2006 AFC U-17 Championship

The 2006 AFC U-17 Championship was the 12th AFC U-17 Championship football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between September 3 and September 16, 2006 in Singapore. Japan won their second title with a 4-2 win against Korea DPR in the final.

Contents

Qualification Competition

Main article: AFC U-17 Championship 2006 Qualification

Stadiums

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 7 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7
 South Korea 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3
 Singapore 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2
 Nepal 1 3 0 1 2 0 8 -8
2006-09-03
17:00
 South Korea  3 – 1  Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Choi Jin-Soo  35'
Kim Jung-Hyun  66'
Gu Ja-Myeong  88'		 Quak Jun-Yi  56'
2006-09-03
20:00
 Japan  6 – 0  Nepal Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Yamada  8'
Okamoto  13'
Hanato  69', 77'
Mizunuma  80', 90+1'
2006-09-05
17:00
 Singapore  1 – 1  Japan Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Muhammad Izzdin Yacob  86' (pen.) Kakitani  81'
2006-09-05
20:00
 South Korea  2 – 0  Nepal Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,277
Seol Jae-Mun  45'
Ju Sung-Hwan  81'
2006-09-07
17:00
 Japan  3 – 2  South Korea Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,348
Mizunuma  19', 90'
Otsuka  67'		 Ju Sung-Hwan  59', 74'
2006-09-07
17:00
 Singapore  0 – 0  Nepal Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 2,000

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tajikistan 9 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3
 Iran 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Iraq 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1
 Yemen 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2
2006-09-03
17:00
 Iran  1 – 0  Yemen Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Jalalaldin Alimohammadi  32'
2006-09-03
20:00
 Iraq  0 – 1  Tajikistan Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Karabaev  90+3'
2006-09-05
17:00
 Yemen  1 – 1  Iraq Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Muaadh Al-Ameri  81' Emar Mohammed  22'
2006-09-05
20:00
 Tajikistan  2 – 1  Iran Bishan Stadium
Tukhtasunov  13', 23' Mehdi Daghagheleh  75'
2006-09-07
20:00
 Iran  0 – 0  Iraq Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,257
2006-09-07
20:00
 Yemen  3 – 4  Tajikistan Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 400
Muaadh Al-Ameri  41', 90+2'
Abdullah Omar  45+1'		 Tokhirov  51'
Tukhtasunov  55', 82'
Vasiev  67'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6
 North Korea 3 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3
 Myanmar 0 2 0 0 2 2 11 -9

Laos was disqualified for fielding an overage player Keoponesay Sintalavong in an U-13 championship.

2006-09-04
17:00
 North Korea  1 – 2  Saudi Arabia Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,511
An Il-Bom  43' Fahad Al-Dossari  46'
Raqi Fallatah  58'
2006-09-06
20:00
 Myanmar  2 – 6  North Korea Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,658
Ko Kyaw Ko  48'
Kyaing Aung Pyone  74'		 Ri Myong-Jun  11', 36'
Ri Sang-Chol  45+2', 55'
O Jin-Hyok  60', 61'
2006-09-08
17:00
 Saudi Arabia  5 – 0  Myanmar Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Fahad Al-Dossari  8'
Mohammed Hazazi  29', 37'
Thenyan Al-Matrafi  33'
Abdulaziz Al-Shamari  82'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6
 Syria 6 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8
 Vietnam 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Bangladesh 0 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14
2006-09-04
17:00
 China PR  1 – 0  Syria Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Yangxin Wang  89'
2006-09-04
20:00
 Bangladesh  0 – 2  Vietnam Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 300
Tran Viet Trung  55'
Hoang Danh Ngoc  72' (pen.)
2006-09-06
17:00
 Syria  7 – 0  Bangladesh Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 100
Mohamd Jaafr  8', 61' (pen.)
Mhd. Darwish Midou  10', 15', 56'
Solaiman Solaiman  12'
Ziad Ajouz  42'
2006-09-06
20:00
 Vietnam  3 – 3  China PR Bishan Stadium
Tran Viet Trung  29'
Dao Ngoc Phuoc  31'
Nguyen Van Trung  73'		 Wang Yunlong  64' (pen.), 79'
Ma Long  90'
2006-09-08
20:00
 China PR  5 – 0  Bangladesh Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,402
Ma Long  27', 81'
Gao Di  42', 45'
Li Haifang  76'
2006-09-08
20:00
 Syria  2 – 0  Vietnam Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Mhd. Darwish Midou  80'
Ziad Ajouz  83'

Knockout stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Knockout Map

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 11        
  Japan (PSO)  1 (8)
September 14
  Iran  1 (7)  
  Japan  2
September 11
    Syria  0  
  Saudi Arabia  1
September 17
  Syria  2  
  Japan (AET)  4
September 11
    North Korea  2
  Tajikistan  1
September 14
  South Korea  0  
  Tajikistan  0 Third place
September 11
    North Korea  3  
  China PR  1   Syria  3 (4)
  North Korea  2     Tajikistan (PSO)  3 (5)
September 17

Quarterfinal

2006-09-11
17:00
 Japan  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Iran Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 300
Kakitani  14' Alimohammadi  73'
  Penalties  
Mizunuma
Tanaka
Hironaga
Higa
Kai
Yamazaki
Kanai
Okamoto
Yamada
Kakitani
Mizunuma
Tanaka		 8 – 7 Alimohammadi
Ehsan Hajysafi
Seyed Amiri
Shahryar Shirvand
Mehdi Daghagheleh
Hamidreza Aliasgari
Karim Ansari
Arash Gholizad
Bakhtiar Rahmani
Noushi Sofiani
Alimohammadi
Ehsan Hajysafi
2006-09-11
20:00
 Tajikistan  1 – 0  South Korea Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,346
Vasiev  81'
2006-09-11
17:00
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 2  Syria Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 50
Fahad Al-Dossari  46' Mohamd Jaafr  9', 74'
2006-09-11
20:00
 China PR  1 – 2 (AET)  North Korea Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 300
Gao Di  16' Ri Myong-Jun  20'
O Jin-Hyok  110'

Semi Finals

2006-09-14
17:00
 Japan  2 – 0  Syria Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 500
Saito  69'
Kakitani  79'
2006-09-14
20:00
 Tajikistan  0 – 3  North Korea Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,654
An Il-Bom  26', 53'
Ri Sang-Chol  38'

Third place playoff

2006-09-17
17:00
 Syria  3 – 3 (AET)
4 – 5 (PSO)		  Tajikistan Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 300
Mohamd Jaafr  45+1', 94'
Solaiman Solaiman  50' (pen.)		 Fatkhuloev  29'
Sobirov  67'
Karabaev  114'

Final

2006-09-17
20:00
 Japan  4 – 2 (AET)  North Korea Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,346
Kakitani  57'
Hanato  78'
Kawano  113', 120'		 O Jin-Hyok  7'
Ri Sang-Chol  25'

Winners

 AFC U-17 Championship 2006 Winners 

Japan
Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Yoichiro Kakitani Mohamad Jaafr (6 goals)  Japan

Countries to participate in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Goalscorers

6 goals
  • Mohamad Jaafr
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goals

Top scoring teams

17 goals

14 goals

11 goals

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

0 goal

References

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