2006 AFC Challenge Cup

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2006 AFC Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh
Dates 1 April – 16 April
Venue(s) 3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan (1st title)
Second place Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 82  (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) Palestinian flag Fahed Attal (8 goals)
Best player Flag of Tajikistan Ibraguim Rabimov

The AFC Challenge Cup 2006 was a football tournament held between April 1 and April 16, 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the Quarter finals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no qualification stage. The cup winner was Tajikistan.

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[edit] Selection of teams

The AFC divided their 45 member nations (apart from Flag of Australia Australia) into three groups.[1]

The top 14 are classed as developed associations

The next 14 are classed as developing associations

The last 17 are classed as emerging associations, which need time to develop their football. These are the teams which participated in the AFC Challenge Cup 2006.

Seventeen teams were selected in August, 2005 to take part. Flag of Mongolia Mongolia, Flag of Laos Laos and Flag of East Timor Timor-Leste were selected initially to take part, but were replaced by Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh and Flag of India India, and the teams participating was reduced to sixteen.

[edit] Hosts and stadia

The AFC decided at its annual meeting, that Bangladesh would host the opening ceremony and that Nepal would host the final unless Bangladesh makes it into the last two, in which case it would be held in Dhaka[2][3]. It was originally planned that teams in Groups A and B will play the games in Nepal and teams in Groups C and D will be held in Bangladesh, but now only Bangladesh will host the tournament due to political unrest in Nepal[4][5][6][7]. The tournament was scheduled to take place between March 26 to April 9, 2006 but was changed to avoid clashes with Bangladesh's Independence Day on March 26[8]. The two stadia that will be used during this tournament are: the Bangabandhu Stadium (holds 36,000 people) in Dhaka and the MA Aziz Stadium (holds 20,000 people) in Chittagong.But later Bangladesh Army Stadium (holds 15,000 people) in Dhaka was also used to make-up the matches wasted for rain.

[edit] Teams

Some teams did not take part with their 'main' national squad, as noted below:

  • India took their Under-20 team as preparation for the AFC Youth Championship they later hosted.
  • Kyrgyzstan took part with a young team, drawn mostly from the youth squad which qualified for the AFC Youth Championship 2006.[9]

[edit] Group stage

Teams in green field progress to the Quarter-finals.

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of India India 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
Flag of the Philippines Philippines 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2
April 1, 2006 India under-20s Flag of India 2 - 0 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan MA Aziz Stadium
Vimal Pariyar 29, 60
April 1, 2006 Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 1 - 0 Flag of the Philippines Philippines MA Aziz Stadium
Wei-Lun Chuang 19
April 3, 2006 Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan 2 - 2 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei MA Aziz Stadium
Hafizullah Qadami 20, 23 Wei-Lun Chuang 48
Chien-Wei Liang 73
April 3, 2006 Philippines Flag of the Philippines 1 - 1 Flag of India India under-20s MA Aziz Stadium
Mark Alvin Valeroso 18 Vimal Pariyar 8
April 5, 2006 India under-20s Flag of India 0 - 0 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei MA Aziz Stadium
April 5, 2006 Philippines Flag of the Philippines 1 - 1 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan MA Aziz Stadium
Mark Alvin Valeroso 61 Sayed Maqsood 26

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
Flag of Nepal Nepal 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
Flag of Brunei Brunei 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
Flag of Bhutan Bhutan 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3
April 2, 2006 Nepal Flag of Nepal 2 - 0 Flag of Bhutan Bhutan MA Aziz Stadium
Pradeep Maharjan 52, 70
April 2, 2006 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 1 - 0 Flag of Brunei Brunei MA Aziz Stadium
Weerarathna Jayasuriya 72
April 4, 2006 Brunei Flag of Brunei 2 - 1 Flag of Nepal Nepal MA Aziz Stadium
Adie Mohammed Salleh 10
Riwandi Wahit 42		 Tashi Tsering 60
April 4, 2006 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan 0 - 1 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka MA Aziz Stadium
Chandradasa Galbodapayagalage 45+2
April 6, 2006 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan 0 - 0 Flag of Brunei Brunei MA Aziz Stadium
April 6, 2006 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 1 - 1 Flag of Nepal Nepal MA Aziz Stadium
Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer 18 Pradeep Maharjan 74

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Palestinian flag Palestine 7 3 2 1 0 16 1 +15
Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 3 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
Flag of Guam Guam 0 3 0 0 3 0 17 -17
April 1, 2006 Bangladesh Flag of Bangladesh 2 - 1 Flag of Cambodia Cambodia Bangabandhu National Stadium
Alfaz Ahmad 30
Mohammed Emily Hasan 60		 Rithy Chan 66
April 1, 2006 Palestine Palestinian flag 11 - 0 Flag of Guam Guam Bangabandhu National Stadium
Ahmed Keshkesh 6
Fahed Attal 14, 20, 26, 32, 45, 84
Francisco Atura 25
Ismail Al Amour 39
Ziyad Alkord 60, 67
April 3, 2006 Guam Flag of Guam 0 - 3 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium
Mohammed Emily Hasan 49
Abul Hossain 83, 85
April 3, 2006 Cambodia Flag of Cambodia 0 - 4 Palestinian flag Palestine Bangabandhu National Stadium
Ahmed Keshkesh 10
Al Sweirki 11, 74
Fahed Attal 30
April 5, 2006 Palestine Palestinian flag 1 - 1 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium
Fahed Attal 30 Mehdi Hassan Topu 46
April 6, 2006 Cambodia Flag of Cambodia 3 - 0 Flag of Guam Guam Bangladesh Army Stadium
Sok Buntheang 37
Keo Kosal 40
Kouch Sokumpheak 63

[edit] Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1
Flag of Macau Macau 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6
April 2, 2006 Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 0 - 1 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Muhammad Essa 59
April 2, 2006 Tajikistan Flag of Tajikistan 4 - 0 Flag of Macau Macau Bangabandhu National Stadium
Khurshed Makhmudov 10
Yusuf Rabiev 13
Ibraguim Rabimov 55
Rustam Khojaev 77
April 4, 2006 Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 0 - 2 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Numondzhon Hakimov 14
Odil Irgashev 18
April 6, 2006 Tajikistan Flag of Tajikistan 0 - 1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Andrey Krasnov 22
April 6, 2006 Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 2 - 2 Flag of Macau Macau Bangabandhu National Stadium
Adeel Ahmed 12
Muhammad Essa 42		 Kin Seng Chan 16, 52
April 7, 2006 Macau Flag of Macau 0 - 2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Roman Ablakimov 35
Azamat Ishenbaev 58

[edit] Knock-out stage

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                           
  9 April - Chittagong        
A Flag of India Flag of Chinese Taipei Flag of the Philippines Flag of Afghanistan 1st  Flag of India India under 20s  0
  12 April – Chittagong
B Flag of Sri Lanka Flag of Nepal Flag of Brunei Flag of Bhutan 2nd  Flag of Nepal Nepal  3  
   Flag of Nepal Nepal  1 [3]
8 April - Chittagong
   Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  1 [5]  
A Flag of India Flag of Chinese Taipei Flag of the Philippines Flag of Afghanistan 2nd  Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  0
  16 April – Dhaka
B Flag of Sri Lanka Flag of Nepal Flag of Brunei Flag of Bhutan 1st  Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  3  
   Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  0
9 April - Dhaka
   Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan  4
C Palestinian flag Flag of Bangladesh Flag of Cambodia Flag of Guam 1st  Palestinian flag Palestine  0
  13 April - Dhaka
D Flag of Tajikistan Flag of Kyrgyzstan Flag of Pakistan Flag of Macau 2nd  Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan  1  
   Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan  0
10 April - Dhaka
   Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan  2  
C Palestinian flag Flag of Bangladesh Flag of Cambodia Flag of Guam 2nd  Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh  1
 
D Flag of Tajikistan Flag of Kyrgyzstan Flag of Pakistan Flag of Macau 1st  Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan  6  
 

[edit] Quarter Finals

April 8, 2006 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei MA Aziz Stadium
Mohamed Izzadeen Mohamed Naufer 44
Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara 70
Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka 90
April 9, 2006 India under-20s Flag of India 0 - 3 Flag of Nepal Nepal MA Aziz Stadium
Pradeep Maharjan 15, 26
Basanta Thapa 28
April 9, 2006 Palestine Palestinian flag 0 - 1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Ruslan Djamshidov 90
April 10, 2006 Tajikistan Flag of Tajikistan 6 - 1 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium
Ibraguim Rabimov 2
Khurshed Makhmudov 20
Dzhomikhon Muhidinov 31
Numondzhon Hakimov 52
Yusuf Rabiev 64
Shujoat Nematov 82		 Alfaz Ahmed 18

[edit] Semi Finals

April 12, 2006 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 1 - 1 Flag of Nepal Nepal MA Aziz Stadium
Weerarathna Jayasuriya 65 Basanta Thapa 84
     
Penalties
Kamaldeen Fuard - scored
Chathura Gunarathna - scored
Chathura Madurange Weerasingha - scored
Ediribandanage Channa - scored
Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka - scored		 5 - 3 Penalties
K C Anjan - scored
Tashi Tsering - scored
Nabin Neupane - scored
Pradeep Maharjan - missed		  
April 13, 2006 Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 0 - 2 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Yusuf Rabiev 51, 90+3

[edit] Final

April 16, 2006 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 0 - 4 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Bangabandhu National Stadium
Dzhormikhon Muhidinov 1, 70
Khurshed Makhmudov 45
Numondzhin Hakimov 61

[edit] Winners

 2006 AFC Challenge Cup Champions 
Flag of Tajikistan
Tajikistan
First title

[edit] Goalscorers

8 goals

5 goals

  • Flag of Nepal Pradeep Maharjan

4 goals

  • Flag of Tajikistan Yusuf Rabiev

3 goals

  • Flag of India Vimal Pariyar
  • Flag of Tajikistan Numondzhon Hakimov
  • Flag of Tajikistan Khurshed Makhmudov
  • Flag of Tajikistan Dzhomikhon Muhidinov

2 goals

1 goal

  • Flag of Afghanistan Sayed Maqsood
  • Flag of Bangladesh Mehdi Hassan Topu
  • Flag of Brunei Adie Mohammed Salleh
  • Flag of Brunei Riwandi Wahit
  • Flag of Cambodia Sok Buntheang
  • Flag of Cambodia Rithy Chan
  • Flag of Cambodia Keo Kosal
  • Flag of Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak
  • Flag of Chinese Taipei Chien-Wei Liang
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan Roman Ablakimov
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Djamshidov
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan Azamat Ishenbaev
  • Flag of Kyrgyzstan Andrey Krasnov
  • Flag of Nepal Tashi Tsering
  • Flag of Pakistan Adeel Ahmed
  • Palestinian flag Ismail Al Amour
  • Palestinian flag Francisco Atura
  • Flag of Sri Lanka Chandradasa Galbodapayagalage
  • Flag of Sri Lanka Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara
  • Flag of Sri Lanka Jeewantha Dhammika Ratnayaka
  • Flag of Tajikistan Odil Irgashev
  • Flag of Tajikistan Rustam Khojaev
  • Flag of Tajikistan Shujoat Nematov

[edit] Awards[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Big Soccer Forum Thread on AFC Challenge Cup 2006.
  2. ^ Opening ceremony of AFC Challenge Cup to be held in Bangladesh. Xinhua. Retrieved on 2005-11-30.
  3. ^ AFC Challenge Cup opening ceremony in Bangladesh. The AFC. Retrieved on 2005-11-28.
  4. ^ Bangladesh to be sole host of inaugural AFC Challenge Cup 2006. The AFC. Retrieved on 2006-02-21.
  5. ^ Pawan Acharya (2006). Nepal Dumped as AFC Cup Host. OhmyNews. Retrieved on 2006-02-23.
  6. ^ Nepal dumped as co-host of AFC Challenge Cup. DailyTimes. Retrieved on 2006-02-22.
  7. ^ Kantipur (2006). AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006. eKantipur.com. Retrieved on 2006-02-20.
  8. ^ Kantipur (2006). AFC dumps Nepal from co-hosting AFC Challenge Cup 2006. KantipurOnline.com. Retrieved on 2006-02-20.
  9. ^ Podkorytov is Kyrgyzstan acting coach. The AFC. Retrieved on 2006-02-21.
  10. ^ Victory a boost for Tajikistan football: Nazarov. The AFC. Retrieved on 2006-04-16.

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