The 2006
AFC U-17 Championship
The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a q ...
was the 12th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the
Asian Football Confederation
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(AFC), which was held between 3 and 19 September 2006 in
Singapore
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Japan
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won their second title with a 4–2 win against
Korea DPR
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in the final.
Qualification Competition
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
won Group I in the qualification and were drawn to Group C in the finals, but were later disqualified for fielding over-aged players in a U-13 tournament in Qatar. No replacement was made for Laos. Therefore, only fifteen teams competed in the final tournament.
Stadiums
Group stage
All times are
Singapore Standard Time
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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
All times are
Singapore Standard Time
Singapore Standard Time (SST), also known as Singapore Time (SGT), is used in Singapore and is 8 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+08:00). Singapore does not observe daylight saving time.
History
As part of the Straits Settlements, Singapore origina ...
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UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
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Bracket
Quarterfinal
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Semi Finals
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Third place playoff
Final
Winners
Awards
Countries to participate in
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...
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Goalscorers
References
RSSSF Archive
{{AFC U-16 Championship
U-17 Championship
International association football competitions hosted by Singapore
AFC U-17 Championship
The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a q ...
2006 in youth association football
AFC U-17 Championships