The 2006

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was a

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tournament held in

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over the first and fourth day of the

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holiday (29 January and 1 February 2006).

Participating teams

* (first appearance) * (third appearance) * (host) * (second appearance)

Squads

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

Head coach: Morten Olsen

Head coach:

Lai Sun Cheung Lai Sun Cheung (, 1 September 1950 – 20 June 2010) was a Hong Kong football coach and a former professional football player. He was the former head coach of Hong Kong national football team, Hong Kong 08 and the Hong Kong under-23 football te ...

Head coach: Dick Advocaat

Results

''All times given in

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(UTC+8).''

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Top scorers

1 goal *

Ivan Bošnjak Ivan Bošnjak (; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in his native Croatia, as well as ...

* Eduardo *

Dario Knežević Dario Knežević (born 20 April 1982) is a former Croatian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Rijeka, Knežević started his professional career with the city's First League side NK Rijeka in 2002 and subsequently made ...

Jerko Leko Jerko Leko (born 9 April 1980) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the second-tier Druga HNL club Jarun. He primarily played as a central midfielder, but could also operate as a right one, ...

Thomas Augustinussen Thomas Augustinussen (born March 20, 1981) is a retired Danish professional footballer. He began his career as a striker, but moved gradually into the holding midfielder position. He made his senior debut with AaB, with whom he played 420 games ...

Jesper Bech Jesper Bech (born 25 May 1982) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker. He has gained two caps for the Denmark national team. Biography Bech played his youth years for Ålholm IF, Skjold Birkerød, B 1903, Lyngby B ...

Søren Berg Søren Berg (born May 15, 1976) is a retired Danish professional footballer. He has been capped twice for the Denmark national football team. Club career Berg was born in Odense, Denmark and started his career at Danish amateur clubs, before h ...

* Anders Due *

Lars Jacobsen Lars Christian Jacobsen (born 20 September 1979) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a right back and current assistant coach of HB Køge. Club career Odense Boldklub Born and raised in Odense, Funen, Jacobsen started his ...

Michael Silberbauer Michael Silberbauer (born 7 July 1981) is a Danish football manager and former professional player. He is currently the manager of FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie. Silberbauer played more than a 100 games for each Danish club Aalborg BK and ...

* Cho Jae-jin *

Kim Dong-jin Kim Dong-jin (born 29 January 1982) is a former South Korean footballer who played as a full-back or a wing-back. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. Club career Kim started his professional caree ...

* Lee Chun-soo

External links

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