Play-Off Game between the best second-placed teams from ASEAN (Myanmar) and East Asia (North Korea) was scheduled to in Kuala Lumpur on 15 February 2006. But after the withdrawal of Myanmar, the North Koreans qualified automatically. Hosts India were exempt from the qualification.

Final tournament

Participants

Venues

Kolkata, West BengalBangalore, Karnataka
Salt Lake StadiumHowrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
Capacity: **120,000**Capacity: **5,000**
[[File:Salt_Lake_Stadium_during_FIFA_U17_World_Cup_2017_....jpg200px]][[File:Howrah_Municipal_Corporation_Stadium_-_Howrah_Maidan_Area_-_Howrah_2013-04-28_6616.jpg200px]]
Sree Kanteerava StadiumBangalore Football Stadium
Capacity: **30,000**Capacity: **15,000**
[[File:Sree_Kanteerava_Stadium.jpg200px]][[File:Enhanced_photo_of_the_New_Bengaluru_Football_Stadium_on_a_matchday.jpg200px]]

Squads

Main article: 2006 AFC Youth Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
**9**330041+3
AUS Australia**6**320152+3
**3**310235−2
**0**300326−4

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
**6**320172+5
**6**320162+4
**6**320157−2
**0**300318−7

Group D

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
**7**321083+5
**7**321062+4
**3**310236−3
**0**300317−6

Knockout stage

Bracket

|6 November – Kolkata||2||1 |6 November – Bangalore||2||1 |6 November – Kolkata||1||2 |6 November – Bangalore||0||2 |9 November – Kolkata||2 (2)|** (pen.)|2 (3) |9 November – Kolkata||0|****|1 |11 November – Kolkata||1 (3)| (pen.)**|1 (5) |11 November – Kolkata|****|2||0

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Third Place Play Off

Finals

Winners

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Awards

Top GoalscorersMost Valuable PlayerFair Play Trophy
KOR Shim Young-sungPRK Kim Kum-il

Goalscorers

;5 goals

  • KOR Shim Young-sung ;4 goals
  • IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra
  • PRK Kim Kum-il
  • KOR Shin Young-rok ;3 goals
  • CHN Wang Yongpo
  • JPN Yasuhito Morishima
  • JPN Yosuke Kashiwagi
  • KOR Lee Sang-ho
  • KOR Song Jin-hyung ;2 goals
  • AUS David Williams
  • AUS Nathan Burns
  • IRN Mostafa Chatrabgoon
  • JPN Kazuhisa Kawahara
  • JPN Kota Aoki
  • JOR Ahmed Nofal
  • PRK Jong Chol-min
  • KSA Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
  • KSA Jufain Al-Bishi ;1 goal
  • AUS Chris Grossman
  • AUS Dario Vidosic
  • CHN Xu De'en
  • CHN Yang Xu
  • IND Branco Vincent Cardozo
  • IND Lal Kamal Bhowmick
  • IND Paresh Matondkar
  • IRN Farhad Ale-Khamis
  • IRN Kamaleddin Kamyabinia
  • IRN Shahram Goudarzi
  • IRQ Aqeel Hussein
  • IRQ Halkurd Mulla Mohammed
  • IRQ Mohamed Khalaf
  • IRQ Osama Ali
  • KGZ Ildar Amirov
  • JPN Masato Morishige
  • JPN Tsukasa Umesaki
  • JOR Abdullah Deeb
  • JOR Badr Abu Salim
  • JOR Lo'ay Omran
  • MAS Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
  • PRK Pak Chol-min
  • PRK Ri Chol-myong
  • PRK Ri Hung-ryong
  • PRK Yun Yong-il
  • KSA Ahmad Kabee
  • KSA Ali Ataif
  • KSA Mohamed Al-Bishi
  • KOR Kim Dong-suk
  • KOR Lee Chung-yong
  • KOR Park Hyun-beom
  • TJK Akhtam Khamrakulov
  • THA Phonlawut Donchui
  • THA Suttinun Phukhom
  • THA Teerasil Dangda
  • UAE Ibrahim Ali
  • UAE Mubarak Mesmari
  • VIE Nguyễn Quang Tình
  • VIE Nguyễn Văn Khải ;Own goals
  • KGZ Stepan Miagkih (playing against South Korea)
  • MAS Baddrol Bakhtiar (playing against Vietnam)

Top scoring teams

**19 goals **

**12 goals **

**10 goals **

** 8 goals **

** 7 goals **

** 6 goals **

  • Australia

** 5 goals **

** 3 goals **

** 2 goal **

** 1 goal **

References

References

  1. (2015). "Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium — Sailen Manna Stadium". Howrah Online.
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