The 2006
FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held in Russia from 17 August to 3 September 2006. It was the officially recognized world championship for women's under-20 national
association football
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teams. Matches were held in four Moscow stadiums (
Dynamo,
Lokomotiv,
Podmoskovie Stadium and
Torpedo Stadium) and one in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
(
Petrovsky Stadium).
This was the third women's world youth championship organized by
FIFA
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, but the first with an age limit of 20. The first two events, held in Canada in 2002 and
Thailand
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in 2004, had an age limit of 19. FIFA changed the age limit to prepare for the creation of an
under-17 championship in 2008.
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 borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
won the tournament. They became the first Asian team to win a FIFA women's tournament and the first Asian football team to win any FIFA tournaments since
Saudi Arabia
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's triumph in the
1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship. the official mascot, is a little fox called Alissa. It is a figure that is very popular in children's literature in Russia, and one frequently said to possess beauty, intelligence, speed and craftiness; traits it shares with many of Russia's promising young women footballers.
Alissa sports a football strip in the colours of the Russian flag, a fitting choice for the proud host country of this world championship. Naturally, they never go anywhere without their loyal friend, a football, whose company it enjoys immensely. This lively little fox is unquestionably female, as demonstrated by Alissa's long tied-back hair and sports skirt, but then again this is a women's festival of football.
Venues
Squads
Qualified Teams
The 16 participating U-20 women's teams from the six FIFA confederations are:
:1.Teams that made their debut.
Group stage
The draw for the tournament was held in Moscow's City Hall on 22 March 2006. 14 of the 16 competing teams (the two
CAF teams were then still undecided) learned their first-round groupings.
Group A
All times local (
UTC+4)
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place play-off
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Final
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:
All star team
Scorers
;5 goals
*
Ma Xiaoxu
*
Kim Song-hui
;4 goals
*
Anna Blässe
*
Cynthia Uwak
;3 goals
*
Ludmila Manicler
*
Fatmire Bajramaj
*
Maureen Eke
*
Danesha Adams
;2 goals
*
Collette McCallum
*
Fabiana
*
Jodi-Ann Robinson
* Zi Jingjing
*
Marie-Laure Delie
*
Nadine Kessler
*
Simone Laudehr
*
Célia Okoyino Da Mbabi
*
Charlyn Corral
*
Rita Chikwelu
*
Akudo Sabi
*
Jo Yun-mi
* Jong Pok-hui
*
Kil Son-hui
*
Kim Kyong-hwa
*
Anna Kozhnikova
*
Vanessa Bürki
*
Amy Rodriguez
Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling (; born February 17, 1987) is an American soccer coach and retired professional player who most recently served as head coach of Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). During a career that spanned 1 ...
* Jessica Rostedt
*
Kelley O'Hara
;1 goal
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Mercedes Pereyra
*
Belén Potassa
*
Danielle Brogan
*
Sally Shipard
*
Adriane
*
Francielle
* Amanda Chiccini
*
Kaylyn Kyle
* Lou Xiaoxu
* You Jia
* Zhang Weishuang
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Trésorine Nzuzi
*
Laure Boulleau
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Amandine Henry
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Jessica Houara
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Louisa Necib
* Juliane Maier
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Lydia Neumann
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Jennifer Oster
* Monique Cisneros
* Maria de Lourdes Gordillo
*
Mónica Ocampo
*
Abby Erceg
*
Emma Humphries
*
Tawa Ishola
*
Hong Myong-gum
* O Kum-hui
* Ri Un-hyang
* Kim Hyang-mi
*
Kim Ok-sim
* Svetlana Akimova
*
Elena Terekhova
*
Alexandra Long
*
Casey Nogueira
;Own goals
*
Yuan Fan (for Finland)
Further information
*This was the first time an
Australian football team has played in a worldwide competition as an
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...
team. However, the country's
senior men's team was the first to play as an AFC team, competing in its first
2007 Asian Cup qualifier in February 2006, two months before the AFC qualifiers for this competition. Before 1 January 2006, Australia was a member of the
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...
.
*This was the first U-20 Women's tournament in which a Canadian has not won the Golden Shoe award, given to the top goal scorer of the tournament. Canadians
Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a retired Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who most recently played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns of the ...
and
Brittany Timko won the award in 2002 and 2004 respectively.
Notes
References
External links
FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Russia 2006 FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship 2006
2006 in women's association football
2006 in Russian football
2006
International women's association football competitions hosted by Russia
August 2006 sports events in Europe
September 2006 sports events in Europe
2006 in youth association football