• Source: 2006 AFC Youth Championship

      • The 2006 AFC Youth Championship was the 34th instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 29 October to 12 November 2006 in India. 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 North Korea, their second championship after sharing the trophy with IRAN in 1976, defeating Japan 5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw. South Korea defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third.
      The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 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 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 15 February 2006. But after the withdrawal of Myanmar, the North Koreans qualified automatically. Hosts India 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

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      = Quarter finals

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      = Semi finals

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      = Third Place Play Off

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      = Finals

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      Winners




      Qualification to World Youth Championship


      The following teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship.

      North Korea
      Japan
      South Korea
      Jordan


      Awards




      Goalscorers


      5 goals
      Shim Young-sung
      4 goals
      Alaa Abdul-Zahra
      Kim Kum-il
      Shin Young-rok
      3 goals
      Wang Yongpo
      Yasuhito Morishima
      Yosuke Kashiwagi
      Lee Sang-ho
      Song Jin-hyung
      2 goals

      1 goal

      Own goals
      Stepan Miagkih (playing against South Korea)
      Baddrol Bakhtiar (playing against Vietnam)


      Top scoring teams




      References




      External links


      AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site – the-AFC.com (archived)

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