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
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. 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
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
, their second championship after sharing the trophy with Iran in 1976, defeating
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
5–3 in a penalty shootout after extra time finished in a 1–1 draw.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
defeated Jordan 2–0 to finish third.
The tournament also served as the Asian qualifying tournament for the
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...
, 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
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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
2007 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...
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Awards
Goalscorers
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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
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Alaa Abdul-Zahra
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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 ...
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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
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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' ...
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Yasuhito Morishima
is a Japanese football player.
Club career
Morishima was born in Kobe on 18 September 1987. After graduating from high school, he joined Cerezo Osaka in 2006. Although he played many matches in 2007, his opportunity to play decreased in 2008 a ...
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Yosuke Kashiwagi
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Lee Sang-ho
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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 fo ...
;2 goals
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David Williams
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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 t ...
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Mostafa Chatrabgoon
Mostafa Chatrabgoon (born January 6, 1987) is an Iranian football player. He plays for the Azadegan League club Mes Rafsanjan as a striker.
Club career
A product of the Pas Tehran's youth system, Chatrabgoon was drafted into the first team ...
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Kazuhisa Kawahara
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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 ...
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Ahmed Nofal
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Jufain Al-Bishi
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Chris Grossman
Christopher Grossman (born 6 March 1987) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player who is currently Head Coach of the Brisbane Roar FC Youth.
Club career
He was signed from the Queensland Academy of Sport. The Roar allowed him to play fo ...
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Dario Vidosic
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Given name
*Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician
*Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director
* Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper
*Dario Bellezza (1 ...
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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 ...
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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 2 ...
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Branco Vincent Cardozo
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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 ...
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Paresh Matondkar
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Farhad Ale-Khamis
Farhad ( fa, فرهاد ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC.
Etymology
Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from Middle Persian ' ...
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Kamaleddin Kamyabinia
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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
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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
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Osama Ali
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 a ...
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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
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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 ...
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Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
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Pak Chol-min
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Ri Chol-myong
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Ri Hung-ryong
Ri Hung-ryong (; born 22 September 1988) is a North Korean footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...
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Yun Yong-il
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Ahmad Kabee
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Ali Ataif
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Mohamed Al-Bishi
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Kim Dong-suk
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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 ...
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Park Hyun-beom
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Akhtam Khamrakulov
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Phonlawut Donchui
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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 ...
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Teerasil Dangda
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Ibrahim Ali
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Mubarak Mesmari
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in t ...
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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 ...
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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
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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)
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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
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12 goals
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10 goals
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8 goals
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7 goals
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6 goals
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Australia
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5 goals
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3 goals
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2 goal
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1 goal
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References
External links
AFC Youth Championship 2006 Official Site– the-AFC.com (archived)
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Youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...
2006
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2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
2006–07 in Indian football
2006 in youth association football