The Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament () was held from October 27 to October 29, 2006 at

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. It was the first international

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event in Taipei after holding the

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. Finally, Japanese D.C Asahikawa Futsal Club beat

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, Chinese Taipei, and Taipei Select team and won the first place. Before the tournament was held, the organizers originally wanted to invite Korea national team as well as Macau national team and D.C Asahikawa. However, the Korea team declined the invitation, and thus

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's select team was included as the replacement. In December,

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was fined US$ 10,000 by AFC Disciplinary Committee for failing to seek the AFC’s approval for the tournament which violates Article 11-V (Tournaments) of the Regulations governing the application of AFC Statutes ‘All tournaments involving more than two local or national teams (clubs or representative teams) which belong to difference member associations must be approved by the Confederation.'

Tournament table

Results

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References

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External links

D.C Asahikawa Futsal Club official site

News and photos at Futsal Planet
International futsal competitions hosted by Taiwan Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament, 2006 2006 in Asian futsal 2006 in Macau football 2006 in Japanese football