The 2006

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was the 34th instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 29 October to 12 November 2006 in

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. It was the first time for India to host this tournament. Sixteen teams from the AFC qualified to the finals. The tournament was won by

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, their second championship after sharing the trophy with Iran in 1976, defeating

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5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw.

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defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third. The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the

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, with a place for the 4 semi-finalists of the tournament.

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

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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

were exempt from the qualification.

Final tournament

Participants

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Venues

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third Place Play Off

Finals

Winners

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the

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. * * * *

Awards

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Shim Young-sung Shim Young-sung (Hangul: 심영성; born 15 January 1987) is a retired South Korean footballer. He was the top scorer at the AFC Youth Championship 2006. He played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th ed ...

;4 goals *

Alaa Abdul-Zahra Alaa Abdul-Zahra Khashen Al-Azzawi ( ar, علاء عبدالزهرة خشَن العزاوي , born 22 December 1987 in Baghdad, Iraq), is an Iraqi football player who currently plays for Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Premier League. He is also a memb ...

Kim Kum-il Kim Kum-il ( ko, 김금일, born 10 October 1987) is a North Korean footballer. He plays for the 4.25 Sports Team. In 2006, Kim led the North Korean Under-20 team to win the AFC Youth Championship by scoring 4 goals, he was also voted as the M ...

Shin Young-rok Shin Young-Rok (born 27 March 1987 in Seoul) is a South Korean football forward who plays for Jeju United in the K-League. He usually plays as a centre forward or a striker. Shin is renowned for his strength in holding up the ball, excellent ...

;3 goals *

Wang Yongpo Wang Yongpo (; ; born 19 January 1987) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen F.C. Club career Wang Yongpo started his football career in 2004 when he was promoted from Shandong Luneng' ...

* Yasuhito Morishima * Yosuke Kashiwagi * Lee Sang-ho *

Song Jin-hyung Song Jin-hyung (; born 13 August 1987) is a South Korean football player who plays as a midfielder. Club career Song started his professional career at Brazilian club Internacional, before moving back to his homeland South Korea to play f ...

;2 goals * David Williams *

Nathan Burns Nathan Burns (born 7 May 1988) is a retired Australian professional footballer who last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League and the Australian national team. Club career Adelaide United He formerly played for Parramatta Eagles and ...

* Mostafa Chatrabgoon * Kazuhisa Kawahara *

Kota Aoki is a former Japanese Association football, football player. Club career Aoki was born in Omihachiman on April 27, 1987. After graduating from high school, he joined JEF United Chiba in 2006. From 2007, he played many matches. However he lost his ...

* Ahmed Nofal *

Jong Chol-min Jong Chol-min (born 29 October 1988) is a North Korean international football player. Jong has made two appearances for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds. He also played for Korea DPR in the 200 ...

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Sahlawi ( ar, محمد ابراهيم محمد السهلاوي; born 10 January 1987) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Al-Sahlawi won the best player of the league twice in a row in ...

* Jufain Al-Bishi ;1 goal * Chris Grossman *

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Xu De'en Xu Dexin (; born 2 November 1985), former name Xu De'en (), is a Chinese football player. Club career Xu Dexin rose to prominence in 2005 for Guangzhou F.C. where he was praised for his speed and ability. During his time with Guangzhou he has se ...

Yang Xu Yang Xu (; born 12 February 1988) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. Club career Yang Xu started his football career when he made his debut for Liaoning Whowin on 16 April ...

* Branco Vincent Cardozo *

Lal Kamal Bhowmick Lalkamal Bhowmick (born 2 January 1987 in Kolkata) is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pathachakra in the Calcutta Football League. Career He joined SAIL Football Academy in Bokaro and was there for four years, before joinin ...

* Paresh Matondkar *

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* Kamaleddin Kamyabinia *

Shahram Goudarzi Shahram Goudarzi ( fa, شهرام گودرزی, born April 4, 1987)is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for Pars Jonoubi in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Club career He was scouted by Bargh Shiraz and played for them from 2005 to 200 ...

* Aqeel Hussein *

Halkurd Mulla Mohammed Halgurd Mulla Mohammed Taher Zebari ( ku, هەلگورد مەلا محەمەد تاهر زێبارى ; born 1 July 1988) is a former Iraqi football player of Kurdish ethnicity who last played as a left winger for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in Iraq. His ...

* Mohamed Khalaf * Osama Ali *

Ildar Amirov Ildar Amirov ( tt-Cyrl, Илдар Әмиров, translit=İldar Ämiref; born 9 October 1987) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer of Tatar descent, last played as a striker. Career He played for Chennai City in the I-League The I-League (known ...

Masato Morishige is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club FC Tokyo. International career In July 2007, Morishige was elected Japan U20 national team for 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played three matches as ...

Tsukasa Umesaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Oita Trinita as an attacking midfielder. Club career Umesaki is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. Umesaki made his J-League debut on 10 July 2005 in ...

Abdullah Deeb Abdallah Khaled Deeb Salim ( ar, عبد الله خالد ذيب سليم) is a Jordanian footballer who plays for Al-Salt. Personal life and family Abdallah is married and has a daughter named Zain, he is the son of former Jordanian football s ...

* Badr Abu Salim *

Lo'ay Omran Lo'ay Omran Al-Zaideh is a Jordanian football (soccer), footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Sahab SC, Sahab. Honors and Participation in International Tournaments In WAFF Championships *2008 West Asian Footba ...

* Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri * Pak Chol-min * Ri Chol-myong *

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* Yun Yong-il * Ahmad Kabee * Ali Ataif * Mohamed Al-Bishi * Kim Dong-suk *

Lee Chung-yong Lee Chung-yong (; ; born 2 July 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan Hyundai and is a South Korean international. He is nicknamed "Blue Dragon", which is a literal translation of his given name ...

* Park Hyun-beom * Akhtam Khamrakulov * Phonlawut Donchui *

Suttinun Phukhom Suttinun Phuk-hom ( th, สุทธินันท์ พุกหอม, born November 19, 1984), simply known as M ( th, เอ็ม) is a Thai retired professional footballer who plays as a centre back. He played for Thailand national team ...

* Teerasil Dangda * Ibrahim Ali *

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Nguyễn Quang Tình Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

Nguyễn Văn Khải Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

;Own goals *

Stepan Miagkih Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: The ...

(playing against South Korea) *

Baddrol Bakhtiar Baddrol bin Bakhtiar (born 1 February 1988) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Sabah FC and former squad of Malaysia national team. Baddrol is usually employed in the right side of the midfield ro ...

(playing against Vietnam)

Top scoring teams

19 goals * 12 goals * 10 goals * 8 goals * 7 goals * 6 goals * Australia 5 goals * * * 3 goals * * * 2 goal * 1 goal * * *

References

External links

AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site
– the-AFC.com (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Youth Championship 2006

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