AFC Youth Championship 2006

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2006 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	October 29 - November 12
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Korea DPR (2nd title)
Second place	Japan
Third place	Korea Republic
Fourth place	Jordan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	51,050 (1,595 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shim Young-Sung (5 goals)
Infobox last updated on: March 21.

The Asian Football Confederations AFC Youth Championship 2006 was the 32rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from October 29 to November 12, 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.

[edit] 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 February 15, 2006. But after the withdrawal of Myanmar, the North Koreans qualified automatically. Hosts India were except from the qualification.

[edit] Final Tournament

[edit] Participants

[edit] Venues

City	Original stadium names	Capacity
Kolkata	Salt Lake Stadium	120,000
Kolkata	Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium	5,000
Bangalore	Sree Kanteerava Stadium	30,000
Banalore	Bangalore Stadium	15,000

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Korea Republic	9	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13
Jordan	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
Kyrgyzstan	2	3	0	2	1	1	8	−7
India	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4

October 29, 2006 16:00 IST	Korea Republic	3 – 0	Jordan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 500 Referee: Nishimura (Japan)
	Shim Young-Sung 14', 61' Lee Sang-Ho 46'

October 29, 2006 19:00 IST	India	1 – 1	Kyrgyzstan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 600 Referee: Torky (Iran)
	Bhowmick 71' (pen)		Amirov 44'

October 31, 2006 16:00 IST	Jordan	3 – 2	India	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 250 Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Abu Salim 33' Nofal 64', 87'		Cardozo 25' Chongtam 77'

October 31, 2006 19:00 IST	Kyrgyzstan	0 – 7	Korea Republic	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 300 Referee: Nishimura (Japan)
			Lee Sang-Ho 5', 63' Shin Young-Rok 13', 50', 71' (pen) Miagkih 20' (og) Park H.B. 84'

November 2, 2006 14:45 IST	Korea Republic	3 – 0	India	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 500 Referee: Basma (Syria)
	Shim Young-Sung 76' Song J.H 84' Shin Young-Rok 90+2'

November 2, 2006 14:45 IST	Kyrgyzstan	0 – 0	Jordan	Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	4	1	+3
Australia	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3
Thailand	3	3	1	2	3	5	−2
United Arab Emirates	0	3	0	3	2	6	−4

October 30, 2006 16:00 IST	China PR	1 – 0	Australia	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 300 Referee: Shaban (Kuwait)
	Xu 65'

October 30, 2006 19:00 IST	Thailand	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 150 Referee: Basma (Syria)
	Dangda 46' Donchui 90+4'		Ali 89'

November 1, 2006 16:00 IST	Australia	3 – 1	Thailand	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 100 Referee: Torky (Iran)
	Burns 26', 90+2' Vidosic 33' (pen)		Phukom 40' (pen)

November 1, 2006 19:00 IST	United Arab Emirates	1 – 2	China PR	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 100 Referee: Shaban (Kuwait)
	Mesmari 49'		Wang 6' (pen), 46'

November 3, 2006 14:45 IST	China PR	1 – 0	Thailand	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 500 Referee: Nishimura (Japan)
	Wang 78'

November 3, 2006 14:45 IST	Australia	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Williams 14', 31'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5
Korea DPR	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4
Iran	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2
Tajikistan	0	3	0	3	1	8	−7

October 29, 2006 16:00 IST	Japan	2 – 0	Korea DPR	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ibrahim (Bahrain)
	Kawahara 34' Kashiwagi 82'

October 29, 2006 19:00 IST	Iran	3 – 1	Tajikistan	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kunsuta (Thailand)
	Goudarzi 55' Chatrabgoon 60', 81'		Khamrakulov 10'

October 31, 2006 16:00 IST	Korea DPR	5 – 0	Iran	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mujghef (Jordan)
	Jong Chol-Min 2', 10' Kim Kum-Il 25', 47' Ri Hung-Ryong 77'

October 31, 2006 19:00 IST	Tajikistan	0 – 4	Japan	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Al Hilali (Oman)
			Morishima 8', 34' Kashiwagi 57' Morishige 68'

November 2, 2006 15:00 IST	Japan	1 – 2	Iran	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sarkar (India)
	Umesaki 22'		Kamyabinia 52' Al-Khamis 72'

November 2, 2006 15:00 IST	Korea DPR	1 – 0	Tajikistan	Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 500 Referee: Mujghef (Jordan)
	Pak Chol-Min 90+2'

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	7	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5
Saudi Arabia	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Vietnam	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3
Malaysia	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6

October 30, 2006 16:00 IST	Iraq	2 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Huang (China)
	Abdul-Zahra 27' Mohammed 82'		Kabee 9' Al-Sahlawi 52'

October 30, 2006 19:00 IST	Malaysia	1 – 2	Vietnam	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Surkar (India)
	Zambri 45+1'		Bakhtiar 11' (og) Nguyen Quang Tình 63'

November 1, 2006 16:00 IST	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Malaysia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kunsuta (Thailand)
	Al-Sahlawi 13' Ataif 60'

November 1, 2006 19:00 IST	Vietnam	1 – 3	Iraq	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
	Nguyen Van Khai 75' (pen)		Ali 11' Abul-Zahra 36', 81'

November 3, 2006 15:00 IST	Iraq	3 – 0	Malaysia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 500 Referee: Al Hilali (Oman)
	Khalaf 55' Hussein 81' Abdul-Zahra 83'

November 3, 2006 15:00 IST	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Vietnam	Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Huang (China)
	J. Al-Bishi 13' (pen) M. Al-Bishi 90'

[edit] Knockout Stages

[edit] Knockout Map

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

Korea Republic

2 (2)

November 6 - Bangalore

Japan

2 (3)

Japan

November 11 - Kolkata

Saudi Arabia

Japan

1 (3)

November 6 - Kolkata

Korea DPR

1 (5)

China PR

November 9 - Kolkata

Jordan

Jordan

Third place

November 6 - Bangalore

Korea DPR

Iraq

Korea Republic

Korea DPR

Jordan

November 11 - Kolkata

[edit] Quarter Finals

November 6, 2006 16:00 IST	Korea Republic	2 – 1	Australia	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 600 Referee: Muhsen (Syria)
	Song Jin-Hyung 10', 36'		Grossman 18'

November 6, 2006 16:00 IST	Japan	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Al Hilali (Oman)
	Kawahara 7' Aoki 90'		J. Al-Bishi 81' (pen)

November 6, 2006 19:00 IST	China PR	1 – 2	Jordan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 150 Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Yang 70'		Al-Zaideh 33' Salim 68' (pen)

November 6, 2006 19:00 IST	Iraq	0 – 2	Korea DPR	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Subrata (India)
			Kim Kum-Il 36' Yun Yong-Il 67'

[edit] Semi Finals

November 9, 2006 16:00 IST	Korea Republic	2 – 2 (AET) (2–3 PSO)	Japan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Torky (Iran)
	Shim Young-Sung 1' Kim Dong-Suk 111'		Morishima 47' Aoki 105'

November 9, 2006 19:00 IST	Jordan	0 – 1	Korea DPR	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Surkar (India)
			Kim Kum-Il 38'

[edit] Third Place Play Off

November 12, 2006 16:00 IST	Korea Republic	2 – 0	Jordan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Al Hilali (Oman)
	Shim Young-Sung 50' Lee Chung-Yong 76'

[edit] Finals

November 12, 2006 19:00 IST	Korea DPR	1 – 1 (AET) (5–3 PSO)	Japan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Shaban (Qatar)
	Ri Chol-Myong 3'		Kashiwagi 34'