2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship

FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006 Чемпионат мира по футболу 2006 (девушки до 20 лет)
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17 August – 3 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	106 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	52,630 (1,645 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ma Xiaoxu Kim Song-hui (5 goals)
Best player	Ma Xiaoxu
Fair play award	Russia

The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national football teams. Matches were held in four Moscow stadiums (Dynamo, Lokomotiv, Podmoskovie Stadium and Torpedo Stadium) and one in Saint Petersburg (Petrovskiy Stadion).

This was the third women's world youth championship organized by FIFA, but the first with an age limit of 20. The first two events, held in Canada in 2002 and Thailand in 2004, had an age limit of 19. FIFA changed the age limit to prepare for the creation of an under-17 championship in 2008.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Saint Petersburg	Petrovsky Stadium	21,570
Moscow	Torpedo Stadium	13,400
Shchyolkovo	Podmoskovie Stadium	5,000
Moscow	Dynamo Stadium	36,540
Moscow	Locomotiv Stadium	28,800

Squads

Tournament

The draw for the tournament was held in Moscow's City Hall on 22 March 2006. 14 of the 16 competing teams (the two CAF teams were then still undecided) learned their first-round groupings.

The 16 participating U-20 women's teams from the six FIFA confederations are:

Confederation (Continent)	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship	China PR  North Korea1  Australia
CAF (Africa)	2006 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament	Nigeria  DR Congo1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2006 CONCACAF Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament	United States  Canada  Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	2006 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship	Brazil  Argentina1
OFC (Oceania)	2004 OFC Under-19 Women's Qualifying Tournament	New Zealand1
UEFA (Europe)	2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship	France  Germany  Finland1   Switzerland1
Host nation		Russia

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
Russia	5	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
New Zealand	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

All times local (UTC+4)

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
Nigeria	6	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6
Canada	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	9	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
Germany	6	2	2	0	1	15	3	+12
Mexico	3	3	1	0	2	5	15	−10
Switzerland	0	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
France	6	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Argentina	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4
DR Congo	0	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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3rd Place Playoff

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Final

2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Winners
North Korea First title

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:^[1]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Ma Xiaoxu	Zhang Yanru	Danesha Adams
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Ma Xiaoxu	Kim Song-hui	Anna Blässe
5 goals	5 goals	4 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
Russia

All star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Zhang Yanru Valerie Henderson	Daiane Coralie Butcher Babett Peter Hong Myong-gum Ri Jin-ok Ri Un-hyang	Collette McCallum Cynthia Uwak Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi Kim Kyong-hwa Kim Chun-hui Amanda Poach	Fabiana Ma Xiaoxu Amandine Henry Rita Chikwelu Kil Son-hui Elena Danilova Danesha Adams

Scorers

5 goals

• Ma Xiaoxu
• Kim Song-hui

4 goals

• Anna Blässe
• Cynthia Uwak

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Yuan Fan (for Finland)

Further information

• This was the first time an Australian football team has played in a worldwide competition as an Asian Football Confederation team. However, the country's senior men's team was the first to play as an AFC team, competing in its first 2007 Asian Cup qualifier in February 2006, two months before the AFC qualifiers for this competition. Before 1 January 2006, Australia was a member of the Oceania Football Confederation.
• This was the first U-20 Women's tournament in which a Canadian has not won the Golden Shoe award, given to the top goal scorer of the tournament. Canadians Christine Sinclair and Brittany Timko won the award in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

References

External links

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report