AFC Youth Championship 2006

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The Asian Football Confederation's 2006 AFC Youth Championship finals were held in India between October 29 and November 12. North Korea defeated Japan to clinch the title.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Participants 4 Group Stage 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 4.5 Knockout Stages 4.5.1 Quarter Finals 4.5.2 Semi Finals 4.5.3 Third Place Play Off 4.5.4 Finals 5 Result 6 Awards 7 External links

[edit] Venues

• Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
• Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kolkata
• Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
• Bangalore Stadium, Bangalore

[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. India qualified automatically as host nation.

[edit] Participants

Australia China PR Korea DPR India Iran Iraq Japan Jordan

Korea Republic Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Saudi Arabia Tajikistan Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam

The teams that reached the semi-final qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

[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
	Shim Young-Sung 14, 61' Lee Sang-Ho 46'

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October 29, 2006 19:00 IST
	India	1–1	Kyrgyzstan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Lal Kamal Bhowmick 70'		Ildar Amirov 44'

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October 31, 2006 16:00 IST
	Jordan	3–2	India	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Bader Abu Salim 33' Ahmad Nofal 64', 87'		Branco Cardozo 25' Sushilkumar Singh 77'

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October 31, 2006 19:00 IST
	Kyrgyzstan	0–7	Korea Republic	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
			Lee Sang-Ho 6', 63' Shin Yong-Rok 13', 49', 70' (pen) Stepan Miagkih 20' (o.g.) Park Hyun-Beom 84'

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November 2, 2006 14:45 IST
	Korea Republic	3–0	India	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Shim Young-Sung 75' Song Jin-Hyung 85' Shin Young-Rok 90'

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November 2, 2006 14:45 IST
	Kyrgyzstan	0–0	Jordan	Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kolkata

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	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

October 30, 2006 16:00 IST
	China PR	1–0	Australia	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Xu Deen 65'

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October 30, 2006 19:00 IST
	Thailand	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Teerasil Dangda 47' Phonlawut Donchui 90'		Ibrahim Ali 89'

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November 1, 2006 16:00 IST
	Australia	3–1	Thailand	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Nathan Burns 26', 90' Dario Vidosic 32'(pen)		Suttinun Phukhom 40' (pen)

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November 1, 2006 19:00 IST
	United Arab Emirates	1–2	China PR	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Mubarak Mesmari 50'		Wang Yongpo 5' (pen), 46'

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November 3, 2006 14:45 IST
	China PR	1–0	Thailand	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Wang Yangpo 78'

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November 3, 2006 14:45 IST
	Australia	2–0	United Arab Emirates	Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kolkata
	David Williams 13', 30'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Korea DPR	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

October 29, 2006 16:00 IST
	Japan	2–0	Korea DPR	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Kazuhisa Kawahara 34' Yosuke Kashiwagi 82'

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October 29, 2006 19:00 IST
	Iran	3–1	Tajikistan	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Shahram Goudardi 55' Mostafa Chatrabgoon 60', 81'		Akhtam Khamrakulov 10'

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October 31, 2006 16:00 IST
	Korea DPR	5–0	Iran	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Jong Chol-Min 4', 10' Kim Kum-Il 25', 47' Ri Hung-Ryong 77'

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October 31, 2006 19:00 IST
	Tajikistan	0–4	Japan	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
			Yasuhito Morishima 7', 24' Yosuke Kashiwagi 57' Masato Morishige 68'

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November 2, 2006 15:00 IST
	Japan	1–2	Iran	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Tsukasa Umesak 22'		Kamaleddin Kamyabinia 52' Farhad Al-Khamis 72'

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November 2, 2006 15:00 IST
	Korea DPR	1–0	Tajikistan	Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore
	Pak Chol-Min 90'

[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
	A'laa Abdul Zahra 27' Halkard Mulla Muhammed 82'		Ahmad Kabee 9' Mohamed Al-Sahlawi 52'

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October 30, 2006 19:00 IST
	Malaysia	1–2	Vietnam	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri 45'		Baddrol Bakhtiar 11' (o.g.) Tinh Quang Nguyen 63'

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November 1, 2006 16:00 IST
	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Malaysia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Mohamed Al-Sahlawi 13' Ali Ataif 60'

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November 1, 2006 19:00 IST
	Vietnam	1–3	Iraq	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Khai Nguyen Van 74' (pen)		Muhamad Usama 11' A'laa Abdul Zahra 36', 81'

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November 3, 2006 15:00 IST
	Iraq	3–0	Malaysia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Mohamed Khalaf 55' Aqeel Hussein 81' A'laa Abdul Zahra 83'

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November 3, 2006 15:00 IST
	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Vietnam	Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore
	Jufain Al-Bishi 13' (pen) Mohamed Al Bishi 90'

[edit] Knockout Stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	November 6 - Kolkata
	Korea Republic	2
					November 9 - Kolkata
	Australia	1
					Korea Republic	2 (2)
	November 6 - Bangalore
					Japan	2 (3)
	Japan	2
									November 11 - Kolkata
	Saudi Arabia	1
									Japan	1 (3)
	November 6 - Kolkata
									Korea DPR	1 (5)
	China PR	1
					November 9 - Kolkata
	Jordan	2
					Jordan	0			Third place
	November 6 - Bangalore
					Korea DPR	1
	Iraq	0							Korea Republic	2
	Korea DPR	2							Jordan	0
									November 11 - Kolkata

[edit] Quarter Finals

November 6, 2006 16:00 IST
	Korea Republic	2–1	Australia	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Song Jin-Hyung 10', 36'		Christopher Grossman 17'

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November 6, 2006 16:00 IST
	Japan	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Kazuhisa Kawahara 7' Kota Aoki 89'		Jufain Al-Bishi 81' (pen)

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November 6, 2006 19:00 IST
	China PR	1–2	Jordan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Yang Xu 70'		Loiy Al-Zaideh 26' Abdallah Salim 67' (pen)

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November 6, 2006 19:00 IST
	Iraq	0–2	Korea DPR	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
			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
	Shim Young-Sung 1' Kim Dong-Suk 111'		Yasuhito Morishima 47' Kota Aoki 105'

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November 9, 2006 19:00 IST
	Jordan	0–1	Korea DPR	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
			Kim Kum-Il 38'

[edit] Third Place Play Off

November 12, 2006 16:00 IST
	Korea Republic	2–0	Jordan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
	Shim Young-Sung 50' Lee Chung-Yong 78'

[edit] Finals

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

[edit] Result

AFC Youth Championship 2006 Winner Korea DPR 2nd Title

[edit] Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kim Kum-Il
• Golden Boot: Shim Young-Sung

Top Scorers:

5 goals

• Shim Young-Sung

4 goals

• A'laa Abdul Zahra
• Shin Young-Rok
• Kim Kum-Il

[edit] External links

• AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site
• In-depth coverage of the AFC Youth Championship 2006 from IndianFootball.Com, India's Premier Football Site