2006 AFC Youth Championship
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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.
| 2006 एएफसी यूथ चैम्पियनशिप | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 29 October – 12 November |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  North Korea (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  South Korea |
| 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) |
← 2004 2008 → | |
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.
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.
| Kolkata, West Bengal | |
|---|---|
| Salt Lake Stadium | Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium[1] |
| Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Bangalore, Karnataka | |
| Sree Kanteerava Stadium | Bangalore Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 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 |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| North Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Iran | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| 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 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 6 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 6 November – Bangalore | ||||||||||
| Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 6 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| North Korea (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
| 9 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 2 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 November – Bangalore | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Iraq | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 November – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
Third Place Play Off
| 2006 AFC Youth Championship winners |
|---|
| North Korea Second title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The following teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.
| Top Goalscorers | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play Trophy |
|---|---|---|
| Shim Young-sung | Kim Kum-il | North Korea |
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Chris Grossman
- Dario Vidosic
- Xu De'en
- Yang Xu
- Branco Vincent Cardozo
- Lal Kamal Bhowmick
- Paresh Matondkar
- Farhad Ale-Khamis
- Kamaleddin Kamyabinia
- Shahram Goudarzi
- Aqeel Hussein
- Halkurd Mulla Mohammed
- Mohamed Khalaf
- Osama Ali
- Ildar Amirov
- Masato Morishige
- Tsukasa Umesaki
- Abdullah Deeb
- Badr Abu Salim
- Lo'ay Omran
- Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
- Pak Chol-min
- Ri Chol-myong
- Ri Hung-ryong
- Yun Yong-il
- Ahmad Kabee
- Ali Ataif
- Mohamed Al-Bishi
- Kim Dong-suk
- Lee Chung-yong
- Park Hyun-beom
- Akhtam Khamrakulov
- Phonlawut Donchui
- Suttinun Phukhom
- Teerasil Dangda
- Ibrahim Ali
- Mubarak Mesmari
- Nguyễn Quang Tình
- Nguyễn Văn Khải
- Own goals
- Stepan Miagkih (playing against South Korea)
- Baddrol Bakhtiar (playing against Vietnam)
- ^ "Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium — Sailen Manna Stadium". www.howrahonline.in. Howrah Online. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site – the-AFC.com (archived)